This Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) provides $120,000.00 to the University of California, Davis to investigate the effects of climate warming on pest populations in croplands. The research will use a novel "ecoinformatics" approach to analyze long-term data from crop advisors on over 25 pest and beneficial arthropod species across spatial and temporal scales. This will allow the researchers to identify pest species whose population growth may intensify due to warming, which can help direct future research and pest management efforts. The project also aims to determine if certain species traits can explain their population changes in response to warming, contributing to a predictive framework for integrated pest management. The award period runs from August 2024 to August 2026.
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