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Andrea  Carmona
                        Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

                        




                        
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                        Fax: (954) 476-9169(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Epibiont community composition of red mangroves Rhizophora mangle are contingent on root characteristics
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Stewart, H.A., Janiak, D.S., Wright, J.L., Hunt, D., Carmona Cortes, A., Powell, K.T., Chapman, L.J., Altieri, A.H. 2022. Epibiont community composition of red mangroves Rhizophora mangle are contingent on root characteristics. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 686:15–35. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13999.Localized induced defenses limit gall formation by eriophyid mite against invasive Lygodium microphyllum
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)David, A.S., Carmona Cortes, A., Wheeler, G.S., Lake, E.C. 2021. Localized induced defenses limit gall formation by eriophyid mite against invasive Lygodium microphyllum. Environmental Entomology. 50(4):814:820. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab049.Bottom-up factors determine local, but not regional, distribution of a biological control agent against invasive Lygodium microphyllum
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)David, A.S., Carmona Cortes, A., Lake, E.C. 2021. Bottom-up factors determine local, but not regional, distribution of a biological control agent against invasive Lygodium microphyllum. Biological Control. 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104632.Eriophyid mite Floracarus perrepae readily colonizes recovering invasive vine Lygodium microphyllum following herbicide treatment
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)David, A.S., Glueckert, J.S., Enloe, S.F., Carmona Cortes, A., Abdel-Kader, A.A., Lake, E.C. 2021. Eriophyid mite Floracarus perrepae readily colonizes recovering invasive vine Lygodium microphyllum following herbicide treatment. Biocontrol. 66:573-584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-021-10087-6.Establishment of Lygodium microphyllum biological control agents: Population dynamics and bottom-up effects

- (Abstract Only)First drone releases of the biological control agent Neomusotima conspurcatalis on Old World climbing fern
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Lake, E.C., David, A.S., Spencer, T., Wilhelm, V., Barnett, T., Abdel-Kader, A., Carmona Cortes, A., Acuna, A., Mattison, E.D., Minteer, C. 2020. First drone releases of the biological control agent Neomusotima conspurcatalis on Old World climbing fern. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 31(1):97-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2020.1828280.Establishment of Lygodium microphyllum biological control agents: Population dynamics, bottom-up effects, and integrated weed management

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