Mechanisms of multi-species mealybug invasions in Hainan Island of China: Integrating niche, distribution, and habitat drivers

Qin Si; Jie Hu; Zhong Hua; Jian Wang; Mulan Ji; Gaochao Xu; Binxin Wu; Yanjing Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0333679

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Mechanisms of multi-species mealybug invasions in Hainan Island of China: Integrating niche, distribution, and habitat drivers

Qin Si ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qin Si, Jie Hu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Jiangsu Maritime Institute, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Jie Hu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qin Si, Jie Hu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Zhong Hua,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Zhejiang Business Technology Institute, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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Jian Wang,

Roles Software, Supervision

Affiliation Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Mulan Ji,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Gaochao Xu,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliation Jiangsu Maritime Institute, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Binxin Wu ,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yanjingzhang6688@163.com (YZ); bwu66@zju.edu.cn (BW)

Affiliations Jiangsu Maritime Institute, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jinggangshan University, Ji’an, Jiangxi, China
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Yanjing Zhang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yanjingzhang6688@163.com (YZ); bwu66@zju.edu.cn (BW)

Affiliation Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6718-3409

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Mechanisms of multi-species mealybug invasions in Hainan Island of China: Integrating niche, distribution, and habitat drivers

Qin Si,
Jie Hu,
Zhong Hua,
Jian Wang,
Mulan Ji,
Gaochao Xu,
Binxin Wu,
Yanjing Zhang

Published: October 24, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333679

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