Aulacaspis yasumatsui Invasion Reduced Cycas micronesica Microstrobilus Size and Pollinator Brood Site Competence [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi invaded Guam in 2003, and the influence on survival and demography of the host Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill population has been well-studied. To more fully understand how A. yasumatsui has threatened the host cycad species, we
Thomas E. Marler, L. Irene Terry
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Ensemble Distribution Modeling of the Globally Invasive Asian Cycad Scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi, 1977 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) [PDF]
InsectsSpecies distribution models (SDMs) have become an important tool to inform conservation and pest surveillance programs about the potential biological invasion of insect pests.
Samuel Valdés-Díaz +10 more
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Predicting the potential distributions of the invasive cycad scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) under different climate change scenarios and the implications for management [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Cycads are an ancient group of gymnosperms that are popular as landscaping plants, though nearly all of them are threatened or endangered in the wild. The cycad aulacaspis scale (CAS), Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), has become one
Jiufeng Wei +3 more
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Aulacaspis yasumatsui Delivers a Blow to International Cycad Horticulture [PDF]
Horticulturae, 2021 The literature covering the biology, invasion chronology, host plant responses, and control efforts of the armored scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hempitera: Diaspididae) is reviewed.
Thomas E. Marler +2 more
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EDIS, 2002 This document is EENY-096, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: July 1999.
Thomas J. Weissling +2 more
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Biotic Threats to Cycas micronesica Continue to Expand to Complicate Conservation Decisions [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Invasions of non-native species can threaten native biodiversity, and island ecosystems are ideal for studying these phenomena. In this article, first, we report on the invasive species that combine to threaten the island cycad Cycas micronesica by ...
Benjamin E. Deloso +3 more
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Does cycad aulacaspis scale (Aulacaspis yasumatsui, Hemiptera: Diaspididae) play a direct role in causing soil phytotoxicity? [PDF]
Commun Integr Biol, 2014 Cycad aulacaspis scale (CAS, Aulacaspis yasumatsui, Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was accidentally introduced to Guam in 2003, and has caused acute mortality of the dominant, endemic forest tree Cycas micronesica. A phytotoxic legacy in the soils beneath cycad trees killed by CAS over a period of about three years has been demonstrated.
Watson G, Marler TE.
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Direct Aulacaspis yasumatsui Infestation of Pre-Harvest Cycas Seeds Reduces Germination and Performance of Seedlings [PDF]
Horticulturae, 2021 The invasion of numerous countries by the armored scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi has caused widespread mortality of host Cycas species. Few studies have looked at reproductive biology responses of host plants to the herbivore.
Thomas E. Marler
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Limited sex differences in plastic responses suggest evolutionary conservatism of thermal reaction norms: A meta-analysis in insects. [PDF]
Evol Lett, 2022 Abstract Temperature has a profound effect on the growth and development of ectothermic animals. However, the extent to which ecologically driven selection pressures can adjust thermal plastic responses in growth schedules is not well understood. Comparing temperature‐induced plastic responses between sexes provides a promising but underexploited ...
Teder T, Taits K, Kaasik A, Tammaru T.
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Horticulturae, 2023 Cycad transplantation and asexual propagation by stem cuttings are highly successful horticultural procedures because the manoxylic stems contain copious nonstructural carbohydrates.
Thomas E. Marler
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