Seba De Bona

Seba De Bona

Ecologist, Data Scientist, Educator

Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers

  • De Bona S, *Sidhu K, *Enroth HM, López-Sepulcre A. Density-dependent dispersal and habitat use in size-structured populations: an experiment in wild Trinidadian guppies. Submitted.
  • *Sidhu K, De Bona S, Gordon S, López-Sepulcre A. Density-dependent behavioural change in the Trinidadian guppy. Under review.
  • De Bona S, Barringer L, Kurtz P, Losiewicz J, Parra GR, Helmus MR. 2023. lydemapr: an R package to track the spread of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula, White 1845)(Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) in the United States. NeoBiota 85 151–168, 10.3897/neobiota.86.101471.
  • *Ramirez VA, De Bona S, Helmus MR, Behm JE. 2023. Multiscale assessment of oviposition habitat associations and implications for management in the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), an emerging invasive pest. Journal of Applied Ecology 60(3), 411-420. 10.1111/1365-2664.14365.
  • Lewkiewicz SM, De Bona S, Helmus MR, Seibold B. 2022. Temperature sensitivity of pest reproductive numbers in age-structured PDE models, with a focus on the invasive spotted lanternfly. Journal of Mathematical Biology 85(3), 29. 10.1007/s00285-022-01800-9.
  • *Mourmourakis F, De Bona S, Umbers KD. 2022. Increasing intensity of deimatic behaviour in response to repeated simulated attacks: a case study on the mountain katydid (Acripeza reticulata). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 10.1007/s00265-022-03226-1.
  • Reznick DN, De Bona S, López-Sepulcre A, Torres M, Bassar RD, Benzen P, Travis J. 2020. Experimental study of species invasion: early population dynamics and role of disturbance in invasion success. Ecological Monographs. 10.1002/ecm.1413.
  • De Bona S, White TE, Umbers KDL. 2019. Fight or flight trade-offs and the defensive behaviour of the mountain katydid, Acripeza reticulata. Animal Behaviour. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.11.012.
  • De Bona S, Bruneaux M, Lee AEG, Reznick DN, Bentzen P, López-Sepulcre A. 2019. Spatio-temporal dynamics of density-dependent dispersal during a population colonisation. Ecology Letters. 10.1111/ele.13205.
  • Umbers KDL, White TE, De Bona S, Haff T, Ryeland J, Drinkwater E, Mappes J. 2019. The protective value of a defensive display varies with the experience of wild predators. Scientific reports. 10.1038/s41598-018-36995-9.
  • Umbers KDL, De Bona S, White TE, Lehtonen J, Mappes J, Endler JA. 2017. Deimatism: a neglected component of antipredator defence. Biology Letters 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0936.
  • Lopéz-Sepulcre A, De Bona S, Valkonen JK, Umbers KDL, Mappes J. 2015. Item Response Trees: A recommended method for analysing categorical data in behavioural studies. Behavioral Ecology 26(5) 10.1093/beheco/arv091.
  • De Bona S, Valkonen JK, Lòpez-Sepulcre A, Mappes J. 2015. Predator mimicry, not conspicuousness, explains the efficacy of butterfly eyespots. Proc Roy Soc B 10.1098/rspb.2015.0202.

*denotes a student I mentored

Doctoral dissertation

De Bona S (2019). Dispersal, habitat use, and the invasion dynamics of introduced populations: a case study on the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Doctoral Dissertation 121, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Mathematics and Science. Introduction

R Packages

De Bona S & Helmus MR 2023. lydemapr: an R package to track the spread of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly. GitHub Site