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(Z)-7-Pentadecene
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
(Z)-8-Heptadecene
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
Acomys
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Aethomys
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Africa
Clements, Hayley S., Do Linh San, Emmanuel, Hempson, Gareth, Linden, Birthe, Maritz, Bryan, Monadjem, Ara, Reynolds, Chevonne, Siebert, Frances, Stevens, Nicola, Biggs, Reinette, De Vos, Alta, Blanchard, Ryan, Child, Matthew, Esler, Karen J., Hamann, Maike, Loft, Ty, Reyers, Belinda, Selomane, Odirilwe, Skowno, Andrew L., Tshoke, Tshegofatso, Abdoulaye, Diarrassouba, Aebischer, Thierry, Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús, Alexander, Graham J., Ali, Abdullahi H., Allan, David G., Amoako, Esther E., Angedakin, Samuel, Aruna, Edward, Avenant, Nico L., Badjedjea, Gabriel, Bakayoko, Adama, Bamba-kaya, Abraham, Bates, Michael F., Bates, Paul J. J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bennitt, Emily, Bradley, James, Brewster, Chris A., Brown, Michael B., Brown, Michelle, Bryja, Josef, Butynski, Thomas M., Carvalho, Filipe, Channing, Alan, Chapman, Colin A., Cohen, Callan, Cords, Marina, Cramer, Jennifer D., Cronk, Nadine, Cunneyworth, Pamela M. K., Dalerum, Fredrik, Danquah, Emmanuel, Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., de Blocq, Andrew D., De Jong, Yvonne A., Demos, Terrence C., Denys, Christiane, Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S., Doherty-Bone, Thomas M., Drouilly, Marine, du Toit, Johan T., Ehlers Smith, David A., Ehlers Smith, Yvette C., Eiseb, Seth J., Fashing, Peter J., Ferguson, Adam W., Fernández-García, José M., Finckh, Manfred, Fischer, Claude, Gandiwa, Edson, Gaubert, Philippe, Gaugris, Jerome Y., Gibbs, Dalton J., Gilchrist, Jason S., Gil-Sánchez, Jose M., Githitho, Anthony N., Goodman, Peter S., Granjon, Laurent, J. Paul Grobler, J. Paul, Bonginkosi C. Gumbi, Bonginkosi C., Gvozdik, Vaclav, Harvey, James, Hauptfleisch, Morgan, Hayder, Firas, Hema, Emmanuel M., Herbst, Marna, Houngbédji, Mariano, Huntley, Brian J., Hutterer, Rainer, Ivande, Samuel T., Jackson, Kate, Jongsma, Gregory F. M., Juste, Javier, Kadjo, Blaise, Kaleme, Prince K., Kamugisha, Edwin, Kaplin, Beth A., Kato, Humphrey N., Kiffner, Christian, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Kityo, Robert M., Kouamé, N’goran G., Kouete T., Marcel, le Roux, Aliza, Lee, Alan T. K., Lötter, Mervyn C., Lykke, Anne Mette, MacFadyen, Duncan N., Macharia, Gacheru P., Madikiza, Zimkitha J. K., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Mallon, David, Mamba, Mnqobi L., Mande, Claude, Marchant, Rob A., Maritz, Robin A., Markotter, Wanda, McIntyre, Trevor, Measey, John, Mekonnen, Addisu, Meller, Paulina, Melville, Haemish I., Mganga, Kevin Z., Mills, Michael G. L., Minnie, Liaan, Missoup, Alain Didier, Mohammad, Abubakr, Moinde, Nancy N., Moise, Bakwo Fils E., Monterroso, Pedro, Moore, Jennifer F., Musila, Simon, Nago, Sedjro Gilles A., Namoto, Maganizo W., Niang, Fatimata, Nicolas, Violaine, Nkenku, Jerry B., Nkrumah, Evans E., Nono, Gonwouo L., Norbert, Mulavwa M., Nowak, Katarzyna, Obitte, Benneth C., Okoni-Williams, Arnold D., Onongo, Jonathan, O’Riain, M. Justin, Osinubi, Samuel T., Parker, Daniel M., Parrini, Francesca, Peel, Mike J. S., Penner, Johannes, Pietersen, Darren W., Plumptre, Andrew J., Ponsonby, Damian W., Porembski, Stefan, Power, R. John, Radloff, Frans G. T., Rambau, Ramugondo V., Ramesh, Tharmalingam, Richards, Leigh R., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rollinson, Dominic P., Rovero, Francesco, Saleh, Mostafa A., Schmiedel, Ute, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Scholte, Paul, Serfass, Thomas L., Shapiro, Julie Teresa, Shema, Sidney, Siebert, Stefan J., Slingsby, Jasper A., Sliwa, Alexander, Smit-Robinson, Hanneline A., Sogbohossou, Etotepe A., Somers, Michael J., Spawls, Stephen, Streicher, Jarryd P., Swanepoel, Lourens, Tanshi, Iroro, Taylor, Peter J., Taylor, William A., te Beest, Mariska, Telfer, Paul T., Thompson, Dave I., Tobi, Elie, Tolley, Krystal A., Turner, Andrew A., Twine, Wayne, Van Cakenberghe, Victor, Van de Perre, Frederik, van der Merwe, Helga, van Niekerk, Chris J. G., van Wyk, Pieter C. V., Venter, Jan A., Verburgt, Luke, Veron, Geraldine, Vetter, Susanne, Vorontsova, Maria S., Wagner, Thomas C., Webala, Paul W., Weber, Natalie, Weier, Sina M., White, Paula A., Whitecross, Melissa A., Wigley, Benjamin J., Willems, Frank J., Winterbach, Christiaan W. and Woodhouse, Galena M. (2024) The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific Data, 11:191. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2052-4463 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6)
Constant, Natasha Louise, Swanepoel, Lourens, Williams, Samual T., Soarimalala, Voahangy, Goodman, Steven M., Massawe, Apia T., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Taylor, Peter John and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro-Malagasy farming regions. Integrative Zoology, 15 (6). pp. 578-594. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12447)
Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Mulungu, Loth S., Eiseb, Seth J., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A., Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Borremans, Benny and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Prevalence of haemoparasites, leptospires and coccobacilli with potential for human infection in the blood of rodents and shrews from selected localities in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland. African Zoology, 47 (1). pp. 119-127. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
Taylor, Peter J., Downs, Sarah, Monadjem, Ara, Eiseb, Seth J., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Mahlaba, Themb’a A., Kirsten, Frikkie, Von Maltitz, Emil, Malebane, Phanuel, Makundi, Rhodes H., Lamb, Jennifer and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management. Wildlife Research, 39 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11111)
african agriculture
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Nyirenda, Stephen P., Mvumi, Brighton, Sola, Phosiso, Kamanula, John M., Sileshi, Gudeta and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Pesticidal plants: a viable alternative insect pest management approach for resource-poor farming in Africa. In: Koul, Opender, Khokhar, Sucheta, Dhaliwal, D.S. and Singh, Ram, (eds.) Biopesticides in Environment and Food Security: Issues and Strategies. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India, pp. 212-238. ISBN 9788172337971
African farming
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Isman, Murray B. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Pesticidal plants in Africa: a global vision of new biological control products from local uses. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 2-9. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.034)
age structure
Manyonyi, Abeid M., Mariki, Sayuni B., Mnyone, Laudslaus L., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2020) Effects of prescribed burning on rodent community ecology in Serengeti National Park. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69 (2):20001. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2694-7684 (Print), 1573-1189 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20001)
Aggregate distribution
Mulungu, Loth S., Sixbert, Valency, Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka, Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Kilonzo, Bukheti S. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of the multi-mammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, in rice crop and fallow land habitats in Tanzania. Mammalia, 79 (2). pp. 177-184. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0006)
agricultural fields
Monadjem, Ara, Mahlaba, Themb'a, Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mohr, Katrine and Taylor, Peter J. (2011) Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR10130)
agricultural systems
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
Agriculture
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
Mulungu, Loth S., Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Kilonzo, Bukheti and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem. Mammalia. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0150)
agro-ecological intensification
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Gurr, Geoff M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps. PeerJ, 7:e8091. ISSN 2376-5992 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091)
Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Mkenda, Prisila A., Mpumi, Nelson, Mwanauta, Regina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1425. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01425)
agroecology
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Elements of agroecological pest and disease management. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10 (1):00099. ISSN 2325-1026 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00099)
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
agro‐ecological intensification
Phambala, Kelita, Tembo, Yolice, Kasambala, Trust, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Bioactivity of common pesticidal plants on fall armyworm larvae (spodoptera frugiperda). Plants, 9 (1):112. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010112)
animal welfare
Baker, S.E., Ayers, M., Beausoleil, N.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Berdoy, M., Buckle, A.P., Cagienard, C., Cowan, D., Fearn-Daglish, J., Goddard, P., Golledge, H.D.R., Mullineaux, E., Sharp, T., Simmons, A. and Schmolz, E. (2022) An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management. Animal Welfare, 31 (1). pp. 51-68. ISSN 0962-7286 (doi:https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.005)
Anopheles
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2024) Protocol for rearing and using mosquitoes for flight path tracking and behavioral characterization in wind tunnel bioassays. STAR Protocols, 5 (3):103180. ISSN 2666-1667 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103180)
Carnaghi, Manuela, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2021) Multimodal synergisms in host stimuli drive landing response in malaria mosquitoes. Scientific Reports, 11:7379. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86772-4)
aphid
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margin plants support natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa smallholder common bean farming systems. Plants, 11 (7):898. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070898)
Aphidius colemani
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margin plants support natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa smallholder common bean farming systems. Plants, 11 (7):898. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070898)
Woolley, Victoria C ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 , Tembo, Yolice LB ORCID: 0000-0002-2945-9128 , Ndakidemi, Baltazar ORCID: 0000-0001-9539-3764 , Obanyi, Janet N, Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Ogendo, Joshua O and Stevenson, Philip C ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) The diversity of aphid parasitoids in East Africa and implications for biological control. Pest Management Science. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6723)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, Maneno, Gurr, Geoff M. and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2019) Characterization of hymenopteran parasitoids of aphis fabae in an African smallholder bean farming system through sequencing of COI 'mini-barcodes'. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 10 (10):331. ISSN 2075-4450 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100331)
Aphis fabae
Woolley, Victoria C ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 , Tembo, Yolice LB ORCID: 0000-0002-2945-9128 , Ndakidemi, Baltazar ORCID: 0000-0001-9539-3764 , Obanyi, Janet N, Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Ogendo, Joshua O and Stevenson, Philip C ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) The diversity of aphid parasitoids in East Africa and implications for biological control. Pest Management Science. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6723)
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
aqueous plant extracts
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
Arvicanthis
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Arvicanthis niloticus
Manyonyi, Abeid M., Mariki, Sayuni B., Mnyone, Laudslaus L., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2020) Effects of prescribed burning on rodent community ecology in Serengeti National Park. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69 (2):20001. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2694-7684 (Print), 1573-1189 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20001)
Asia
Lorica, Renee P., Stuart, Alexander M., Singleton, Grant R., Sudarmaji, 0 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2022) Optimising the capture of neophobic rice field rats in lowland asian rice ecosystems. Pest Management Science, 78 (10). pp. 4252-4260. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7043)
Azadirachta
Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Kamanula, John F., Mvumi, Brighton M., Sola, Phosiso, Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers’ ethno-ecological knowledge of vegetable pests and pesticidal plant use in Malawi and Zambia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (6). pp. 1525-1537. ISSN 1991-637X
azadirachta indica
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
BALB/c mice
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
Bandicota bengalensis
Krijger, Inge M., Gort, Gerrit, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Koerkamp, Peter W. G. Groot, Shafali, Rokeya B. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2020) Efficacy of management and monitoring methods to prevent post-harvest losses caused by rodents. Animals, 10 (9):1612. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2076-2615 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091612)
Kriger, Inge M., Cornelissen, Jan B.W.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2019) Evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in rodents from Bangladesh. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19 (12). pp. 884-888. ISSN 1530-3667 (Print), 1557-7759 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2440)
bean aphids
Karimi, Joseph M, Nyaanga, Jane G, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick K, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Lablab (Lablab purpureus L.) genotypes and field margin vegetation influence bean aphids and their natural enemies. Frontiers in Insect Science, 4:1328235. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2673-8600 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2024.1328235)
bean fly
Ngoya, Zuwena, Mkindi, Angela, Vanek, Steven, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Pesticidal plant treatments combined with improved soil fertility can reduce damage caused by Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli) and bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli) in common bean production (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Sustainability, 16 (19):4866. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114866)
bean stem maggot
Ngoya, Zuwena, Mkindi, Angela, Vanek, Steven, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Pesticidal plant treatments combined with improved soil fertility can reduce damage caused by Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli) and bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli) in common bean production (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Sustainability, 16 (19):4866. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114866)
beans
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
behavioral ecology
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
behaviour
Carnaghi, Manuela, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2021) Multimodal synergisms in host stimuli drive landing response in malaria mosquitoes. Scientific Reports, 11:7379. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86772-4)
beliefs
Constant, Natasha Louise, Swanepoel, Lourens, Williams, Samual T., Soarimalala, Voahangy, Goodman, Steven M., Massawe, Apia T., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Taylor, Peter John and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro-Malagasy farming regions. Integrative Zoology, 15 (6). pp. 578-594. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12447)
biodiversity
Clements, Hayley S., Do Linh San, Emmanuel, Hempson, Gareth, Linden, Birthe, Maritz, Bryan, Monadjem, Ara, Reynolds, Chevonne, Siebert, Frances, Stevens, Nicola, Biggs, Reinette, De Vos, Alta, Blanchard, Ryan, Child, Matthew, Esler, Karen J., Hamann, Maike, Loft, Ty, Reyers, Belinda, Selomane, Odirilwe, Skowno, Andrew L., Tshoke, Tshegofatso, Abdoulaye, Diarrassouba, Aebischer, Thierry, Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús, Alexander, Graham J., Ali, Abdullahi H., Allan, David G., Amoako, Esther E., Angedakin, Samuel, Aruna, Edward, Avenant, Nico L., Badjedjea, Gabriel, Bakayoko, Adama, Bamba-kaya, Abraham, Bates, Michael F., Bates, Paul J. J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bennitt, Emily, Bradley, James, Brewster, Chris A., Brown, Michael B., Brown, Michelle, Bryja, Josef, Butynski, Thomas M., Carvalho, Filipe, Channing, Alan, Chapman, Colin A., Cohen, Callan, Cords, Marina, Cramer, Jennifer D., Cronk, Nadine, Cunneyworth, Pamela M. K., Dalerum, Fredrik, Danquah, Emmanuel, Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., de Blocq, Andrew D., De Jong, Yvonne A., Demos, Terrence C., Denys, Christiane, Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S., Doherty-Bone, Thomas M., Drouilly, Marine, du Toit, Johan T., Ehlers Smith, David A., Ehlers Smith, Yvette C., Eiseb, Seth J., Fashing, Peter J., Ferguson, Adam W., Fernández-García, José M., Finckh, Manfred, Fischer, Claude, Gandiwa, Edson, Gaubert, Philippe, Gaugris, Jerome Y., Gibbs, Dalton J., Gilchrist, Jason S., Gil-Sánchez, Jose M., Githitho, Anthony N., Goodman, Peter S., Granjon, Laurent, J. Paul Grobler, J. Paul, Bonginkosi C. Gumbi, Bonginkosi C., Gvozdik, Vaclav, Harvey, James, Hauptfleisch, Morgan, Hayder, Firas, Hema, Emmanuel M., Herbst, Marna, Houngbédji, Mariano, Huntley, Brian J., Hutterer, Rainer, Ivande, Samuel T., Jackson, Kate, Jongsma, Gregory F. M., Juste, Javier, Kadjo, Blaise, Kaleme, Prince K., Kamugisha, Edwin, Kaplin, Beth A., Kato, Humphrey N., Kiffner, Christian, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Kityo, Robert M., Kouamé, N’goran G., Kouete T., Marcel, le Roux, Aliza, Lee, Alan T. K., Lötter, Mervyn C., Lykke, Anne Mette, MacFadyen, Duncan N., Macharia, Gacheru P., Madikiza, Zimkitha J. K., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Mallon, David, Mamba, Mnqobi L., Mande, Claude, Marchant, Rob A., Maritz, Robin A., Markotter, Wanda, McIntyre, Trevor, Measey, John, Mekonnen, Addisu, Meller, Paulina, Melville, Haemish I., Mganga, Kevin Z., Mills, Michael G. L., Minnie, Liaan, Missoup, Alain Didier, Mohammad, Abubakr, Moinde, Nancy N., Moise, Bakwo Fils E., Monterroso, Pedro, Moore, Jennifer F., Musila, Simon, Nago, Sedjro Gilles A., Namoto, Maganizo W., Niang, Fatimata, Nicolas, Violaine, Nkenku, Jerry B., Nkrumah, Evans E., Nono, Gonwouo L., Norbert, Mulavwa M., Nowak, Katarzyna, Obitte, Benneth C., Okoni-Williams, Arnold D., Onongo, Jonathan, O’Riain, M. Justin, Osinubi, Samuel T., Parker, Daniel M., Parrini, Francesca, Peel, Mike J. S., Penner, Johannes, Pietersen, Darren W., Plumptre, Andrew J., Ponsonby, Damian W., Porembski, Stefan, Power, R. John, Radloff, Frans G. T., Rambau, Ramugondo V., Ramesh, Tharmalingam, Richards, Leigh R., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rollinson, Dominic P., Rovero, Francesco, Saleh, Mostafa A., Schmiedel, Ute, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Scholte, Paul, Serfass, Thomas L., Shapiro, Julie Teresa, Shema, Sidney, Siebert, Stefan J., Slingsby, Jasper A., Sliwa, Alexander, Smit-Robinson, Hanneline A., Sogbohossou, Etotepe A., Somers, Michael J., Spawls, Stephen, Streicher, Jarryd P., Swanepoel, Lourens, Tanshi, Iroro, Taylor, Peter J., Taylor, William A., te Beest, Mariska, Telfer, Paul T., Thompson, Dave I., Tobi, Elie, Tolley, Krystal A., Turner, Andrew A., Twine, Wayne, Van Cakenberghe, Victor, Van de Perre, Frederik, van der Merwe, Helga, van Niekerk, Chris J. G., van Wyk, Pieter C. V., Venter, Jan A., Verburgt, Luke, Veron, Geraldine, Vetter, Susanne, Vorontsova, Maria S., Wagner, Thomas C., Webala, Paul W., Weber, Natalie, Weier, Sina M., White, Paula A., Whitecross, Melissa A., Wigley, Benjamin J., Willems, Frank J., Winterbach, Christiaan W. and Woodhouse, Galena M. (2024) The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific Data, 11:191. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2052-4463 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Gurr, Geoff M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps. PeerJ, 7:e8091. ISSN 2376-5992 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091)
