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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
[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 ...
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 ...
[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 ...