3 papers
q-bio.PE2026
Modeling pest dynamics in trap cropping to improve yield: the effects of attraction, retention, and land allocation
Matthew H Holden
Trap crops reduce damage to a cash (main) crop by attracting pests away from it. Yet this protection is weakened when pests disperse back into the cash crop. In this paper, we focu…
q-bio.PE2025
Expand or better manage protected areas: a framework for minimizing extinction risk when threats are concentrated near edges
Brendan G Dillon, Hugh P Possingham, Matthew H Holden
Several international agreements have called for the rapid expansion of protected areas to halt biodiversity declines. However, recent research has shown that expanding protected a…
q-bio.PE2025
Optimal trap cropping investments to maximize agricultural yield
Matthew H Holden
Trap cropping is a pest management strategy where a grower plants an attractive "trap crop" alongside the primary crop to divert pests away from it. We propose a simple framework f…