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  1. Modelling optimal control of air pollution to reduce respiratory diseases
  2. Threshold dynamics of an age-structured infectious disease model with limited medical resources
  3. Prediction of the next major outbreak of COVID-19 in Mainland China and a vaccination strategy for it
  4. Inferring a Causal Relationship between Environmental Factors and Respiratory Infections Using Convergent Cross-Mapping
  5. The relative importance of key meteorological factors affecting numbers of mosquito vectors of dengue fever
  6. A field investigation of short-range dispersal by female Simulium damnosum s.l.
  7. dynamicSDM: An R package for species geographical distribution and abundance modelling at high spatiotemporal resolution
  8. Stationary distribution and persistence of a stochastic mathematical model for prostate cancer with pulsed therapy
  9. Bean Leaf Beetle (Ootheca spp.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Management via Planting Timing and Insecticides
  10. Distribution and Relative Abundance of Bean Leaf Beetles (Ootheca spp.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Uganda
  11. A Universal Delayed Difference Model Fitting Dose-response Curves
  12. Ecological characteristics of pre-imaginal stages of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern England
  13. Threshold dynamics of a stochastic model of intermittent androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer
  14. Micro-CT visualization of a promastigote secretory gel (PSG) and parasite plug in the digestive tract of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis infected with Leishmania mexicana
  15. Mosquito Magnet® traps as a potential means of monitoring blackflies of medical and veterinary importance
  16. Effects of medical resource capacities and intensities of public mitigation measures on outcomes of COVID-19 outbreaks
  17. Micro‐CT imaging of Onchocerca infection of Simulium damnosum s.l . blackflies and comparison of the peritrophic membrane thickness of forest and savannah flies
  18. Birds prefer to eat female desert locusts after treatment with fungus Metarhizium acridum
  19. Quantifying competitive advantages of mutant strains in a population involving importation and mass vaccination rollout
  20. Evidence for a Causal Relationship between the Solar Cycle and Locust Abundance
  21. Impact of Hospital Bed Shortages on the Containment of COVID-19 in Wuhan
  22. A Holling Type II Discrete Switching Host-Parasitoid System with a Nonlinear Threshold Policy for Integrated Pest Management
  23. Coupling the Macroscale to the Microscale in a Spatiotemporal Context to Examine Effects of Spatial Diffusion on Disease Transmission
  24. Nesting by dark-bibbed female Beautiful Long-tailed Sunbirds Cinnyris pulchellus and occurrence of dark bibs in both sexes of Beautiful Long-tailed and Gorgeous Sunbirds C. melanogastrus
  25. A general model of hormesis in biological systems and its application to pest management
  26. Thresholds for extinction and proliferation in a stochastic tumour-immune model with pulsed comprehensive therapy
  27. Complex Dynamics of an Impulsive Chemostat Model
  28. Modelling effects of a chemotherapeutic dose response on a stochastic tumour-immune model
  29. Optimal threshold density in a stochastic resource management model with pulse intervention
  30. Threshold Dynamics and Bifurcation of a State-Dependent Feedback Nonlinear Control Susceptible–Infected–Recovered Model1
  31. A review of alternatives to fenthion for quelea bird control
  32. A combination of climatic conditions determines major within-season dengue outbreaks in Guangdong Province, China
  33. DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY OF A PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FOR IPM WITH NONLINEAR IMPULSIVE CONTROL INCORPORATING A REGULATORY FACTOR FOR PREDATOR RELEASES
  34. Stochastic Modelling of Air Pollution Impacts on Respiratory Infection Risk
  35. Nonlinear state-dependent feedback control of a pest-natural enemy system
  36. New pests for old as GMOs bring on substitute pests
  37. Modelling the impact of larviciding on the population dynamics and biting rates of Simulium damnosum (s.l.): implications for vector control as a complementary strategy for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa
  38. Models to assess the effects of non-identical sex ratio augmentations of Wolbachia -carrying mosquitoes on the control of dengue disease
  39. A discrete host-parasitoid model with development of pesticide resistance and IPM strategies
  40. Cumulative effects of incorrect use of pesticides can lead to catastrophic outbreaks of pests
