David R. Gillespie

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada — Canada

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(86), Plant and animal studies(42), Biological Control of Invasive Species(36), Insect behavior and control techniques(22), Insect Pest Control Strategies(17)

Publications142 total

Dispersal and distribution of a generalist predator in habitats with multiple food resources
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Natural History of Plutella armoraciae Busck, 1912, A Sympatric Congener of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (L., 1758), in Southwestern Canada
Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society·2022· 4 cited
The parasitoid complex of diamondback moth, <i>Plutella xylostella</i> (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in Canada: impact and status
The Canadian Entomologist·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
A list of plant-feeding Lepidoptera introduced into British Columbia
Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)·2019· 5 citedOpen Access
Use of life tables to predict the impact of introducing exotic parasitoids, against the cabbage seedpod weevil in North America
Biocontrol Science and Technology·2019· 3 cited
Bioclimatic analyses of Trichomalus perfectus and Mesopolobus morys (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) distributions, two potential biological control agents of the cabbage seedpod weevil in North America
Biological Control·2018· 12 citedOpen Access
Global Change and Insect Biodiversity in Agroecosystems
2018· 3 cited
Proceedings of 5th international symposium on biological control of arthropods : Langkawi Malaysia 11-15 September 2017.
2017
Can native parasitoids benefit from accidental introductions of exotic biological control agents?
CABI eBooks·2017
Omnivory – A Flexible Feeding Strategy
Elsevier eBooks·2017· 4 cited
An exotic parasitoid provides an invasional lifeline for native parasitoids
Ecology and Evolution·2016· 41 citedOpen Access
Can competition be superior to parasitism for biological control? The case of spotted wing Drosophila (<i>Drosophila suzukii</i>), <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> and <i>Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae</i>
Biocontrol Science and Technology·2016· 34 cited
The potential for the use of herbarium specimens to determine the host plants of <i>Ceutorhynchus</i> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
The Canadian Entomologist·2015· 1 cited
XIII International Entomophagous Insects 2003 J Insect Sci
2015
Natural enemies on the landscape – Integrating life-history theory and landscapes
Biological Control·2014· 16 cited
The parasitoid communities associated with <i>Ceutorhynchus</i> species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ontario and Québec, Canada
The Canadian Entomologist·2014· 12 cited
On the evolution of omnivory in a community context
Ecology and Evolution·2013· 31 citedOpen Access
Long handling times of <i><scp>P</scp>raon unicum</i> by <i><scp>H</scp>armonia axyridis</i> result in protection from predation
Journal of Applied Entomology·2013
Oviposition behavior of the biological control agent Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in environments with multiple pest aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Biological Control·2013· 25 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Bernard D. Roitberg(17), Robert McGregor(10), Lee M. Henry(6), Mark S. Goettel(5), D.M.J. Quiring(4), Robert S. Vernon(3), Jeong Jun Kim(3), Colleen R. Alma(3), Sherah L. VanLaerhoven(3), Peggy Clarke(2), Mitch R.J Foisy(2), C.R. Teerling(2), John H. Borden(2), Juan Antonio Sánchez(2), Susanna Acheampong(2), Jordan A. Bannerman(2), Don Quiring(2), George Opit(2), Donald Quiring(2), Heung-Su Lee(1)