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In biological control of invasive species

Iain D.
Paterson

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“Research focused on Biological Control of Invasive Species and adjacent fields.”

Rhodes University

South Africa

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01 · About the work

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ain D. Paterson is a researcher working on Biological Control of Invasive Species. A fuller summary will appear once they update their profile.

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Iain's work has been cited 1,322 times across 3 active years. Bars show publications per year; the line shows cumulative citation totals across publications first appearing in each year.

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Biological Control of Invasive Species×68Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions×25Botanical Research and Applications×19Plant and animal studies×18Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies×16

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Affiliation on published researchRhodes University, South AfricaDrawn from the institution listed on this researcher’s published work.

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13 works

31 Aug 2026Open access

Host specificity and establishment of Paradibolia coerulea (Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent for African tulip tree ( Spathodea campanulata (Bigoniaceae)) in the Cook Islands, South Pacific Publisher site

Biocontrol Science and Technology, Biological Control of Invasive Species

26 Mar 2026Open access

Population genetics and invasion history of the invasive Pickerelweed ( Pontederia cordata ) in South Africa Publisher site

Weed Science, Biological Control of Invasive Species

1 Oct 2025Open access

Population Genetics Reveals the Invasion Pathways of Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum in North America Publisher site

Ecology and Evolution, Biological Control of Invasive Species

15 Sept 2025

Biocontrol of thistle cholla cactus, Cylindropuntia pallida : a successful agent in Australia is incompatible with the invasive populations in South Africa Publisher site

Biocontrol Science and Technology, Biological Control of Invasive Species

30 Jul 2025Open access

Using pre-release efficacy as a candidate agent prioritisation tool for the weed Trichocereus spachianus (Caryophyllales: Cactaceae)Publisher site

BioControl, Biological Control of Invasive Species

9 Jul 2025Open access

Hybridisation between two Dactylopius opuntiae (Homoptera: Dactylopiidae) lineages and implications for host plant affinities Publisher site

Biocontrol Science and Technology, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

19 Apr 2025Open access

Species delimitation and molecular dating of southern African Tetramesa (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): An understudied microhymenopteran group Publisher site

Austral Entomology, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

1 Feb 20251cites

A new genus and two new species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) feeding on Guinea grass <scp>Megathyrsus maximus</scp> (Poaceae) in Africa Publisher site

Austral Entomology, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

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