Urbanization and parasitoids

Small urban greening projects can dramatically increase number of ...

... urbanization through boosting the numbers of indigenous insect ... predators and parasitoids that keep pest species in check," added Dr.

Data -- Consumer-resource interactions along urbanization ... - Dryad

Conversely, a parasitoid which attacks gallmakers that induce small galls was unaffected by urbanization. Changes in patterns of attack by birds ...

Urbanization alters communities of flying arthropods in parks and ...

... parasitoids (Bennett & Gratton,. 2012). ... Local and landscape scale variables impact parasitoid assemblages across an urbanization gradient.

Factors affecting distribution of emerald ash borer parasitoids in an ...

Abstract. Tetrastichus planipennisi and Spathius galinae established in an urban environment. Distribution of Spathius galinae was limited by higher ...

Relationship Between Root-Zone Soil Moisture and Proportion of E ...

Thus, it was concluded that there is insufficient evidence to suggest that soil moisture (%) and the percentage of galls affected by parasitoids are related ...

Parasitoid Insects, the Sentinels of the Environmental Quality of Rome

The impact of cities on animal and plant biodiversity is one of the most studied topics in ecology. Urban greenery is vital for preserving ...

Enhancing Urban and Suburban Landscapes to Protect Pollinators

However, when insecticides are used for invasive pests, they may impact pollinators and other beneficial insects and mites — including predators and parasitoids ...

Drosophilidae species diversity and parasitism rate in different types ...

Our research aims to elucidate the effects of different types of urban green spaces on the diversity of Drosophilidae species and their parasitoids, as well as ...

Urbanisation and forest size affect the infestation rates of plant ...

We recorded species-specific responses to the degree of urbanisation and forest size. Gall infestation rate on sycamore leaves was affected by ...

Manipulating parasitoids of bagworm (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) with ...

We conducted field experiments to test the hypothesis that regulation of herbivorous pests in urban landscapes can be enhanced.

Floral resources shape parasite and pathogen dynamics in bees ...

Abstract. Urbanization is associated with increases in impervious land cover, which alters the distribution of resources available to ...

The Effects of Urban Land Use on Wasps: (Hymenoptera: Apocrita)

... parasitoids as providers of bio-control services for urban agriculture in ... Urbanization -- Environmental aspects -- Ohio -- Cleveland, Urban Ecology ...

Urban arthropods respond variably to changes in landscape context ...

Landscape driven parasitoid population decline was most prominent at small spatial scales and again at large spatial scales likely because small to large- sized ...

Biological Control Services from Parasitic Hymenoptera in Urban ...

Urban agriculture is practiced in spatially fragmented landscapes with unique characteristics that can impact species occurrence in time and ...

Rare sight, common occurrence: Parasitoid wasp emerges from a ...

Parasitoids protecting street trees are diverse. ... She's interested in how human pressures (like urbanization) change the insects that live ...

Navigating biological invasion and structural racism in urban systems

This blog post is provided by Piatã Santana Marques and tells their #StoryBehindThePaper for their article "Urbanization can increase the ...

Diversity of Diptera and their parasitoids associated with Inga vera ...

Urbanization, biodiversity, and conservation. BioScience, v. 52, n. 10, p. 883-890, 2002. MORALES-SILVA, T.; MAIA, L. F.; MARTINS, A. L. ...