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A comparison of methods for selecting non-target species for risk assessment of the biological control agent Cotesia urabae

An ecological survey of the central part of the Eyre Ecological District, northern Southland, New Zealand

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Are introduced plants a threat to native pollinator services in montane–alpine environments?

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Arthropod Morphospecies versus Taxonomic Species: a Case Study with Araneae, Coleoptera, and Lepidoptera

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Associations Between Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidea) and Plants, and Conservation Values in Two Tussock Grasslands, Otago, New Zealand

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Best practices for the use and exchange of invertebrate biological control genetic resources relevant for food and agriculture

Big and aerial invaders: dominance of exotic spiders in burned New Zealand tussock grasslands

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Biodiversity of Coleoptera and other invertebrates in urban gardens: a case study in a New Zealand city

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Biodiversity of indigenous tussock grassland sites in Otago, Canterbury and the Central North Island of New Zealand VI. Coleoptera biodiversity, community structure, exotic species invasion, and the effect of disturbance by agricultural development

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Biological control of invasive stink bugs: review of global state and future prospects

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Biology of the striped chafer,Odontria striata(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) I. The adult, flight and ground surface activity, female reproductive maturation, and food-plant selection

scientific article

Biology of the striped chafer,Odontria striata(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) II. Larval development

scientific article

Biosafety testing of genetically modified ryegrass (Lolium perenne) using a model for the optimum selection of test invertebrates.

scientific article published in August 2013

Biotic interactions drive ecosystem responses to exotic plant invaders

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Book Reviews

Broad‐nosed weevils (Curculionidae: Brachycerinae: Entimini) of the Lammermoor and Rock and Pillar Ranges in Otago, with descriptions of four new species ofIrenimus

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Can predictive models help to identify the most appropriate non-target species for hostspecificity testing?

scholarly article

Combining molecular and morphological approaches to differentiate the pest Costelytra zealandica (White) (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae: Melolonthinae) from the non-pest Costelytra brunneum(Broun) at the larval stage

scholarly article by M-C. Lefort published in March 2013

Community‐level direct and indirect impacts of an invasive plant favour exotic over native species

scientific article

Comparison of the weevil fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in two tussock grassland sites in Otago, New Zealand

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Conservation status of Prodontria (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species in New Zealand

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Conservation status of Prodontria (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species in New Zealand

scholarly article published by Barbara Ingeborg Patricia Barratt in 2007

Conservation status of Prodontria (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species in New Zealand

scholarly article published by Barbara Ingeborg Patricia Barratt in 2006

Conservation status of Prodontria (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species in New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article by Barbara Ingeborg Patricia Barratt published in 2007

Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of New Zealand agricultural grassland and lucerne as potential non‐target hosts of the parasitoidsMicroctonus aethiopoidesLoan andMicroctonus hyperodaeLoan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

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Cyanogenic white clover as a proxy for GM biosafety testing using two New Zealand native insects

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Descriptions of Seven New Species of the Genus Prodontria Broun (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Developing a method for laboratory biosafety testing impacts of transgenic plants on non-target insects

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Developing biosafety risk hypotheses for invertebrates exposed to GM plants using conceptual food webs: a case study with elevated triacylglyceride levels in ryegrass.

scientific article published on July 2010

Developing risk hypotheses and selecting species for assessing non-target impacts of GM trees with novel traits: the case of altered-lignin pine trees.

scientific article

Development of teratocytes associated with Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in natural and novel host species.

scientific article published in March 2001

Diversity and impacts of key grassland and forage arthropod pests in China and New Zealand: An overview of IPM and biosecurity opportunities

scientific article

Do new Access and Benefit Sharing procedures under the Convention on Biological Diversity threaten the future of biological control?

Evidence for parasitoid-induced premature mortality in the Argentine stem weevil

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Exotic generalist arthropod biological control agents: need to improve environmental risk assessment to ensure safe use

scientific article published on 23 November 2020

Exotic plants accumulate and share herbivores yet dominate communities via rapid growth ⬇️

scientific article published on 11 May 2021

Factors affecting parasitism by Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and parasitoid development in natural and novel host species

scientific article published in August 2001

Field Parasitism of Nontarget Weevil Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by the Introduced Biological Control Agent Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) over an Altitude Gradient

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Field parasitism of nontarget weevil species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by the introduced biological control agent Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) over an altitude gradient

scientific article published in August 2007

Field parasitism of the weed biological control agent Rhinocyllus conicus by the introduced braconid, Microctonus aethiopoides

scientific article

Floral usage partitioning and competition between social (Apis mellifera,Bombus terrestris)and solitary bees in New Zealand: Niche partitioning via floral preferences?

