Posts Tagged: Ian Pearse
UC Davis Alumnus John Mola: 'The Importance of Forests in Bumble Bee Biology and Conservation'
"A growing body of evidence suggests that forests may play an important role in bumble bee life...
The current edition of Bioscience, shows the cover image of a Bombus terrestris nectaring on a pink mula mulla, Ptilotus exaltatus. (Photo by John Mola)
Rosenheim-Pearse Ag Study: Sometimes Distant Relationships Are Better than Close Relationships
Sometimes distant relationships are better than close relationships. Persimmons, asparagus,...
A heritage persimmon tree in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fuyu persimmons in Davis, Calif. (Photo by Leah Rosenheim)
Predicting Insect-Plant Interactions
DAVIS--Butterfly and moth larvae feeding on native plants will extend their diet to newly...
Larvae of the cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding on native ragworts (Senecio sp.) may also switch their diet to non-native plant species. Ecologists Ian Pearse and Florian Altermatt developed a novel method to make general predictions on the occurrence of such interactions. (Photo by Florian Altermatt)
Bring on the Tourists!
It's a case of a sticky situation benefitting a plant. Or more precisely, dead fruit flies or...
Assassin bug. Pselliopus spinicollis, feeding on dead Drosophila. (Photo by Sam Beck)
Caterpillar, Heliothodes diminutiva, feeding on tarweed flower. (Photo by Sam Beck)
A Lot of Gall
Those oak trees (Quercus lobata) in California’s Central Valley have a lot of gall. Ian Pearse,...
Ian Pearse examines oak apple galls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)