  41. The Genomic Architecture of Novel Simulium damnosum Wolbachia Prophage Sequence Elements and Implications for Onchocerciasis Epidemiology
  42. Ecological characteristics of Simulium breeding sites in West Africa
  43. Factors affecting onchocerciasis transmission: lessons for infection control
  44. Modelling the effects of contaminated environments in mainland China on seasonal HFMD infections and the potential benefit of a pulse vaccination strategy
  45. A Locust Phase Change Model with Multiple Switching States and Random Perturbation
  46. A stage structured mosquito model incorporating effects of precipitation and daily temperature fluctuations
  47. Analyses of density-dependent effects are needed to understand how and when Wolbachia can control dengue vectors
  48. A threshold policy to interrupt transmission of West Nile Virus to birds
  49. Modeling the Effects of Augmentation Strategies on the Control of Dengue Fever With an Impulsive Differential Equation
  50. Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: the human blood index of sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex
  51. The regulatory system for diabetes mellitus: Modeling rates of glucose infusions and insulin injections
  52. Beverton–Holt discrete pest management models with pulsed chemical control and evolution of pesticide resistance
  53. Pure Bt-crop and mixed seed sowing strategies for optimal economic profit in the face of pest resistance to pesticides and Bt-corn
  54. Does Increasing Treatment Frequency Address Suboptimal Responses to Ivermectin for the Control and Elimination of River Blindness?
  55. A Feedback Control Model of Comprehensive Therapy for Treating Immunogenic Tumours
  56. Modelling the effects of contaminated environments on HFMD infections in mainland China
  57. Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in West Africa
  58. Models to assess how best to replace dengue virus vectors with Wolbachia-infected mosquito populations
  59. Inverse density dependence of parity rates in the onchocerciasis vectorSimulium damnosum s.l.
  60. Global dynamics of a state-dependent feedback control system
  61. Incorporating prey refuge into a predator–prey system with imprecise parameter estimates
  62. Models of impulsive culling of mosquitoes to interrupt transmission of West Nile virus to birds
  63. Duality in Phase Space and Complex Dynamics of an Integrated Pest Management Network Model
  64. Piecewise virus-immune dynamic model with HIV-1 RNA-guided therapy
  65. Modelling the regulatory system for diabetes mellitus with a threshold window
  66. Onchocerciasis Transmission in Ghana: Persistence under Different Control Strategies and the Role of the Simuliid Vectors
  67. Birth-pulse models of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in mosquitoes for dengue virus control
  68. Modelling pulsed immunotherapy of tumour–immune interaction
  69. Potential effects of warmer worms and vectors on onchocerciasis transmission in West Africa
  70. Models for determining how many natural enemies to release inoculatively in combinations of biological and chemical control with pesticide resistance
  71. Enhanced West Nile virus surveillance in the North Kent marshes, UK
  72. Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex
  73. Potential vector for West Nile virus prevalent in Kent
  74. Global dynamics of a piece-wise epidemic model with switching vaccination strategy
  75. Existence and global asymptotic stability of positive almost periodic solutions of a two-species competitive system
  76. Soil moisture assessments for brown locustLocustana pardalinabreeding potential using synthetic aperture radar
  77. Defining the key wintering habitats in the Sahel for declining African-Eurasian migrants using expert assessment
  78. Alternative approaches to Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea management: mass-capture for food
  79. Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex
  80. Conservation Concern for the Deteriorating Geographical Range of the Grey Parrot in Cameroon
  81. The Effects of Resource Limitation on a Predator-Prey Model with Control Measures as Nonlinear Pulses
  82. Global analysis of a Holling type II predator–prey model with a constant prey refuge
  83. Global stability and sliding bifurcations of a non-smooth Gause predator–prey system
  84. Analytical methods for detecting pesticide switches with evolution of pesticide resistance
  85. Predator-prey population models of migrant insects with phase change
  86. Adaptive Release of Natural Enemies in a Pest-Natural Enemy System with Pesticide Resistance