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

If and when successful classical biological control fails

Implications of sampling bias and population behaviour in the study of parasitoid-based biocontrol of <i>Listronotus bonariensis</i> in New Zealand’s exotic pasture ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Insects of snow tussock grassland on the East Otago Plateau

article by Barbara Ingeborg Patricia Barratt & B. H. Patrick published January 1987 in New Zealand Entomologist

Invasive redback spiders (Latrodectus hasseltii) threaten an endangered, endemic New Zealand beetle (Prodontria lewisii)

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Invertebrate Biosecurity Challenges in High-Productivity Grassland: The New Zealand Example

scientific article

Invertebrate species richness and density in relation to size of the New Zealand shrubOlearia bullata

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Invertebrate survey of a modified native shrubland, Brookdale Covenant, Rock and Pillar Range, Otago, New Zealand

scientific article

Invertebrate survey of coastal habitats and podocarp forest on Ulva Island, Rakiura National Park, New Zealand

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Investigation of two new putative pheromone components of the invasive Australian redback spider, Latrodectus hasseltii, with potential applications for control

Is the Invasive Species Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Argentine Stem Weevil) a Threat to New Zealand Natural Grassland Ecosystems? ⬇️

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Lepidoptera and other insects of the Rastus Burn Basin, The Remarkables, Otago ⬇️

article published in1992

Mecodema chiltoni Brown: a rare and endangered species?

scientific article published in January 1994

Moroccan specimens of Microctonus aethiopoides spice our understanding of genetic variation in this internationally important braconid parasitoid of adult weevils

Morphospecies as a substitute for Coleoptera species identification, and the value of experience in improving accuracy

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Parasitism of the lucerne pest Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and non-target weevils by Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in south-eastern Australia, with an assessment of the taxonomic affinities of non

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Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from indigenous high-country tussock grassland in New Zealand with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species

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Phenology of native weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand pastures and parasitism by the introduced braconid,Microctonus aethiopoidesLoan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

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Potential for classical biological control of the potato bug Closterotomus norwegicus (Hemiptera: Miridae): description, parasitism and host specificity of Peristenus closterotomae sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).

scientific article

Predicting ecological change in tussock grasslands of Aotearoa New Zealand

scientific article published on 10 November 2023

Quantifying the economic cost of invertebrate pests to New Zealand’s pastoral industry

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Rapid ecological survey, inventory and implementation: a case study from Waikaia Ecological Region, New Zealand

article published in 1998

Risk assessment procedures for biological control agents in New Zealand: two case studies for generalists

scientific article published on 19 September 2020

Selecting non-target species for risk assessment of entomophagous biological control agents: Evaluation of the PRONTI decision-support tool

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Severe Insect Pest Impacts on New Zealand Pasture: The Plight of an Ecological Outlier

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential clover pest new to New Zealand

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Studies on a sex pheromone in Stegobium paniceum (L.) (Coleoptera; Anobiidae) ⬇️

1975 doctoral thesis by Barbara Barratt at Durham University

Study of COI sequences from endemic New Zealand aphids highlights high mitochondrial DNA diversity in Rhopalosiphina (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Synergy between two invasive species, redback spiders and rabbits, threaten the endangered Cromwell chafer beetle

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Systematic mass rearing and release ofMicroctonus hyperodae (Hym.: Braconidae, Euphorinae), a parasitoid of the argentine stem weevilListronotus bonariensis (Col.: Curculionidae) and records of its establishment in New Zealand

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Temperature and moisture trends in non-sorted earth hummocks and stripes on the Old Man Range, New Zealand: implications for mechanisms of maintenance

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The New Zealand experience of varroa invasion highlights research opportunities for Australia. ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

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The effects of mammalian predation on invertebrate behaviour in South West Fiordland

scientific article published in January 1989

The seasonal biology of Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), an introduced pest of New Zealand lucerne

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To what extent does vegetation composition and structure influence beetle communities and species richness in private gardens in New Zealand?

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Two species of adventive weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Europe, hitherto unrecorded from New Zealand

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Using existing data to predict and quantify the risks of GM forage to a population of a non-target invertebrate species: a New Zealand case study.

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Virus-like particles in the ovaries of Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): comparison of biotypes from Morocco and Europe.

scientific article published on 20 December 2005

Virus-like particles in the ovaries of microctonus aethiopoides loan (Hymenoptera: braconidae), a parasitoid of adult weevils (Coleoptera: curculionidae)

scientific article published in March 1999

Weevils as Targets for Biological Control, and the Importance of Taxonomy and Phylogeny for Efficacy and Biosafety

scholarly article by Barbara Ingeborg Patricia Barratt et al published 25 July 2018 in Diversity

Will the Convention on Biological Diversity put an end to biological control?

article published in 2011

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