A common suggestion to support ecosystem services to agriculture provided by mobile
organisms is to increase the amount of natural and seminatural habitat in the landscape …

Host specialization in aphid parasitoids is important both from a theoretical and an applied
point of view. It arises from various ecological mechanisms involving their interactions with …

The rise of temperatures may enable species to increase their activities during winter
periods and to occupy new areas. In winter, resource density is low for most species and an …

Insects are highly dependent on ambient temperatures to ensure their biological functions.
Their persistence in the environment and their resistance to unfavourable temperatures are …

Landscape changes are known to exacerbate the impacts of climate change. As such,
understanding the combined effect of climate and landscape on agroecosystems is vital if …

Traits of physiological thermotolerance are commonly measured in the laboratory as
predictors of the field success of ectotherms at unfavourable temperatures (eg during harsh …

Understanding the stability of communities is fundamental in theoretical and applied
ecology. Organisms atop trophic chains are particularly sensitive to disturbance, especially …

Many species have to cope with decreased resource availability and life expectancy during
winter. The optimal foraging theory predicts that under these conditions, generalist foraging …

In agricultural areas, the climatic conditions at the northern limit of crop cultures could impact
pest regulation. In this paper, we study the aphid-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid network in …

In the 1970s, cereal aphids populations (specially Metopolophium dirhodum) were out of
balance in the subtropical region of South America and a successful biological control …