Publications

assessing pest control using changes in instantaneous rate of population increase: treated targets and stable fly populations case study.	the instantaneous rate of population increase was used to assess the ability of attractive targets coated with permethrin to control stable fly populations on 3 dairy farms in south central ontario, canada. two attractive targets were deployed over 10 wk in 2001 at each of 6 dairy farms. three farms were outfitted with 2 untreated targets and 3 were outfitted with 2 targets treated with permethrin [ectiban-impregnated coroplast (ectiban: schering-plough canada inc., pointe-claire, québec, canada ...	2010	20494159
local infestation or long-distance migration? the seasonal recolonization of dairy farms by stomoxys calcitrans (diptera: muscidae) in south central ontario, canada.	stable fly (diptera: muscidae) populations in south central ontario, canada, first occur on dairy farms in late spring, grow exponentially throughout the summer, and are frozen back each autumn. we examined the extent of overwinter persistence on 22 dairy farms in a 55- by 60-km region north of lake ontario that spans four climatic zones. our overwintering sampling of larval habitat identified three farms located in the southern section of the study region as potential overwintering refugia. usi ...	2009	19449662
tsetse and other biting fly responses to nzi traps baited with octenol, phenols and acetone.	octenol (1-octen-3-ol), acetone, 4-methylphenol, 3-n-propylphenol, and other potential attractants (human urine, stable fly faeces), as well as guiacol, creosol (potential repellents), were tested as baits for biting flies in north america using standard phthalogen blue if3gm cotton nzi traps, or similar commercial polyester traps. baits were tested during the summers of 2001-04 at a residence in canada and during january-august 2001 at a dairy in the u.s.a. behaviour in the presence of octenol ...	2007	17373949