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Ants affect the infestation levels but not the parasitism of honeydew and non-honeydew producing pests in citrus

Calabuig Gomar, Altea; García Mari, Ferran; Pekas, Apostolos (Cambridge University Press (CUP): STM Journals, 2014-08)

[EN] Ants act simultaneously as predators and as hemipteran mutualists, and thereby may affect the composition and population dynamics of a wide arthropod community. We conducted ant-exclusion experiments in order to ...
Ants impact the energy reserves of natural enemies through the shared honeydew exploitation

Calabuig Gomar, Altea; Tena Barreda, Alejandro; Wäkers, Felix L.; Lucia Fernandez-Arrojo; Plou, Francisco J.; García Mari, Ferran; Pekas, Apostolos (Wiley, 2015-12)

[EN] Ants, as well as many species of parasitoids and predators, rely on sugar-richfoodssuchashoneydewtofulfilltheirenergeticneeds.Thus,antsandnatural enemies may interact through the shared honeydew exploitation. ...
Ants in citrus: impact on the abundance, species richness, diversity and community structure of predators and parasitoids

Calabuig Gomar, Altea; García Mari, Ferran; Pekas, Apostolos (Elsevier Masson, 2015-12-25)

[EN] Although ants act as plant biotic defences, in agricultural ecosystems they are often associated with outbreaks of honeydew-producing pests mainly due to the protection they offer to the plant feeders in exchange for ...
Ants, pests and natural enemies in Mediterranean citrus. Ecological interactions and practical implications for biological control

Calabuig Gomar, Altea (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-07-24)

[EN] Ants constitute an important component of the citrus agroecosystem fauna acting simultaneously as predators and as hemipteran mutualists. Thus, ants in citrus are in the center of a complex food web affecting the ...
Association between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the vine mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in table-grape vineyards in Eastern Spain

Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre; Navarro Campos, Cristina; Calabuig Gomar, Altea; Estopa, Luis; Wäckers, Felix; Pekas, Apostolos; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel (John Wiley & Sons, 2017)

[EN] BACKGROUNDThe vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a key pest of grapevine in the Mediterranean Basin. Some honeydew collecting ant species are known to increase mealybug populations ...
Influència del maneig de la coberta vegetal en les poblacions d'artòpodes en cítrics

Calabuig Gomar, Altea (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012-05-15)

Se ha estudiado el efecto de la siega y del tipo de cubierta vegetal (silvestre, alfalfa y festuca) en la comunidad de artrópodos de un campo de Clementinos ecológicos en Alzira (Valencia). En junio de 2010 se ha realizado ...
Provisioning of food supplements enhances the conservation of phytoseiid mites in citrus

Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre; Calabuig Gomar, Altea; Navarro Campos, Cristina; Ramírez Soria, M.J.; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel; García Mari, Ferran; Wäckers, Felix; Pekas, Apostolos (Elsevier, 2017)

[EN] Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) are amongst the most abundant and important predators in citrus. They range from specialist species feeding exclusively on spider mites to generalist species that can feed and ...