biological control
Obanyi, Janet N., Ogendo, Joshua O., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Erick K., Bett, Philip K,, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2023) Field margins and cropping system influence diversity and abundance of aphid natural enemies in Lablab purpureus. Journal of Applied Entomology. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13125)
Woolley, Victoria C ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 , Tembo, Yolice LB ORCID: 0000-0002-2945-9128 , Ndakidemi, Baltazar ORCID: 0000-0001-9539-3764 , Obanyi, Janet N, Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Ogendo, Joshua O and Stevenson, Philip C ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) The diversity of aphid parasitoids in East Africa and implications for biological control. Pest Management Science. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6723)
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Gurr, Geoff M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps. PeerJ, 7:e8091. ISSN 2376-5992 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091)
biopesticides
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Nyirenda, Stephen P., Mvumi, Brighton, Sola, Phosiso, Kamanula, John M., Sileshi, Gudeta and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Pesticidal plants: a viable alternative insect pest management approach for resource-poor farming in Africa. In: Koul, Opender, Khokhar, Sucheta, Dhaliwal, D.S. and Singh, Ram, (eds.) Biopesticides in Environment and Food Security: Issues and Strategies. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India, pp. 212-238. ISBN 9788172337971
Biorational pest management
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2016) Pesticidal plants in African agriculture: Local uses and global perspectives. Outlooks on Pest Management, 27 (5):10. pp. 226-230. ISSN 1743-1026 (Print), 1743-1034 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1564/v27_oct_10)
bobgunnia madagascariensis
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
Bombus terrestris
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Idrovo, M. Eduardo Peralta, Arias, Luis J. Lomas, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2014) Herbivore defence compounds occur in pollen and reduce bumblebee colony fitness. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40 (8). pp. 878-881. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0467-4)
bostrichidae
Nguyen, Duong T., Hodges, Rick J. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2007) Do walking Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) locate cereal hosts by chance? Journal of Stored Products Research, 44 (1). pp. 90-99. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.008)
botanical
Kushaha, Tamia, Mkindi, Angela, Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Botanical extracts control the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum boninense in smallholder production of common bean. Phytopathology Research, 6 (19). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2096-5362 (Print), 2524-4167 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-024-00235-y)
botanical insecticide
Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Green, Paul W. C., Farrell, Iain W., Brankin, Alice, Mvumi, Brighton M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Novel agmatine derivatives in Maerua edulis with bioactivity against Callosobruchus maculatus, a cosmopolitan storage insect pest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1506. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01506)
Green, Paul W. C., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Farrell, Iain W. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Insecticidal activity in Tithonia diversifolia and Vernonia amygdalina. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.021)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2016) Pesticidal plants in African agriculture: Local uses and global perspectives. Outlooks on Pest Management, 27 (5):10. pp. 226-230. ISSN 1743-1026 (Print), 1743-1034 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1564/v27_oct_10)
botanical insecticides
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice, Mbega, Ernest R., Medvecky, Beth, Kendal-Smith, Amy, Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Phytochemical analysis of Tephrosia vogelii across East Africa reveals three chemotypes that influence its use as a pesticidal plant. Plants, 8 (12):597. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120597)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Isman, Murray B. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Pesticidal plants in Africa: a global vision of new biological control products from local uses. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 2-9. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.034)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
botanical pesticide
Ngoya, Zuwena, Mkindi, Angela, Vanek, Steven, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Pesticidal plant treatments combined with improved soil fertility can reduce damage caused by Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli) and bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli) in common bean production (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Sustainability, 16 (19):4866. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114866)
Ngoya, Zuwena J., Mkindi, Angela G., Vanek, Steven J., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Understanding farmer knowledge and site factors in relation to soil-borne pests and pathogens to support agroecological intensification of smallholder bean production systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1094739. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1094739)
Phambala, Kelita, Tembo, Yolice, Kasambala, Trust, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Bioactivity of common pesticidal plants on fall armyworm larvae (spodoptera frugiperda). Plants, 9 (1):112. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010112)
Kamanula, John F., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hall, David R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley I. ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Goyder, David J., Mvumi, Brighton M., Masumbu, Friday F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Chemical variation and insecticidal activity of Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng essential oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 75-82. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.036)
botanical pesticides
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Elements of agroecological pest and disease management. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10 (1):00099. ISSN 2325-1026 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00099)
botanical products
Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Mkenda, Prisila A., Mpumi, Nelson, Mwanauta, Regina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1425. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01425)
Mkindi, Angela, Mpumi, Nelson, Tembo, Yolice, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mtei, Kelvin, Machunda, Revocatus and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 113-122. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.002)
botanicals
Ochieng, Lawrence O., Ogendo, Joshua O., Bett, Philip K., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Eric K., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margins and botanical insecticides enhance Lablab purpureus yield by reducing aphid and supporting natural enemies. Journal of Applied Entomology, 146 (7). pp. 838-849. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13023)
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Mbega, Ernest R., Smith, Amy K., Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Extracts of common pesticidal plants increase plant growth and yield in common bean plants. Plants, 9 (2):149. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020149)
brasicca
Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Kamanula, John F., Mvumi, Brighton M., Sola, Phosiso, Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers’ ethno-ecological knowledge of vegetable pests and pesticidal plant use in Malawi and Zambia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (6). pp. 1525-1537. ISSN 1991-637X
breeding
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Kifumba, David, Nakiyemba, Alice, Leirs, Herwig, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2018) Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 4:1507509. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1507509)
breeding pattern
Manyonyi, Abeid M., Mariki, Sayuni B., Mnyone, Laudslaus L., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2020) Effects of prescribed burning on rodent community ecology in Serengeti National Park. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69 (2):20001. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2694-7684 (Print), 1573-1189 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20001)
bruchid
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Dayarathna, Thamara K., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Veitch, Nigel C. (2009) Bisdesmosidic saponins from Securidaca longepedunculata roots: Evaluation of deterrency and toxicity to coleopteran storage pests. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (19). pp. 8860-8867. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf901599j)
bruchids
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
Cacao
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
Callosobruchus
Kamanula, John, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sola, Phosiso, Mvumi, Brighton M., Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C., Nyirenda, Stephen P. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers' insect pest management practices and pesticidal plant use in the protection of stored maize and beans in Southern Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 57 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1366-5863 (electronic) 0967-0874 (paper) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2010.522264)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Dayarathna, Thamara K., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Veitch, Nigel C. (2009) Bisdesmosidic saponins from Securidaca longepedunculata roots: Evaluation of deterrency and toxicity to coleopteran storage pests. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (19). pp. 8860-8867. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf901599j)
Callosobruchus maculatus
Green, Paul W. C., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Farrell, Iain W. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Insecticidal activity in Tithonia diversifolia and Vernonia amygdalina. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.021)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
capture–mark–recapture
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
carnivores
Williams, Samual T., Maree, Naudene, Taylor, Peter, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Keith, Mark and Swanepoel, Lourens H. (2018) Camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in South Africa. Data in Brief, 18. pp. 753-759. ISSN 2352-3409 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.071)
Cassia sophera
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
Ceratopogonidae
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
Cereal crops
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
chemical and structural analyses
Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Green, Paul W. C., Farrell, Iain W., Brankin, Alice, Mvumi, Brighton M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Novel agmatine derivatives in Maerua edulis with bioactivity against Callosobruchus maculatus, a cosmopolitan storage insect pest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1506. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01506)
chemical control
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
chemical ecology
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
Chemotype
Kamanula, John F., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hall, David R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley I. ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Goyder, David J., Mvumi, Brighton M., Masumbu, Friday F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Chemical variation and insecticidal activity of Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng essential oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 75-82. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.036)
chemotype 3
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice, Mbega, Ernest R., Medvecky, Beth, Kendal-Smith, Amy, Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Phytochemical analysis of Tephrosia vogelii across East Africa reveals three chemotypes that influence its use as a pesticidal plant. Plants, 8 (12):597. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120597)
cissus quadrangularis
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
Cocoa midges
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
coleoptera
Nguyen, Duong T., Hodges, Rick J. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2007) Do walking Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) locate cereal hosts by chance? Journal of Stored Products Research, 44 (1). pp. 90-99. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.008)
commensal rodent
Baker, S.E., Ayers, M., Beausoleil, N.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Berdoy, M., Buckle, A.P., Cagienard, C., Cowan, D., Fearn-Daglish, J., Goddard, P., Golledge, H.D.R., Mullineaux, E., Sharp, T., Simmons, A. and Schmolz, E. (2022) An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management. Animal Welfare, 31 (1). pp. 51-68. ISSN 0962-7286 (doi:https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.005)
commensal rodents
Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Callefe, Joao Luiz Revolta, Coelho, Rachel, Silveira, Martha Silvia Martinez, Khalil, Hussein, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric Gerard Georges, Begon, Michael and Costa, Federico (2022) A systematic review of rodent control as part of infectious disease control programs. International Journal of Pest Management. ISSN 0967-0874 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2022.2094491)
community engagement
Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Barreto, Ana Maria, Argibay, Hernan Dario, Santana, Juliet Oliveira, Palma, Fabiana Almerinda G., Riviere‑Cinnamond, Ana, Dobigny, Gauthier, Bertherat, Eric, Ferguson, Luther, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Costa, Federico (2024) Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 13:4503. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)
conservation biocontrol
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margin plants support natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa smallholder common bean farming systems. Plants, 11 (7):898. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070898)
conservation biological control
Ndakidemi, Baltazar, Mbega, Ernest, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Plant-rich field margins influence natural predators of aphids more than intercropping in common bean. Insects, 13 (7):56. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070569)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Elements of agroecological pest and disease management. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10 (1):00099. ISSN 2325-1026 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00099)
Ochieng, Lawrence O., Ogendo, Joshua O., Bett, Philip K., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Eric K., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margins and botanical insecticides enhance Lablab purpureus yield by reducing aphid and supporting natural enemies. Journal of Applied Entomology, 146 (7). pp. 838-849. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13023)
Contraceptive bait
Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Zhang, Zhibin, Mhamphi, Ginethon, Liu, Ming, Li, Hong-Jun and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Effect of synthetic hormones on reproduction in Mastomys natalensis. Journal of Pest Science. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0894-4)
cowpea weevil
Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Green, Paul W. C., Farrell, Iain W., Brankin, Alice, Mvumi, Brighton M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Novel agmatine derivatives in Maerua edulis with bioactivity against Callosobruchus maculatus, a cosmopolitan storage insect pest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1506. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01506)
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
crop damage
Constant, Natasha Louise, Swanepoel, Lourens, Williams, Samual T., Soarimalala, Voahangy, Goodman, Steven M., Massawe, Apia T., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Taylor, Peter John and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro-Malagasy farming regions. Integrative Zoology, 15 (6). pp. 578-594. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12447)
crop disease management
Kushaha, Tamia, Mkindi, Angela, Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Botanical extracts control the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum boninense in smallholder production of common bean. Phytopathology Research, 6 (19). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2096-5362 (Print), 2524-4167 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-024-00235-y)
crop production
Elisante, Filemon, Ndakidemi, Patrick, Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M, Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Enhancing knowledge among smallholders on pollinators and supporting field margins for sustainable food security. Journal of Rural Studies, 70. pp. 75-86. ISSN 0743-0167 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.07.004)
crop yield
Filemon, Elisante, Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2020) Insect pollination is important in a smallholder bean farming system. PeerJ, 8:e10102. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10102)
cryptic species
Bastos, Armanda D., Nair, Deenadayalan, Taylor, Peter J., Brettschneider, Helene, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mostert, Elmarie, von Maltitz, Emil, Lamb, Jennifer M., van Hooft, Pim, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Contrafatto, Giancarlo, Downs, Sarah and Chimimba, Christian T. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12:26. ISSN 1471-2156 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26)
cues
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
cymbopogon citratus
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
cytochrome b
Bastos, Armanda D., Nair, Deenadayalan, Taylor, Peter J., Brettschneider, Helene, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mostert, Elmarie, von Maltitz, Emil, Lamb, Jennifer M., van Hooft, Pim, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Contrafatto, Giancarlo, Downs, Sarah and Chimimba, Christian T. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12:26. ISSN 1471-2156 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26)
damage
Lorica, Renee P., Singleton, Grant R., Stuart, Alexander M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Rodent damage to rice crops is not affected by the water‑saving technique, alternate wetting and drying. Journal of Pest Science, 93 (4). pp. 1431-1442. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01237-3)
