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95

Overview

Myron P. Zalucki is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has an extensive body of research within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans across multiple interconnected subfields and topics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Protected areas and the future of insect conservation, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Migration in butterflies: a global overview, 2021, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Three-quarters of insect species are insufficiently represented by protected areas, 2023, One Earth
  • Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions, 2020, NeoBiota
  • Host stage preference and performance of Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a candidate for classical biological control of Tuta absoluta in Africa, 2020, Biological Control

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Michael J. Furlong
  • Zhaozhi Lü
  • Shawan Chowdhury
  • Richard A. Fuller
  • Yaghoub Fathipour

Their research has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Entomologia Generalis
  • Insects
  • Austral Entomology
  • Plants
  • Journal of Economic Entomology

Zalucki's main fields of study include Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a considerable focus on Insect Science. Their subfields cover areas such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, Systematics, and Plant Science. The thematic content of their research often revolves around:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies

Best Publications

  • Estimating the economic cost of one of the world's major insect pests, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae): just how long is a piece of string?

    Myron P. Zalucki;Asad Shabbir;Rehan Silva;David Adamson

  • ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF FIRST INSTAR LARVAL LEPIDOPTERA

    Myron P. Zalucki;Anthony R. Clarke;Stephen B. Malcolm

  • The Biology and Ecology of Heliothis-Armigera (hubner) and Heliothis-Punctigera Wallengren (lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Australia - What Do We Know

    M. P. Zalucki;G. Daglish;S. Firempong;P. Twine

  • Lantana: Current Management Status and Future Prospects

    Michael D. Day;Chris J. Wiley;Julia Playford;Myron P. Zalucki

  • The genetics of monarch butterfly migration and warning colouration

    Shuai Zhan;Shuai Zhan;Shuai Zhan;Wei Zhang;Kristjan Niitepõld;Kristjan Niitepõld;Jeremy Hsu

  • Evolutionary principles and their practical application

    Andrew P. Hendry;Michael T. Kinnison;Mikko Heino;Mikko Heino;Troy Day

  • Do insects feel pain? — A biological view

    C. H. Eisemann;W. K. Jorgensen;D. J. Merritt;M. J. Rice

  • Understanding Heliothine (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) Pests: What is a Host Plant?

    John Paul Cunningham;Myron P. Zalucki

  • The potential distribution of invading Helicoverpa armigera in North America: Is it just a matter of time?

    Darren J. Kriticos;Noboru Ota;William D. Hutchison;Jason Beddow

  • And the beak shall inherit – evolution in response to invasion

    Scott P. Carroll;Scott P. Carroll;Jenella E. Loye;Jenella E. Loye;Hugh Dingle;Hugh Dingle;Michael Mathieson

  • Evolution in agriculture: the application of evolutionary approaches to the management of biotic interactions in agro-ecosystems.

    Peter H. Thrall;John G. Oakeshott;Gary Fitt;Simon Southerton

  • The future of IPM: Whither or wither?

    Myron P Zalucki;David Adamson;Michael J Furlong

  • Detrimental effects of latex and cardiac glycosides on survival and growth of first‐instar monarch butterfly larvae Danaus plexippus feeding on the sandhill milkweed Asclepias humistrata

    Myron P. Zalucki;Lincoln P. Brower;Alfonso Alonso-M

  • Climate change and biological control: the consequences of increasing temperatures on host-parasitoid interactions.

    Michael J Furlong;Myron P Zalucki

  • Development and Survival of the Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) at Constant and Alternating Temperatures

    Shu-Sheng Liu;Fei-Zhou Chen;Myron P. Zalucki

  • Conservation Biological Control of Arthropods using Artificial Food Sprays: Current Status and Future Challenges

    Mark R. Wade;Mark R. Wade;Mark R. Wade;Myron P. Zalucki;Steve D. Wratten;Katherine A. Robinson

  • Ecology of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and H. punctigera (Wallengren) in the Inland of Australia: larval sampling and host plant relationships during winter and spring

    M. P. Zalucki;D. A. H. Murray;P. C. Gregg;G. P. Fitt

  • Learning, odour preference and flower foraging in moths

    John Paul Cunningham;Chris J. Moore;Myron P. Zalucki;Stuart A. West

  • Adapting to crop pest and pathogen risks under a changing climate

    Robert W. Sutherst;Fiona Constable;Kyla J. Finlay;Richard Harrington

  • Oviposition by Danaus plexippus in relation to cardenolide content of three Asclepias species in the southeastern U.S.A.

    M. P. Zalucki;L. P. Brower;S. B. Malcolm

  • Learning in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): a new look at the behaviour and control of a polyphagous pest

    John P Cunningham;Myron P Zalucki;Stuart A West

  • Distribution of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in western North America

    H. Dingle;M. P. Zalucki;W. A. Rochester;T. Armijo-Prewitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy A. Schellhorn
Nancy A. Schellhorn Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yaghoub Fathipour
Yaghoub Fathipour Tarbiat Modares University
Shu-Sheng Liu
Shu-Sheng Liu Zhejiang University
Lincoln P. Brower
Lincoln P. Brower Sweet Briar College
Hugh Dingle
Hugh Dingle University of California, Davis
J. Mark Scriber
J. Mark Scriber Michigan State University
Roger L. Kitching
Roger L. Kitching Griffith University
Karen S. Oberhauser
Karen S. Oberhauser University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sharon Downes
Sharon Downes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jane M. Hughes
Jane M. Hughes Griffith University

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