Rick Overson
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| Rick Overson | |
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| Country | United States |
| Organizations: | Global Locust Initiative, Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at Arizona State University, Arizona State University |
| Titles: | Research Scientist, Co-Director of the Global Locust Initiative |
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| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/RickOverson |
As Co-director of the Global Locust Initiative, I coordinate broadly with global stakeholders to more sustainably manage grasshopper and locust outbreaks which have negative impacts on human livelihoods worldwide. I am involved in several ongoing efforts to increase stakeholder representation in this space, foster increased transparency and information sharing, as well as develop community-built resources for locust management. My research seeks to understand the mechanisms which produce and maintain variation both within and between species and how this variation ultimately affects the evolution of natural populations. I am particularly interested in variation in insect phenotypes as they relate to plant-insect interactions. I use approaches in behavioral ecology, population genetics, and phylogenetics to understand how traits surrounding these interactions are partitioned in space and time, and how this mosaic of variation affects speciation and ultimately biodiversity. My current research is aimed at understanding variation in locust behavioral and nutritional ecology in a collaborative effort to improve locust management and global food security.
Resources by this author
| Name | Year published | Resource link | Author |
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| Synthesis of the governance workshop on the South American Locust | 2021 | Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, The National Food Safety and Quality Service, Global Locust Initiative, Clara Therville, John Anderies, Hector Medina, Rick Overson, Eduardo Trumper, Arianne Cease |
Select publications from this author
- Cease, A.J., Talal, S., Osgood, G., Pulver, T., Millerwise, S., Overson, R.P., Harrison, J.F., 2025. Energetic constraints on multi-day flights in migratory locusts. Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.251191. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251191
- Millerwise, S., Talal, S., Pulver, P., Goethe, E., Osgood, G., Cossey, E., Overson, R., Harrison, J., Cease, A., 2025. High-protein diets shorten female but not male life spans and have minimal effects on egg production in Migratory locusts. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1086/735836
- Ries, M.W., Adriaansen, C., Aldobai, S., Berry, K., Bal, A.B., Catenaccio, M.C., Cigliano, M.M., Cullen, D.A., Deveson, E.D., Diongue, A., Foquet, B., Hadrich, J., Hunter, D., Johnson, D.L., Karnatz, J.P., Lange, C.E., Lawton, D., Lazar, M., Latchininsky, A.V., Lecoq, M., Le Gall, M., Lockwood, J., Manneh, B., Overson, R., Peterson, B.F., Piou, C., Poot-Pech, M.A., Robinson, B.E., Rogers, S.M., Song, H., Springate, S., Therville, C., Trumper, E., Waters, C., Woller, D.A., Youngblood, J.P., Zhang, L., Cease, A.J., 2024. Global perspectives and transdisciplinary opportunities for locust and grasshopper pest management and research. Journal of Orthoptera Research 33:169–216. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.33.112803
- Talal, S., Harrison, J.F., Farington, R., Youngblood, J.P., Medina, H.E., Overson, R., Cease, A.J., 2024. Body mass and growth rates predict protein intake across animals. eLife 13:e88933. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.88933
- Brosemann, J., Overson, R., Cease, A.J., Millerwise, S., Le Gall, M., 2023. Nutrient supply and accessibility in plants: effect of protein and carbohydrates on Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) preference and performance. Frontiers in Insect Science 3. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2023.1110518
- Cease, A.J., Trumper, E.V., Medina, H., Bazán, F.C., Frana, J., Harrison, J., Joaquin, N., Learned, J., Roca, M., Rojas, J.E., Talal, S., Overson, R.P., 2023. Field bands of marching locust juveniles show carbohydrate, not protein, limitation. Current Research in Insect Science 100069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2023.100069
- Zembrzuski, Z., Woller, D.A., Jaronski, S., Black, L.R., Chris Reuter, K., Grief, D., Beatty, A., Overson, R., Cease, A.J., 2023. Understanding how diet and temperature affect survival and subsequent sporulation in a major rangeland grasshopper pest, Melanoplus sanguinipes, infected with the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium robertsii. Biological Control 183:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105268
- Bechen, L.L., Johnson, M.G., Broadhead, G.T., Levin, R.A., Overson, R.P., Jogesh, T., Fant, J.B., Raguso, R.A., Skogen, K.A., Wickett, N.J., 2022. Differential gene expression associated with a floral scent polymorphism in the evening primrose Oenothera harringtonii (Onagraceae). BMC Genomics 23:124. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08370-6
- Trumper, E.V., Cease, A.J., Cigliano, M.M., Bazán, F.C., Lange, C.E., Medina, H.E., Overson, R.P., Therville, C., Pocco, M.E., Piou, C., Zagaglia, G., Hunter, D., 2022. A review of the biology, ecology, and management of the South American Locust, Schistocerca cancellata (Serville, 1838), and future prospects. Agronomy 12:1–20. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010135
- Zembrzuski, Z., Woller, D.A., Jech, L., Black, L.R., Reuter, K.C., Overson, R., Cease, A., 2021. Establishing the nutritional landscape and macronutrient preferences of a major United States rangeland pest, Melanoplus sanguinipes, in field and lab populations. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30:163–172. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.61605
- Le Gall, M., Overson, R., Cease, A.J., 2019. A global review on locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and their interactions with livestock grazing practices. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:1–24. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00263
- Overson, R., Gadau, J., Clark, R.M., Pratt, S.C., Fewell, J.H., 2014. Behavioral transitions with the evolution of cooperative nest founding by harvester ant queens. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68:21–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1618-2