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Overview

Eckehard G. Brockerhoff is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Switzerland. Their research spans across environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on areas related to ecology and insect science.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader fields, their subfields of interest and contribution include:

  • Ecology
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change

Their research topics mainly concentrate on forest insect ecology and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and plant and animal studies. Additional topics include forest ecology and biodiversity studies, insect and pesticide research, insect-plant interactions and control, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Frequent publication venues where their work appears cover:

  • NeoBiota
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecological Applications
  • Biological Invasions

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Worldwide border interceptions provide a window into human-mediated global insect movement", 2021, Ecological Applications
  • "Forest Insect Biosecurity: Processes, Patterns, Predictions, Pitfalls", 2022, Annual Review of Entomology
  • "Meta-analysis of tree diversity effects on the abundance, diversity and activity of herbivores' enemies", 2021, Basic and Applied Ecology
  • "Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems", 2022, Ecology Letters
  • "Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions", 2020, NeoBiota

They collaborate frequently with several authors including:

  • Andrew M. Liebhold
  • Rebecca M. Turner
  • Helen F. Nahrung
  • Takehiko Yamanaka
  • Alain Roques

Best Publications

  • Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity

    Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Hervé Jactel;John A. Parrotta;Christopher P. Quine

  • Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services

    Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Luc Barbaro;Bastien Castagneyrol;David I. Forrester

  • Tree diversity reduces herbivory by forest insects.

    Hervé Jactel;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

  • Planted forests and biodiversity.

    Jean-Michel Carnus;John Parrotta;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Michel Arbez

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Live plant imports: the major pathway for forest insect and pathogen invasions of the US

    Andrew M Liebhold;Eckehard G Brockerhoff;Lynn J Garrett;Jennifer L Parke

  • Tree Diversity Drives Forest Stand Resistance to Natural Disturbances

    Hervé Jactel;Jürgen Bauhus;Johanna Boberg;Damien Bonal

  • Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy

    M. J. Wingfield;E. G. Brockerhoff;B. D. Wingfield;B. Slippers

  • Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae

    Jacqueline R. Beggs;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Juan C. Corley;Marc Kenis

  • Role of eucalypt and other planted forests in biodiversity conservation and the provision of biodiversity-related ecosystem services

    Eckehard G Brockerhoff;Hervé Jactel;Hervé Jactel;John A Parrotta;Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz

  • Plantation forests, climate change and biodiversity

    S. M. Pawson;A. Brin;E. G. Brockerhoff;D. Lamb

  • Interception frequency of exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and relationship with establishment in New Zealand and worldwide

    Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;John Bain;Mark Kimberley;Milos Knizek

  • Forest health in a changing world: Effects of globalization and climate change on forest insect and pathogen impacts

    T. D. Ramsfield;Barbara Bentz;M. Faccoli;H. Jactel

  • Ecology of forest insect invasions

    E. G. Brockerhoff;A. M. Liebhold

  • A Test of the Biodiversity-Stability Theory: Meta-analysis of Tree Species Diversity Effects on Insect Pest Infestations, and Re-examination of Responsible Factors

    H. Jactel;E. Brockerhoff;P. Duelli

  • Common pathways by which non-native forest insects move internationally and domestically

    Nicolas Meurisse;Davide Rassati;Brett Phillip Hurley;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

  • Biological invasions in forest ecosystems

    Andrew M. Liebhold;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Susan Kalisz;Martin Andres Nuñez

  • Forest Biodiversity and the Delivery of Ecosystem Goods and Services: Translating Science into Policy

    Ian D. Thompson;Kimiko Okabe;Jason M. Tylianakis;Pushpam Kumar

  • Effects of plant phylogenetic diversity on herbivory depend on herbivore specialization

    Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Hervé Jactel;Corinne Vacher;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

  • Diversity and succession of adventive and indigenous vascular understorey plants in Pinus radiata plantation forests in New Zealand

    Eckehard G Brockerhoff;Chris E Ecroyd;Alan C Leckie;Mark O Kimberley

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Liebhold
Andrew M. Liebhold Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Hervé Jactel
Hervé Jactel University of Bordeaux
Raphael K. Didham
Raphael K. Didham University of Western Australia
Bastien Castagneyrol
Bastien Castagneyrol University of Bordeaux
John A. Parrotta
John A. Parrotta US Forest Service
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Dave Kelly
Dave Kelly University of Canterbury
Marc Kenis
Marc Kenis CAB International
Robert A. Haack
Robert A. Haack US Forest Service

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