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Hatherly, I. S., Hart, A. J., Tullett, A. G., and Bale, J. S. (2005). Use of thermal data as a screen for the establishment potential of non-native biological control agents in the UK. Biocontrol. 50: 687-698.
Hatherly, I. S., Bale, J. S., and Walters, K. F. A. (2005). Intraguild predation and feeding preferences in three species of phytoseiid mite used for biological control. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 37: 43-55.
Powell, S. J., and Bale, J. S. (2005). Low temperature acclimated populations of the grain aphid Sitobion avenae retain ability to rapidly cold harden with enhanced fitness. Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 2615-2620.
Hatherly, I. S., Bale, J. S., and Walters, K. F. A. (2005). UK winter egg survival in the field and laboratory diapause of Typhlodromips montdorensis. Physiological Entomology. 30: 87-91.
Brown, C. L., Bale, J. S., and Walters, K. F. A. (2004). Freezing induces a loss of freeze tolerance in an overwintering insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences. 271: 1507-1511.
Hatherly, I. S., Bale, J. S., Walters, K. F. A., and Worland, M. R. (2004). Thermal biology of Typhlodromips montdorensis: implications for its introduction as a glasshouse biological control agent in the UK. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata. 111: 97-109.
Hayward, S. A. L., Worland, M. R., Convey, P., and Bale, J. S. (2004). Habitat moisture availability and the local distribution of the Antarctic Collembola Cryptopygus antarcticus and Friesea grisea. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 36: 927-934.
Powell, S. J., and Bale, J. S. (2004). Cold shock injury and ecological costs of rapid cold hardening in the grain aphid Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera : Aphididae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 50: 277-284.
Tullett, A. G., Hart, A. J., Worland, M. R., and Bale, J. S. (2004). Assessing the effects of low temperature on the establishment potential in Britain of the non-native biological control agent Eretmocerus eremicus. Physiological Entomology. 29: 363-371.
Olsen, A., Bale, J.S., Leadbeater, B.S.C., Callow, M.E. and Holden, J.B. (2003) Developmental thresholds and day-degree requirements of Paratanytarsus grimmii and Corynoneura scutellata (Diptera: Chironomidae), two midges associated with potable water treatment. Physiological Entomology 28, 315-322.
Hayward S.A.L., Worland M.R., Convey, P. and Bale, J.S. (2003) Temperature preferences of the mite, Alaskozetes antarcticus, and the collembolan, Cryptopygus antarcticus from the maritime Antarctic. Physiological Entomology 28, 114-121
Hale, B.K., Bale, J.S., Pritchard, J., Masters, G.J. and Brown, V.K. (2003) Effects of host plant drought stress on the performance of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.): a mechanistic analysis. Ecological Entomology 28, 666-677.
Hart, A.J., Bale, J.S., Tullett, A.G., Worland, M.R. and Walters, K.F.A. (2002) Effects of temperature on the establishment potential of the predatory mite Amblyseius californicus McGregor (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in the UK. Journal of Insect Physiology 48, 593-600.
Hart, A.J., Tullett, A.G. Bale, J.S. and Walters, K.F.A. (2002). Effects of temperature on the establishment potential in the UK of the non-native glasshouse biocontrol agent Macrolophus caliginosus. Physiological Entomology 27, 112-123.
Bryant, S.R., Bale, J.S. and Thomas, C.D. (2002) The influence of thermal ecology on the distribution of three nymphalid butterflies. Journal of Applied Ecology 39, 43-55.
Doering-Saad, C., Newbury, H.J., Bale, J.S. and Pritchard, J. (2002) Use of stylectomy and RT-PCR for the detection of transporter mRNAs in sieve elements. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 631-637.
Bale, J.S. (2002) Insects and low temperatures: from molecular biology to distributions and abundance. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 357, 849-862.
Bale, J. S. et al., (2002) Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperatures on insect herbivores. Global Change Biology 8, 1-16.
Bale, J.S., Worland, M.R. and Block, W. (2001) Effects of summer frost exposures on the cold tolerance strategy of a sub-Antarctic beetle. Journal of Insect Physiology 47, 1161-1167.
Ponder, K.L., Pritchard, J., Harrington, R. and Bale, J.S. (2001) Feeding behaviour of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi on nitrogen and water stressed barley (Hordeum vulgare) seedlings. Bulletin of Entomological Research 91, 123-130.
Hayward, S.A.L., Bale, J.S., Worland, M.R. and Convey P. (2001) Influence of temperature on the hygropreference of the collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus and the mite Alaskozetes antarcticus from the maritime Antarctic. Journal of Insect Physiology 47, 11-18.
Bale, J. S. and Walters K.F.A. (2001) Overwintering biology as a guide to the establishment potential of non-native arthropods in the UK. In "Environment and Animal Development". Eds D. A. Atkinson and M. Thorndyke, pp 343-354. Bios.
Ponder, K.L., Pritchard, J., Harrington, R. and Bale, J.S. (2000) Difficulties in the location and acceptance of phloem sap can explain lowered performance of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi on nitrogen deficient barley (Hordeum vulgare) seedlings. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 97, 203-210.
Hayward, S.A.L., Worland, M.R., Bale, J.S. and Convey P. (2000) Temperature and the hygropreference of the Arctic collembolan Onychiurus arcticus and mite Lauroppia translamellata. Physiological Entomology 25, 266-272.
McDonald, J.R., Head, J., Bale, J.S., and Walters, K.F.A. (2000) Cold tolerance, overwintering and establishment potential of Thrips palmi. Physiological Entomology 25, 159-166.
Phillips, S., Bale, J.S. and Tatchell, G.M. (2000) Overwintering adaptations in the lettuce root aphid Pemphigus bursarius (L.). Journal of Insect Physiology 46, 353-363
Bale, J.S., Block, W. and Worland, M.R. (2000) Thermal tolerance and acclimation response of the sub-Antarctic beetle Hydromedion sparsutum. Polar Biology 23, 77-84
Bryant, S.R., Thomas, C.D. and Bale, J.S. (2000) Thermal ecology of gregarious and solitary nettle feeding nymphalid larvae. Oecologia 122, 1-10
Bale, J.S. (1999). Impacts of climate warming on Arctic aphids: a comparative analysis. Ecological Bulletins 47, 38-47.
Strathdee, A. T. and Bale, J.S. (1998). Life on the edge: insect ecology in Arctic environments. Annual Review of Entomology 43, 85-106
Bale, J.S., Hodkinson, I.D., Block, W., Webb, N.R., Coulson, S.J. and Strathdee, A.T. (1997). Life strategies of Arctic terrestrial arthropods. In 'The Ecology of Arctic Environments'. Special Publication Series of the British Ecological Society, No. 13 (eds. S.J. Woodin and M. Marquiss), p137-165.
Bale, J.S. (1996). Insect cold hardiness: a matter of life and death. European Journal of Entomology 93, 369-382.
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