… (B) Phormium tenax invasion on St Helena (photograph: Helen Roy). (C) Forests defoliated
by the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) in the USA (photograph: Karl Mierzejewski). (D) …

An important mechanism for insect pest control should be the use of fungal entomopathogens.
Even though these organisms have been studied for more than 100y, their effective use in …

▪ Abstract Invertebrate pathogens and their hosts are taxonomically diverse. Despite this,
there is one unifying concept relevant to all such parasitic associations: Both pathogen and …

Although research on human-mediated exchanges of species has substantially intensified
during the last centuries, we know surprisingly little about temporal dynamics of alien species …

Pollination is a critical ecosystem service underpinning the productivity of agricultural
systems across the world. Wild insect populations provide a substantial contribution to the …

Our ability to predict the identity of future invasive alien species is largely based upon knowledge
of prior invasion history. Emerging alien species—those never encountered as aliens …

Native to Asia, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is considered an
invasive alien ladybird in Europe and North America, where it was widely introduced as a …

… quatuordecimguttata, these abundance data reflected the reported large scale trends (Roy
et al. 2012b). Adalia bipunctata exhibited a 57 % decline in its extent of occurrence in the last …

… Roy is an ecologist leading zoological research in the Biological Records Centre at the
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK). The focus of her research is insect community …

Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, but their small size and high diversity
have always made them challenging to study. Recent technological advances have the …