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Noncrop flowering plants restore top-down herbivore control in agricultural fields [PDF]

, 2013
Herbivore populations are regulated by bottom-up control through food availability and quality and by top-down control through natural enemies. Intensive agricultural monocultures provide abundant food to specialized herbivores and at the same time ...
Pfiffner, Lukas, Andrea Leimgruber, Henryk Luka, Willareth, Martin, Traugott, Michael, Oliver Balmer, Johannes Schied, Leimgruber, Andrea, Michael Traugott, Schied, Johannes, Lukas Pfiffner, Luka, Henryk, Martin Willareth, Balmer, Oliver   +13 more
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Egg Collection for Nasonia (Parasitoid Wasp) [PDF]

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2009
INTRODUCTIONNasonia is a complex of four closely related species of wasps with several features that make it an excellent system for a variety of genetic studies. These include a short generation time, ease of rearing, interfertile species, visible and molecular markers, and a sequenced genome.
John H, Werren, David W, Loehlin
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Host location in a specialist parasitoid wasp via olfactory cues – a physiological, behavioural and morphological study

, 2012
For successful host location, parasitoids are thought to have evolved different strategies to filter relevant olfactory cues which indicate the presence of the host. Because of their versatility in their ecology and behaviour, as well as their fine tuned
Groll, Helga
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Functional variation in butterfly egg pore traits: The potential role of climate

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Immobile eggs of terrestrial animals are exposed to variable environmental conditions. Insect egg pores, critical for gas exchange (aeropyles) and fertilisation (micropyles), are ecologically important yet understudied.
Teun de Jong, Liana O. Greenberg, Ella Catley, Nina E. Fatouros, Graziella Iossa   +4 more
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Rapid Establishment of a Regular Distribution of Adult Tropical Drosophila Parasitoids in a Multi-Patch Environment by Patch Defence Behaviour. [PDF]

, 2011
Females of the larval parasitoid of Drosophila, Asobara citri, from sub-Saharan Africa, defend patches with hosts by fighting and chasing conspecific females upon encounter.
Peter W de Jong, Lia Hemerik, Gort, G., Hemerik, L., de Jong, P.W., Gort Gerrit, Jacques J M van Alphen, Jacques J. M. van Alphen, Alphen, J.J.M., van, Gerrit Gort, Hemerik Lia, van Alphen Jacques J. M., Peter W. de Jong, Jong, P.W., de, van Alphen, J.J.M., de Jong Peter W.   +15 more
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Complex multitrophic species interactions and fitness costs: Intricate consequences of jasmonate and salicylate induced plant defences

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reveals how long‐term activation of jasmonic and salicylic acid signalling reshapes arthropod communities and plant fitness across seasons. By showing that induced defences generate contrasting outcomes and cascading trade‐offs across trophic levels, it challenges the assumption that induced resistance is uniformly beneficial in natural ...
Mônica F. Kersch‐Becker, Guilherme P. Pinheiro, Thaís S. Schweller, Martin Pareja, Victoria M. Pocius, José R. Trigo, Gustavo Q. Romero   +6 more
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A window on exoplanet dynamical histories: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b [PDF]

