Analysis of thirteen invasive species in Africa: why the biology matters. Environmental Sciences Europe. https://xitter.cf/t.co/XYoSkA391X
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Boosting the return on investment in biological control and empowering its use as an important tool in sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture.
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Mathematician John Baez is investigating a new “green” math that can better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate.
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Check out my latest article: Climate change will make screwworm endemic where the highest number of cattle feeding operations are in the US: California linkedin.com/pulse/climate-c… via @LinkedIn
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Comparison of thermal thresholds, fecundity, and longevity across three alfalfa weevil strains reveal significant differences.
PBDM models explore strain adaptation to native environments and invasive potential across the Holarctic.
doi.org/10.1111/afe.12686
Geospatial physiologically based demographic modeling and analysis of thirteen invasive species in Africa: why the biology matters
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Reemergence of the New World screwworm — why the biology matters
@USDA announces sweeping plans to protect the United States from screwworm. Here's the USDA announcement:
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in North America and, if the fly reestablishes, climate warming by 2045–2055 will expand the area of favourability and increase the frequency and severity of outbreaks. See:
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Capture by design - Seminario di studi, @UniperugiaNews, 23 giugno 2025, Aula Dessau, 9.00-13.30.
(PRIN 2022 - State capture and legal polical corruption).
➡️ Con Capture by design facciamo riferimento ad una fase decisionale organizzata strategicamente, tale per cui i relativi esiti (in termini di scelta di una specifica policy) sono in tutto o in parte pre-determinati.
Il design può riguardare uno o più tra i seguenti elementi: gli organi decisionali; le procedure; le opzioni effettivamente disponibili alla scelta. Per effetto di tale design, lo spazio discrezionale è condizionato in modo da rendere determinati esiti di policy molto più probabili e altri preclusi (o comunque improbabili). Il design risponde – generalmente – agli imperativi della dottrina neoliberista, volta ad assicurare la prevalenza del mercato (e dei suoi attori) rispetto ad una piena capacità di mediazione dei poteri pubblici ⬅️
Gli studiosi coinvolti sono chiamati a testare, verificare (o anche smentire) questa chiave di lettura, mediante l'analisi di numerosi casi di studio specifici.
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Ex ante analyses can predict natural enemy efficacy in biological control biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_ecology
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Can biological invasions be modeled at the subspecies level?
We developed separate physiologically based demographic models (PBDMs) for three alfalfa weevil populations, showing how invasive strain adaptation to climate change can be tracked effectively.
doi.org/10.1111/afe.12686
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Comparison of thermal thresholds, fecundity, and longevity across three alfalfa weevil strains reveal significant differences.
PBDM models explore strain adaptation to native environments and invasive potential across the Holarctic.
doi.org/10.1111/afe.12686
Stabilizing adaptation in an invasive species: Alfalfa weevil as a case study - goo.gl/scholar/uenH5f #ScholarAlerts
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Why do #agroforestry? Additional income, higher yields, healthier livestock, reduced labor, improved quality of life, and opportunities for leaving a legacy are just some of the reasons why these experienced farmers are incorporating trees and woody shrubs into their farms.
Could a tiny bacterium stop mosquito-borne diseases?
Wolbachia is transforming mosquito control, cutting dengue transmission by up to 77%!
This review dives into its efficacy, safety, and sustainability.
Read more:
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ALT Wolbachia transinfection and possible cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) patterns: (A) Wolbachia transinfection can be preceded by an antibiotic treatment to cure the native (purple) Wolbachia infection; (B) Wolbachia transinfection can be conducted in naturally uninfected species, in Wolbachia-cured populations, or by adding a further Wolbachia strain to the native infection; (C) In suitable species, Wolbachia is transmitted vertically via the maternal cytoplasm; (D) A bidirectional CI pattern (Bi-CI) characterizes two different populations of the same species infected by reciprocally incompatible Wolbachia strains; (E) A unidirectional CI pattern (Uni-CI) characterizes crosses between a population harboring an incompatible Wolbachia strain (blue) and a population lacking this strain (gray), regardless of the fact that the two populations may share further Wolbachia strains.
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🦟 We urgently need new sustainable tools to control #Aedes #mosquitoes more efficiently 🦠
👉🏻 “Exploiting #Wolbachia as a Tool for Mosquito‐Borne Disease Control: Pursuing Efficacy, Safety, and Sustainability”
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