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Overview

Nicholas J. Mills is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States, focusing primarily on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Genetics.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Hemiptera Insect Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Biological Control of Invasive Species
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics

Mills has published in several notable venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Pest Management Science
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Ecological Applications
  • Ecological Entomology

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Pesticide exposure of wild bees and honey bees foraging from field border flowers in intensively managed agriculture areas," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Review: classical biological control of invasive stink bugs with egg parasitoids - what does success look like?", 2020, Pest Management Science
  • "Reproductive attributes and functional response of Anastatus japonicus on eggs of Antheraea pernyi, a factitious host," 2022, Pest Management Science
  • "High agricultural intensity at the landscape scale benefits pests, but low intensity practices at the local scale can mitigate these effects," 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "Effects of predation pressure and prey density on short-term indirect interactions between two prey species that share a common predator," 2020, Ecological Entomology

Their research collaborators frequently include:

  • Paul K. Abram
  • Sara E. Emery
  • Michelle L. Hladik
  • Aidee Guzman
  • Ariana Bautista

Best Publications

  • Modelling the biological control of insect pests: a review of host-parasitoid models

    N.J. Mills;W.M. Getz

  • Is the biological control of insects a natural phenomenon

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Nick J. Mills;Mark A. Jervis;Peter W. Price

  • The influence of hosts, temperature and food sources on the longevity of Trichogramma platneri

    S. J. McDougall;N. J. Mills

  • Biological Control: Ecology and Applications

    George E. Heimpel;Nicholas J. Mills

  • Selecting effective parasitoids for biological control introductions: Codling moth as a case study

    Nick Mills

  • Satiation and the functional response: a test of a new model

    N. J. Mills

  • Detecting pest control services across spatial and temporal scales

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Perry de Valpine;Nicholas J. Mills;Claire Kremen

  • Ratio dependence in the functional response of insect parasitoids: evidence from Trichogramma minutum foraging for eggs in small host patches

    N. J. Mills;I. Lacan

  • Effect of Bt-toxin (Cry1Ac) in Transgenic Cotton on the Adult Longevity of Four Heteropteran Predators

    Sergine Ponsard;Andrew P. Gutierrez;Nicholas J. Mills

  • Comparative analysis of pesticide effects on natural enemies in western orchards: A synthesis of laboratory bioassay data

    Nicholas J. Mills;Elizabeth H. Beers;Peter W. Shearer;Thomas R. Unruh

  • Pesticide exposure of wild bees and honey bees foraging from field border flowers in intensively managed agriculture areas.

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  • A PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED TRITROPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON BOTTOM-UP-TOP-DOWN REGULATION OF POPULATIONS'

    A. P. Gutierrez;N. J. Mills;S. J. Schreiber;C. K. Ellis

  • Factors influencing the evolution of clutch size in a gregarious insect parasitoid

    Tania Zaviezo;Tania Zaviezo;Nick Mills

  • Host-Parasitoid Coexistence and Egg-Limited Encounter Rates

    Wayne M. Getz;Nicholas J. Mills

  • Tree fruit IPM programs in the western United States: the challenge of enhancing biological control through intensive management

    Vincent P Jones;Thomas R Unruh;David R Horton;Nicholas J Mills

  • Clutch size decisions of a gregarious parasitoid under laboratory and field conditions

    T.Martijn Bezemer;Nick J. Mills

  • Single vs. multiple introduction in biological control: the roles of parasitoid efficiency, antagonism and niche overlap

    Brent S. Pedersen;Nicholas J. Mills

  • The effects of parasitoid fecundity and host taxon on the biological control of insect pests: the relationship between theory and data

    S. D. Lane;N. J. Mills;W. M. Getz

  • Influence of adult nutrition on the relationship between body size and reproductive parameters in a parasitoid wasp.

    T.M. Bezemer;J.A. Harvey;N.J. Mills

  • The natural enemies of scolytids infesting conifer bark in Europe in relation to the biological control of Dendroctonus spp. in Canada

    N.J. Mills

  • Parasitoid Guilds, Life-Styles, and Host Ranges in the Parasitoid Complexes of Tortricoid Hosts (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea)

    N. J. Mills

  • Prospective modelling in biological control: an analysis of the dynamics of heteronomous hyperparasitism in a cotton-whitefly-parasitoid system

    N. J. Mills;A. P. Gutierrez

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Heimpel
George E. Heimpel University of Minnesota
Kent M. Daane
Kent M. Daane University of California, Berkeley
George K. Roderick
George K. Roderick University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Paul Gutierrez
Andrew Paul Gutierrez University of California, Berkeley
T. Martijn Bezemer
T. Martijn Bezemer Leiden University
Wayne M. Getz
Wayne M. Getz University of California, Berkeley
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer Stanford University
Mark S. Hoddle
Mark S. Hoddle University of California, Riverside
Alexander H. Purcell
Alexander H. Purcell University of California, Berkeley
Sebastian J. Schreiber
Sebastian J. Schreiber University of California, Davis

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