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On the Fly: Tritrophic Associations of Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Parasitism is one of the most diverse and abundant modes of life, and of great ecological and evolutionary importance. Notwithstanding, large groups of parasites remain relatively understudied.
Michiel D. de Groot, Iris Dumolein, Thomas Hiller, Attila D. Sándor, Tamara Szentiványi, Menno Schilthuizen, M. Catherine Aime, Annemieke Verbeken, Danny Haelewaters   +8 more
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Classical biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) in apple orchard: a success story

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 12, Page 8500-8509, December 2025.
The classical biological control program with Trissolcus japonicus in Trentino effectively reduced Halyomorpha halys damage in apple orchards, increasing discovery efficiency and egg parasitization rates from 2020 to 2023. The results demonstrate reduced pesticide use and fruit damage, highlighting CBC as a sustainable pest management strategy against ...
Claudio Ioriatti, Valerio Mazzoni, Pietro Franceschi, Serena G Chiesa, Gino Angeli, Matteo De Concini, Claudio Panizza, Fabrizio Martini, Livia Zapponi, Gianfranco Anfora   +9 more
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Wolbachia Infection in a Natural Parasitoid Wasp Population. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The maternally transmitted bacterium Wolbachia pipientis is well known for spreading and persisting in insect populations through manipulation of the fitness of its host.
Anne Duplouy, Christelle Couchoux, Ilkka Hanski, Saskya van Nouhuys   +3 more
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Wolbachiaincreases the susceptibility of a parasitoid wasp to hyperparasitism [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016
ABSTRACTThe success of maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacteria, such as Wolbachia, is directly linked to their host reproduction but in direct conflict with other parasites that kill the host before it reaches reproductive maturity. Therefore, symbionts that have evolved strategies to increase their host’s ability to evade lethal parasites may ...
Saskya van Nouhuys, Minna Kohonen, Anne Duplouy   +2 more
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Identifying potentially suitable and accessible refugia to mitigate impacts of an emerging disease on a rare tree

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.
Abstract Identifying refugia from emerging threats is vital to ensure the persistence of rare and threatened species, but modeling habitat distribution for these species is challenging and the role of people in refuge management is rarely considered. Myrtle rust is an emerging infectious disease that represents a grave threat to the rare wetland tree ...
Sarah M. Herbert, Stephanie A. Tomscha, Hao Ran Lai, Rubianca Benavidez, Colan G. Balkwill, Pearl R. Ruston, Bethanna Jackson, Julie R. Deslippe   +7 more
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Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) parasitic on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) at Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite associations

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005
A total of 443 bat flies belonging to the families Nycteribiidae and Strelidae, were collected on 22 species of bats (Molossidae, Phyllostomidae, and Vespertilionidae) from Parque Estadual da Cantareira (São Paulo, Brazil), between January, 2000 and ...
Patrícia Beloto Bertola, Caroline Cotrim Aires, Sandra Elisa Favorito, Gustavo Graciolli, Marcos Amaku, Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha   +5 more
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The sentinel approach to quantify ecosystem function intensities

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, Page 2305-2317, October 2025.
Abstract Biodiversity, through species interactions, underpins numerous ecosystem functions that can lead to ecosystem services and disservices. Quantifying these functions is crucial for evaluating the effectiveness of conservation and management strategies, as well as the impacts of land use change.
Marco Ferrante, Gábor L. Lövei
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Impacts of sequential and simultaneous coinfection by major amphibian pathogens on disease outcomes

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2025.
Abstract In natural environments, hosts frequently experience infections from multiple pathogenic species or strains, significantly influencing disease dynamics. Despite shared susceptible hosts and overlapping distributions, the impacts of coinfections by the two most threatening global amphibian pathogens, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ...
Evelyn Faust, Tamilie Carvalho, Francisco De Jesus Andino, Jacques Robert, Timothy Y. James   +4 more
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Convergence in Symbiont‐Induced Plant‐Mediated Responses to Herbivory: Cascading Effects for Foraging Parasitoids

Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 8, August 2025.
Polydnaviruses represent a striking example of convergent evolution. These viruses, divided into bracoviruses and ichnoviruses, were independently acquired by braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps respectively, to deliver pathogenic genes to caterpillar hosts.
Antonino Cusumano, Serge Urbach, Veronique Jouan, Heiko Vogel, Marcel Dicke, Anne‐Nathalie Volkoff, Erik H. Poelman   +6 more
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Biological Management of Soil-Borne Pathogens Through Tripartite Rhizosphere Interactions with Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi

Applied Microbiology
Soil-borne plant pathogens pose a serious threat to global food security by causing extensive yield losses and compromising crop quality. Conventional chemical-based control methods often prove inadequate, environmentally harmful, and disruptive to ...
Md. Motaher Hossain, Farjana Sultana, Mahabuba Mostafa, Md. Tanbir Rubayet, Nusrat Jahan Mishu, Imran Khan, Mohammad Golam Mostofa   +6 more
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