deathwatch beetle Xestobium rufovillosum Anobiidae selection behavior photo-response behavior
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Simmonds, Monique S. J. and Blaney, Walter M. (2000) Behavioral Responses of Adult Deathwatch Beetles, Xestobium rufovillosum de Geer (Coleoptera: Anobiidae), to Light and Dark. Journal of Insect Behavior, 13 (1). pp. 15-26. ISSN 0892-7553 (Print), 1572-8889 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007707407939)
Deathwatch beetle Xestobium rufovillosum Coleoptera Anobiidae Quercus sp. host selection behaviour chemo-orientation behaviour oviposition timber pest wood-decaying fungi Donkioporia expansa
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Simmonds, Monique S. J. and Blaney, Wally M. (2002) Influence of Odor from Wood-Decaying Fungi on Host Selection Behavior of Deathwatch Beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28 (4). pp. 741-754. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015284625697)
declining biodiversity
Tomass, Zewdneh, Shibru, Simon, Yonas, Meheretu, Megaze, Aberham, Woldu, Zerihun, van Houtte, Natalie, Feleke, Gebeyehu, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Leirs, Herwig (2020) Season and habitat affect diversity, abundance and reproductive state of small mammals near Lake Abaya, Ethiopia. Mammalia, 85 (3). pp. 236-247. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0128)
deguelin
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice, Mbega, Ernest R., Medvecky, Beth, Kendal-Smith, Amy, Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Phytochemical analysis of Tephrosia vogelii across East Africa reveals three chemotypes that influence its use as a pesticidal plant. Plants, 8 (12):597. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120597)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
diet
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Kifumba, David, Nakiyemba, Alice, Leirs, Herwig, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2018) Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 4:1507509. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1507509)
Mulungu, Loth S., Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 640-646. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11028)
Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Differences in diet between two rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 387-392. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
dihydroflavonol
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
disease
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
Dispersion
Mulungu, Loth S., Sixbert, Valency, Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka, Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Kilonzo, Bukheti S. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of the multi-mammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, in rice crop and fallow land habitats in Tanzania. Mammalia, 79 (2). pp. 177-184. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0006)
DNA bar-coding
Taylor, Peter J., Downs, Sarah, Monadjem, Ara, Eiseb, Seth J., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Mahlaba, Themb’a A., Kirsten, Frikkie, Von Maltitz, Emil, Malebane, Phanuel, Makundi, Rhodes H., Lamb, Jennifer and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management. Wildlife Research, 39 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11111)
DNA barcoding
Woolley, Victoria C ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 , Tembo, Yolice LB ORCID: 0000-0002-2945-9128 , Ndakidemi, Baltazar ORCID: 0000-0001-9539-3764 , Obanyi, Janet N, Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Ogendo, Joshua O and Stevenson, Philip C ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) The diversity of aphid parasitoids in East Africa and implications for biological control. Pest Management Science. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6723)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, Maneno, Gurr, Geoff M. and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2019) Characterization of hymenopteran parasitoids of aphis fabae in an African smallholder bean farming system through sequencing of COI 'mini-barcodes'. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 10 (10):331. ISSN 2075-4450 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100331)
DRC
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
EBRM
Taylor, Peter J., Downs, Sarah, Monadjem, Ara, Eiseb, Seth J., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Mahlaba, Themb’a A., Kirsten, Frikkie, Von Maltitz, Emil, Malebane, Phanuel, Makundi, Rhodes H., Lamb, Jennifer and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management. Wildlife Research, 39 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11111)
eco-education
Williams, Samual T. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Williams, Kathryn S., Constant, Natasha, Swanepoel, Lourens, Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Evans, Steven W. (2021) Low-intensity environmental education can enhance perceptions of culturally taboo wildlife. Ecosphere, 12 (7):e03482. ISSN 2150-8925 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3482)
ecological niche
Mulungu, Loth S., Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 640-646. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11028)
ecological niche modelling
Bastos, Armanda D., Nair, Deenadayalan, Taylor, Peter J., Brettschneider, Helene, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mostert, Elmarie, von Maltitz, Emil, Lamb, Jennifer M., van Hooft, Pim, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Contrafatto, Giancarlo, Downs, Sarah and Chimimba, Christian T. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12:26. ISSN 1471-2156 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26)
ecologically based rodent management
Imakando, Christopher, Fernández-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields. Integrative Zoology, 17 (6). pp. 1028-1040. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12580)
Constant, Natasha Louise, Swanepoel, Lourens, Williams, Samual T., Soarimalala, Voahangy, Goodman, Steven M., Massawe, Apia T., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Taylor, Peter John and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro-Malagasy farming regions. Integrative Zoology, 15 (6). pp. 578-594. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12447)
Ecologically-based management
Labuschagne, Lushka, Swanepoel, Lourens H., Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Keith, Mark (2016) Are avian predators effective biological control agents for rodent pest management in agricultural systems? Biological Control, 101. pp. 94-102. ISSN 1049-9644 (Print), 1090-2112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.07.003)
ecologically-based rodent management
Lorica, Renee P., Stuart, Alexander M., Singleton, Grant R., Sudarmaji, 0 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2022) Optimising the capture of neophobic rice field rats in lowland asian rice ecosystems. Pest Management Science, 78 (10). pp. 4252-4260. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7043)
Williams, Samual T. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Williams, Kathryn S., Constant, Natasha, Swanepoel, Lourens, Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Evans, Steven W. (2021) Low-intensity environmental education can enhance perceptions of culturally taboo wildlife. Ecosphere, 12 (7):e03482. ISSN 2150-8925 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3482)
Chakma, Nikhil, Sarker, Noor Jahan, Sarker, Sohrab Uddin, Sarker, Santosh Kumar, Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Impact of trap barrier systems on rodent damage to upland rice cropping systems during bamboo masting events. Crop Protection, 126:104939. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104939)
Krijger, Inge M., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Singleton, Grant R., Groot Koerkamp, Peter W. G. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2017) The need to implement the landscape of fear within rodent pest management strategies. Pest Management Science, 73 (12). pp. 2397-2402. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4626)
ecology
Singleton, Grant R., Hinds, Lyn A., Makundi, Rhodes and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Editorial: Rodent biology and ecologically based rodent management (EBRM)—25 years of progress through promoting multidisciplinary research. Integrative Zoology. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12792)
Taylor, Peter J., Downs, Sarah, Monadjem, Ara, Eiseb, Seth J., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Mahlaba, Themb’a A., Kirsten, Frikkie, Von Maltitz, Emil, Malebane, Phanuel, Makundi, Rhodes H., Lamb, Jennifer and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management. Wildlife Research, 39 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11111)
Mulungu, Loth S., Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 640-646. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11028)
ecosystem service
Mkenda, Prisila, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, M and Gurr, Geoff M (2019) Field margin vegetation in tropical African bean systems harbours diverse natural enemies for biological pest control in adjacent crops. Sustainability, 11 (22):6399. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226399)
ecosystem services
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
Williams, Samual T. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Williams, Kathryn S., Constant, Natasha, Swanepoel, Lourens, Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Evans, Steven W. (2021) Low-intensity environmental education can enhance perceptions of culturally taboo wildlife. Ecosphere, 12 (7):e03482. ISSN 2150-8925 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3482)
Filemon, Elisante, Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2020) Insect pollination is important in a smallholder bean farming system. PeerJ, 8:e10102. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10102)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Darbyshire, Iain, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Priebe, Jan, Johnson, Anne C., Tumbo, Julie and Gurr, Geoff M. (2020) Knowledge gaps among smallholder farmers hinder adoption of conservation biological control. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 30 (3). pp. 256-277. ISSN 0958-3157 (Print), 1360-0478 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1707169)
Elisante, Filemon, Ndakidemi, Patrick, Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M, Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Enhancing knowledge among smallholders on pollinators and supporting field margins for sustainable food security. Journal of Rural Studies, 70. pp. 75-86. ISSN 0743-0167 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.07.004)
Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Mkenda, Prisila A., Mpumi, Nelson, Mwanauta, Regina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1425. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01425)
Williams, Samual T., Maree, Naudene, Taylor, Peter, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Keith, Mark and Swanepoel, Lourens H. (2018) Camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in South Africa. Data in Brief, 18. pp. 753-759. ISSN 2352-3409 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.071)
Williams, Samual T., Maree, Naudene, Taylor, Peter, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Keith, Mark and Swanepoel, Lourens H. (2017) Predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems: An undervalued ecosystem service? Ecosystem Services, 30 (C). pp. 362-371. ISSN 2212-0416 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.006)
Mkindi, Angela, Mpumi, Nelson, Tembo, Yolice, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mtei, Kelvin, Machunda, Revocatus and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 113-122. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.002)
Editorial
Hinds, Lyn A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Fertility control of rodent pests: recent developments from lab to field. Integrative Zoology. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12623)
entomology
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
Ethiopia
Tomass, Zewdneh, Shibru, Simon, Yonas, Meheretu, Megaze, Aberham, Woldu, Zerihun, van Houtte, Natalie, Feleke, Gebeyehu, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Leirs, Herwig (2020) Season and habitat affect diversity, abundance and reproductive state of small mammals near Lake Abaya, Ethiopia. Mammalia, 85 (3). pp. 236-247. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0128)
ethno-ecology
Kamanula, John, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sola, Phosiso, Mvumi, Brighton M., Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C., Nyirenda, Stephen P. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers' insect pest management practices and pesticidal plant use in the protection of stored maize and beans in Southern Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 57 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1366-5863 (electronic) 0967-0874 (paper) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2010.522264)
ethnobotanicals
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
fall armyworm
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
fallow land
Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Differences in diet between two rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 387-392. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
farmer research network
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Elements of agroecological pest and disease management. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10 (1):00099. ISSN 2325-1026 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00099)
farmer survey
Constant, Natasha Louise, Swanepoel, Lourens, Williams, Samual T., Soarimalala, Voahangy, Goodman, Steven M., Massawe, Apia T., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Taylor, Peter John and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro-Malagasy farming regions. Integrative Zoology, 15 (6). pp. 578-594. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12447)
farmers
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sola, Phosiso, Brighton, M. Mvumi, Sileshi, Gudeta, Kamanula, John and Simmonds, Monique S.J. (2009) Optimising sustainable use of pesticidal plants by subsistence farmers in southern Africa. In: 8th Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) Meeting on Biopesticides, 21-26 Sep 2009, Convention Center La Palma-Teneguía Princess, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. (Unpublished)
farming practices
Elisante, Filemon, Ndakidemi, Patrick, Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M, Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Enhancing knowledge among smallholders on pollinators and supporting field margins for sustainable food security. Journal of Rural Studies, 70. pp. 75-86. ISSN 0743-0167 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.07.004)
Fertility control
Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Zhang, Zhibin, Mhamphi, Ginethon, Liu, Ming, Li, Hong-Jun and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Effect of synthetic hormones on reproduction in Mastomys natalensis. Journal of Pest Science. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0894-4)
field margin
Ndakidemi, Baltazar, Mbega, Ernest, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Plant-rich field margins influence natural predators of aphids more than intercropping in common bean. Insects, 13 (7):56. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070569)
Ochieng, Lawrence O., Ogendo, Joshua O., Bett, Philip K., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Eric K., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margins and botanical insecticides enhance Lablab purpureus yield by reducing aphid and supporting natural enemies. Journal of Applied Entomology, 146 (7). pp. 838-849. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13023)
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margin plants support natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa smallholder common bean farming systems. Plants, 11 (7):898. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070898)
field margin plants
Elisante, Filemon, Ndakidemi, Patrick, Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M, Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Enhancing knowledge among smallholders on pollinators and supporting field margins for sustainable food security. Journal of Rural Studies, 70. pp. 75-86. ISSN 0743-0167 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.07.004)
field margin vegetation
Karimi, Joseph M, Nyaanga, Jane G, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick K, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Lablab (Lablab purpureus L.) genotypes and field margin vegetation influence bean aphids and their natural enemies. Frontiers in Insect Science, 4:1328235. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2673-8600 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2024.1328235)
field margins
Obanyi, Janet, Nyaanga, Jane, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Flowering margins support natural enemies between cropping seasons. Frontiers in Agronomy, 6:1277062. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1277062)
Filemon, Elisante, Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2020) Insect pollination is important in a smallholder bean farming system. PeerJ, 8:e10102. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10102)
flavanones
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
flavonol glycosides
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
fleas
Gebrezgiher, Genet B., Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A. S., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Lyimo, Charles M. and Meheretu, Yonas (2023) Arthropod ectoparasites of two rodent species occurring in varied elevations on Tanzania’s second highest mountain. Biology, 12 (3):394. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2079-7737 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12030394)
floral resource plant
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margin plants support natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa smallholder common bean farming systems. Plants, 11 (7):898. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070898)
floral traits
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
flower odor
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
foliar fertiliser
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Mbega, Ernest R., Smith, Amy K., Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Extracts of common pesticidal plants increase plant growth and yield in common bean plants. Plants, 9 (2):149. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020149)
food-borne disease
Kriger, Inge M., Cornelissen, Jan B.W.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2019) Evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in rodents from Bangladesh. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19 (12). pp. 884-888. ISSN 1530-3667 (Print), 1557-7759 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2440)
foraging activity
Imakando, Christopher, Fernandez-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Vegetation cover and food availability shapes the foraging activity of rodent pests in and around maize fields. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 347:108363. ISSN 0167-8809 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108363)
foraging behaviour
Monadjem, Ara, Mahlaba, Themb'a, Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mohr, Katrine and Taylor, Peter J. (2011) Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR10130)
fungicide
Kushaha, Tamia, Mkindi, Angela, Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Botanical extracts control the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum boninense in smallholder production of common bean. Phytopathology Research, 6 (19). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2096-5362 (Print), 2524-4167 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-024-00235-y)
Fusarium spp.
