This book assembles detailed information on the components of the invasive-species
problem from the USA, British Isles, Australia, South Africa, India and Brazil. Data provided …

New Zealand's intensive pastures, comprised almost entirely introduced Lolium L. and
Trifolium L. species, are arguably the most productive grazing-lands in the world. However …

Production of Medicago sativa in the North and South Islands of New Zealand is reviewed
from the standpoints of soil moisture and irrigation, subsoil conditions, growth in mixtures …

Classical biological control, the introduction of natural enemies to new environments to
control unwanted pests or weeds, is, despite numerous successful examples, associated …

Grasses are the dominant vegetation in many environments which vary in size and
composition from the great prairies to manicured golf courses, bowling greens, and lawns …

An estimated 2200 species of alien invertebrates have established in New Zealand, 1 and
around 90% of the country's invertebrate pests are alien species. They therefore pose a …

(1) Laboratory studies on Microctonus aethiopoides, a parasitoid of Sitona discoideus,
established that the development temperature thresholds of its egg and larval stages …

Central questions in community ecology include how species interact and what are the
consequences of such interactions for community structure and function? Attempts to answer …

Non‐indigenous, invasive invertebrate pests have a detrimental effect on the New Zealand
economy through impacts on pasture and forage production. Estimates of the economic …

1. Simple models were developed to explore the interaction between the lucerne (Medicago
sativa L.) pest Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its introduced …