Behavior, Ecology and Integrated Management of Fruit Flies

Invasive species, whose geographic distribution is expanding, seeing introduction and establishment in previously pest-free areas, have major environmental and economic impacts. The problem of invasive pests is multidimensional and complex and can only be tackled through strong integration and the use of various approaches [1]. Climate change, intense human mobility, and increased international and transcontinental trading have brought biological invasions to the forefront of the list of threats to agricultural production worldwide.