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Do sown flower strips boost wild pollinator abundance and pollination services in a spring-flowering crop? A case study from UK cider apple orchards by Campbell, Alistair J., Wilby, Andrew, Sutton, Peter, Wäckers, Felix L.

“…•Flower strips increased wild insect but not honeybee visitation in orchards.•Fruit set was positively associated with wild bee visitation.•Wild bees have high…”
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Aphidophagous hoverflies reduce foxglove aphid infestations and improve seed set and fruit yield in sweet pepper by Moerkens, Rob, Boonen, Sten, Wäckers, Felix L, Pekas, Apostolos

“…BACKGROUND Larvae of many hoverfly species prey upon aphids, whereas the adults, by relying on nectar and pollen, contribute to the pollination of many plant…”
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Bottom-up Effects on Tri-trophic Interactions: Plant Fertilization Enhances the Fitness of a Primary Parasitoid Mediated by Its Herbivore Host by Pekas, Apostolos, Wäckers, Felix L.

“…Plants play a pivotal role in interactions involving herbivores and their natural enemies. Variation in plant primary and secondary metabolites not only…”
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Nectar accessibility determines fitness, flower choice and abundance of hoverflies that provide natural pest control by van Rijn, Paul C. J., Wäckers, Felix L.

“…In modern agricultural landscapes, many organisms providing ecosystem services such as pollination and natural pest control are likely constrained by shortage…”
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One stone; two birds: concurrent pest control and pollination services provided by aphidophagous hoverflies by Pekas, Apostolos, De Craecker, Ines, Boonen, Sten, Wäckers, Felix L., Moerkens, Rob

“…•Larvae of aphidophagous hoverflies are aphid predators while adults contribute to pollination.•We tested Eupeodes corollae and Sphaerophoria rueppellii as…”
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Sugar provisioning maximizes the biocontrol service of parasitoids by Tena, Alejandro, Pekas, Apostolos, Cano, Dalmert, Wäckers, Felix L., Urbaneja, Alberto

“…1. There is increasing interest in the use of food supplements in agriculture to enhance the performance of parasitoids as part of conservation biological…”
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Conserved Class of Queen Pheromones Stops Social Insect Workers from Reproducing by Van Oystaeyen, Annette, Oliveira, Ricardo Caliari, Holman, Luke, van Zweden, Jelle S., Romero, Carmen, Oi, Cintia A., d'Ettorre, Patrizia, Khalesi, Mohammadreza, Billen, Johan, Wäckers, Felix, Millar, Jocelyn G., Wenseleers, Tom

“…A major evolutionary transition to eusociality with reproductive division of labor between queens and workers has arisen independently at least 10 times in the…”
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Managing biological control services through multi‐trophic trait interactions: review and guidelines for implementation at local and landscape scales by Perović, David J., Gámez‐Virués, Sagrario, Landis, Douglas A., Wäckers, Felix, Gurr, Geoff M., Wratten, Stephen D., You, Min‐Sheng, Desneux, Nicolas

“…ABSTRACT Ecological studies are increasingly moving towards trait‐based approaches, as the evidence mounts that functions, as opposed to taxonomy, drive…”
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The Quality of Nonprey Food Affects Cannibalism, Intraguild Predation, and Hyperpredation in Two Species of Phytoseiid Mites by Calabuig, Altea, Pekas, Apostolos, Wäckers, Felix L

“…Generalist arthropod predators not only prey on herbivores but also may engage in competitive interactions by attacking and consuming conspecifics…”
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Multiple resource supplements synergistically enhance predatory mite populations by Pekas, Apostolos, Wäckers, Felix L.

“…Many plants offer food rewards such as extrafloral nectar and food bodies, which have been shown to attract and retain entomophagous arthropods. In addition to…”
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The contribution of floral resources and honeydew to the performance of predatory hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) by van Rijn, Paul C.J., Kooijman, Jurgen, Wäckers, Felix L.

“…•Aphid honeydew enhances adult hoverfly longevity.•When pollen and nectar are available, honeydew still generates additional survival.•Feeding on floral…”
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Attract and distract: Manipulation of a food-mediated protective mutualism enhances natural pest control by Wäckers, Felix L., Alberola, Jesús Sánchez, Garcia-Marí, Ferran, Pekas, Apostolos

“…•Sugar provisioning affected the ant-aphid mutualism.•Sugar provisioning impacted ant activity.•Ant attendance was lower on both treatments with sugar…”
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Optimizing aphid biocontrol with the predator Aphidoletes aphidimyza, based on biology and ecology by Boulanger, François‐Xavier, Jandricic, Sarah, Bolckmans, Karel, Wäckers, Felix L, Pekas, Apostolos

“…Aphidoletes aphidimyza is one of the most important predators used in the augmentative biological control of aphids, key pests of many crops worldwide. Adult…”
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Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects by Messelink, Gerben J, Bennison, Jude, Alomar, Oscar, Ingegno, Barbara L, Tavella, Luciana, Shipp, Les, Palevsky, Eric, Wäckers, Felix L

“…Biological pest control in greenhouse crops is usually based on periodical releases of mass-produced natural enemies, and this method has been successfully…”
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Nectar and Pollen Feeding by Insect Herbivores and Implications for Multitrophic Interactions by Wackers, F.L, Romeis, J, Rijn, P. van

“…Among herbivorous insects with a complete metamorphosis the larval and adult stages usually differ considerably in their nutritional requirements and food…”
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Exploring the relationships between landscape complexity, wild bee species richness and reproduction, and pollination services along a complexity gradient in the Netherlands by Bukovinszky, Tibor, Verheijen, Joke, Zwerver, Susan, Klop, Esther, Biesmeijer, Jacobus C., Wäckers, Felix L., Prins, Herbert H.T., Kleijn, David

“…Pollinator communities exhibit variable responses to changing landscape composition. A general expectation is that a decreasing cover of semi-natural habitats…”
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Flowers to selectively enhance the fitness of a host-feeding parasitoid: Adult feeding by Tuta absoluta and its parasitoid Necremnus artynes by Balzan, Mario V., Wäckers, Felix L.

“…•Effect of nectar and host-feeding (HF) on T. absoluta and N. artynes is studied.•Floral nectar enhanced lifetime fecundity in T. absoluta and N. artynes…”
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Selective flowers to enhance biological control of cabbage pests by parasitoids by Géneau, Céline E., Wäckers, Felix L., Luka, Henryk, Daniel, Claudia, Balmer, Oliver

“…Habitat management is an important element in sustainable agriculture and can be used to maximize a range of ecosystem services that support crop production…”
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Distance‐dependent attraction of the generalist aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani towards synthetic volatile organic compounds under greenhouse conditions by van Neerbos, Francine A. C., Mertens, Rani, Wäckers, Felix L., Bosmans, Lien, Jacquemyn, Hans, Lievens, Bart

“…Abstract Manipulation of insect foraging may provide the basis for effective insect pest control strategies. Recent laboratory and small‐scale greenhouse…”
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Parasitoid nutritional ecology in a community context: the importance of honeydew and implications for biological control by Tena, Alejandro, Wäckers, Felix L, Heimpel, George E, Urbaneja, Alberto, Pekas, Apostolos

“…•Parasitoids commonly feed on honeydew, the primary carbohydrate source in many agroecosystems.•The potential role of honeydew in biological control has been…”
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