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  1. Seasonal Fluctuations and Diversity of Bark and Wood-boring Beetles in Lowland Forest: Implications for management Practices

    Seasonal Fluctuations and Diversity of Bark and Wood-boring Beetles in Lowland Forest: Implications for management Practices

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: S.S. Madoffe --- Department of Forest Biology, A. Bakke --- , Ås; Norway
    The phenology and diversity of wood-living beetles attacking Cedrela mexicana, Khaya nyasica and Milicia excelsa were observed for one year with weekly window-flight-trap collections. A total of 150 species (10 known to be common pests of timber) were collected, most...
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  2. Influence of human disturbance on patterns of leaf herbivory at Gazi Bay mangrove forest, Kenya

    Influence of human disturbance on patterns of leaf herbivory at Gazi Bay mangrove forest, Kenya

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: CM Kihia --- Department of Biological Science, Kenya JM Mathooko --- Department of Biological Science, Kenya RK Ruwa --- , Kenya WA Shivoga --- Department of Environmental Science, Kenya
    Mangrove herbivores cause leaf serration, perforation and galls prior to leaf abscission. This study compared damage by herbivores on leaves of four mangrove species at sites under different levels of human physical disturbance, and provides further evidence of the indirect...
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  3. First report of <em>Phoronis ovalis</em> from Africa and its effect on mussel hosts

    First report of Phoronis ovalis from Africa and its effect on mussel hosts

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JL Ruesink --- Department of Biology, USA AC Trimble --- Department of Biology, USA
    Phoronis ovalis is a cosmopolitan, shell-boring phoronid worm reported from 24 locations worldwide in temperate latitudes, but not previously from Africa. We identified a shell-boring phoronid in Namibia that is morphologically similar to P. ovalis and subsequently surveyed its latitudinal...
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  4. Advancements in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) technology for effective management of forest insect pests

    Advancements in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) technology for effective management of forest insect pests

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Tanmaya Kumar Bhoi --- ICFRE-Arid Forest Research Institute (ICFRE-AFRI), India Ipsita Samal --- ICAR-National Research Centre on Litchi, India Deepak Kumar Mahanta --- Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education–Forest Research Institute (ICFRE-FRI), India J Komal --- Basic Seed Multiplication and Training Centre, India PV Dinesh Kumar --- Research Extension Centre, India HR Desai --- Navsari Agricultural University, India Mohammad Abbas Ahmad --- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, India R Athulya --- ICFRE-Institute of Wood Science and Technology (ICFRE-IWST), India
    The emergence of forest insects as a result of climatic changes presents traditional management strategies with significant challenges. RNA interference (RNAi) has attracted attention as a possible innovative forest conservation strategy. By eliciting gene silencing with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), RNAi...
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