List of works - Marcus J. Byrne

A Remote Sensing Method to Monitor Water, Aquatic Vegetation, and Invasive Water Hyacinth at National Extents

scientific article published in 2020

A Review of Recent Efforts at Biological Control ofCaesalpinia decapetala(Roth) Alston (Fabaceae) in South Africa

article

A Review of the Biological Control Programmes onEichhornia crassipes(C.Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae),Salvinia molestaD.S.Mitch. (Salviniaceae),Pistia stratiotesL. (Araceae),Myriophyllum aquaticum(Vell.) Verdc. (Haloragaceae) andAzolla filiculoidesLam

A Snapshot-Based Mechanism for Celestial Orientation

scientific article

A chronicle of alien medicinal plants used as traditional medicine in South Africa, and their status as invasive species

scientific article published in 2021

A new galloping gait in an insect

scientific article published in October 2013

Alternate Reproductive Tactics in an African Dung Beetle, Circellium bacchus (Scarabeidae)

article

Assessing density-damage relationships between water hyacinth and its grasshopper herbivore

Assessing the intraurban differences in vegetation coverage and surface climate in a heterogeneous area

scientific article published in 2022

Biological Control of Dense-Thorned Bitter Apple,Solanum sisymbriifoliumLam. (Solanaceae), in South Africa

article by A.M. King et al published August 2011 in African Entomology

Cold-induced anesthesia impairs path integration memory in dung beetles

scientific article published in 2022

Compass Cue Integration and Its Relation to the Visual Ecology of Three Tribes of Ball-Rolling Dung Beetles

scientific article published in 2021

Discriminating pure Tamarix species and their putative hybrids using field spectrometer

scientific article published on 21 September 2021

Distribution and host plant range of Nysius natalensis Evans (Hemiptera: Orsillidae) in the sunflower production area of South Africa

article

Diurnal dung beetles use the intensity gradient and the polarization pattern of the sky for orientation.

scientific article published on 15 April 2014

Dung beetles ignore landmarks for straight-line orientation.

scientific article published on 18 October 2012

Dung beetles use the Milky Way for orientation

scientific article

Dung beetles use their dung ball as a mobile thermal refuge.

scientific article published in October 2012

Economic evaluation of the successful biological control of Azolla filiculoides in South Africa

article

Education, Training and Capacity-Building in the Field of Biological Invasions in South Africa

Effects of cadmium toxicity on the physiology and growth of a halophytic plant, Tamarix usneoides (E. Mey. ex Bunge)

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Elevated atmospheric CO2 adversely affects a dung beetle’s development: Another potential driver of decline in insect numbers?

scientific article published in 2021

Evaluating the capability of Worldview-2 imagery for mapping alien tree species in a heterogeneous urban environment

scientific article published in 2020

Evaluating the impact of herbivory by a grasshopper, Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae), on the competitive performance and biomass accumulation of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae)

Failure of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a biological control agent of waterhyacinth, to persist on pickerelweed, a non-target host in South Africa, after forced establishment

Gut microbiota of dung beetles correspond to dietary specializations of adults and larvae

scientific article published on November 2016

How dim is dim? Precision of the celestial compass in moonlight and sunlight.

scientific article published on March 2011

Hyperspectral reflectance features of water hyacinth growing under feeding stresses of Neochetina spp. and different heavy metal pollutants

Identification of a retardant dose of glyphosate with potential for integrated control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach

Impact of biocontrol on the seed regenerative capacity of Lantana camara L. (sensu lato) (Verbenaceae)

scientific article published on 06 March 2022

Impact of nutrients and herbivory by Eccritotarsus catarinensis on the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

Impact of the biocontrol agent Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a sap-feeding mirid, on the competitive performance of waterhyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

article published in 2005

Impacts of a sub-lethal dose of glyphosate on water hyacinth nutrients and its indirect effects onNeochetinaweevils

Integrated weed control using a retardant dose of glyphosate: a new management tool for water hyacinth?

