The number of invasive species is increasing throughout the world. One of the corner stones
to successfully control them is to better estimate their dispersal capabilities. For flying …

Dispersal is a determining step in the life cycle of insects and a key factor of their energy
budget. If the body stores of terrestrial insects are relatively well‐documented, those of …

For capital‐breeding insects, all resources available for adult metabolic needs are
accumulated during larval feeding. Therefore, body size at adult eclosion represents the …

Abstract The Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)(Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), is an invasive woodborer that poses a serious threat to urban …

Global warming is predicted to enhance the development rate and increase the number of
generations in multivoltine insects. For secondary forest pests, such as the pine bark beetle I …

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is caused by pine wood nematode (PWN), B ursaphelenchus
xylophilus (S teiner & B uhrer) N ickle, transmitted by M onochamus saltuarius (G ebler)(C …

Abstract The Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus Hope, is the primary vector of
the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle, the …

Organisms trade‐off limited resources between life‐history traits to maximize fitness. In
particular, costs associated with reproduction are balanced against somatic maintenance …

Materials and Methods The study was performed in the center-west of Córdoba Province
(Argentina), in an area ranging from 31 3303000 S, 64 5401900 W in the north, to 32 …

Ecologists have explored widely the consequences of climate change on insect species
distribution and fitness. Although most studies have assessed the effect of increasing mean …