Research

The following are research projects conducted at this lab.

• Determinants of Species Abundance Distribution in Insect Communities 
    and Assemblages
• Population Structure of Phytophagous Lepidoptera and Their Parasitoids: 
   Relatedness, Patterns of Parasitoid Distribution, and Host-Parasitoid Interactions
• Efficient Manipulation of Natural Enemies Through Increased Understanding 
   Pest-Plant-Natural Enemy Interactions in Egyptian Crops
• Costs of Anti-predator Behavioral Defenses in Caterpillars
• Influence of Plant Species and Habitat Fragmentation on the Dynamics 
   of Inter-patch Movement of Insect Parasitoids