  87. Stability and change in the distribution of cytospecies of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern Ghana from 1971 to 2011
  88. Nonlinear Pulse Vaccination in an SIR Epidemic Model with Resource Limitation
  89. Indices of onchocerciasis transmission by different members of the Simulium damnosum complex conflict with the paradigm of forest and savanna parasite strains
  90. An integrated pest management model with delayed responses to pesticide applications and its threshold dynamics
  91. Sacred Natural Sites
  92. Soil contamination and persistence of pollutants following organophosphate sprays and explosions to control red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea)
  93. Effects of the organophosphate fenthion for control of the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea on cholinesterase and haemoglobin concentrations in the blood of target and non-target birds
  94. Periodicity and stability in a single-species model governed by impulsive differential equation
  95. Campus quarantine (Fengxiao) for curbing emergent infectious diseases: Lessons from mitigating A/H1N1 in Xi'an, China
  96. Sliding Bifurcations of Filippov Two Stage Pest Control Models with Economic Thresholds
  97. Threshold conditions for integrated pest management models with pesticides that have residual effects
  98. The thermal constant of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium damnosum s.l. in West Africa
  99. British Ornithologists’ Union Union medal
  100. Desert locust populations, rainfall and climate change: insights from phenomenological models using gridded monthly data
  101. Evolution, epidemiology, and population genetics of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
  102. Coexistence and partial extinction in a delay competitive system subject to impulsive harvesting and stocking
  103. Optimum timing for integrated pest management: Modelling rates of pesticide application and natural enemy releases
  104. Dynamical analysis of plant disease models with cultural control strategies and economic thresholds
  105. The elimination of the onchocerciasis vector from the island of Bioko as a result of larviciding by the WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control
  106. Health and environmental impacts of pesticide use practices: a case study of farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria
  107. Effects of Predator and Prey Dispersal on Success or Failure of Biological Control
  108. Towards the Elimination of the Bioko Form ofSimulium Yahensefrom Bioko: Planning and Insecticide Trials
  109. Induction of apoptosis in host cells: a survival mechanism for Leishmania parasites?
  110. Models for integrated pest control and their biological implications
  111. Elimination of the Djodji form of the blackfly Simulium sanctipauli sensu stricto as a result of larviciding by the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa
  112. A SURVEY OF BLOOD PARASITES OF BIRDS IN THE MASCARENE ISLANDS, INDIAN OCEAN: WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES AND TAXONOMIC DISCUSSION
  113. TEMPERATURE RHYTHMS IN AFRICAN MONTANE SUNBIRDS
  114. Multiple attractors of host–parasitoid models with integrated pest management strategies: Eradication, persistence and outbreak
  115. Variation in haematozoan parasitism at local and landscape levels in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea
  116. Variation in haematozoan parasitism at local and landscape levels in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea
  117. A preliminary analysis of the population genetics and molecular phylogenetics of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Filarioidea) using nuclear ribosomal second internal transcribed spacer sequences
  118. ECOLOGY: Thinking Long Term
  119. Flexibility in the timing of post-nuptial moult among Red-billed Queleas Quelea quelea in Botswana in relation to the timing of breeding
  120. Forecasting suitable breeding conditions for the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea in southern Africa
  121. Migration, Patchiness, and Population Processes Illustrated by Two Migrant Pests
  122. Optimal impulsive harvesting on non-autonomous Beverton–Holt difference equations
  123. The Effect of Cicerfuran, an Arylbenzofuran fromCicer bijugum, and Related Benzofurans and Stilbenes onLeishmania aethiopica,L.tropicaandL.major
  124. Corrigendum to “Can NDVI GAC imagery be used to monitor desert locust breeding areas?”
  125. The blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Bioko (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) and the Gulf of Guinea with a description of the larvae of the ‘Pomeroy’ form ofSimulium cervicornutum