Ngoya, Zuwena J., Mkindi, Angela G., Vanek, Steven J., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Understanding farmer knowledge and site factors in relation to soil-borne pests and pathogens to support agroecological intensification of smallholder bean production systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1094739. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1094739)
Fusarium wilt
Ngoya, Zuwena, Mkindi, Angela, Vanek, Steven, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Pesticidal plant treatments combined with improved soil fertility can reduce damage caused by Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli) and bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli) in common bean production (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Sustainability, 16 (19):4866. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114866)
Gerbilliscus
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Gerbilliscus vicinus
Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Differences in diet between two rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 387-392. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
giving-up-density
Imakando, Christopher, Fernandez-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Vegetation cover and food availability shapes the foraging activity of rodent pests in and around maize fields. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 347:108363. ISSN 0167-8809 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108363)
grain store
Krijger, Inge M., Gort, Gerrit, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Koerkamp, Peter W. G. Groot, Shafali, Rokeya B. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2020) Efficacy of management and monitoring methods to prevent post-harvest losses caused by rodents. Animals, 10 (9):1612. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2076-2615 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091612)
Graphiurus
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
GUD
Krijger, Inge M., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Singleton, Grant R., Groot Koerkamp, Peter W. G. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2017) The need to implement the landscape of fear within rodent pest management strategies. Pest Management Science, 73 (12). pp. 2397-2402. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4626)
habitat
Mulungu, Loth S., Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 640-646. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11028)
habitat association
Tomass, Zewdneh, Shibru, Simon, Yonas, Meheretu, Megaze, Aberham, Woldu, Zerihun, van Houtte, Natalie, Feleke, Gebeyehu, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Leirs, Herwig (2020) Season and habitat affect diversity, abundance and reproductive state of small mammals near Lake Abaya, Ethiopia. Mammalia, 85 (3). pp. 236-247. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0128)
habitat manipulation
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
habitat use
Lorica, Renee P., Singleton, Grant R., Stuart, Alexander M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Rodent damage to rice crops is not affected by the water‑saving technique, alternate wetting and drying. Journal of Pest Science, 93 (4). pp. 1431-1442. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01237-3)
habitats
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C. M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Machang’u, Robert S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Isabirye, Moses, Massawe, Apia W., Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Home ranges, sex ratio and recruitment of the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Mammalia, 84 (4). pp. 336-343. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2019-0048)
haemoparasites
Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Mulungu, Loth S., Eiseb, Seth J., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A., Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Borremans, Benny and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Prevalence of haemoparasites, leptospires and coccobacilli with potential for human infection in the blood of rodents and shrews from selected localities in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland. African Zoology, 47 (1). pp. 119-127. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
haplotypes
Bastos, Armanda D., Nair, Deenadayalan, Taylor, Peter J., Brettschneider, Helene, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mostert, Elmarie, von Maltitz, Emil, Lamb, Jennifer M., van Hooft, Pim, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Contrafatto, Giancarlo, Downs, Sarah and Chimimba, Christian T. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12:26. ISSN 1471-2156 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26)
home range
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C. M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Machang’u, Robert S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Isabirye, Moses, Massawe, Apia W., Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Home ranges, sex ratio and recruitment of the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Mammalia, 84 (4). pp. 336-343. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2019-0048)
host
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
host selection
Nguyen, Duong T., Hodges, Rick J. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2007) Do walking Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) locate cereal hosts by chance? Journal of Stored Products Research, 44 (1). pp. 90-99. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.008)
host-seeking
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
host-seeking behavioral studies
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2024) Protocol for rearing and using mosquitoes for flight path tracking and behavioral characterization in wind tunnel bioassays. STAR Protocols, 5 (3):103180. ISSN 2666-1667 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103180)
houses
Monadjem, Ara, Mahlaba, Themb'a, Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mohr, Katrine and Taylor, Peter J. (2011) Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR10130)
hyperparasitoids
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, Maneno, Gurr, Geoff M. and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2019) Characterization of hymenopteran parasitoids of aphis fabae in an African smallholder bean farming system through sequencing of COI 'mini-barcodes'. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 10 (10):331. ISSN 2075-4450 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100331)
Indian subcontinent
Durrance-Bagale, Anna, Rudge, James W., Singh, Nanda Bahadur, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Howard, Natasha (2021) Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: a scoping review. One Health, 13:100310. ISSN 2352-7714 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100310)
induced systemic response
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Mbega, Ernest R., Smith, Amy K., Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Extracts of common pesticidal plants increase plant growth and yield in common bean plants. Plants, 9 (2):149. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020149)
Information accessibility
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Darbyshire, Iain, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Priebe, Jan, Johnson, Anne C., Tumbo, Julie and Gurr, Geoff M. (2020) Knowledge gaps among smallholder farmers hinder adoption of conservation biological control. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 30 (3). pp. 256-277. ISSN 0958-3157 (Print), 1360-0478 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1707169)
insect behaviour
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
insect pests
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Darbyshire, Iain, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Priebe, Jan, Johnson, Anne C., Tumbo, Julie and Gurr, Geoff M. (2020) Knowledge gaps among smallholder farmers hinder adoption of conservation biological control. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 30 (3). pp. 256-277. ISSN 0958-3157 (Print), 1360-0478 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1707169)
insect–plant interactions
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Gurr, Geoff M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps. PeerJ, 7:e8091. ISSN 2376-5992 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091)
intactness
Clements, Hayley S., Do Linh San, Emmanuel, Hempson, Gareth, Linden, Birthe, Maritz, Bryan, Monadjem, Ara, Reynolds, Chevonne, Siebert, Frances, Stevens, Nicola, Biggs, Reinette, De Vos, Alta, Blanchard, Ryan, Child, Matthew, Esler, Karen J., Hamann, Maike, Loft, Ty, Reyers, Belinda, Selomane, Odirilwe, Skowno, Andrew L., Tshoke, Tshegofatso, Abdoulaye, Diarrassouba, Aebischer, Thierry, Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús, Alexander, Graham J., Ali, Abdullahi H., Allan, David G., Amoako, Esther E., Angedakin, Samuel, Aruna, Edward, Avenant, Nico L., Badjedjea, Gabriel, Bakayoko, Adama, Bamba-kaya, Abraham, Bates, Michael F., Bates, Paul J. J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bennitt, Emily, Bradley, James, Brewster, Chris A., Brown, Michael B., Brown, Michelle, Bryja, Josef, Butynski, Thomas M., Carvalho, Filipe, Channing, Alan, Chapman, Colin A., Cohen, Callan, Cords, Marina, Cramer, Jennifer D., Cronk, Nadine, Cunneyworth, Pamela M. K., Dalerum, Fredrik, Danquah, Emmanuel, Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., de Blocq, Andrew D., De Jong, Yvonne A., Demos, Terrence C., Denys, Christiane, Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S., Doherty-Bone, Thomas M., Drouilly, Marine, du Toit, Johan T., Ehlers Smith, David A., Ehlers Smith, Yvette C., Eiseb, Seth J., Fashing, Peter J., Ferguson, Adam W., Fernández-García, José M., Finckh, Manfred, Fischer, Claude, Gandiwa, Edson, Gaubert, Philippe, Gaugris, Jerome Y., Gibbs, Dalton J., Gilchrist, Jason S., Gil-Sánchez, Jose M., Githitho, Anthony N., Goodman, Peter S., Granjon, Laurent, J. Paul Grobler, J. Paul, Bonginkosi C. Gumbi, Bonginkosi C., Gvozdik, Vaclav, Harvey, James, Hauptfleisch, Morgan, Hayder, Firas, Hema, Emmanuel M., Herbst, Marna, Houngbédji, Mariano, Huntley, Brian J., Hutterer, Rainer, Ivande, Samuel T., Jackson, Kate, Jongsma, Gregory F. M., Juste, Javier, Kadjo, Blaise, Kaleme, Prince K., Kamugisha, Edwin, Kaplin, Beth A., Kato, Humphrey N., Kiffner, Christian, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Kityo, Robert M., Kouamé, N’goran G., Kouete T., Marcel, le Roux, Aliza, Lee, Alan T. K., Lötter, Mervyn C., Lykke, Anne Mette, MacFadyen, Duncan N., Macharia, Gacheru P., Madikiza, Zimkitha J. K., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Mallon, David, Mamba, Mnqobi L., Mande, Claude, Marchant, Rob A., Maritz, Robin A., Markotter, Wanda, McIntyre, Trevor, Measey, John, Mekonnen, Addisu, Meller, Paulina, Melville, Haemish I., Mganga, Kevin Z., Mills, Michael G. L., Minnie, Liaan, Missoup, Alain Didier, Mohammad, Abubakr, Moinde, Nancy N., Moise, Bakwo Fils E., Monterroso, Pedro, Moore, Jennifer F., Musila, Simon, Nago, Sedjro Gilles A., Namoto, Maganizo W., Niang, Fatimata, Nicolas, Violaine, Nkenku, Jerry B., Nkrumah, Evans E., Nono, Gonwouo L., Norbert, Mulavwa M., Nowak, Katarzyna, Obitte, Benneth C., Okoni-Williams, Arnold D., Onongo, Jonathan, O’Riain, M. Justin, Osinubi, Samuel T., Parker, Daniel M., Parrini, Francesca, Peel, Mike J. S., Penner, Johannes, Pietersen, Darren W., Plumptre, Andrew J., Ponsonby, Damian W., Porembski, Stefan, Power, R. John, Radloff, Frans G. T., Rambau, Ramugondo V., Ramesh, Tharmalingam, Richards, Leigh R., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rollinson, Dominic P., Rovero, Francesco, Saleh, Mostafa A., Schmiedel, Ute, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Scholte, Paul, Serfass, Thomas L., Shapiro, Julie Teresa, Shema, Sidney, Siebert, Stefan J., Slingsby, Jasper A., Sliwa, Alexander, Smit-Robinson, Hanneline A., Sogbohossou, Etotepe A., Somers, Michael J., Spawls, Stephen, Streicher, Jarryd P., Swanepoel, Lourens, Tanshi, Iroro, Taylor, Peter J., Taylor, William A., te Beest, Mariska, Telfer, Paul T., Thompson, Dave I., Tobi, Elie, Tolley, Krystal A., Turner, Andrew A., Twine, Wayne, Van Cakenberghe, Victor, Van de Perre, Frederik, van der Merwe, Helga, van Niekerk, Chris J. G., van Wyk, Pieter C. V., Venter, Jan A., Verburgt, Luke, Veron, Geraldine, Vetter, Susanne, Vorontsova, Maria S., Wagner, Thomas C., Webala, Paul W., Weber, Natalie, Weier, Sina M., White, Paula A., Whitecross, Melissa A., Wigley, Benjamin J., Willems, Frank J., Winterbach, Christiaan W. and Woodhouse, Galena M. (2024) The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific Data, 11:191. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2052-4463 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6)
integrated pest management
Ochieng, Lawrence O., Ogendo, Joshua O., Bett, Philip K., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Eric K., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margins and botanical insecticides enhance Lablab purpureus yield by reducing aphid and supporting natural enemies. Journal of Applied Entomology, 146 (7). pp. 838-849. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13023)
intercrop
Obanyi, Janet N., Ogendo, Joshua O., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Erick K., Bett, Philip K,, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2023) Field margins and cropping system influence diversity and abundance of aphid natural enemies in Lablab purpureus. Journal of Applied Entomology. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13125)
invasive species
Phambala, Kelita, Tembo, Yolice, Kasambala, Trust, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Bioactivity of common pesticidal plants on fall armyworm larvae (spodoptera frugiperda). Plants, 9 (1):112. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010112)
IPM
Krijger, Inge M., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Singleton, Grant R., Groot Koerkamp, Peter W. G. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2017) The need to implement the landscape of fear within rodent pest management strategies. Pest Management Science, 73 (12). pp. 2397-2402. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4626)
Ipsdienone
Kamanula, John F., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hall, David R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley I. ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Goyder, David J., Mvumi, Brighton M., Masumbu, Friday F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Chemical variation and insecticidal activity of Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng essential oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 75-82. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.036)
Irrigated rice
Mulungu, Loth S., Sixbert, Valency, Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka, Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Kilonzo, Bukheti S. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of the multi-mammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, in rice crop and fallow land habitats in Tanzania. Mammalia, 79 (2). pp. 177-184. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0006)
karyotypes
Bastos, Armanda D., Nair, Deenadayalan, Taylor, Peter J., Brettschneider, Helene, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mostert, Elmarie, von Maltitz, Emil, Lamb, Jennifer M., van Hooft, Pim, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Contrafatto, Giancarlo, Downs, Sarah and Chimimba, Christian T. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12:26. ISSN 1471-2156 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26)
lablab
Karimi, Joseph M, Nyaanga, Jane G, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick K, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Lablab (Lablab purpureus L.) genotypes and field margin vegetation influence bean aphids and their natural enemies. Frontiers in Insect Science, 4:1328235. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2673-8600 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2024.1328235)
Land use
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Vanden Broecke, Bram, Mari€en, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J.P., Machang’u, Robert S., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Hieronimo, Proches, Kifumba, David, Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 124:104829. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023)
land-use/cover changes
Tomass, Zewdneh, Shibru, Simon, Yonas, Meheretu, Megaze, Aberham, Woldu, Zerihun, van Houtte, Natalie, Feleke, Gebeyehu, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Leirs, Herwig (2020) Season and habitat affect diversity, abundance and reproductive state of small mammals near Lake Abaya, Ethiopia. Mammalia, 85 (3). pp. 236-247. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0128)
landing
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
Carnaghi, Manuela, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2021) Multimodal synergisms in host stimuli drive landing response in malaria mosquitoes. Scientific Reports, 11:7379. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86772-4)
landscape of fear
Imakando, Christopher, Fernandez-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Vegetation cover and food availability shapes the foraging activity of rodent pests in and around maize fields. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 347:108363. ISSN 0167-8809 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108363)
Krijger, Inge M., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Singleton, Grant R., Groot Koerkamp, Peter W. G. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2017) The need to implement the landscape of fear within rodent pest management strategies. Pest Management Science, 73 (12). pp. 2397-2402. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4626)
legume
Kushaha, Tamia, Mkindi, Angela, Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Botanical extracts control the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum boninense in smallholder production of common bean. Phytopathology Research, 6 (19). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2096-5362 (Print), 2524-4167 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-024-00235-y)
legume cropping systems
Ochieng, Lawrence O., Ogendo, Joshua O., Bett, Philip K., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Eric K., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margins and botanical insecticides enhance Lablab purpureus yield by reducing aphid and supporting natural enemies. Journal of Applied Entomology, 146 (7). pp. 838-849. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13023)
Legumes
Mkindi, Angela, Mpumi, Nelson, Tembo, Yolice, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mtei, Kelvin, Machunda, Revocatus and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 113-122. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.002)
leguminosae
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
Lemniscomys
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Leptospirosis
Durrance-Bagale, Anna, Rudge, James W., Singh, Nanda Bahadur, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Howard, Natasha (2021) Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: a scoping review. One Health, 13:100310. ISSN 2352-7714 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100310)
Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Mulungu, Loth S., Eiseb, Seth J., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A., Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Borremans, Benny and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Prevalence of haemoparasites, leptospires and coccobacilli with potential for human infection in the blood of rodents and shrews from selected localities in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland. African Zoology, 47 (1). pp. 119-127. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
Holt, John and Davis, Stephen (2006) Predicting disease through mathematical models. In: Rats and human health in Africa: proceedings of an international workshop on rodent-borne diseases and the RatZooMan research project. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, UK, pp. 29-30.