Interactions within pairs of biological control agents on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

Larval performance of the pyralid borerEldana saccharinaWalker and stalk damage in sugarcane: Influence of plant silicon, cultivar and feeding site

article

Lifestyle and host defense mechanisms of the dung beetle, Euoniticellus intermedius: the toll signaling pathway

scientific article

Lunar orientation in a beetle

scientific article published in February 2004

Mapping distribution of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Rwanda using multispectral remote sensing imagery

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Mapping the distribution and tree canopy cover of Jacaranda mimosifolia and Platanus × acerifolia in Johannesburg's urban forest

scientific article published on 09 April 2022

More than a Century of Biological Control Against Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa: A Synoptic View of What Has Been Accomplished

scientific article published in 2020

Multimodal cue integration in the dung beetle compass

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Neural coding underlying the cue preference for celestial orientation

scientific article

Nutrient-mediated effects on Cornops aquaticum Brüner (Orthoptera: Acrididae), a potential biological control agent of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae)

Post-fire vegetative recruitment of the alien grassGlyceria maximaat a KwaZulu-Natal Midlands dam, South Africa

article

Predicting the distribution of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a natural enemy released on water hyacinth in South Africa

article

Sexual Dimorphism in Anthonomus santacruzi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a Biological Control Agent of Solanum mauritianum Scopoli (Solanaceae)

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Should the mirid,Eccritotarsus catarinensis(Heteroptera: Miridae), be considered for release against water hyacinth in the United States of America?

Slash burning, faunal composition, and nutrient dynamics in a Eucalyptus grandis plantation in South AfricaThis article is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Forum on Towards Sustainable Forestry — The Living Soil: Soil Biodivers

scholarly article by R.L. Nadel et al published February 2007 in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Small-scale insights into the above- and below-ground invasion dynamics of Parthenium hysterophorus in a South African savanna: The potential role of stocking rate

scientific article published on 20 September 2021

South Africa’s Pathways of Introduction and Dispersal and How They Have Changed Over Time

Spectral information as an orientation cue in dung beetles

scientific article

Stellar performance: mechanisms underlying Milky Way orientation in dung beetles

scientific article published on April 2017

Survival of the mirid Eccritotarsus catarinensis as influenced by Neochetina eichhorniae and Neochetina bruchi feeding scars on leaves of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes

Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) hybrids: the dominant invasive genotype in southern Africa

The Effect of Different Host Plants on Development and Survival of Nysius natalensis (Hemiptera: Orsillidae).

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

The Effect of Temperature onNysius natalensisEvans (Hemiptera: Orsillidae) Development and Survival

The Effect of Water Nutrients on the Feeding Intensity and Development of Larvae of Neochetina eichhorniae (Warner) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a Biocontrol Agent of the Invasive Water Hyacinth

scholarly article by J.A. Mukarugwiro published in March 2018

The brain behind straight-line orientation in dung beetles

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

The capacity of aquatic macrophytes for phytoremediation and their disposal with specific reference to water hyacinth.

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

The dung beetle dance: an orientation behaviour?

scientific article

The effect of herbivory by the mite Orthogalumna terebrantis on the growth and photosynthetic performance of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

scholarly article by Danica Marlin et al published January 2013 in Aquatic Botany

The effect of two biological control agents, the weevil Neochetina eichhorniae and the mirid Eccritotarsus catarinensis on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, grown in culture with water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes

article

The host specificity of Trabutina mannipara (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829) (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcoidae): a potential biocontrol agent of invasive Tamarix chinensis (Lour) and T. ramosissima (Ledeb) in South Africa.

scientific article published in 2021

The influence of climate on the establishment and success of the biocontrol agent Gratiana spadicea, released on Solanum sisymbriifolium in South Africa

article

The role of nutrients in the responses of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) to herbivory by a grasshopper Cornops aquaticum Brüner (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

article

The role of reproduction in Glyceria maxima invasion

The role of the mesothoracic spiracles in respiration in flighted and flightless dung beetles

scientific article published in March 2005

The role of the subelytral spiracles in respiration in the flightless dung beetle Circellium bacchus

scientific article published in April 2003

The role of the sun in the celestial compass of dung beetles.