  126. Can NDVI GAC imagery be used to monitor desert locust breeding areas?
  127. Field and laboratory studies on water conditions affecting the potency of VectoBacR (Bacillus thuringiensis serotype H-14) against larvae of the blackfly, Simulium damnosum
  128. Integrated pest management models and their dynamical behaviour
  129. State-dependent impulsive models of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies and their dynamic consequences
  130. A review of the impacts of control operations against the red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) on non-target organisms
  131. The effect of cicerfuran, related arylbenzofuransand stilbenes on Leishmania aethiopica, L. tropica, and L. major promastigotes
  132. Armoured Bush Cricket attacks on nestling Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)
  133. Potential vectors of loiasis and other tabanids on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
  134. Cytotaxonomy, morphology and molecular systematics of the Bioko form of Simulium yahense (Diptera: Simuliidae)
  135. Lack of genetic and plumage differentiation in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea across a migratory divide in southern Africa
  136. Completion of the sequence of the nuclear ribosomal DNA subunit of Simulium sanctipauli, with descriptions of the 18S, 28S genes and the IGS
  137. Assessment of rDNA IGS as a molecular marker in the Simulium damnosum complex
  138. Deforestation and the spatio-temporal distribution of savannah and forest members of the Simulium damnosum complex in southern Ghana and south-western Togo
  139. Are there two subspecies of Red-billed Quelea, Quelea quelea, in southern Africa?
  140. Methods for ageing juvenile Red-billed Queleas, Queleo queleo, and their potential for the detection of juvenile dispersal patterns
  141. Brown locust outbreaks and climate variability in southern Africa
  142. Erratum to “Characterisation of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences from Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Filarioidea) and development of a PCR-based method for their detection in skin biopsies” [Int. J. Parasitol. 31 (2001) 169–177]
  143. Characterisation of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences from Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Filarioidea) and development of a PCR-based method for their detection in skin biopsies
  144. Behaviour of Standard-wing Nightjars in Togo
  145. Distribution of the Simulium metallicum complex in Mexico in relation to selected environmental variables
  146. Distribution of the Simulium damnosum complex on Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea, and the potential for onchocerciasis elimination by vector eradication
  147. A model for evaluating interventions designed to reduce post-harvest fish losses
  148. Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status G. M. Tucker M. F. Heath
  149. The vector status of Simulium damnosum on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea
  150. Models of desert locust phase changes
  151. Potential rates of Increase of solitarious and gregarious phases of the African armyworm Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
  152. An evaluation of potential economic returns from the strategic control approach to the management of African armyworm Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) populations in eastern Africa
  153. Complex dynamics of desert locust plagues
  154. Determining the ages of adult females of different members of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) by the pteridine accumulation method
  155. Cytotaxonomic confirmation of two forms of Simulium sirbanum in the eastern part of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa
  156. Seasonal variation in onchocerciasis transmission by Simulium squamosum at perennial breeding sites in Togo
  157. A Migrant Pest in the Sahel: The Senegalese Grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis [and Discussion]
  158. The WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme: Retrospect and Prospects [and Discussion]
  159. Progress in Controlling the Reinvasion of Windborne Vectors into the Western Area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa [and Discussion]
  160. Trials of compounds to enhance trap catches of Glossina palpalis palpalis in Liberia
  161. Differences in the male scutal patterns of putative Simulium sirbanum
  162. Experimental hybridization between members of the Simulium damnosum complex
  163. The Beffa form of Simulium soubrense of the S.damnosum complex in Togo and Benin
  164. Fecundities of different members of the Simulium damnosum species complex in Togo
  165. Winter Feeding Assemblies, Wing Lengths and Weights of British Dunnocks
  166. Tropical Rain Forest: Ecology and Management.
  167. Variation and distribution of forms ofSimulium soubrenseandS. sanctipauliin West Africa
  168. Reinfestations of the Southeasterrn Flank of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme Area by Windborne Vectors [and Discussion]
  169. Psocoptera of the Togo-Benin Gap, West Africa
  170. The fecundity ofSimulium damnosum s.l.in northern Togo and infections withOnchocercaspp.
  171. An ecological study of the egg-pods ofOedaleus senegalensis(Krauss) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
  172. Theoretical rates of increase of gregarious and solitarious populations of the Desert Locust
  173. A quantitative study of the grooming behaviour of the mymarid wasp Alaptus fusculus
  174. BLOOD PARASITES OF BRITISH BIRDS AND NOTES ON THEIR SEASONAL OCCURRENCE AT TWO RURAL SITES IN ENGLAND
  175. Host Spatial Pattern, Parasitoid Interference and the Modelling of the Dynamics of Alaptus fusculus (Hym.: Mymaridae), a Parasitoid of Two Mesopsocus Species (Psocoptera)
  176. Experiments on the Effect of Host Spatial Distribution on the Numerical Response of Parasitoids
  177. Birds of the Cherangani Montane forests and their parasites