Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith), is a highly mobile insect pest of a wide
range of host crops. However, this pest of tropical origin cannot survive extended periods of …

Multigenerational insect migration commonly expands poleward, but meteorological
influences are not clearly understood. We coupled biological and physical processes for the …

Agricultural water is an important source of foodborne pathogens on produce farms.
Managing water-associated risks does not lend itself to one-size-fits-all approaches due to …

Imparting knowledge of the physical processes of a system to a model and determining a set
of parameter values for a hydrologic or water quality model application (ie, parameterization) …

Data sharing plays a fundamental role in providing data resources for geographic modeling
and simulation. Although there are many successful cases of data sharing through the web …

Winter wheat is one of the major cereal crops in the world. Monitoring and map** its
spatial distribution has significant implications for agriculture management, water resources …

Currently Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States.
Understanding the potential effects of urban expansion on LD risk is an emerging global …

Context Habitat loss, especially within agriculture, can be a threat to biodiversity. However,
biodiversity may respond slowly to habitat loss, taking time to undergo successional change …

Context Land-use change can cause decreases in plant abundance and richness and the
replacement of wild plants with domesticated plants. Changes in plant community …

Objectives Assessment and identification of spatial structures in the distribution and
abundance of invasive species is important for unraveling the underlying ecological …