scientific article published on 06 January 2014

Visual cues used by ball-rolling dung beetles for orientation ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Water stress augments silicon-mediated resistance of susceptible sugarcane cultivars to the stalk borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

scientific article published on April 2007

List of works by Marcus J. Byrne

A Remote Sensing Method to Monitor Water, Aquatic Vegetation, and Invasive Water Hyacinth at National Extents

A Review of Recent Efforts at Biological Control ofCaesalpinia decapetala(Roth) Alston (Fabaceae) in South Africa

A Review of the Biological Control Programmes onEichhornia crassipes(C.Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae),Salvinia molestaD.S.Mitch. (Salviniaceae),Pistia stratiotesL. (Araceae),Myriophyllum aquaticum(Vell.) Verdc. (Haloragaceae) andAzolla filiculoidesLam

A Snapshot-Based Mechanism for Celestial Orientation

A chronicle of alien medicinal plants used as traditional medicine in South Africa, and their status as invasive species

A new galloping gait in an insect

Alternate Reproductive Tactics in an African Dung Beetle, Circellium bacchus (Scarabeidae)

Assessing density-damage relationships between water hyacinth and its grasshopper herbivore

Assessing the intraurban differences in vegetation coverage and surface climate in a heterogeneous area

Biological Control of Dense-Thorned Bitter Apple,Solanum sisymbriifoliumLam. (Solanaceae), in South Africa

Cold-induced anesthesia impairs path integration memory in dung beetles

Compass Cue Integration and Its Relation to the Visual Ecology of Three Tribes of Ball-Rolling Dung Beetles

Discriminating pure Tamarix species and their putative hybrids using field spectrometer

Distribution and host plant range of Nysius natalensis Evans (Hemiptera: Orsillidae) in the sunflower production area of South Africa

Diurnal dung beetles use the intensity gradient and the polarization pattern of the sky for orientation.

Dung beetles ignore landmarks for straight-line orientation.

Dung beetles use the Milky Way for orientation

Dung beetles use their dung ball as a mobile thermal refuge.

Economic evaluation of the successful biological control of Azolla filiculoides in South Africa

Education, Training and Capacity-Building in the Field of Biological Invasions in South Africa

Effects of cadmium toxicity on the physiology and growth of a halophytic plant, Tamarix usneoides (E. Mey. ex Bunge)

Elevated atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> adversely affects a dung beetle’s development: Another potential driver of decline in insect numbers?

Evaluating the capability of Worldview-2 imagery for mapping alien tree species in a heterogeneous urban environment

Evaluating the impact of herbivory by a grasshopper, Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae), on the competitive performance and biomass accumulation of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae)

Failure of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a biological control agent of waterhyacinth, to persist on pickerelweed, a non-target host in South Africa, after forced establishment

Gut microbiota of dung beetles correspond to dietary specializations of adults and larvae

How dim is dim? Precision of the celestial compass in moonlight and sunlight.

Hyperspectral reflectance features of water hyacinth growing under feeding stresses of Neochetina spp. and different heavy metal pollutants

Identification of a retardant dose of glyphosate with potential for integrated control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach

Impact of biocontrol on the seed regenerative capacity of <i>Lantana camara</i> L. (<i>sensu lato</i>) (Verbenaceae)

Impact of nutrients and herbivory by Eccritotarsus catarinensis on the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

Impact of the biocontrol agent Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a sap-feeding mirid, on the competitive performance of waterhyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

Impacts of a sub-lethal dose of glyphosate on water hyacinth nutrients and its indirect effects onNeochetinaweevils

Integrated weed control using a retardant dose of glyphosate: a new management tool for water hyacinth?

