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The Costs of Regulations on US Baitfish and Sportfish Producers
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2017-03-23)The US regulatory environment has been characterized as complex due to the greater than 1300 laws promulgated at local, state, and federal levels. Recent declines in the growth rate of US aquaculture have been attributed, ... -
Non-Native Ambrosia Beetles as Opportunistic Exploiters of Living but Weakened Trees
(PLOS, 2015-07-02)Exotic Xylosandrus spp. ambrosia beetles established in non-native habitats have been associated with sudden and extensive attacks on a diverse range of living trees, but factors driving their shift from dying/dead hosts ... -
Contrasting Role of Temperature in Structuring Regional Patterns of Invasive and Native Pestilential Stink Bugs
(PLOS, 2016-02-29)Objectives Assessment and identification of spatial structures in the distribution and abundance of invasive species is important for unraveling the underlying ecological processes. The invasive agricultural insect pest ... -
Using Microscopy to Assess Chorion Structural Integrity and Parasitoid Oviposition Sites on Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Eggs
(Cambridge University Press, 2011-02)Previous efficacy studies found that many insecticides used by growers could be having an adverse effect on egg parasitoids (Telenomus podisi) developing in the eggs of the brown stink bug (Euschistus servus), while unhatched ...
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