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Overview

Ian C.W. Hardy is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and specializes in research situated primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work covers several interrelated subfields, including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Their research topics encompass a range of subjects associated with insect-plant interactions and control, plant and animal studies, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior. Other specific areas of focus include insect and pesticide research, forest insect ecology and management, insect behavior and control techniques, and insect pest control strategies.

Hardy's publication record includes contributions to prominent scientific journals and venues. Frequent outlets for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Hardy are:

  • "Action threshold development in cabbage pest management using synthetic and botanical insecticides" (2020), published in Entomologia Generalis
  • "Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects" (2023), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts" (2020), published in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Thiamethoxam exposure deregulates short ORF gene expression in the honey bee and compromises immune response to bacteria" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation" (2020), published in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Hardy regularly collaborates with researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • K. S. Shameer
  • Daniela Lupi
  • C. Jucker
  • Tamar Keasar
  • Mohamed Khadar Abdi

Best Publications

  • Sex ratios : concepts and research methods

    Ian C.W. Hardy

  • Statistical analysis of sex ratios : an introduction.

    Kenneth Wilson;Ian C.W. Hardy

  • Clutch size in a parasitoid wasp : a manipulation experiment

    I. C. W. Hardy;N. T. Griffiths;H. C. J. Godfray

  • Animal Contests: List of contributors

    Ian C. W. Hardy;Mark Briffa

  • Sex ratio and mating structure in the parasitoid Hymenoptera.

    Ian C. W. Hardy

  • Possible factors influencing vertebrate sex ratios: an introductory overview

    Ian C.W. Hardy

  • The importance of being larger: parasitoid intruder–owner contests and their implications for clutch size

    Ghita Petersen;Ian C.W. Hardy

  • Logistic analysis of animal contests

    Ian C.W. Hardy;Scott A. Field;Scott A. Field

  • Aggression by polyembryonic wasp soldiers correlates with kinship but not resource competition

    David Giron;Derek W. Dunn;Ian C. W. Hardy;Michael R. Strand

  • Effects of assisted reproductive technologies on human sex ratio at birth.

    Walid E. Maalouf;Mina N. Mincheva;Bruce K. Campbell;Ian C.W. Hardy

  • Host plant, host plant chemistry and the polyembryonic parasitoid Copidosoma sosares : indirect effects in a tritrophic interaction

    Paul J. Ode;Paul J. Ode;May R. Berenbaum;Arthur R. Zangerl;Ian C. W. Hardy;Ian C. W. Hardy

  • Spiteful soldiers and sex ratio conflict in polyembryonic parasitoid wasps.

    Andy Gardner;Ian C. W. Hardy;Peter D. Taylor;Stuart A. West

  • Non-binomial sex allocation and brood sex ratio variances in the parasitoid Hymenoptera

    Ian C. W. Hardy

  • Brood guarding in a bethylid wasp

    Ian C. W. Hardy;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Patterns of sex ratio, virginity and developmental mortality in gregarious parasitoids☆

    Ian C. W. Hardy;Ian C. W. Hardy;Ian C. W. Hardy;Lieuwe J. Dijkstra;Jaklien E. M. Gillis;Patrick A. Luft

  • The importance of valuing resources : host weight and contender age as determinants of parasitoid wasp contest outcomes

    Emily L. Humphries;Alison J. Hebblethwaite;Tim P. Batchelor;Ian C.W. Hardy

  • Parasitoid Sex Ratios and Biological Control

    Paul J. Ode;Ian C.W. Hardy

  • The importance of being gravid: egg load and contest outcome in a parasitoid wasp

    Stinne Stokkebo;Ian C.W. Hardy;Ian C.W. Hardy

  • Insect gladiators II: Competitive interactions within and between bethylid parasitoid species of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Tim P. Batchelor;Ian C.W. Hardy;Juan F. Barrera;Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud

  • Brood sex ratio variance, developmental mortality and virginity in a gregarious parasitoid wasp

    Ian C. W. Hardy;James M. Cook

  • Multi-trait mimicry of ants by a parasitoid wasp

    Miriama Malcicka;T. Martijn Bezemer;Bertanne Visser;Mark Bloemberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ara Monadjem
Ara Monadjem University of Pretoria
Paul J. Ode
Paul J. Ode Colorado State University
Peter J. Mayhew
Peter J. Mayhew University of York
Robert S. T. Linforth
Robert S. T. Linforth University of Nottingham
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner University of St Andrews
David A. Barrett
David A. Barrett University of Nottingham
Jeffrey A. Harvey
Jeffrey A. Harvey Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Michael R. Strand
Michael R. Strand University of Georgia
Mikael K. Sejr
Mikael K. Sejr Aarhus University
Bethia H. King
Bethia H. King Northern Illinois University

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