levonorgestrel
Imakando, Christopher, Fernández-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields. Integrative Zoology, 17 (6). pp. 1028-1040. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12580)
Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Zhang, Zhibin, Mhamphi, Ginethon, Liu, Ming, Li, Hong-Jun and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Effect of synthetic hormones on reproduction in Mastomys natalensis. Journal of Pest Science. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0894-4)
lippia javanica
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
live traps
Lorica, Renee P., Stuart, Alexander M., Singleton, Grant R., Sudarmaji, 0 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2022) Optimising the capture of neophobic rice field rats in lowland asian rice ecosystems. Pest Management Science, 78 (10). pp. 4252-4260. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7043)
locomotory behaviour
Nguyen, Duong T., Hodges, Rick J. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2007) Do walking Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) locate cereal hosts by chance? Journal of Stored Products Research, 44 (1). pp. 90-99. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.008)
lupanine
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Idrovo, M. Eduardo Peralta, Arias, Luis J. Lomas, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2014) Herbivore defence compounds occur in pollen and reduce bumblebee colony fitness. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40 (8). pp. 878-881. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0467-4)
lupin
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Idrovo, M. Eduardo Peralta, Arias, Luis J. Lomas, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2014) Herbivore defence compounds occur in pollen and reduce bumblebee colony fitness. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40 (8). pp. 878-881. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0467-4)
M. natalensis
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Vanden Broecke, Bram, Mari€en, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J.P., Machang’u, Robert S., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Hieronimo, Proches, Kifumba, David, Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 124:104829. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023)
Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Differences in diet between two rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 387-392. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
maize
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
maize field
Imakando, Christopher, Fernandez-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Vegetation cover and food availability shapes the foraging activity of rodent pests in and around maize fields. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 347:108363. ISSN 0167-8809 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108363)
malaria
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
mammalian toxicity
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
management
Taylor, Peter J., Downs, Sarah, Monadjem, Ara, Eiseb, Seth J., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Mahlaba, Themb’a A., Kirsten, Frikkie, Von Maltitz, Emil, Malebane, Phanuel, Makundi, Rhodes H., Lamb, Jennifer and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management. Wildlife Research, 39 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11111)
margin vegetation
Obanyi, Janet N., Ogendo, Joshua O., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Erick K., Bett, Philip K,, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2023) Field margins and cropping system influence diversity and abundance of aphid natural enemies in Lablab purpureus. Journal of Applied Entomology. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13125)
Maruca vitrata
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
mastomy
Mulungu, Loth S., Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 640-646. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11028)
Mastomys
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Mastomys natalensis
Imakando, Christopher, Fernandez-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Vegetation cover and food availability shapes the foraging activity of rodent pests in and around maize fields. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 347:108363. ISSN 0167-8809 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108363)
Manyonyi, Abeid M., Mariki, Sayuni B., Mnyone, Laudslaus L., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2020) Effects of prescribed burning on rodent community ecology in Serengeti National Park. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69 (2):20001. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2694-7684 (Print), 1573-1189 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20001)
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Kifumba, David, Nakiyemba, Alice, Leirs, Herwig, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2018) Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 4:1507509. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1507509)
mathematical models
Holt, John and Davis, Stephen (2006) Predicting disease through mathematical models. In: Rats and human health in Africa: proceedings of an international workshop on rodent-borne diseases and the RatZooMan research project. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, UK, pp. 29-30.
mautam
Chakma, Nikhil, Sarker, Noor Jahan, Sarker, Sohrab Uddin, Sarker, Santosh Kumar, Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Impact of trap barrier systems on rodent damage to upland rice cropping systems during bamboo masting events. Crop Protection, 126:104939. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104939)
melocanna bamboo masting
Chakma, Nikhil, Sarker, Noor Jahan, Sarker, Sohrab Uddin, Sarker, Santosh Kumar, Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Impact of trap barrier systems on rodent damage to upland rice cropping systems during bamboo masting events. Crop Protection, 126:104939. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104939)
meso-carnivore
Williams, Samual T., Maree, Naudene, Taylor, Peter, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Keith, Mark and Swanepoel, Lourens H. (2017) Predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems: An undervalued ecosystem service? Ecosystem Services, 30 (C). pp. 362-371. ISSN 2212-0416 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.006)
Meta-analysis
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
monocrop
Obanyi, Janet N., Ogendo, Joshua O., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Erick K., Bett, Philip K,, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2023) Field margins and cropping system influence diversity and abundance of aphid natural enemies in Lablab purpureus. Journal of Applied Entomology. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13125)
Montemys delectorum
Gebrezgiher, Genet B., Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A. S., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Lyimo, Charles M. and Meheretu, Yonas (2023) Arthropod ectoparasites of two rodent species occurring in varied elevations on Tanzania’s second highest mountain. Biology, 12 (3):394. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2079-7737 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12030394)
mosquito
Carnaghi, Manuela, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2021) Multimodal synergisms in host stimuli drive landing response in malaria mosquitoes. Scientific Reports, 11:7379. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86772-4)
mosquitoes
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
Mount Meru
Gebrezgiher, Genet B., Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A. S., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Lyimo, Charles M. and Meheretu, Yonas (2023) Arthropod ectoparasites of two rodent species occurring in varied elevations on Tanzania’s second highest mountain. Biology, 12 (3):394. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2079-7737 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12030394)
movement patterns
Monadjem, Ara, Mahlaba, Themb'a, Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mohr, Katrine and Taylor, Peter J. (2011) Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR10130)
multimammate mouse
Imakando, Christopher, Fernández-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields. Integrative Zoology, 17 (6). pp. 1028-1040. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12580)
Multimammate rat
Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Zhang, Zhibin, Mhamphi, Ginethon, Liu, Ming, Li, Hong-Jun and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Effect of synthetic hormones on reproduction in Mastomys natalensis. Journal of Pest Science. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0894-4)
Mus
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Mus musculus
Kriger, Inge M., Cornelissen, Jan B.W.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2019) Evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in rodents from Bangladesh. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19 (12). pp. 884-888. ISSN 1530-3667 (Print), 1557-7759 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2440)
Myrcenone
Kamanula, John F., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hall, David R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley I. ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Goyder, David J., Mvumi, Brighton M., Masumbu, Friday F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Chemical variation and insecticidal activity of Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng essential oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 75-82. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.036)
Namibia
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
natural enemies
Karimi, Joseph M, Nyaanga, Jane G, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick K, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Lablab (Lablab purpureus L.) genotypes and field margin vegetation influence bean aphids and their natural enemies. Frontiers in Insect Science, 4:1328235. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2673-8600 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2024.1328235)
Obanyi, Janet, Nyaanga, Jane, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Flowering margins support natural enemies between cropping seasons. Frontiers in Agronomy, 6:1277062. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1277062)
Obanyi, Janet N., Ogendo, Joshua O., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Erick K., Bett, Philip K,, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2023) Field margins and cropping system influence diversity and abundance of aphid natural enemies in Lablab purpureus. Journal of Applied Entomology. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13125)
Ndakidemi, Baltazar, Mbega, Ernest, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Plant-rich field margins influence natural predators of aphids more than intercropping in common bean. Insects, 13 (7):56. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070569)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Darbyshire, Iain, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Priebe, Jan, Johnson, Anne C., Tumbo, Julie and Gurr, Geoff M. (2020) Knowledge gaps among smallholder farmers hinder adoption of conservation biological control. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 30 (3). pp. 256-277. ISSN 0958-3157 (Print), 1360-0478 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1707169)
natural pest regulation
Karimi, Joseph M, Nyaanga, Jane G, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick K, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Lablab (Lablab purpureus L.) genotypes and field margin vegetation influence bean aphids and their natural enemies. Frontiers in Insect Science, 4:1328235. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2673-8600 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2024.1328235)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, Maneno, Gurr, Geoff M. and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2019) Characterization of hymenopteran parasitoids of aphis fabae in an African smallholder bean farming system through sequencing of COI 'mini-barcodes'. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 10 (10):331. ISSN 2075-4450 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100331)
natural resistance
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Idrovo, M. Eduardo Peralta, Arias, Luis J. Lomas, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2014) Herbivore defence compounds occur in pollen and reduce bumblebee colony fitness. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40 (8). pp. 878-881. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0467-4)
niche
Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Differences in diet between two rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 387-392. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
nicotiana tabacum
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
Nipah virus
Durrance-Bagale, Anna, Rudge, James W., Singh, Nanda Bahadur, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Howard, Natasha (2021) Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: a scoping review. One Health, 13:100310. ISSN 2352-7714 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100310)
non-crop vegetation
Mkenda, Prisila, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, M and Gurr, Geoff M (2019) Field margin vegetation in tropical African bean systems harbours diverse natural enemies for biological pest control in adjacent crops. Sustainability, 11 (22):6399. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226399)
Non-food crops
Mkindi, Angela, Mpumi, Nelson, Tembo, Yolice, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mtei, Kelvin, Machunda, Revocatus and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 113-122. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.002)
Norway rat
Baker, S.E., Ayers, M., Beausoleil, N.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Berdoy, M., Buckle, A.P., Cagienard, C., Cowan, D., Fearn-Daglish, J., Goddard, P., Golledge, H.D.R., Mullineaux, E., Sharp, T., Simmons, A. and Schmolz, E. (2022) An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management. Animal Welfare, 31 (1). pp. 51-68. ISSN 0962-7286 (doi:https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.005)
odour-mediated orientation
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
off-season
Obanyi, Janet, Nyaanga, Jane, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Flowering margins support natural enemies between cropping seasons. Frontiers in Agronomy, 6:1277062. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1277062)
olfaction
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
oviposition deterrent
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Dayarathna, Thamara K., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Veitch, Nigel C. (2009) Bisdesmosidic saponins from Securidaca longepedunculata roots: Evaluation of deterrency and toxicity to coleopteran storage pests. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (19). pp. 8860-8867. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf901599j)
owls
Williams, Samual T. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Williams, Kathryn S., Constant, Natasha, Swanepoel, Lourens, Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Evans, Steven W. (2021) Low-intensity environmental education can enhance perceptions of culturally taboo wildlife. Ecosphere, 12 (7):e03482. ISSN 2150-8925 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3482)
parasitism
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
parasitoid
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Field margin plants support natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa smallholder common bean farming systems. Plants, 11 (7):898. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070898)
Woolley, Victoria C ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 , Tembo, Yolice LB ORCID: 0000-0002-2945-9128 , Ndakidemi, Baltazar ORCID: 0000-0001-9539-3764 , Obanyi, Janet N, Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Ogendo, Joshua O and Stevenson, Philip C ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) The diversity of aphid parasitoids in East Africa and implications for biological control. Pest Management Science. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6723)
parasitoids
Ndakidemi, Baltazar, Mbega, Ernest, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Plant-rich field margins influence natural predators of aphids more than intercropping in common bean. Insects, 13 (7):56. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070569)
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
Mkenda, Prisila, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, M and Gurr, Geoff M (2019) Field margin vegetation in tropical African bean systems harbours diverse natural enemies for biological pest control in adjacent crops. Sustainability, 11 (22):6399. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226399)
PCR
Gebrezgiher, Genet B., Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A. S., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Lyimo, Charles M. and Meheretu, Yonas (2023) Arthropod ectoparasites of two rodent species occurring in varied elevations on Tanzania’s second highest mountain. Biology, 12 (3):394. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2079-7737 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12030394)
Perillaldehyde
Kamanula, John F., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hall, David R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley I. ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Goyder, David J., Mvumi, Brighton M., Masumbu, Friday F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Chemical variation and insecticidal activity of Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng essential oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 75-82. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.036)
pest control
Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Callefe, Joao Luiz Revolta, Coelho, Rachel, Silveira, Martha Silvia Martinez, Khalil, Hussein, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric Gerard Georges, Begon, Michael and Costa, Federico (2022) A systematic review of rodent control as part of infectious disease control programs. International Journal of Pest Management. ISSN 0967-0874 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2022.2094491)
Baker, S.E., Ayers, M., Beausoleil, N.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Berdoy, M., Buckle, A.P., Cagienard, C., Cowan, D., Fearn-Daglish, J., Goddard, P., Golledge, H.D.R., Mullineaux, E., Sharp, T., Simmons, A. and Schmolz, E. (2022) An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management. Animal Welfare, 31 (1). pp. 51-68. ISSN 0962-7286 (doi:https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.005)
Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Mkenda, Prisila A., Mpumi, Nelson, Mwanauta, Regina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1425. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01425)
Mkindi, Angela, Mpumi, Nelson, Tembo, Yolice, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mtei, Kelvin, Machunda, Revocatus and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 113-122. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.002)
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
pest management
Singleton, Grant R., Hinds, Lyn A., Makundi, Rhodes and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Editorial: Rodent biology and ecologically based rodent management (EBRM)—25 years of progress through promoting multidisciplinary research. Integrative Zoology. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12792)
Mkindi, Angela G., Coe, Richard, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Qualitative cost-benefit analysis of using pesticidal plants in smallholder crop protection. Agriculture, 11 (12):1007. ISSN 2077-0472 (Print), 2077-0472 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11101007)
Phambala, Kelita, Tembo, Yolice, Kasambala, Trust, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Bioactivity of common pesticidal plants on fall armyworm larvae (spodoptera frugiperda). Plants, 9 (1):112. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010112)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Darbyshire, Iain, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Priebe, Jan, Johnson, Anne C., Tumbo, Julie and Gurr, Geoff M. (2020) Knowledge gaps among smallholder farmers hinder adoption of conservation biological control. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 30 (3). pp. 256-277. ISSN 0958-3157 (Print), 1360-0478 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1707169)
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Vanden Broecke, Bram, Mari€en, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J.P., Machang’u, Robert S., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Hieronimo, Proches, Kifumba, David, Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 124:104829. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023)
