Paul G. Peterson

Predicting parasitoid accumulation on biological control agents of weeds

Quentin Paynter, Simon V. Fowler, Allan Hugh Gourlay et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2010 · 107 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +17

Relative performance on test and target plants in laboratory tests predicts the risk of non-target attack in the field for arthropod weed biocontrol agents

Quentin Paynter, Simon V. Fowler, A. H. Gourlay et al. · Biological Control · 2014 · 60 citations

Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Weed Science +15

Safety in New Zealand weed biocontrol a nationwide survey for impacts on nontarget plants

Quentin Paynter, Simon V. Fowler, A. H. Gourlay et al. · Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference · 2004 · 47 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Weed Science +17

Comparing biocontrol and herbicide for managing an invasive non‐native plant species: Efficacy, non‐target effects and secondary invasion

Paul G. Peterson, Merilyn F. Merrett, Simon V. Fowler et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2020 · 41 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +17

Tradescantia fluminensis, an exotic weed affecting native forest regeneration in New Zealand: Ecological surveys, safety tests and releases of four biocontrol agents from Brazil

Simon V. Fowler, Robert W. Barreto, Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd et al. · Biological Control · 2012 · 38 citations

Agriculture, Ecology, Weed Science +17