Impacts of a biocontrol agent on invasive Ageratina adenophora in Southwest China: friend or foe?

Yuan Chuan, Wang Qin, Chen Yan, Zhang LiDan, Tan Lu, Fu RongHua, Yang JinTian, Li Yan, Liu Mei, Compton, S. G., (2021). Biological Control 152 Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

Sacred hills of Imerina and the voyage of Ficus lutea Vahl (Amontana) in Madagascar.

Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y., Rafidison, V. M., Kjellberg, F., Hossaert-McKey, M., (2018). Acta Oecologica 90, 18-27. Elsevier Masson, Paris, France. English language

Host-parasitoid relationships within figs of an invasive fig tree: a fig wasp community structured by gall size.

Compton, S. G., Chen XiaoYong, Chen Yan, Hatcher, M. J., Peng YanQiong, Quinnell, R. J., Rodriguez, L. J., Yu Hui, Ouyang Ao, Wei FangLu, Cai ZheTing, Wang Rong, (2018). Insect Conservation and Diversity 11(4), 341-351. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

The fig wasp followers and colonists of a widely introduced fig tree, Ficus microcarpa.

Wang Rong, Aylwin, R., Barwell, L., Chen XiaoYong, Chen Yan, Chou LienSiang, Cobb, J., Collette, D., Craine, L., Giblin-Davis, R. M., Ghana, S., Harper, M., Harrison, R. D., Mcpherson, J. R., Peng YanQiong, Pereira, R. A. S., Reyes-Betancort, A., Rodriguez, L. J. V., Strange, E., Noort, S. van, Yang, H. W., Yu Hui, Compton, S. G., (2015). Insect Conservation and Diversity 8(4), 322-336. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. English language

West African arthropods hold promise as biological control agents for an invasive tree in the Pacific Islands.

Paterson, I. D., Paynter, Q., Neser, S., Akpabey, F. J., Orapa, W., Compton, S. G., (2017). African Entomology 25(1), 244-247. Entomological Society of Southern Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. English language

Fig wasps associated with an invasive fig tree: which is most damaging?

Compton, S. G., Wang, R., (2014). Proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2-7 March 2014, 11. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. English language

Non-pollinator fig wasp impact on the reproductive success of an invasive fig tree: why so little?

Kong Yue, Wang Rong, Yang DaRong, Rachakonda Sreekar, Peng YanQiong, Compton, S. G., (2016). Biocontrol Science and Technology 26(10), 1432-1443. Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK. English language

Two in one: cryptic species discovered in biological control agent populations using molecular data and crossbreeding experiments.

Paterson, I. D., Mangan, R., Downie, D. A., Coetzee, J. A., Hill, M. P., Burke, A. M., Downey, P. O., Henry, T. J., Compton, S. G., (2016). Ecology and Evolution 6(17), 6139-6150. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. English language

The impact of fig wasps (Chalcidoidea), new to the Mediterranean, on reproduction of an invasive fig tree Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae) and their potential for its biological control.

Wang Rong, Aylwin, R., Cobb, J., Craine, L., Ghana, S., Reyes-Betancort, J. A., Quinnell, R. J., Compton, S. G., (2015). Biological Control 81, 21-30. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

Fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae, Pteromalidae) associated with Asian fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) in Southern Africa: Asian followers and African colonists.

Noort, S. van, Wang Rong, Compton, S. G., (2013). African Invertebrates 54(2), 381-400. KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. English language