Kamanula, John F., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hall, David R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley I. ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Goyder, David J., Mvumi, Brighton M., Masumbu, Friday F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Chemical variation and insecticidal activity of Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng essential oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 75-82. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.036)
Mulungu, Loth S., Sixbert, Valency, Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka, Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Kilonzo, Bukheti S. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of the multi-mammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, in rice crop and fallow land habitats in Tanzania. Mammalia, 79 (2). pp. 177-184. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0006)
Mulungu, Loth S., Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Kilonzo, Bukheti and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem. Mammalia. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0150)
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
pest regulation
Mkenda, Prisila, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, M and Gurr, Geoff M (2019) Field margin vegetation in tropical African bean systems harbours diverse natural enemies for biological pest control in adjacent crops. Sustainability, 11 (22):6399. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226399)
pest rodent
Monadjem, Ara, Mahlaba, Themb'a, Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mohr, Katrine and Taylor, Peter J. (2011) Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR10130)
Pesticidal plants
Green, Paul W. C., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Farrell, Iain W. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Insecticidal activity in Tithonia diversifolia and Vernonia amygdalina. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.021)
pesticidal plan
Ngoya, Zuwena J., Mkindi, Angela G., Vanek, Steven J., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Understanding farmer knowledge and site factors in relation to soil-borne pests and pathogens to support agroecological intensification of smallholder bean production systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1094739. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1094739)
pesticidal plant
Ngoya, Zuwena, Mkindi, Angela, Vanek, Steven, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Pesticidal plant treatments combined with improved soil fertility can reduce damage caused by Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli) and bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli) in common bean production (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Sustainability, 16 (19):4866. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114866)
Kushaha, Tamia, Mkindi, Angela, Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2024) Botanical extracts control the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum boninense in smallholder production of common bean. Phytopathology Research, 6 (19). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2096-5362 (Print), 2524-4167 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-024-00235-y)
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
Phambala, Kelita, Tembo, Yolice, Kasambala, Trust, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Bioactivity of common pesticidal plants on fall armyworm larvae (spodoptera frugiperda). Plants, 9 (1):112. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010112)
Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Green, Paul W. C., Farrell, Iain W., Brankin, Alice, Mvumi, Brighton M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Novel agmatine derivatives in Maerua edulis with bioactivity against Callosobruchus maculatus, a cosmopolitan storage insect pest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1506. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01506)
pesticidal plants
Mkindi, Angela G., Coe, Richard, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Qualitative cost-benefit analysis of using pesticidal plants in smallholder crop protection. Agriculture, 11 (12):1007. ISSN 2077-0472 (Print), 2077-0472 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11101007)
Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Mkenda, Prisila A., Mpumi, Nelson, Mwanauta, Regina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1425. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01425)
Mkindi, Angela, Mpumi, Nelson, Tembo, Yolice, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mtei, Kelvin, Machunda, Revocatus and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 113-122. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.06.002)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2016) Pesticidal plants in African agriculture: Local uses and global perspectives. Outlooks on Pest Management, 27 (5):10. pp. 226-230. ISSN 1743-1026 (Print), 1743-1034 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1564/v27_oct_10)
Mkenda, Prisila, Mwanauta, Regina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick, Mtei, Kelvin and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Extracts from field margin weeds provide economically viable and environmentally benign pest control compared to synthetic pesticides. PLoS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203 (Print), 1932-6203 (Online)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Nyirenda, Stephen P., Mvumi, Brighton, Sola, Phosiso, Kamanula, John M., Sileshi, Gudeta and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Pesticidal plants: a viable alternative insect pest management approach for resource-poor farming in Africa. In: Koul, Opender, Khokhar, Sucheta, Dhaliwal, D.S. and Singh, Ram, (eds.) Biopesticides in Environment and Food Security: Issues and Strategies. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India, pp. 212-238. ISBN 9788172337971
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
Kamanula, John, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sola, Phosiso, Mvumi, Brighton M., Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C., Nyirenda, Stephen P. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers' insect pest management practices and pesticidal plant use in the protection of stored maize and beans in Southern Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 57 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1366-5863 (electronic) 0967-0874 (paper) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2010.522264)
pesticides
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sola, Phosiso, Brighton, M. Mvumi, Sileshi, Gudeta, Kamanula, John and Simmonds, Monique S.J. (2009) Optimising sustainable use of pesticidal plants by subsistence farmers in southern Africa. In: 8th Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) Meeting on Biopesticides, 21-26 Sep 2009, Convention Center La Palma-Teneguía Princess, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. (Unpublished)
Phaseolus vulgaris
Ngoya, Zuwena J., Mkindi, Angela G., Vanek, Steven J., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Understanding farmer knowledge and site factors in relation to soil-borne pests and pathogens to support agroecological intensification of smallholder bean production systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1094739. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1094739)
Ndakidemi, Baltazar, Mbega, Ernest, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Plant-rich field margins influence natural predators of aphids more than intercropping in common bean. Insects, 13 (7):56. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070569)
Mkindi, Angela G., Coe, Richard, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Qualitative cost-benefit analysis of using pesticidal plants in smallholder crop protection. Agriculture, 11 (12):1007. ISSN 2077-0472 (Print), 2077-0472 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11101007)
Filemon, Elisante, Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2020) Insect pollination is important in a smallholder bean farming system. PeerJ, 8:e10102. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10102)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, Maneno, Gurr, Geoff M. and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2019) Characterization of hymenopteran parasitoids of aphis fabae in an African smallholder bean farming system through sequencing of COI 'mini-barcodes'. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 10 (10):331. ISSN 2075-4450 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100331)
phenylalanine
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Mbega, Ernest R., Smith, Amy K., Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Extracts of common pesticidal plants increase plant growth and yield in common bean plants. Plants, 9 (2):149. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020149)
pheromones
Nguyen, Duong T., Hodges, Rick J. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2007) Do walking Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) locate cereal hosts by chance? Journal of Stored Products Research, 44 (1). pp. 90-99. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.008)
phylogeny
Bastos, Armanda D., Nair, Deenadayalan, Taylor, Peter J., Brettschneider, Helene, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mostert, Elmarie, von Maltitz, Emil, Lamb, Jennifer M., van Hooft, Pim, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Contrafatto, Giancarlo, Downs, Sarah and Chimimba, Christian T. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12:26. ISSN 1471-2156 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26)
plague
Vallès, Xavier, Stenseth, Nils Chr., Demeure, Christian, Horby, Peter, Mead, Paul S., Cabanillas, Oswaldo, Ratsitorahina, Mahery, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy, Ramasindrazana, Beza, Pizarro-Cerda, Javier, Scholz, Holger C., Girod, Romain, Hinnebusch, B. Joseph, Vigan-Womas, Ines, Fontanet, Arnaud, Wagner, David M., Telfer, Sandra, Yazdanpanah, Yazdan, Tortosa, Pablo, Carrara, Guia, Deuve, Jane, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , D’Ortenzio, Eric and Baril, Laurence (2020) Human plague: An old scourge that needs new answers. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (8):e0008251. ISSN 1935-2727 (Print), 1935-2735 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008251)
Baril, Laurence, Vallès, Xavier, Stenseth, Nils Christian, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa, Pizarro-Cerdá, Javier, Demeure, Christian, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Scholz, Holger, Girod, Romain, Hinnebusch, Joseph, Vigan-Womas, Ines, Bertherat, Eric, Fontanet, Arnaud, Yazadanpanah, Yazdan, Carrara, Guia, Deuve, Jane, D'ortenzio, Eric, Angulo, Jose Oswaldo Cabanillas, Mead, Paul and Horby, Peter W (2019) Can we make human plague history? A call to action. BMJ Global Health, 4 (6):e001984. ISSN 2059-7908 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001984)
Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Mulungu, Loth S., Eiseb, Seth J., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A., Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Borremans, Benny and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Prevalence of haemoparasites, leptospires and coccobacilli with potential for human infection in the blood of rodents and shrews from selected localities in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland. African Zoology, 47 (1). pp. 119-127. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
plague bacillus
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
plant volatiles
Nguyen, Duong T., Hodges, Rick J. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2007) Do walking Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) locate cereal hosts by chance? Journal of Stored Products Research, 44 (1). pp. 90-99. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.008)
pollination
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
Elisante, Filemon, Ndakidemi, Patrick, Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M, Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Enhancing knowledge among smallholders on pollinators and supporting field margins for sustainable food security. Journal of Rural Studies, 70. pp. 75-86. ISSN 0743-0167 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.07.004)
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Idrovo, M. Eduardo Peralta, Arias, Luis J. Lomas, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2014) Herbivore defence compounds occur in pollen and reduce bumblebee colony fitness. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40 (8). pp. 878-881. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0467-4)
pollinators
Filemon, Elisante, Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2020) Insect pollination is important in a smallholder bean farming system. PeerJ, 8:e10102. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10102)
population
Manyonyi, Abeid M., Mariki, Sayuni B., Mnyone, Laudslaus L., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2020) Effects of prescribed burning on rodent community ecology in Serengeti National Park. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69 (2):20001. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2694-7684 (Print), 1573-1189 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20001)
population dynamics
Lorica, Renee P., Singleton, Grant R., Stuart, Alexander M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Rodent damage to rice crops is not affected by the water‑saving technique, alternate wetting and drying. Journal of Pest Science, 93 (4). pp. 1431-1442. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01237-3)
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Vanden Broecke, Bram, Mari€en, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J.P., Machang’u, Robert S., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Hieronimo, Proches, Kifumba, David, Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 124:104829. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023)
Labuschagne, Lushka, Swanepoel, Lourens H., Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Keith, Mark (2016) Are avian predators effective biological control agents for rodent pest management in agricultural systems? Biological Control, 101. pp. 94-102. ISSN 1049-9644 (Print), 1090-2112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.07.003)
Mulungu, Loth S., Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Kilonzo, Bukheti and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem. Mammalia. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0150)
Population ecology
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
post-harvest losses
Krijger, Inge M., Gort, Gerrit, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Koerkamp, Peter W. G. Groot, Shafali, Rokeya B. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2020) Efficacy of management and monitoring methods to prevent post-harvest losses caused by rodents. Animals, 10 (9):1612. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2076-2615 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091612)
postharvest loss
Brown, Peter R., Singleton, Grant R., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Htwe, Myo Me, Mulungu, Loth and Mdangi, Mashaka (2020) Advances in understanding rodent pests affecting cereal grains. In: Maier, Dirk E., (ed.) Advances in Postharvest Management of Cereals and Grains. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science (88). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-30. ISBN 978-1786763525 (doi:https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2020.0072.04)
postharvest pest management
Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Green, Paul W. C., Farrell, Iain W., Brankin, Alice, Mvumi, Brighton M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Novel agmatine derivatives in Maerua edulis with bioactivity against Callosobruchus maculatus, a cosmopolitan storage insect pest. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1506. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01506)
predation
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Gurr, Geoff M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps. PeerJ, 7:e8091. ISSN 2376-5992 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091)
Williams, Samual T., Maree, Naudene, Taylor, Peter, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Keith, Mark and Swanepoel, Lourens H. (2017) Predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems: An undervalued ecosystem service? Ecosystem Services, 30 (C). pp. 362-371. ISSN 2212-0416 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.006)
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
Predation risk
Krijger, Inge M., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Singleton, Grant R., Groot Koerkamp, Peter W. G. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2017) The need to implement the landscape of fear within rodent pest management strategies. Pest Management Science, 73 (12). pp. 2397-2402. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4626)
predators
Ndakidemi, Baltazar, Mbega, Ernest, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Plant-rich field margins influence natural predators of aphids more than intercropping in common bean. Insects, 13 (7):56. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070569)
Ndakidemi, Baltazar J., Mbega, Ernest R., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2021) Natural pest regulation and its compatibility with other crop protection practices in smallholder bean farming systems. Biology, 10 (8):805. ISSN 2079-7737 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080805)
Mkenda, Prisila, Ndakidemi, Patrick A, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, M and Gurr, Geoff M (2019) Field margin vegetation in tropical African bean systems harbours diverse natural enemies for biological pest control in adjacent crops. Sustainability, 11 (22):6399. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226399)
primary parasitoids
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Chidege, Maneno, Gurr, Geoff M. and Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 (2019) Characterization of hymenopteran parasitoids of aphis fabae in an African smallholder bean farming system through sequencing of COI 'mini-barcodes'. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 10 (10):331. ISSN 2075-4450 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100331)
Prostephanus
Kamanula, John, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sola, Phosiso, Mvumi, Brighton M., Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C., Nyirenda, Stephen P. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers' insect pest management practices and pesticidal plant use in the protection of stored maize and beans in Southern Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 57 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1366-5863 (electronic) 0967-0874 (paper) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2010.522264)
public health
Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Callefe, Joao Luiz Revolta, Coelho, Rachel, Silveira, Martha Silvia Martinez, Khalil, Hussein, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric Gerard Georges, Begon, Michael and Costa, Federico (2022) A systematic review of rodent control as part of infectious disease control programs. International Journal of Pest Management. ISSN 0967-0874 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2022.2094491)
Pythium spp.
Ngoya, Zuwena J., Mkindi, Angela G., Vanek, Steven J., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Understanding farmer knowledge and site factors in relation to soil-borne pests and pathogens to support agroecological intensification of smallholder bean production systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1094739. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1094739)
qualitative cost benefit analysis
Mkindi, Angela G., Coe, Richard, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Qualitative cost-benefit analysis of using pesticidal plants in smallholder crop protection. Agriculture, 11 (12):1007. ISSN 2077-0472 (Print), 2077-0472 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11101007)
quinestrol
Imakando, Christopher, Fernández-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields. Integrative Zoology, 17 (6). pp. 1028-1040. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12580)
Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Zhang, Zhibin, Mhamphi, Ginethon, Liu, Ming, Li, Hong-Jun and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Effect of synthetic hormones on reproduction in Mastomys natalensis. Journal of Pest Science. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0894-4)
Rabies
Durrance-Bagale, Anna, Rudge, James W., Singh, Nanda Bahadur, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Howard, Natasha (2021) Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: a scoping review. One Health, 13:100310. ISSN 2352-7714 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100310)
radio tracking
Monadjem, Ara, Mahlaba, Themb'a, Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mohr, Katrine and Taylor, Peter J. (2011) Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR10130)
Rat
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Rats may be disgusting, but it’s people who have made the world they thrive in. The Guardian.
