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Agroecological farming promotes yield and biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable

Journal of Applied Ecology, EarlyView.
These results highlight that while evidence for the role of ecosystem services in supporting crop yield can be found, overcoming economic constraints within conventional farming systems is likely to be a key barrier to widespread uptake. Agri‐environmental subsidy payments can offset these costs, but only for moderate interventions.
B. A. Woodcock, S. Cook, L. Hulmes, S. Hulmes, M. Torrance, J. Redhead, J. Swain, R. Ostler, J. Rainey, M. G. Weites, M. S. Heard, M. Nowakowski, J. M. Bullock, C. Carvell, J. Storkey, R. F. Pywell   +15 more
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The impact of tree mortality and post‐disturbance management on insect diversity in temperate forests: Insights from a replicated experiment

Journal of Applied Ecology, EarlyView.
Our experiment provides strong evidence for the importance of clustered tree mortality for comprehensive insect diversity in temperate forests and highlights the potential of forest management to enhance insect diversity in homogeneous commercial forests, particularly through the creation of canopy gaps and the retention of deadwood. Both mimic natural
Julia Rothacher, Rupert Seidl, Dominik Thom, Mareike Kortmann, Anne Chao, Chun‐Ho Chiu, Christoph Heibl, Torsten Hothorn, Oliver Mitesser, Akira S. Mori, Jérôme Morinière, Kerstin Pierick, Clara Wild, Nina Wild, Jörg Müller   +14 more
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The establishment of Aceratoneuromyia indica (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in three biogeographical regions of Argentina [PDF]

, 2006
Specimens of the eulophid Aceratoneuromyia indica (Silvestri) were recovered from fruit fly pupae collected in three Argentinian biogeographical regions. A total of 11 A.
Colina, Carolina del Valle, De Coll, Olga R., Oroño, Luis Eduardo, Ovruski Alderete, Sergio Marcelo, Peñaloza, Claudia, Schliserman, Pablo   +5 more
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Disentangling biotic and abiotic factors influencing host–parasitoid interactions of butterflies, tachinid flies, and nematodes

Ecological Research, EarlyView.
The defensive function of mutualistic ants for the Reverdin's Blue butterfly against two groups of parasitoids (tachinid flies and mermithid nematodes) differs among ant species, and this is affected by the number of precipitation days in the larval period of the butterfly.
Yen‐Hua Yeh, Hidenori Deto, Tadashi Miyashita   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the developmental time of Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared on five different lepidopteran host species and its relationship with digestive enzymes

European Journal of Entomology, 2014
Bracon (Habrobracon) hebetor Say is a polyphagous parasitoid of lepidopteran larvae, including those of the family Pyralidae. There are many reports that this parasitoid attacks the larvae of stored product and field crop pests.
Dorna SAADAT, Ali R. BANDANI, Mehdi DASTRANJ   +2 more
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Temperature Effects on Development of Three Cereal Aphid Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Temperature is an important climatological variable that influences the biology and ecology of insects. Poor climatic adaptation can limit the effectiveness of parasitic insects in biological control.
Burd, J. D, Elliot, N. C, Kindler, S. D, Lee, J. H   +3 more
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Shifts in leaf color during ontogeny do not affect herbivory in the tropical tree Lecythis pisonis (Lecythidaceae)

Plant Species Biology, EarlyView.
Leaf color has been rarely evaluated as an important trait influencing herbivory levels in tropical plant species. Cannonball trees (Lecythis pisonis) present pink young leaves that are smaller, softer and with less chlorophyll that progressively turn into green as the season progresses. When all three leaf colors are present in the plants, there is no
Susan Vieira Gomes, Tatiana Cornelissen
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Spiroplasma infection on the mating behavior of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Tsetse flies are insects of significant public health and zoonotic importance as they are the main vectors of African trypanosomes. To date, an effective vaccine is unavailable and efforts to limit the spread of the disease primarily rely on controlling the tsetse populations.
Giulia Fiorenza, Riccardo Piccinno, Daniel J. Bruzzese, Francesca Scolari, Gloria Milanesi, Claudio Casali, Ludvik M. Gomulski, Francesco Lescai, Federico Forneris, Giuliano Gasperi, Kiswend‐sida M. Dera, Chantel de Beer, Adly M.M. Abd‐Alla, Serap Aksoy, Anna R. Malacrida   +14 more
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Stress in dipteran insects mass‐reared for sterile insect technique applications

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The connections between biotic and abiotic stress affecting mass‐reared dipteran insects and the associated stress and immunological responses. Numbers indicate the order in which the topics are discussed in this review. Abstract Stress may be viewed as the disturbance of homeostasis of an organism.
Caroline K. Mirieri, Vera I.D. Ros, Adly M.M. Abd‐Alla, Monique M. van Oers   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An effective molecular approach for assessing cereal aphid-parasitoid-endosymbiont networks

Scientific Reports, 2017
Molecular approaches are increasingly being used to analyse host-parasitoid food webs as they overcome several hurdles inherent to conventional approaches.
Zhengpei Ye, Ines M. G. Vollhardt, Susanne Girtler, Corinna Wallinger, Zeljko Tomanovic, Michael Traugott   +5 more
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