A5101757734- Plant and animal studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Lisbon
2019-2023
Cities, due to the presence of ports and airports high diversity trees in streets, parks, gardens, may play an important role for introduction invasive forest pests. We hypothesize that areas urban facilitate establishment non-native Based on scientific literature a pan-European database species feeding woody plants, we analysed where first detections occurred European countries. collected site data 137 Europe 508 country-specific records. also estimated percentage tree cover suitable...
The African citrus psyllid, Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio) (Hemiptera, Triozidae), is native to tropical Africa and invasive species in North America Europe. main host plants are citrus, displaying a preference for lemon trees. This psyllid was recently detected the northwest region of Iberian Peninsula, both Spain Portugal. Here, we used model combining reaction-diffusion stochastic long-distance dispersal simulate invasion dynamics T. spread Portugal simulated between 2015 2021 different...
The proximity to transportation hubs and the large movement of goods people in cities make trees especially prone invasive insect pests. Urban tree arrangements, isolated sites or forest patches, may alter their susceptibility herbivory. Surprisingly little is known about how urban spatial arrangements influence pest abundance top-down regulation by natural enemies. We sampled an Eucalyptus, psyllid Glycaspis brimblecombei, two its enemies, specialist exotic parasitoid Psyllaephagus bliteus...