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Towards an attract-and-reward strategy: evaluating nectar resources and HIPVs under laboratory conditions to enhance Aphelinus mali parasitism activity, a key parasitoid of Eriosoma lanigerum. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Montes-Bazurto LG, Alins G, Alomar O, Quero C, López S, Arnó J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Estimating wild bee population size with validated distance sampling

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Distance Sampling is a promising method to estimate population size but has never been validated on insects. We validated it on a honey bee population of known size. We applied Distance Sampling to three insular pollinators and found that estimates are consistent across days, match species phenology and reflect the expected influence of weather ...
Claudia Bruschini, Marco Penco, Olga Barghigiani, Adele Bordoni, Lorenzo Pasquali, Vania Salvati, Leonardo Dapporto, Alessandro Cini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on Volatile Components of Butterfly Nectar Plants and Host Plants

Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2013
Hua Zheng, Wenwen Zhang, Fang Xu, Hong Zhang, Xiaoming Chen, Yukui Rui   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Year‐round pollinator visitation of ornamental plants in Mediterranean urban parks

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Pollinators visiting ornamental plants in urban parks remained diverse throughout the year. They were represented by wild bees (42%), honeybees (37%), flies (18%), butterflies (2%) and beetles (1%). Both native and non‐native plants attracted pollinators.
Alejandro Trillo, David Ragel‐Celdrán, Francisco P. Molina, Montserrat Vilà   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Convergent mechanisms, divergent strategies: a comparison of nectar intake between a generalist and a specialist bat species. [PDF]

J Exp Biol
Quinche LL, Garzón-Agudelo F, Santana SE, López-Arévalo HF, Rico-Guevara A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Diet breadth shapes gut microbiota in the invasive hornet Vespa velutina

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Dietary and microbial profiles of V. velutina larvae are dominated by Apidae and Firmicutes, respectively. DNA metabarcoding of larval meconium and gut samples reveals a significant positive correlation between prey richness and bacterial diversity in the invasive hornet V. velutina. Multiple significant correlations exist between dietary and microbial
Cayetano Herrera, Iris Alemany, Mar Leza, José A. Jurado‐Rivera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tri-trophic consequences of plant-to-plant volatile signalling and its contingency on plant relatedness in wild cotton. [PDF]

Ann Bot
Díaz-Cruz S, Turlings TCJ, Solís-Rodríguez U, Interian-Aguiñaga J, Ramírez-Delgado VH, Clancy MV, Mamin M, Wendel JF, Grover CE, Arick MA, Hsu CY, Pechanova O, Thrash A, Peterson DG, Bustos-Segura C, Abdala-Roberts L.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sheep and cattle grazing regimes differentially affect ground beetle and ant communities in Mediterranean cork oak woodlands

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Sheep and cattle grazing significantly shape ant and ground beetle species composition in Mediterranean cork oak woodlands, promoting higher diversity by increasing habitat heterogeneity. Ground beetles and ants reflect changes in grazing regimes, with sheep‐grazed areas showing the highest diversity, highlighting their utility in ecosystem monitoring.
Marcello Verdinelli, Maria Leonarda Fadda, Stefano Arrizza, Roberto Mannu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Syrphid Fly Predation on Aphids Under Controlled and Field Conditions in High Tunnels: A Comparative Study With Lacewings

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological control in high tunnel systems can be optimised by matching predator species to seasonal environmental conditions. We evaluated the predatory efficacy of syrphid flies (Toxomerus marginatus (Say), Eupeodes americanus (Fabricius)) and lacewings (Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens), Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister)) across laboratory ...
Allison Zablah, Marlo Gunnar McCarter, Christian H. Krupke, Laura L. Ingwell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do flowers with specialized morphologies produce more nectar and pollen? [PDF]

Am J Bot
Keasar T, Bodner L.
europepmc   +1 more source