Dr. Federico Tomasetto

Research Scientist
AgResearch Limited, New Zealand


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Ecology from Lincoln University, New Zealand

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Biocontrol Science
Plant Protection
Diversity
Ecology

Selected Publications

  1. Tomasetto, F., J.M. Tylianakis, M. Reale, S. Wratten and S.L. Goldson, 2017. Intensified agriculture favors evolved resistance to biological control. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 114: 3885-3890.
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  2. Goldson, S.L. and F. Tomasetto, 2016. Apparent acquired resistance by a weevil to its parasitoid is influenced by host plant. Frontiers Plant Sci., Vol. 7. 10.3389/fpls.2016.01259.
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  3. Goldson, S.L., F. Tomasetto and A.J. Popay, 2015. Effect of Epichloe endophyte strains in Lolium spp. cultivars on Argentine stem weevil parasitism by Microctonus hyperodae. NZ Plant Prot., 68: 204-211.
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  4. Goldson, S.L., S.D. Wratten, C.M. Ferguson, P.J. Gerard and B.I.P. Barratt et al., 2014. If and when successful classical biological control fails. Biol. Control, 72: 76-79.
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  5. Goldson, S.L., F. Tomasetto and A.J. Popay, 2014. Biological control against invasive species in simplified ecosystems: Its triumphs and emerging threats. Curr. Opin. Insect Sci., 5: 50-56.
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  6. Deppe, L., K.F. McGregor, F. Tomasetto, J.V. Briskie and R.P. Scofield, 2014. Distribution and predictability of foraging areas in breeding Chatham albatrosses Thalassarche eremita in relation to environmental characteristics. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., 498: 287-301.
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  7. Tomasetto, F., R.P. Duncan and P.E. Hulme, 2013. Environmental gradients shift the direction of the relationship between native and alien plant species richness. Diversity Distributions, 19: 49-59.
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  8. Senan, A.S., F. Tomasetto, A. Farcomeni, R.K. Somashekar and F. Attorre, 2012. Determinants of plant species invasions in an arid island: Evidence from Socotra Island (Yemen). Plant Ecol., 213: 1381-1392.
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