Australian Plague Locust Commission

Recent papers from Australian Plague Locust Commission

1. Analysis of the 2015–2025 upsurges of the South American Locust, Schistocerca cancellata: Evidence of a regional migratory circuit between Argentina and Paraguay/BoliviaJournal of Orthoptera Research · 2026
2. Exploring nutrient availability and herbivorous insect population dynamics across multiple scalesOikos · 2025
3. World’s Best Practice Locust and Grasshopper Management: Accurate Forecasting and Early Intervention Treatments Using Reduced Chemical PesticideAgronomy · 2024
4. Global perspectives and transdisciplinary opportunities for locust and grasshopper pest management and researchJournal of Orthoptera Research · 2024
5. Monitoring insect numbers and biodiversity with a vertical-beam entomological radarPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2024
6. Observations on populations of a small insectivorous bird, Malurus leucopterus leuconotus Dumont, after an application of two ultra-low-volume (ULV) insecticides, fenitrothion and fipronil, in arid AustraliaAustralian Journal of Zoology · 2022
7. Fungal-Based Biopesticide Formulations to Control Nymphs and Adults of the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria Forskål (Orthoptera: Acrididae): A Laboratory and Field Cage StudyAgronomy · 2022
8. Sensitivity of the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura (Gould 1845), to the insecticide, fipronil; implications for pesticide risk assessments in AustraliaEcotoxicology · 2022
9. Seeing the locust in the swarm: accounting for spatiotemporal hierarchy improves ecological models of insect populationsEcography · 2022
10. A Review of the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the South American Locust, Schistocerca cancellata (Serville, 1838), and Future ProspectsAgronomy · 2022
11. Sublethal pesticide exposure influences behaviour, but not condition in a widespread Australian lizardConservation Physiology · 2022
12. Integrated control of the mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Australian cotton with insecticides and naturally occurring beneficial arthropodsAustral Entomology · 2021
13. Insect Monitoring Radar: Maximizing Performance and UtilityRemote Sensing · 2020
14. Surviving drought: a framework for understanding animal responses to small rain events in the arid zoneEcology · 2019
15. Continental patterns in the diet of a top predator: Australia's dingoMammal Review · 2018
16. Ascent and descent rates of high-flying insect migrants determined with a non-coherent vertical-beam entomological radarInternational Journal of Remote Sensing · 2018
17. Long-term seasonal forecasting of a major migrant insect pest: the brown planthopper in the Lower Yangtze River ValleyJournal of Pest Science · 2018
18. A low-cost, do-it-yourself data-logging system to record animal activity in laboratory and small-enclosure experimentsAustralian Mammalogy · 2016
19. Applications of fipronil (Adonis 3UL) and Metarhizium acridum for use against locusts have minimal effect on litter decomposition and microbial functional diversity in Australian arid grasslandSoil Research · 2016
20. Fenitrothion, an organophosphorous insecticide, impairs locomotory function and alters body temperatures in Sminthopsis macroura (Gould 1845) without reducing metabolic rates during running endurance and thermogenic performance testsEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry · 2015