, 2014
We present Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b and determine the sky-projected angle between the normal of the planetary orbit and the stellar rotation axis (λ).
Armstrong, David J., Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Hébrard, E., West, Richard G., Armstrong, DJ, Burwitz, V, Anderson, D., Triaud, AHMJ, Liebig, C, Brown, D., Watson, C.A., Stassun, K. G., Wheatley, P.J., Pepe, F., Simpson, EK, Ségransan, D., Simpson, E. K., Udry, S., Triaud, A., Maxted, P. F. L., Chew, Y. G. M., Chew, Y. Gómez Maqueo, Fumel, A, Miller, GRM, Brothwell, R. D., Barros, S.C.C., Haswell, C. A., Cameron, AC, Faedi, Francesca, Simpson, E., Bento, J., Maxted, P.F.L., Jehin, E., Anderson, DR, Brown, D. J. A., Queloz, D., Brown, David John Alexander, Gillon, M, Armstrong, D. J., Doyle, A. P., Busuttil, R, Barros, S., McCormac, J, Watson, C. A., Wheatley, Peter J., Cameron, A. Collier, Bochinski, J, Miller, G., Bento, J, Barros, S. C. C., Miller, G. R. M., Anderson, D.R., Norton, A.J., Segransan, D, McCormac, J., Smalley, B., Cameron, Andrew Collier, Brown, DJA, Santerne, A, Lendl, M., Collier Cameron, A., Haswell, C.A., Kolb, U., Armstrong, D.J., Armstrong, D., Queloz, D, Fumel, A., Pollacco, Don, Rodríguez, J., Simpson, E.K., Skillen, I, Wheatley, PJ, Stassun, K., Delrez, L, West, R.G., Liebig, C., Skillen, I., West, R. G., Burwitz, V., Maxted, PFL, Delrez, L., Watson, C., Wheatley, P., Cegla, H.M., Bouchy, F, Delrez, Laetitia, Cegla, H., Haswell, CA, Norton, AJ, Gillon, Michaël, Haswell, C., Chew, YGM, Miller, Grant, Norton, A., Norton, A. J., Watson, C. A.; id_orcid, Liebig, Christine Elisabeth, Doyle, A., Doyle, A.P., Watson, CA, Hébrard, G., Cegla, H. M., Pollacco, D, Lendl, Monika, Pollacco, D., Gillon, M., Barros, SCC, Cegla, HM, Chew, Y. Gómez Maque, West, R., Hebrard, E, Rodriguez, J, Brothwell, RD, Hellier, C., Bochinski, J., Faedi, F., Hebrard, G, Stassun, K.G., Faedi, F, Doyle, AP, Kolb, U, Santerne, A., Cegla, Heather, Jehin, E, Brown, D.J.A., McCormac, J. J., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Miller, G.R.M., Brothwell, R., Triaud, A.H.M.J., Cameron, A. C., West, RG, Jehin, Emmanuel, Lendl, M, Bouchy, F., Smalley, B, Pepe, F, Busuttil, R., Hellier, C, Triaud, A. H. M. J.; id_orcid, Stassun, KG, Brothwell, R.D., Maxted, P., Wheatley, P. J., Anderson, D. R., Udry, S   +145 more
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A Novel RNA Virus in the Parasitoid Wasp Lysiphlebus fabarum: Genomic Structure, Prevalence, and Transmission [PDF]

, 2020
We report on a novel RNA virus infecting the wasp Lysiphlebus fabarum, a parasitoid of aphids. This virus, tentatively named “Lysiphlebus fabarum virus” (LysV), was discovered in transcriptome sequences of wasps from an experimental evolution study in ...
Dennis, Alice B., Alice B. Dennis, Christoph Vorburger, Dennis, Alice B. (Dr.), Vorburger, Christoph, Martina N. Lüthi, Lüthi, Martina N.   +6 more
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Offspring performance does not explain oviposition preference in the leafminer Stigmella sorbi (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): a tri‐trophic perspective

Insect Science, EarlyView.
We studied oviposition site selection in a leaf‐mining moth (Stigmella sorbi) on rowan trees (Sorbus aucuparia) in northwestern Russia, assessing larval performance across different shoot types, leaf positions, and leaflets. Larval survival was highest on long vegetative shoots, yet females showed no preference for these optimal sites.
Mikhail V. Kozlov, Vitali Zverev
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Microsatellite isolation and characterization in the beneficial parasitoid wasp Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae)

, 2003
The primary parasitoid wasp, Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh), is used as a biological control agent in insect pest management strategies to combat aphid pests, mainly on cruciferous plants.
Macdonald, C., Loxdale, H. D., Brookes, C. P., Lockton, S., Baker, D. A., Edwards, K. J.   +5 more
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