Interactions within pairs of biological control agents on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

Larval performance of the pyralid borerEldana saccharinaWalker and stalk damage in sugarcane: Influence of plant silicon, cultivar and feeding site

Lifestyle and host defense mechanisms of the dung beetle, Euoniticellus intermedius: the toll signaling pathway

Lunar orientation in a beetle

Mapping distribution of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Rwanda using multispectral remote sensing imagery

Mapping the distribution and tree canopy cover of Jacaranda mimosifolia and Platanus × acerifolia in Johannesburg's urban forest

More than a Century of Biological Control Against Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa: A Synoptic View of What Has Been Accomplished

Multimodal cue integration in the dung beetle compass

Neural coding underlying the cue preference for celestial orientation

Nutrient-mediated effects on Cornops aquaticum Brüner (Orthoptera: Acrididae), a potential biological control agent of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae)

Post-fire vegetative recruitment of the alien grassGlyceria maximaat a KwaZulu-Natal Midlands dam, South Africa

Predicting the distribution of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a natural enemy released on water hyacinth in South Africa

Sexual Dimorphism in Anthonomus santacruzi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a Biological Control Agent of Solanum mauritianum Scopoli (Solanaceae)

Should the mirid,Eccritotarsus catarinensis(Heteroptera: Miridae), be considered for release against water hyacinth in the United States of America?

Slash burning, faunal composition, and nutrient dynamics in a Eucalyptus grandis plantation in South AfricaThis article is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Forum on Towards Sustainable Forestry — The Living Soil: Soil Biodivers

Small-scale insights into the above- and below-ground invasion dynamics of Parthenium hysterophorus in a South African savanna: The potential role of stocking rate

South Africa’s Pathways of Introduction and Dispersal and How They Have Changed Over Time

Spectral information as an orientation cue in dung beetles

Stellar performance: mechanisms underlying Milky Way orientation in dung beetles

Survival of the mirid Eccritotarsus catarinensis as influenced by Neochetina eichhorniae and Neochetina bruchi feeding scars on leaves of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes

Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) hybrids: the dominant invasive genotype in southern Africa

The Effect of Different Host Plants on Development and Survival of Nysius natalensis (Hemiptera: Orsillidae).

The Effect of Temperature onNysius natalensisEvans (Hemiptera: Orsillidae) Development and Survival

The Effect of Water Nutrients on the Feeding Intensity and Development of Larvae of Neochetina eichhorniae (Warner) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a Biocontrol Agent of the Invasive Water Hyacinth

The brain behind straight-line orientation in dung beetles

The capacity of aquatic macrophytes for phytoremediation and their disposal with specific reference to water hyacinth.

The dung beetle dance: an orientation behaviour?

The effect of herbivory by the mite Orthogalumna terebrantis on the growth and photosynthetic performance of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

The effect of two biological control agents, the weevil Neochetina eichhorniae and the mirid Eccritotarsus catarinensis on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, grown in culture with water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes

The host specificity of <i>Trabutina mannipara</i> (Hemprich &amp; Ehrenberg, 1829) (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcoidae): a potential biocontrol agent of invasive <i>Tamarix chinensis</i> (Lour) and <i>T. ramosissima</i> (Ledeb) in South Africa.

The influence of climate on the establishment and success of the biocontrol agent Gratiana spadicea, released on Solanum sisymbriifolium in South Africa

The role of nutrients in the responses of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) to herbivory by a grasshopper Cornops aquaticum Brüner (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

The role of reproduction in Glyceria maxima invasion

The role of the mesothoracic spiracles in respiration in flighted and flightless dung beetles

The role of the subelytral spiracles in respiration in the flightless dung beetle Circellium bacchus

The role of the sun in the celestial compass of dung beetles.

Visual cues used by ball-rolling dung beetles for orientation ⬇️

Water stress augments silicon-mediated resistance of susceptible sugarcane cultivars to the stalk borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

The host specificity of <i>Trabutina mannipara</i> (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829) (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcoidae): a potential biocontrol agent of invasive <i>Tamarix chinensis</i> (Lour) and <i>T. ramosissima</i> (Ledeb) in South Africa.