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Value of ecological infrastructure diversity in the maintenance of spider assemblages: A case study of Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystems by Rosas-Ramos, Natalia, Baños-Picón, Laura, Tobajas, Estefanía, de Paz, Víctor, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D.

“…•Ecological infrastructures drive assemblages of spiders, important biocontrol agents.•Abundance and richness of spiders is higher in structurally diverse…”
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Effects of Traditional Orchard Abandonment and Landscape Context on the Beneficial Arthropod Community in a Mediterranean Agroecosystem by de Paz, Víctor, Asís, Josep D, Holzschuh, Andrea, Baños-Picón, Laura

“…Agricultural abandonment is one of the main land-use changes in Europe, and its consequences on biodiversity are context- and taxa-dependent. While several…”
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The complementarity between ecological infrastructure types benefits natural enemies and pollinators in a Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystem by Rosas‐Ramos, Natalia, Baños‐Picón, Laura, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D.

“…Under the current scenario of biodiversity loss across agroecosystems, the preservation of ecological infrastructures is crucial to maintain ecosystem…”
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Farming system shapes traits and composition of spider assemblages in Mediterranean cherry orchards by Rosas-Ramos, Natalia, Baños-Picón, Laura, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D

“…Habitat properties, including crop type, farming system, management practices, or topographic features such as the hillside aspect, may act as environmental…”
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Post-mating shift towards longer-chain cuticular hydrocarbons drastically reduces female attractiveness to males in a digger wasp by Polidori, Carlo, Giordani, Irene, Wurdack, Mareike, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D., Schmitt, Thomas

“…[Display omitted] •In a digger wasp, female attractiveness to males shortly drops after mating.•Change in male behavior was associated with a change in female…”
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Combined use of the larvo‐pupal parasitoids Diachasmimorpha longicaudata and Aganaspis daci for biological control of the medfly by de Pedro, Luis, Tormos, José, Harbi, Ahlem, Ferrara, Fernando, Sabater‐Muñoz, Beatriz, Asís, Josep D., Beitia, Francisco

“…In biological control programmes, it is very common to employ multiple species to manage a single insect pest. However, the beneficial effects of natural…”
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Effects of hillside aspect, landscape features, and kleptoparasitism on the reproductive success of the solitary bee Osmia caerulescens by Tobajas, Estefanía, Rosas‐Ramos, Natalia, Asís, Josep D., Paz, Víctor, Tormos, José, Baños‐Picón, Laura

“…Osmia caerulescens is a generalist solitary bee well‐adapted to altered anthropogenic environments, and the kleptoparasitic wasp Sapyga quinquepunctata has…”
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Falling Victim to Wasps in the Air: A Fate Driven by Prey Flight Morphology? by Ballesteros, Yolanda, Polidori, Carlo, Tormos, José, Baños-Picón, Laura, Asís, Josep D

“…In prey-predator systems where the interacting individuals are both fliers, the flight performance of both participants heavily influences the probability of…”
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The role of artificial ponds in maintaining dragonfly populations in an intensified farmland landscape. A case of study in Zamora, Spain by de Paz, Víctor, Baños-Picón, Laura, Rosas-Ramos, Natalia, Tobajas, Estefanía, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D.

“…Freshwater ecosystems are exceptionally threatened habitats and suffer biodiversity losses that exceed those in any other ecosystem. Small waterbodies have…”
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Pseudoparasitism by Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of pupae of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae): Frequency and implications by DE PEDRO, Luis, BEITIA, Francisco, ASIS, Josep D., TORMOS, Jose

“…The effectiveness of natural enemies in controlling pests may be determined by many traits linked to their ability to regulate the density of their prey. In…”
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Disentangling the Benefits of Organic Farming for Beetle Communities (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Traditional Fruit Orchards by Rosas-Ramos, Natalia, Asís, Josep D., Tobajas, Estefanía, de Paz, Víctor, Baños-Picón, Laura

“…The conversion of traditional land-use systems into more intensive agriculture forms plays a main role in biodiversity loss. Within this framework, organic…”
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Influence of natal host on parasitism by Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) by BEITIA, Francisco, VALENCIA, Erik, PERIS, Bernat, DE PEDRO, Luis, ASIS, Josep D., TORMOS, Jose

“…Spalangia cameroni Perkins (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is sold commercially as a biocontrol agent of filth flies, including the house fly, Musca domestica L…”
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Both landscape and local scale factors matter for the parental investment strategies of the pollinator Osmia caerulescens by Rosas-Ramos, Natalia, Baños-Picón, Laura, Tobajas, Estefanía, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D

“…Bees are important pollinators that use resources from both cropped and natural habitats in agroecosystems, and the amount of extant resources have proven to…”
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Spatial Nest‐Settlement Decisions in Digger Wasps: Conspecifics Matter more than Heterospecifics and Previous Experience by Asís, Josep D, Ballesteros, Yolanda, Tormos, José, Baños‐Picón, Laura, Polidori, Carlo, Tregenza, T

“…Research into the driving forces behind spatial arrangement of wasp nests has considered abiotic environmental factors, but seldom investigated attraction or…”
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Common features and species-specific differences in stridulatory organs and stridulation patterns of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) by Polidori, Carlo, Pavan, Gianni, Ruffato, Gabriele, Asís, Josep D., Tormos, Josè

“…Due to the mostly qualitative, scarce and scattered available data, it is still debated if stridulation patterns and morphology of stridulatory organ are…”
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The preimaginal stages and development of Spalangia cameroni Perkins (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Tormos, José, Beitia, Francisco, Böckmann, Elias A., Asís, Josep D.

“…The development and morphology of the immature phases of Spalangia cameroni Perkins, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) are described from a laboratory rearing…”
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Morphological distance and inter-nest distance account for intra-specific prey overlap in digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) by Polidori, Carlo, Ballesteros, Yolanda, Santoro, Davide, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D.

“…Although inter-individual diet variation is common in predatory wasp populations, the factors accounting for such variation are still largely unknown. Here, we…”
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The effects of wildfire on Spheciformes wasp community structure: the importance of local habitat conditions by Cruz-Sánchez, Miguel A., Asís, Josep D., Gayubo, Severiano F., Tormos, José, González, José A.

“…Changes of the structure of a community of Spheciformes wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) along a 15 year recovery gradient after wildfires in a Mediterranean…”
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The preimaginal phases and development of Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) on Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae) by Tormos, José, Beitia, Francisco, Böckmann, Elias A, Asís, Josep D, Fernández, Severiano

“…The development and morphology of the immature phases of Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani, 1875) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) are described from a laboratory…”
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Natural enemies and pollinators in traditional cherry orchards: Functionally important taxa respond differently to farming system by Rosas-Ramos, Natalia, Baños-Picón, Laura, Tormos, José, Asís, Josep D.

“…•In general, organic management of traditional cherry orchards favors beneficial arthropods.•Functionally important taxa exhibit diverse responses to farming…”
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