Exploiting Allee effects for managing biological invasions

PC Tobin, L Berec, AM Liebhold - Ecology letters, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 615–624 Abstract Biological invasions are a global and
increasing threat to the function and diversity of ecosystems. Allee effects (positive density …

Eradication of invading insect populations: from concepts to applications

AM Liebhold, L Berec, EG Brockerhoff… - Annual review of …, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
Eradication is the deliberate elimination of a species from an area. Given that international
quarantine measures can never be 100% effective, surveillance for newly arrived …

Evolution and diversity of bark and ambrosia beetles

LR Kirkendall, PHW Biedermann, BH Jordal - Bark beetles, 2015‏ - Elsevier
We review the morphology, larval feeding habits, reproductive behavior, and social behavior
of Scolytinae and Platypodinae. Their morphology and behavior are adaptations to a …

The evidence for Allee effects

AM Kramer, B Dennis, AM Liebhold, JM Drake - Population Ecology, 2009‏ - Springer
Allee effects are an important dynamic phenomenon believed to be manifested in several
population processes, notably extinction and invasion. Though widely cited in these …

Loss of vocal culture and fitness costs in a critically endangered songbird

R Crates, N Langmore, L Ranjard… - … of the Royal …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cultures in humans and other species are maintained through interactions among
conspecifics. Declines in population density could be exacerbated by culture loss, thereby …

Beyond aridification: multiple explanations for the elevated diversification of cacti in the New World Succulent Biome

T Hernández‐Hernández, JW Brown… - New …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Succulent plants are widely distributed, reaching their highest diversity in arid and semi‐arid
regions. Their origin and diversification is thought to be associated with a global expansion …

The biology of small, introduced populations, with special reference to biological control

X Fauvergue, E Vercken, T Malausa… - Evolutionary …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Populations are introduced into novel environments in different contexts, one being the
biological control of pests. Despite intense efforts, less than half introduced biological control …

Mechanisms of competition in biofilm communities

O Rendueles, JM Ghigo - Microbial biofilms, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of new sequencing technologies and the use of metagenomics
revealed the great diversity of microbial life and enabled the emergence of a new …

Allee effects in social species

E Angulo, GM Luque, SD Gregory… - Journal of Animal …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Allee effects have important implications for many aspects of basic and applied ecology. The
benefits of aggregation of conspecific individuals are central to Allee effects, which have led …

Female mating failures in insects

M Rhainds - Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Empirical and experimental studies reporting the probability that some females remain
unmated in field populations of insects (defined herein as mating failures) are reviewed in …