A key question in invasion biology is why some regions have more alien species than others. This is likely to depend on features of the local environment, but how humans influence the invasion process is likely to matter as well.
The screening of several biocontrol agents revealed that the larvae of an emerging pest, a sugarcane longhorned beetle, show high resistance to both an entomopathogenic fungus (EPF) and nematodes (EPN).
Biological invasions are a major threat to already complex social-ecological systems and require the integration of knowledge from various disciplines and stakeholders. Accordingly, there have been strong calls for integrated approaches to developing solutions that address the threat.
A new population of African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) has become established on mainland China, according to a new publication by C·I·B Core Team Member, John Measey.
Tadpoles of endemic frog species on the Andaman archipelago (1200 km east of the Indian mainland) do not survive high levels of predation by invasive Indian bullfrogs larvae...
