Biological control of Eurasian watermilfoil by aquatic insects: Basic insights from an applied problem

Agriculture & Biology

• aquatic insects 96%
• Curculionidae 77%
• Euhrychiopsis lecontei 70%
• biological control 65%
• herbivores 32%
• Acentria ephemerella 25%
• host range 24%
• Canada 21%
• Cricotopus 20%
• Lepomis 19%
• Centrarchidae 17%
• summer 16%
• shorelines 16%
• midges 15%
• littoral zone 15%
• macrophytes 13%
• plant litter 13%
• phytomass 12%
• plant communities 12%
• community structure 12%
• biological control agents 11%
• population density 11%
• fecundity 10%
• weeds 10%
• stems 8%
• insects 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• biological control 100%
• insect 71%
• herbivore 31%
• limiting factor 31%
• biocontrol agent 25%
• North America 23%
• population modeling 22%
• caterpillar 21%
• trophic cascade 20%
• province 19%
• range expansion 19%
• community response 18%
• herbivory 18%
• fecundity 17%
• summer 17%
• weed 17%
• mesocosm 17%
• intertidal environment 16%
• macrophyte 15%
• plant community 14%
• predation 14%
• population density 14%
• stem 13%
• field study 13%
• community structure 12%
• biomass 9%
• laboratory 8%
• effect 3%