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État des maraudes et des dégâts de cultures liés aux éléphants à l’ouest du secteur de Djouroutou dans le sud-ouest du Parc National de Taï (Côte d’Ivoire)

Pachyderm, 2010
Cette étude menée de septembre à novembre 2007 a pour objectif d’évaluer les dégâts de cultures par les éléphants afin d’atténuer ou de prévenir les conflits homme-éléphant dans une perspective de réduction de la pauvreté des populations rurales et de ...
F.A. Ouattara, O. Soulemanee, A. Nandjui, E.J. Tondoh   +3 more
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More diverse temperate forests are more resistant against non‐native insect herbivores

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 7, July 2026.
Promoting mixed forests could be an effective strategy to attenuate the impact of invasion by non‐native forest pests. Abstract In general, trees suffer less damage by insect herbivores when growing in forest mixtures than in tree monocultures. Yet, most current knowledge is based on responses of native herbivores to tree diversity.
Hervé Jactel, Alex Stemmelen, Manuela Branco, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Irene Bühlmann, Massimo Faccoli, Ana Farinha, Justin M. Gaudon, Eric Gehring, Martin M. Gossner, Gernot Hoch, Marc Kenis, M. Lukas Seehausen, Bastien Castagneyrol   +13 more
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First report in Italy of Thrips parvispinus (Karny, 1922) (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), a major threat for Sicilian horticulture and floriculture

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 130-137, April 2026.
Abstract The presence of Thrips parvispinus (Karny, 1922) is reported for the first time in Italy. Prior to this finding, within Europe the pest was only known to be established in Spain. The discovery happened in a greenhouse cultivating gerberas in south‐eastern Sicily, a region recognized as Italy's primary and one of Europe's most important ...
Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza, Eya Ben Hmad, Rosario Novara   +2 more
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Lightning‐caused disturbance frequency and severity varies with topography in an Afromontane forest

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 3, March 2026.
The results indicate that lightning disturbance severity differs within and among sites, potentially mediated by differences in lightning tolerance among tree species, and provide preliminary support for the hypothesis that disturbance severity declines with disturbance frequency. Abstract Lightning is an important agent of tropical tree mortality, but
Evan M. Gora, Alain Senghor K. Ngute, Rodrigue Batumike, Aida Cuni‐Sanchez, Gerard Imani, Beth A. Kaplin, Drew Bantlin, Robert Bitariho, Bianca Zoletto, Nikolaos Petridis, Douglas Sheil, Martin J. P. Sullivan   +11 more
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Coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) confirmed in the Americas

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 511-517, December 2025.
Abstract In 2022, a suspected incursion of Oryctes rhinoceros (coconut rhinoceros beetle, CRB) was reported in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, México, based on damage symptoms observed on coconut palms and photographs of beetles on a social media site. This prompted collaboration with local biologists and land managers, and a survey of the area with the ...
Trevor A. Jackson, Miguel Nájera‐Rincón, Sulav Paudel, Mitchell K. Weston, Amy Beattie, Sean D. G. Marshall   +5 more
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First occurrence of Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in soybean crops in Greece and its potential parasitoid Dolichogenidea appellator (Telenga) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 494-502, December 2025.
Abstract This work documents the first occurrence of Etiella zinckenella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) infestations in soybean crops in Greece, and in particular within the Regional Unit of Drama, north‐eastern Greece. Larvae of this pest inflict direct damage by feeding on seeds and cause indirect damage by reducing crop marketability, resulting in ...
Konstantinos B. Simoglou, Dimitrios Ν. Avtzis, Emmanouil Roditakis   +2 more
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Climate‐specific dynamics of fall armyworm on maize: Implications for pest monitoring and management

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 600-612, November 2025.
FAW moth captures were higher in the Sudanese zone than the Guinean zone, peaking during the major rainy season, while the Guinean zone had more captures in the dry season. In the Guinean zone, plant damage correlated with adult moth captures and larval densities, whereas no such correlation was found in the Sudanese zone or at different maize growth ...
Djima Koffi, Komi Agboka, Mawuko Kossi Anani Adjevi, Koffi Negloh, Togbedji Kokou Zanou, Manguilibè Tchao, Matotiloa Tchegueni, Agbeko Kodjo Tounou, Robert L. Meagher   +8 more
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Are crop fields pharmacies for megaherbivores? From ecophysiological studies of elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) crop raiders in Gabon

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 6, Issue 4, October–December 2025.
Forest elephants need to be conserved not only because they act as forest engineers. They also appear to be self‐medication specialists and could possibly help humans to cope with present and future health issues. Managers should include the development of medicinal leeches to mitigate HEC.
Steeve Ngama, Jerome Bindelle, Janine L. Brown, John R. Poulsen, Jean‐Luc Hornick, Annick Linden, Lisa Korte, Jean‐Louis Doucet, Stephen Paris, Monique Bouanga Banfoui epse Ngama, Mireille Bawe Johnson, Auguste Ndoutoume Ndong, Jacques François Mavoungou, Philippe Lejeune, Cédric Vermeulen   +14 more
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Confirmation of presence of coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Timor–Leste and biosecurity implications

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 250-254, August 2025.
Abstract The presence of coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) was confirmed in Timor–Leste based on damage symptoms observed in photographs of coconut palms and subsequent trapping efforts. Specimens collected by the National Directorate of Quarantine and Biosecurity, Timor–Leste were identified as O.
Sulav Paudel, Guihermino Soares, Abel Ximenes, Nicola K. Richards, Trevor A. Jackson, Sean D. G. Marshall   +5 more
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Increased proportion of exclusion netting in the landscape affects pest damage in unnetted apple orchards

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 790-800, April 2025.
This study is the first to reveal that nets significantly impact pest dynamics on the scale of agricultural landscapes. We recommend landscape‐scale coordination in the deployment of nets, along with additional protective measures to mitigate their unintended effects on pests at the local and landscape scales.
Isis Poinas, Claire Lavigne, Hazem Dib, Areski Leroy, Pierre Franck, Thomas Delattre, Xavier Said, Bertrand Gauffre   +7 more
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