Rattus
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
Bastos, Armanda D., Nair, Deenadayalan, Taylor, Peter J., Brettschneider, Helene, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mostert, Elmarie, von Maltitz, Emil, Lamb, Jennifer M., van Hooft, Pim, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Contrafatto, Giancarlo, Downs, Sarah and Chimimba, Christian T. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa. BMC Genetics, 12:26. ISSN 1471-2156 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26)
rattus argentiventer
Lorica, Renee P., Singleton, Grant R., Stuart, Alexander M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Rodent damage to rice crops is not affected by the water‑saving technique, alternate wetting and drying. Journal of Pest Science, 93 (4). pp. 1431-1442. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01237-3)
Rattus rattus
Krijger, Inge M., Gort, Gerrit, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Koerkamp, Peter W. G. Groot, Shafali, Rokeya B. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2020) Efficacy of management and monitoring methods to prevent post-harvest losses caused by rodents. Animals, 10 (9):1612. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2076-2615 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091612)
Kriger, Inge M., Cornelissen, Jan B.W.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2019) Evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in rodents from Bangladesh. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19 (12). pp. 884-888. ISSN 1530-3667 (Print), 1557-7759 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2440)
rattus spp
Chakma, Nikhil, Sarker, Noor Jahan, Sarker, Sohrab Uddin, Sarker, Santosh Kumar, Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Impact of trap barrier systems on rodent damage to upland rice cropping systems during bamboo masting events. Crop Protection, 126:104939. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104939)
rattus tanezumi
Lorica, Renee P., Singleton, Grant R., Stuart, Alexander M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Rodent damage to rice crops is not affected by the water‑saving technique, alternate wetting and drying. Journal of Pest Science, 93 (4). pp. 1431-1442. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01237-3)
RatZooMan Project
Holt, John and Davis, Stephen (2006) Predicting disease through mathematical models. In: Rats and human health in Africa: proceedings of an international workshop on rodent-borne diseases and the RatZooMan research project. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, UK, pp. 29-30.
recruitment
Manyonyi, Abeid M., Mariki, Sayuni B., Mnyone, Laudslaus L., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2020) Effects of prescribed burning on rodent community ecology in Serengeti National Park. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69 (2):20001. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2694-7684 (Print), 1573-1189 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20001)
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C. M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Machang’u, Robert S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Isabirye, Moses, Massawe, Apia W., Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Home ranges, sex ratio and recruitment of the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Mammalia, 84 (4). pp. 336-343. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2019-0048)
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
resources
Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Differences in diet between two rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 387-392. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
Rhabdomys dilectus
Gebrezgiher, Genet B., Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A. S., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Lyimo, Charles M. and Meheretu, Yonas (2023) Arthropod ectoparasites of two rodent species occurring in varied elevations on Tanzania’s second highest mountain. Biology, 12 (3):394. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2079-7737 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12030394)
rice
Lorica, Renee P., Stuart, Alexander M., Singleton, Grant R., Sudarmaji, 0 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2022) Optimising the capture of neophobic rice field rats in lowland asian rice ecosystems. Pest Management Science, 78 (10). pp. 4252-4260. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7043)
Krijger, Inge M., Gort, Gerrit, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Koerkamp, Peter W. G. Groot, Shafali, Rokeya B. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2020) Efficacy of management and monitoring methods to prevent post-harvest losses caused by rodents. Animals, 10 (9):1612. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2076-2615 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091612)
rice cropping
Mulungu, Loth S., Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Kilonzo, Bukheti and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem. Mammalia. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0150)
rodent
Singleton, Grant R., Hinds, Lyn A., Makundi, Rhodes and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Editorial: Rodent biology and ecologically based rodent management (EBRM)—25 years of progress through promoting multidisciplinary research. Integrative Zoology. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12792)
Vallès, Xavier, Stenseth, Nils Chr., Demeure, Christian, Horby, Peter, Mead, Paul S., Cabanillas, Oswaldo, Ratsitorahina, Mahery, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy, Ramasindrazana, Beza, Pizarro-Cerda, Javier, Scholz, Holger C., Girod, Romain, Hinnebusch, B. Joseph, Vigan-Womas, Ines, Fontanet, Arnaud, Wagner, David M., Telfer, Sandra, Yazdanpanah, Yazdan, Tortosa, Pablo, Carrara, Guia, Deuve, Jane, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , D’Ortenzio, Eric and Baril, Laurence (2020) Human plague: An old scourge that needs new answers. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (8):e0008251. ISSN 1935-2727 (Print), 1935-2735 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008251)
Brown, Peter R., Singleton, Grant R., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Htwe, Myo Me, Mulungu, Loth and Mdangi, Mashaka (2020) Advances in understanding rodent pests affecting cereal grains. In: Maier, Dirk E., (ed.) Advances in Postharvest Management of Cereals and Grains. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science (88). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-30. ISBN 978-1786763525 (doi:https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2020.0072.04)
Williams, Samual T., Maree, Naudene, Taylor, Peter, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Keith, Mark and Swanepoel, Lourens H. (2017) Predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems: An undervalued ecosystem service? Ecosystem Services, 30 (C). pp. 362-371. ISSN 2212-0416 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.006)
Mulungu, Loth S., Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Kilonzo, Bukheti and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem. Mammalia. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0150)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Rats may be disgusting, but it’s people who have made the world they thrive in. The Guardian.
Mulungu, Loth S., Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A., Massawe, Apia W., Kennis, Jan, Crauwels, Dieter, Eiseb, Seth, Mondadjem, Ara, Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Leirs, Herwig and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 640-646. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11028)
rodent pests
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C. M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Machang’u, Robert S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Isabirye, Moses, Massawe, Apia W., Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Home ranges, sex ratio and recruitment of the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Mammalia, 84 (4). pp. 336-343. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2019-0048)
Rodent control
Krijger, Inge M., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Singleton, Grant R., Groot Koerkamp, Peter W. G. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2017) The need to implement the landscape of fear within rodent pest management strategies. Pest Management Science, 73 (12). pp. 2397-2402. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4626)
Holt, John and Davis, Stephen (2006) Predicting disease through mathematical models. In: Rats and human health in Africa: proceedings of an international workshop on rodent-borne diseases and the RatZooMan research project. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, UK, pp. 29-30.
Rodent ecology
Krijger, Inge M., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Singleton, Grant R., Groot Koerkamp, Peter W. G. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2017) The need to implement the landscape of fear within rodent pest management strategies. Pest Management Science, 73 (12). pp. 2397-2402. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4626)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Thembálilahlwa, Makundi, Rhodes, Malebane, Phane, von Maltitz, Emil, Massawe, Apia, Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth, Siwiya, Edward, Taylor, Peter and Tutjavi, Vasana (2008) The ECORAT project: developing ecologically-based rodent management for the southern African region. International Pest Control, 50 (3). pp. 136-138. ISSN 0020-8256 (Print), 1751-6919 (Online)
rodent management
Krijger, Inge M., Gort, Gerrit, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Koerkamp, Peter W. G. Groot, Shafali, Rokeya B. and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2020) Efficacy of management and monitoring methods to prevent post-harvest losses caused by rodents. Animals, 10 (9):1612. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2076-2615 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091612)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth, Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Thembálilahlwa, Makundi, Rhodes, Malebane, Phane, von Maltitz, Emil, Massawe, Apia, Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth, Siwiya, Edward, Taylor, Peter and Tutjavi, Vasana (2008) The ECORAT project: developing ecologically-based rodent management for the southern African region. International Pest Control, 50 (3). pp. 136-138. ISSN 0020-8256 (Print), 1751-6919 (Online)
rodent outbreak
Chakma, Nikhil, Sarker, Noor Jahan, Sarker, Sohrab Uddin, Sarker, Santosh Kumar, Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Impact of trap barrier systems on rodent damage to upland rice cropping systems during bamboo masting events. Crop Protection, 126:104939. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104939)
rodent pest
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Kifumba, David, Nakiyemba, Alice, Leirs, Herwig, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2018) Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 4:1507509. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1507509)
rodent pests
Imakando, Christopher, Fernandez-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Vegetation cover and food availability shapes the foraging activity of rodent pests in and around maize fields. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 347:108363. ISSN 0167-8809 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108363)
Lorica, Renee P., Stuart, Alexander M., Singleton, Grant R., Sudarmaji, 0 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2022) Optimising the capture of neophobic rice field rats in lowland asian rice ecosystems. Pest Management Science, 78 (10). pp. 4252-4260. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7043)
Imakando, Christopher, Fernández-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields. Integrative Zoology, 17 (6). pp. 1028-1040. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12580)
Lorica, Renee P., Singleton, Grant R., Stuart, Alexander M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Rodent damage to rice crops is not affected by the water‑saving technique, alternate wetting and drying. Journal of Pest Science, 93 (4). pp. 1431-1442. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01237-3)
Rodent-borne zoonosis
Zeppelini, Caio Graco, Callefe, Joao Luiz Revolta, Coelho, Rachel, Silveira, Martha Silvia Martinez, Khalil, Hussein, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric Gerard Georges, Begon, Michael and Costa, Federico (2022) A systematic review of rodent control as part of infectious disease control programs. International Journal of Pest Management. ISSN 0967-0874 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2022.2094491)
rodent-human interactions
Monadjem, Ara, Mahlaba, Themb'a, Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Makundi, Rhodes H., Mohr, Katrine and Taylor, Peter J. (2011) Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa. Wildlife Research, 38 (7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR10130)
rodenticide
Imakando, Christopher, Fernández-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Singleton, Grant R. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields. Integrative Zoology, 17 (6). pp. 1028-1040. ISSN 1749-4869 (Print), 1749-4877 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12580)
rodents
Williams, Samual T. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Williams, Kathryn S., Constant, Natasha, Swanepoel, Lourens, Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Evans, Steven W. (2021) Low-intensity environmental education can enhance perceptions of culturally taboo wildlife. Ecosphere, 12 (7):e03482. ISSN 2150-8925 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3482)
Baril, Laurence, Vallès, Xavier, Stenseth, Nils Christian, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa, Pizarro-Cerdá, Javier, Demeure, Christian, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Scholz, Holger, Girod, Romain, Hinnebusch, Joseph, Vigan-Womas, Ines, Bertherat, Eric, Fontanet, Arnaud, Yazadanpanah, Yazdan, Carrara, Guia, Deuve, Jane, D'ortenzio, Eric, Angulo, Jose Oswaldo Cabanillas, Mead, Paul and Horby, Peter W (2019) Can we make human plague history? A call to action. BMJ Global Health, 4 (6):e001984. ISSN 2059-7908 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001984)
Williams, Samual T., Maree, Naudene, Taylor, Peter, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Keith, Mark and Swanepoel, Lourens H. (2018) Camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in South Africa. Data in Brief, 18. pp. 753-759. ISSN 2352-3409 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.071)
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
Katakweba, Abdul A.S., Mulungu, Loth S., Eiseb, Seth J., Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A., Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Borremans, Benny and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Prevalence of haemoparasites, leptospires and coccobacilli with potential for human infection in the blood of rodents and shrews from selected localities in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland. African Zoology, 47 (1). pp. 119-127. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online)
Taylor, Peter J., Downs, Sarah, Monadjem, Ara, Eiseb, Seth J., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Mahlaba, Themb’a A., Kirsten, Frikkie, Von Maltitz, Emil, Malebane, Phanuel, Makundi, Rhodes H., Lamb, Jennifer and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management. Wildlife Research, 39 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11111)
rotenoids
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice, Mbega, Ernest R., Medvecky, Beth, Kendal-Smith, Amy, Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Phytochemical analysis of Tephrosia vogelii across East Africa reveals three chemotypes that influence its use as a pesticidal plant. Plants, 8 (12):597. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120597)
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
rutin
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Mbega, Ernest R., Smith, Amy K., Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Extracts of common pesticidal plants increase plant growth and yield in common bean plants. Plants, 9 (2):149. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020149)
Saccostomus
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
saponins
Green, Paul W. C., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Farrell, Iain W. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Insecticidal activity in Tithonia diversifolia and Vernonia amygdalina. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.021)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Dayarathna, Thamara K., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Veitch, Nigel C. (2009) Bisdesmosidic saponins from Securidaca longepedunculata roots: Evaluation of deterrency and toxicity to coleopteran storage pests. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (19). pp. 8860-8867. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf901599j)
SARS
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
Securidaca
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Isman, Murray B. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Pesticidal plants in Africa: a global vision of new biological control products from local uses. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 2-9. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.034)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Dayarathna, Thamara K., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Veitch, Nigel C. (2009) Bisdesmosidic saponins from Securidaca longepedunculata roots: Evaluation of deterrency and toxicity to coleopteran storage pests. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (19). pp. 8860-8867. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf901599j)
Seedlings
Swanepoel, Lourens H., Swanepoel, Corrie M., Brown, Peter R., Eiseb, Seth J., Goodman, Steven M., Keith, Mark, Kirsten, Frikkie, Leirs, Herwig, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Makundi, Rhodes H., Malebane, Phanuel, von Maltitz, Emil F., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Mulungu, Loth S., Singleton, Grant R., Taylor, Peter J., Soarimalala, Voahangy and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? PLoS ONE, 12 (3):e0174554. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174554)
semi-arid
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C. M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Machang’u, Robert S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Isabirye, Moses, Massawe, Apia W., Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Home ranges, sex ratio and recruitment of the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Mammalia, 84 (4). pp. 336-343. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2019-0048)
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Vanden Broecke, Bram, Mari€en, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J.P., Machang’u, Robert S., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Hieronimo, Proches, Kifumba, David, Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 124:104829. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023)
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Kifumba, David, Nakiyemba, Alice, Leirs, Herwig, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2018) Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 4:1507509. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1507509)
sensory ecology
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
Sesquiterpenes
Green, Paul W. C., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Farrell, Iain W. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2017) Insecticidal activity in Tithonia diversifolia and Vernonia amygdalina. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.021)
sitophilus
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
Kamanula, John, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sola, Phosiso, Mvumi, Brighton M., Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C., Nyirenda, Stephen P. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers' insect pest management practices and pesticidal plant use in the protection of stored maize and beans in Southern Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 57 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1366-5863 (electronic) 0967-0874 (paper) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2010.522264)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Dayarathna, Thamara K., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Veitch, Nigel C. (2009) Bisdesmosidic saponins from Securidaca longepedunculata roots: Evaluation of deterrency and toxicity to coleopteran storage pests. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (19). pp. 8860-8867. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf901599j)
Sitophilus oryzae
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
small mammals
Tomass, Zewdneh, Shibru, Simon, Yonas, Meheretu, Megaze, Aberham, Woldu, Zerihun, van Houtte, Natalie, Feleke, Gebeyehu, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Leirs, Herwig (2020) Season and habitat affect diversity, abundance and reproductive state of small mammals near Lake Abaya, Ethiopia. Mammalia, 85 (3). pp. 236-247. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0128)
