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Pest Ecology

Pest Ecology is a subfield of ecology that investigates the distribution, population dynamics, and biotic and abiotic interactions of organisms classified as pests, particularly within agricultural and other managed ecosystems, in order to understand the factors governing their abundance and impact.

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14.1K

Some Demographic and Genetic Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity for Biological Control

Richard Levins · Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America · 1969 · 3.5K citations

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Ecological Methods with Particular Reference to the Study of Insect Populations

Paul E. Smith, T. R. E. Southwood · Ecology · 1979 · 2.3K citations

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The Distribution and Abundance of Animals

William C. Cook · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 1956 · 1.8K citations

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Ecology of Infochemical Use by Natural Enemies in a Tritrophic Context

L.E.M. Vet, Marcel Dicke · Annual Review of Entomology · 1992 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa

Georg Goergen, P. Lava Kumar, Sagnia B. Sankung et al. · PLoS ONE · 2016 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Authors

27.7K

  1. TT
    Teja Tscharntke

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    45 publications · 8.8K citations

    36

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  2. RL
    Robert L. Meagher

    Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States

    41 publications · 3K citations

    34

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  3. SD
    S. D. Wratten

    Lincoln University, New Zealand

    39 publications · 4.2K citations

    32

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  4. ND
    Nicolas Desneux

    Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, France

    43 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. MA
    Martı́n Aluja

    Instituto de Ecología, Mexico

    36 publications · 2.5K citations

    28

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Institutions

4.4K

  1. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    61 h-index

    848 publications

    35K citations

  2. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    55 h-index

    421 publications

    24.1K citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    54 h-index

    389 publications

    28.5K citations

  4. Rothamsted Research

    Harpenden, United Kingdom

    53 h-index

    284 publications

    22.1K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    48 h-index

    351 publications

    21.6K citations

  6. United States Department of Agriculture

    Washington, United States

    48 h-index

    377 publications

    16.3K citations

  7. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    48 h-index

    538 publications

    17.8K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    47 h-index

    336 publications

    14.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Environmental Entomology

    1.3K publications · 44.9K citations

    84

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  2. Journal of Applied Ecology

    209 publications · 16.6K citations

    76

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  3. Journal of Economic Entomology

    1.1K publications · 33.9K citations

    70

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  4. Ecology

    157 publications · 17.3K citations

    69

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  5. Biological Control

    306 publications · 14.3K citations

    63

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