The most damaging foliar disease of pyrethrum in Australia is ray
blight caused by Stagonosporopsis tanaceti. The probability of growers
incurring economic losses caused by this disease has been substantially
reduced by the implementation of a prophylactically applied spring
fungicide program. This has been traditionally initiated when 50% of
the...
Pursuit of the triple bottom line of economic, community and ecological sustainability has increased the complexity of fishery management; fisheries assessments require new types of data and analysis to guide science-based policy in addition to traditional biological information and modeling. We introduce the Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs), a broadly applicable...
Predatorprey interactions are a primary structuring force vital to the resilience of marine communities and sustainability of the worlds oceans. Human influences on marine ecosystems mediate changes in species interactions. This generality is evinced by the cascading effects of overharvesting top predators on the structure and function of marine ecosystems....