Patrick C Tobin

Summary

Affiliation: USDA Forest Service
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Field evaluation of effect of temperature on release of disparlure from a pheromone-baited trapping system used to monitor gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)
    Patrick C Tobin
    USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV 26505 3101, USA
    J Econ Entomol 104:1265-71. 2011
  2. ncbi Exploiting Allee effects for managing biological invasions
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, U S Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505 3101, USA
    Ecol Lett 14:615-24. 2011
  3. ncbi What does "local" firewood buy you? Managing the risk of invasive species introduction
    Patrick C Tobin
    USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield St, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    J Econ Entomol 103:1569-76. 2010
  4. ncbi Human visitation rates to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the introduction of the non-native species Lymantria dispar (L.)
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    J Environ Manage 91:1991-6. 2010
  5. ncbi Gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) flight behavior and phenology based on field-deployed automated pheromone-baited traps
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, USDA, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    Environ Entomol 38:1555-62. 2009
  6. ncbi Long-distance dispersal of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) facilitated its initial invasion of Wisconsin
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, U S Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield St, Morgantown, WV 26505 3101, USA
    Environ Entomol 37:87-93. 2008
  7. ncbi Invasion speed is affected by geographical variation in the strength of Allee effects
    Patrick C Tobin
    United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    Ecol Lett 10:36-43. 2007
  8. ncbi Population ecology of insect invasions and their management
    Andrew M Liebhold
    Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    Annu Rev Entomol 53:387-408. 2008
  9. ncbi Persistence of invading gypsy moth populations in the United States
    Stefanie L Whitmire
    Department of Biology, West Virginia University, P O Box 6057, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    Oecologia 147:230-7. 2006
  10. ncbi Allee effects and pulsed invasion by the gypsy moth
    Derek M Johnson
    Department of Biology, University of Louisiana, PO Box 42451, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, USA
    Nature 444:361-3. 2006

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Publications11

  1. ncbi Field evaluation of effect of temperature on release of disparlure from a pheromone-baited trapping system used to monitor gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)
    Patrick C Tobin
    USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV 26505 3101, USA
    J Econ Entomol 104:1265-71. 2011
    ..This work highlights the importance of local temperatures when deploying pheromone-baited traps for monitoring a species across a large and climatically diverse landscape...
  2. ncbi Exploiting Allee effects for managing biological invasions
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, U S Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505 3101, USA
    Ecol Lett 14:615-24. 2011
    ..We describe how tactics that strengthen an existing Allee effect or create new ones could be used to manage biological invasions more effectively...
  3. ncbi What does "local" firewood buy you? Managing the risk of invasive species introduction
    Patrick C Tobin
    USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield St, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    J Econ Entomol 103:1569-76. 2010
    ..These results collectively suggest the potential for a dynamic management strategy that adjusts allowable distances for firewood movement based upon the distribution of the non-native species...
  4. ncbi Human visitation rates to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the introduction of the non-native species Lymantria dispar (L.)
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    J Environ Manage 91:1991-6. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi Gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) flight behavior and phenology based on field-deployed automated pheromone-baited traps
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, USDA, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    Environ Entomol 38:1555-62. 2009
    ..Unusually long flight periods could indicate the introduction of male moths or other life stages that developed under different climatic conditions...
  6. ncbi Long-distance dispersal of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) facilitated its initial invasion of Wisconsin
    Patrick C Tobin
    Forest Service, U S Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield St, Morgantown, WV 26505 3101, USA
    Environ Entomol 37:87-93. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi Invasion speed is affected by geographical variation in the strength of Allee effects
    Patrick C Tobin
    United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    Ecol Lett 10:36-43. 2007
    ..Moreover, we present what is to our knowledge the first empirical evidence that geographical regions with higher Allee thresholds are associated with slower speeds of invasion...
  8. ncbi Population ecology of insect invasions and their management
    Andrew M Liebhold
    Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
    Annu Rev Entomol 53:387-408. 2008
    ..Allee effects also affect spread, generally in a negative fashion. Efforts to slow, stop, or reverse spread should incorporate the spread dynamics unique to the target species...
  9. ncbi Persistence of invading gypsy moth populations in the United States
    Stefanie L Whitmire
    Department of Biology, West Virginia University, P O Box 6057, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    Oecologia 147:230-7. 2006
    ....
  10. ncbi Allee effects and pulsed invasion by the gypsy moth
    Derek M Johnson
    Department of Biology, University of Louisiana, PO Box 42451, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, USA
    Nature 444:361-3. 2006
    ..Our results indicate that suppressing population peaks along range borders might greatly slow invasion...
  11. ncbi Carbaryl resistance in populations of grape berry moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in New York and Pennsylvania
    Sudha Nagarkatti
    Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Lake Erie Regionial Grape Research and Extension Center, North East 16428, USA
    J Econ Entomol 95:1027-32. 2002
    ....