Publications

Journal articles

26.      Stephens, AEA and JH Myers. 2014 Testing biological control agent compatibilityCyphocleonus achates and Larinus minutus on diffuse knapweed. Biological Control 70: 48-53 Link

25.      Suckling, DM, LD Stringer, AEA Stephens, B Woods, DG Williams, G Baker, AM El‐Sayed. 2014. From integrated pest management to integrated pest eradication: technologies and future needs. Pest Management Science 70: 179-189.

24.     Stephens, AEA, DS Srivastava and JH Myers. 2013 Strength in numbers? Effects of multiple natural enemy species on plant performance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 20122756. Link

23.     Kriticos, DJ, A Leriche, D Palmer, DC Cook, EG Brockerhoff, AEA Stephens, MS Watt. Linking climate suitability, spread rates and host-impact when estimating the potential costs of invasive pests. PLoS ONE 8(2): e54861. Link

22.     Stephens, AEA & JH Myers. 2013. Independent influences of two life-stages of the weevil, Larinus minutus, on its host-plant Centaurea diffusa. Ecological Entomology 38: 40-48. Link

21.     Stephens, AEA and JH Myers. 2012. Resource concentration by insects and implications for plant populations. Journal of Ecology 100: 923-931. Link Media

20.     Soopaya, AR, LD Stringer, B Woods, AEA Stephens, R Butler, I Lacey, A Kaur and DM Suckling. 2011. Radiation biology and inherited sterility in lightbrown apple moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Developing a SIT/F1 sterility program. Journal of Economic Entomology 104(6): 1999-2008. Link

19.     Stringer, LD, AEA Stephens, DM Suckling and JG Charles. 2009. Ant dominance in urban areas. Urban Ecosystems 12(4): 503-514. Link

18.     Stephens, AEA, PG Krannitz and JH Myers. 2009. Plant community changes after the reduction of an invasive rangeland weed, diffuse knapweed, Centaurea diffusa. Biological Control 51: 140-146. Link

17.     Stephens, AEA, DM Suckling and AM El-Sayed. 2008. Odour quality discrimination for behavioural antagonist compounds in three tortricid species. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 127: 176-183. Link

16.     Suckling, DM, EB Jang, P Holder, L Carvalho and AEA Stephens. 2008. Evaluation of candidate replacement lure dispensers for fruit fly surveillance in New Zealand. Pest Management Science 64: 848-856. Link

15.     Stephens, AEA, AM Barrington, VA Bush, NM Fletcher, VJ Mitchell and DM Suckling. 2008. Evaluation of dyes for marking painted apple moth used in the sterile insect release program. Australian Journal of Entomology 47(2): 131-136. Link

14.     Kean, JM, SL Wee, AEA Stephens and DM Suckling. 2008. Modelling the effects of inherited sterility for application of the sterile insect technique. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 10: 101-110. Link

13.  Stephens, AEA, DJ Kriticos and A Leriche. 2007. The current and future potential geographic distribution of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, (Diptera: Tephritidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 97(4): 369-378. Link

12.  Stephens, AEA, DM Suckling, GM Burnip, J Richmond and A Flynn. 2007. Field records of painted apple moth (Teia anartoides Walker: Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) on plants and inanimate objects in Auckland, New Zealand.  Australian Journal of Entomology 46(2): 152-159. Link

11.  Stephens, AEA, GW Gibbs and BH Patrick. 2007. Three new species in the Pseudocoremia modica (Philpott, 1921) complex (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) and their evolutionary relationships. New Zealand Entomologist 30: 71-78. Link

10.  Stephens, AEA and GW Gibbs. 2003. Two new species of Pseudocoremia and reinstatement of P. pergrata as a species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). New Zealand Entomologist 26: 61-64. Link

Refereed Book Chapters

9.  Kean, JM, AEA Stephens, SL Wee and DM Suckling. 2008. Optimising strategies for eradication of discrete-generation Lepidopteran pests using inherited sterility, pp 211-220. In: MJB Vreysen, AS Robinson and J Hendrichs (eds.). Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests: From Research to Field Implementation. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN: 978-1-4020-6058-8. Link

8.  Suckling, DM, AM Barrington, A Chhagan, AEA Stephens and SL Wee. 2008. Eradication of the painted apple moth Teia anartoides in New Zealand: trapping, first releases, and male competitive fitness, pp 603-615. In: MJB Vreysen, AS Robinson and J Hendrichs (eds.). Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests: From Research to Field Implementation, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN: 978-1-4020-6058-8. Link

7.  Barker, GM, A Stephens, C Hunter, D Rutledge, R Harris and M-C Lariviere. 2002. BIOSECURE – a spatially explicit model for assessing risk associated with alien organisms in New Zealand indigenous ecosystems. In SL Goldson and DM Suckling (eds), Defending the Green Oasis: New Zealand biosecurity and science. New Zealand Plant Protection Society Inc.

Refereed Conference Proceedings * = presenter.

6.  Chhagan A*, AEA Stephens and JG Charles 2008. Developmental biology of Meteorus pulchricornis parasitising painted apple moth. New Zealand Plant Protection 61: 12-16. Link

5.  Kriticos, DJ*, AEA Stephens and A Leriche. 2007. Effect of climate change on Oriental fruit fly in New Zealand and the Pacific. New Zealand Plant Protection 60: 271-278. Link

4.  Stephens, AEA*, AM Barrington, NM Fletcher and DM Suckling. 2006. Irradiation conditions affect the quality of irradiated painted apple moth. New Zealand Plant Protection 59: 119-124. Link

3.  Wee SL*, JM Kean, AEA Stephens and DM Suckling. 2006. Determination of a cost-effective release strategy for the sterile insect technique programme in painted apple moth Teia anartoides. New Zealand Plant Protection 59: 109-118. Link

2.  Potter, KJB* and AEA Stephens. 2005. Suitability of various eucalypt species for the larval development of gum leaf skeletoniser, Uraba lugens. New Zealand Plant Protection 58: 184-190. Link

1.  Stephens, AEA* and PR Dentener. 2005. Thrips palmi: population growth & survival in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection 58: 24-30. Link