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Alberta Research Council: Vegreville, AB, CA

1984-02-15 to 2004-05-01 | Research Scientist (Plant Sciences)
Employment
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Alec McClay

Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control: Monterrey, NL, MX

1978-06-01 to 1983-08-31 | Entomologist
Employment
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Alec McClay

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

1974-09-01 to 1978-06-01 | Ph.D. (Zoology)
Education
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Alec McClay

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

1971-10-01 to 1974-06-30 | B.A. (Natural Sciences)
Education
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Alec McClay

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Citizen science reveals the establishment of Chamaesphecia empiformis (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a long-lost biological control agent for Euphorbia cyparissias (Euphorbiaceae), in Ontario, Canada

The Canadian Entomologist
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2023.17
Contributors: Alec McClay; Robert S. Bourchier; Jean-François Landry; Catherine E. Morris; Ivo Toševski
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Host Range and Impact of Dichrorampha aeratana, the First Potential Biological Control Agent for Leucanthemum vulgare in North America and Australia

Insects
2021-05-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects12050438
Contributors: Sonja Stutz; Rosemarie De Clerck-Floate; Hariet L. Hinz; Alec McClay; Andrew J. McConnachie; Urs Schaffner
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Twenty-five years after: post-introduction association of Mecinus janthinus sl with invasive host toadflaxes Linaria vulgaris and Linaria dalmatica in North America

Annals of Applied Biology
2018 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

Non-native species in Canada�s boreal zone: diversity, impacts, and risk

Environmental Reviews
2014 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

49 Galium spurium L., False Cleavers, and G. aparine L., Cleavers (Rubiaceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001--2012
2013 | Book chapter
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

51 Leucanthemum vulgare Lam., Oxeye Daisy (Asteraceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001-2012
2013 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

53 Linaria vulgaris Mill., Yellow Toadfla x (Plantaginaceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001--2012
2013 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

57 Tanacetum vulgare L., Common Tansy (Asteraceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001--2012
2013 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

59 Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch. Bip., Scentless Chamomile (Asteraceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001--2012
2013 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

Introduction, establishment, and potential geographic range of Carmenta sp. nr ithacae (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a biological control agent for Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in Australia

Environmental entomology
2012 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

Classical biological control of Cirsium arvense: lessons from the past

Biological Control
2011 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Evaluation of the Australian weed risk assessment system for the prediction of plant invasiveness in Canada

Biological Invasions
2010 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

First survey for Miconia calvescens and its natural enemies in southern Mexico

In: Loope, LL, J.-Y. Meyer, BD Hardesty and CW Smith (eds.), Proceedings of the International Miconia Conference, Keanae, Maui, Hawaii, May 4-7, 2009, Maui Invasive Species Committee and Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa. 12 p. www. hear. org/conferences/miconia2009/proceedings/
2010 | Conference paper
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Alec McClay

Experiences with invasive plant management and ecology in Alberta

Canadian journal of plant science
2007 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

First report of Puccinia lagenophorae on common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) in Canada

Plant Disease
2007 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Temperature and host-plant effects on development and population growth of Mecinus janthinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent for invasive Linaria spp.

Biological control
2007 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

Avoiding conflicts between insect and weed biological control: selection of non-target species to assess host specificity of cabbage seedpod weevil parasitoids

Journal of Applied Entomology
2006 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Evaluation of ecological risk to populations of a threatened plant from an invasive biocontrol insect

Ecological Applications
2005 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Evidence for the influence of conspecific chemical cues on Aphthona nigriscutis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) behaviour and distribution

BioControl
2005 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

PCR-based methods for identification of two Eteobalea species (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) used as biocontrol agents of weedy Linaria species (Scrophulariaceae)

The Canadian Entomologist
2005 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

The role of pre-release efficacy assessment in selecting classical biological control agents for weeds�applying the Anna Karenina principle

Biological control
2005 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Centres of origin: do they exist, can we identify them, does it matter?

XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds
2004 | Conference paper
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Alec McClay

Post hoc assessment of an operational biocontrol program: efficacy of the flea beetle Aphthona lacertosa Rosenhauer (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera), an introduced biocontrol agent for leafy spurge

Biological Control
2004 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

Putting the phylogeny into the centrifugal phylogenetic method

XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds
2004 | Conference paper
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Alec McClay

Safety assessment and potential of Cecidophyes rouhollahi (Acari, Eriophyidae) for biological control of Galium spurium (Rubiaceae) in North America

Journal of applied entomology
2004 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Spatially explicit models for weed--biocontrol agent interactions: scentless chamomile as a case study

XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds
2004 | Conference paper
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Alec McClay

The biology of Canadian weeds. 128. Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.

Canadian journal of plant science
2004 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

A global review of risk-benefit-cost analysis for the introduction of classical biological control agents against weeds: a crisis in the making?

Biocontrol News and Information
2003 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

76 Matricaria perforata Mérat, Scentless Chamomile

Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
2002 | Book chapter
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Alec McClay

Euphorbia esula (L.)(Leafy Spurge) and Euphorbia cyparissias (L.)(Cypress Spurge)(Euphorbiaceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada 1981--2000
2002 | Book chapter
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

Relationship between relative time of emergence of Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) and yield loss of barley

Canadian journal of plant science
2002 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

65 Cirsium arvense (L.) Scopoli, Canada Thistle (Asteraceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
2001 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

66 Convolvulus arvensis L., Field Bindweed (Convolvulaceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
2001 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

70 Galium spurium L., False Cleavers (Rubiaceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
2001 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

73 Linaria vulgaris Miller, Yellow Toadflax (Scrophulariaceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
2001 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

79 Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke, Bladder Campion (Caryophyllaceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
2001 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Alec McClay

80 Sonchus arvensis L., Perennial Sow-thistle (Asteraceae)

Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
2001 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Ten years of scentless chamomile: prospects for the biological control of a weed of cultivated land

Proceedings of the X International Symposium on biological control of Weeds
2000 | Conference paper
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Alec McClay

A new species of Cecidophyes (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Galium aparine (Rubiaceae) with notes on its biology and potential as a biological control agent for Galium spurium

International Journal of Acarology
1999 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Aster yellows phytoplasma identified in scentless chamomile by microscopical examinations and molecular characterization

Journal of phytopathology
1999 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Establishment and Early Effects of Omphalapion hookeri (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Apionidae) as a Biological Control Agent for Scentless Chamomile, Matricaria perforata Mérat (Asteraceae)

Biological Control
1999 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Establishment of Aceria malherbae (Acari: Eriophyidae) as a biological control agent for field bindweed (Convolvulaceae) in the northern Great Plains

The Canadian Entomologist
1999 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Cassida azurea Fab.(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): host specificity and establishment in Canada as a biological control agent against the weed Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke

The Canadian Entomologist
1997 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Biological control in a cold climate: temperature responses and climatic adaptation of weed biocontrol agents

1996 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Host range, specificity and recruitment: synthesis of session 2

Proc. 9th Int. Symp. Biol. Control Weeds, University of Capetown, Stellenbosch
1996 | Conference paper
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Alec McClay

Unisexual broods in the gall midge Cystiphora sonchi (Bremi)(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

The Canadian Entomologist
1996 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Beyond II Before-and-After: II Experimental Design and Evaluation in Classical Weed Biological Control

1995 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Effects of Temperature on Developmental Rate, Distribution, and Establishment of Calophasia lunula (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a Biocontrol Agent for Toadflax (Linaria spp)

Biological Control
1995 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Phytophagous arthropods associated with Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in North America

Environmental Entomology
1995 | Journal article
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Alec McClay

Picking the target: a revision of McClay's scoring system to determine the suitability of a weed for classical biological control

1995 | Journal article
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Alec McClay
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