Mulungu, Loth S., Sixbert, Valency, Ngowo, Victoria, Mdangi, Mashaka, Katakweba, Abdul S., Tesha, Protas, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mchomvu, Margaret, Kilonzo, Bukheti S. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2015) Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of the multi-mammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, in rice crop and fallow land habitats in Tanzania. Mammalia, 79 (2). pp. 177-184. ISSN 0025-1461 (Print), 1864-1547 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0006)
smallholder farmers
Mkindi, Angela G., Coe, Richard, Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2021) Qualitative cost-benefit analysis of using pesticidal plants in smallholder crop protection. Agriculture, 11 (12):1007. ISSN 2077-0472 (Print), 2077-0472 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11101007)
smallholder farming systems
Obanyi, Janet, Nyaanga, Jane, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Flowering margins support natural enemies between cropping seasons. Frontiers in Agronomy, 6:1277062. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1277062)
smallholders
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
Filemon, Elisante, Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain, Xie, Gang and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2020) Insect pollination is important in a smallholder bean farming system. PeerJ, 8:e10102. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10102)
Soil types
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Vanden Broecke, Bram, Mari€en, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J.P., Machang’u, Robert S., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Hieronimo, Proches, Kifumba, David, Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 124:104829. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023)
southern Africa
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sola, Phosiso, Brighton, M. Mvumi, Sileshi, Gudeta, Kamanula, John and Simmonds, Monique S.J. (2009) Optimising sustainable use of pesticidal plants by subsistence farmers in southern Africa. In: 8th Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) Meeting on Biopesticides, 21-26 Sep 2009, Convention Center La Palma-Teneguía Princess, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. (Unpublished)
spatial‐temporal variation
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice, Mbega, Ernest R., Medvecky, Beth, Kendal-Smith, Amy, Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Phytochemical analysis of Tephrosia vogelii across East Africa reveals three chemotypes that influence its use as a pesticidal plant. Plants, 8 (12):597. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120597)
spodoptera frugiperda
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
Steatomys
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
storage pests
Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph. PLOS ONE, 7 (11):e49071. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049071)
stored products
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
strychnos spinosa
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kestenholz, Cristina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2006) Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003)
Survival
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Vanden Broecke, Bram, Mari€en, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J.P., Machang’u, Robert S., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Hieronimo, Proches, Kifumba, David, Leirs, Herwig, Mdangi, Mashaka E., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 124:104829. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023)
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
sustainable agriculture
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2022) Elements of agroecological pest and disease management. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10 (1):00099. ISSN 2325-1026 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00099)
Phambala, Kelita, Tembo, Yolice, Kasambala, Trust, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Bioactivity of common pesticidal plants on fall armyworm larvae (spodoptera frugiperda). Plants, 9 (1):112. ISSN 2223-7747 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010112)
Mkenda, Prisila A., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Mbega, Ernest, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Gurr, Geoff M. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2019) Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps. PeerJ, 7:e8091. ISSN 2376-5992 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091)
Tembo, Yolice, Mkindi, Angela G., Mkenda, Prisila A., Mpumi, Nelson, Mwanauta, Regina, Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Ndakidemi, Patrick A. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2018) Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1425. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01425)
sustainable development
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
sustainable farming
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sola, Phosiso, Brighton, M. Mvumi, Sileshi, Gudeta, Kamanula, John and Simmonds, Monique S.J. (2009) Optimising sustainable use of pesticidal plants by subsistence farmers in southern Africa. In: 8th Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) Meeting on Biopesticides, 21-26 Sep 2009, Convention Center La Palma-Teneguía Princess, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. (Unpublished)
sustainable pest management
Obanyi, Janet, Nyaanga, Jane, Mulwa, Richard MS, Ogendo, Joshua, Bett, Philip K, Cheruiyot, Erick, Arnold, Sarah EJ, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2024) Flowering margins support natural enemies between cropping seasons. Frontiers in Agronomy, 6:1277062. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1277062)
Obanyi, Janet N., Ogendo, Joshua O., Mulwa, Richard M. S., Nyaanga, Jane G., Cheruiyot, Erick K., Bett, Philip K,, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Woolley, Victoria C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-6856 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2023) Field margins and cropping system influence diversity and abundance of aphid natural enemies in Lablab purpureus. Journal of Applied Entomology. ISSN 0931-2048 (Print), 1439-0418 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13125)
sustainable rodent management
Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Barreto, Ana Maria, Argibay, Hernan Dario, Santana, Juliet Oliveira, Palma, Fabiana Almerinda G., Riviere‑Cinnamond, Ana, Dobigny, Gauthier, Bertherat, Eric, Ferguson, Luther, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Costa, Federico (2024) Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 13:4503. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)
Swaziland
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
T. gondii
Kriger, Inge M., Cornelissen, Jan B.W.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2019) Evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in rodents from Bangladesh. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19 (12). pp. 884-888. ISSN 1530-3667 (Print), 1557-7759 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2440)
Tanzania
Mlyashimbi, Emmanuel C.M., Mariën, Joachim, Kimaro, Didas N., Tarimo, Akwilin J. P., Isabirye, Moses, Makundi, Rhodes H., Massawe, Apia W., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Kifumba, David, Nakiyemba, Alice, Leirs, Herwig, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Mulungu, Loth S. (2018) Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 4:1507509. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1507509)
Massawe, Apia W., Mulungu, Loth S., Makundi, Rhodes H., Dlamini, Nomfundo, Eiseb, Seth J., Kirsten, Frikkie, Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa, Malebane, Phanuel, Von Maltitz, Emil, Monadjem, Ara, Taylor, Peter, Tutjavi, Vassana and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2011) Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: implication for ecologically-based rodent management. African Zoology, 46 (2). pp. 393-405. ISSN 1562-7020 (Print), 2224-073X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0219)
taxonomy
Taylor, Peter J., Downs, Sarah, Monadjem, Ara, Eiseb, Seth J., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W., Mahlaba, Themb’a A., Kirsten, Frikkie, Von Maltitz, Emil, Malebane, Phanuel, Makundi, Rhodes H., Lamb, Jennifer and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2012) Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management. Wildlife Research, 39 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1035-3712 (Print), 1448-5494 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11111)
Tephrosia
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Isman, Murray B. and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2017) Pesticidal plants in Africa: a global vision of new biological control products from local uses. Industrial Crops and Products, 110. pp. 2-9. ISSN 0926-6690 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.034)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2014) Pesticidal plants for stored product pests on small-holder farms in Africa. In: Singh, Dwijendra, (ed.) Advances in Plant Biopesticides. Springer India, India, pp. 149-172. ISBN 9788132220053 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_9)
Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Kamanula, John F., Mvumi, Brighton M., Sola, Phosiso, Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers’ ethno-ecological knowledge of vegetable pests and pesticidal plant use in Malawi and Zambia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (6). pp. 1525-1537. ISSN 1991-637X
Kamanula, John, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sola, Phosiso, Mvumi, Brighton M., Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C., Nyirenda, Stephen P. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers' insect pest management practices and pesticidal plant use in the protection of stored maize and beans in Southern Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 57 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1366-5863 (electronic) 0967-0874 (paper) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2010.522264)
Tephrosia candida
Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Amoah, Barbara A., Nyirenda, Stephen P., Kamanula, John F. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Highly variable insect control efficacy of Tephrosia vogelii chemotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (40). pp. 10055-10063. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf3032217)
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
tephrosia vogelii
Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Kite, Geoffrey C., Lewis, Gwilym P., Forest, Félix, Nyirenda, Stephen P., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Veitch, Nigel C. (2012) Distinct chemotypes of Tephrosia vogelii and implications for their use in pest control and soil enrichment. Phytochemistry, 78. pp. 135-146. ISSN 0031-9422 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.025)
the Bahamas
Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Barreto, Ana Maria, Argibay, Hernan Dario, Santana, Juliet Oliveira, Palma, Fabiana Almerinda G., Riviere‑Cinnamond, Ana, Dobigny, Gauthier, Bertherat, Eric, Ferguson, Luther, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Costa, Federico (2024) Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 13:4503. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)
thermal
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
Tithonia
Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Kamanula, John F., Mvumi, Brighton M., Sola, Phosiso, Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers’ ethno-ecological knowledge of vegetable pests and pesticidal plant use in Malawi and Zambia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (6). pp. 1525-1537. ISSN 1991-637X
tomato
Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Kamanula, John F., Mvumi, Brighton M., Sola, Phosiso, Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers’ ethno-ecological knowledge of vegetable pests and pesticidal plant use in Malawi and Zambia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (6). pp. 1525-1537. ISSN 1991-637X
trees
Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Elisante, Filemon, Mkenda, Prisila A., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Gurr, Geoff M., Darbyshire, Iain A., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2021) Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms. Scientific reports, 11 (1):15190. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3)
tropical agriculture
Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Forbes, Samantha J., Hall, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Farman, Dudley ORCID: 0000-0003-3579-3672 , Bridgemohan, Puran, Spinelli, Gustavo R., Bray, Daniel, Perry, Garvin B., Grey, Leroy, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Stevenson, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2019) Floral odors and the interaction between pollinating Ceratopogonid midges and Cacao. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45. pp. 869-878. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01118-9)
tryptophan
Mkindi, Angela G., Tembo, Yolice L. B., Mbega, Ernest R., Smith, Amy K., Farrell, Iain W., Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2020) Extracts of common pesticidal plants increase plant growth and yield in common bean plants. Plants, 9 (2):149. ISSN 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020149)
Tyto alba
Labuschagne, Lushka, Swanepoel, Lourens H., Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Keith, Mark (2016) Are avian predators effective biological control agents for rodent pest management in agricultural systems? Biological Control, 101. pp. 94-102. ISSN 1049-9644 (Print), 1090-2112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.07.003)
United Kingdom
Baker, S.E., Ayers, M., Beausoleil, N.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Berdoy, M., Buckle, A.P., Cagienard, C., Cowan, D., Fearn-Daglish, J., Goddard, P., Golledge, H.D.R., Mullineaux, E., Sharp, T., Simmons, A. and Schmolz, E. (2022) An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management. Animal Welfare, 31 (1). pp. 51-68. ISSN 0962-7286 (doi:https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.005)
urban rodent survey
Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Barreto, Ana Maria, Argibay, Hernan Dario, Santana, Juliet Oliveira, Palma, Fabiana Almerinda G., Riviere‑Cinnamond, Ana, Dobigny, Gauthier, Bertherat, Eric, Ferguson, Luther, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Costa, Federico (2024) Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 13:4503. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)
Varroa mite
Gebrezgiher, Genet B., Makundi, Rhodes H., Katakweba, Abdul A. S., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Lyimo, Charles M. and Meheretu, Yonas (2023) Arthropod ectoparasites of two rodent species occurring in varied elevations on Tanzania’s second highest mountain. Biology, 12 (3):394. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2079-7737 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12030394)
Vernonia
Nyirenda, Stephen P., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Kamanula, John F., Mvumi, Brighton M., Sola, Phosiso, Nyirenda, Greenwell K.C. and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2011) Farmers’ ethno-ecological knowledge of vegetable pests and pesticidal plant use in Malawi and Zambia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (6). pp. 1525-1537. ISSN 1991-637X
vernonia amygdalina
Nyahangare, Emmanuel T., Hove, Thokozani, Mvumi, Brighton M., Hamudikuwanda, Humphrey, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Madzimure, James and Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 (2012) Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6 (13). pp. 2674-2680. ISSN 1996-0875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.1767)
visual
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)
waste management
Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Barreto, Ana Maria, Argibay, Hernan Dario, Santana, Juliet Oliveira, Palma, Fabiana Almerinda G., Riviere‑Cinnamond, Ana, Dobigny, Gauthier, Bertherat, Eric, Ferguson, Luther, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Costa, Federico (2024) Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 13:4503. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)
WHO
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
wildlife management
Baker, S.E., Ayers, M., Beausoleil, N.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Berdoy, M., Buckle, A.P., Cagienard, C., Cowan, D., Fearn-Daglish, J., Goddard, P., Golledge, H.D.R., Mullineaux, E., Sharp, T., Simmons, A. and Schmolz, E. (2022) An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management. Animal Welfare, 31 (1). pp. 51-68. ISSN 0962-7286 (doi:https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.005)
witchcraft
Williams, Samual T. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Williams, Kathryn S., Constant, Natasha, Swanepoel, Lourens, Taylor, Peter J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Evans, Steven W. (2021) Low-intensity environmental education can enhance perceptions of culturally taboo wildlife. Ecosphere, 12 (7):e03482. ISSN 2150-8925 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3482)
workflow instructions
Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2024) Protocol for rearing and using mosquitoes for flight path tracking and behavioral characterization in wind tunnel bioassays. STAR Protocols, 5 (3):103180. ISSN 2666-1667 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103180)
World Health
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
Yersinia
Vallès, Xavier, Stenseth, Nils Chr., Demeure, Christian, Horby, Peter, Mead, Paul S., Cabanillas, Oswaldo, Ratsitorahina, Mahery, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy, Ramasindrazana, Beza, Pizarro-Cerda, Javier, Scholz, Holger C., Girod, Romain, Hinnebusch, B. Joseph, Vigan-Womas, Ines, Fontanet, Arnaud, Wagner, David M., Telfer, Sandra, Yazdanpanah, Yazdan, Tortosa, Pablo, Carrara, Guia, Deuve, Jane, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , D’Ortenzio, Eric and Baril, Laurence (2020) Human plague: An old scourge that needs new answers. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (8):e0008251. ISSN 1935-2727 (Print), 1935-2735 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008251)
Yersinia pestis
Baril, Laurence, Vallès, Xavier, Stenseth, Nils Christian, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa, Pizarro-Cerdá, Javier, Demeure, Christian, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Scholz, Holger, Girod, Romain, Hinnebusch, Joseph, Vigan-Womas, Ines, Bertherat, Eric, Fontanet, Arnaud, Yazadanpanah, Yazdan, Carrara, Guia, Deuve, Jane, D'ortenzio, Eric, Angulo, Jose Oswaldo Cabanillas, Mead, Paul and Horby, Peter W (2019) Can we make human plague history? A call to action. BMJ Global Health, 4 (6):e001984. ISSN 2059-7908 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001984)
Stenseth, Nils Chr., Atshabar, Bakyt B., Begon, Mike, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Bertherat, Eric, Carniel, Elisabeth, Gage, Kenneth L., Leirs, Herwig and Rahalison, Lila (2008) Plague: past, present and future. PLOS Medicine, 5 (1). e3. ISSN 1549-1676 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003)
zea mays
Chawanda, Gift, Tembo, Yolice L. B., Donga, Trust Kassambala, Kabambe, Vernon H., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 and Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 (2023) Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5:1114496. ISSN 2673-3218 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1114496)
zoonoses
Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Barreto, Ana Maria, Argibay, Hernan Dario, Santana, Juliet Oliveira, Palma, Fabiana Almerinda G., Riviere‑Cinnamond, Ana, Dobigny, Gauthier, Bertherat, Eric, Ferguson, Luther, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Costa, Federico (2024) Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 13:4503. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2045-2322 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)
Durrance-Bagale, Anna, Rudge, James W., Singh, Nanda Bahadur, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Howard, Natasha (2021) Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: a scoping review. One Health, 13:100310. ISSN 2352-7714 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100310)
zoonosis
Kriger, Inge M., Cornelissen, Jan B.W.J., Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Shafali, Rokeya Begum and Meerburg, Bastiaan G. (2019) Evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in rodents from Bangladesh. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19 (12). pp. 884-888. ISSN 1530-3667 (Print), 1557-7759 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2440)
Zoonotic disease
Durrance-Bagale, Anna, Rudge, James W., Singh, Nanda Bahadur, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 and Howard, Natasha (2021) Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: a scoping review. One Health, 13:100310. ISSN 2352-7714 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100310)