title: Eradication of Invading Insect Populations: From Concepts to Applications.
abstract: Eradication is the deliberate elimination of a species from an area. Given that international quarantine measures can never be 100% effective, surveillance for newly arrived populations of nonnative species coupled with their eradication represents an important strategy for excluding potentially damaging insect species. Historically, eradication efforts have not always been successful and have sometimes been met with public opposition. But new developments in our understanding of the dynamics of low-density populations, the availability of highly effective treatment tactics, and bioeconomic analyses of eradication strategies offer new opportunities for developing more effective surveillance and eradication programs. A key component that connects these new developments is the harnessing of Allee effects, which naturally promote localized species extinction. Here we review these developments and suggest how research might enhance eradication strategies.
authors.affiliation: US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505; email: aliebhold@fs.fed.us , aliebhold@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Liebhold
authors.affiliation: Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; email: berec@entu.cas.cz.
authors.forename: Ludek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berec
authors.affiliation: Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), Christchurch 8540, New Zealand; email: Eckehard.Brockerhoff@scionresearch.com.
authors.forename: Eckehard G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Brockerhoff
authors.affiliation: Resources for the Future, Washington, DC 20036; email: epanchin-niell@rff.org.
authors.forename: Rebecca S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Epanchin-Niell
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California 95616; email: amhastings@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691; email: herms.2@osu.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Herms
authors.affiliation: AgResearch Limited, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand; email: john.kean@agresearch.co.nz.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kean
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology and Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824; email: mccullo6@msu.edu.
authors.forename: Deborah G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.affiliation: New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research and University of Auckland, Christchurch 4704, New Zealand; email: max.suckling@plantandfood.co.nz.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Suckling
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195; email: pctobin@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.affiliation: Natural Resources Inventory Center, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan; email: apple@affrc.go.jp.
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053476:Extinction, Biological; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D058865:Introduced Species; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Allee effect; biological invasions; biosecurity; early detection rapid response; surveillance