A5045124942- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
Universidad de Salamanca
2014-2024
Universitat de Barcelona
2023
Abstract Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key aim of sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement crop fields other habitats in impacts arthropods their functions poorly known. Synthesising data from 49 studies (1515 landscapes) across Europe, we examined effects landscape composition (% habitats) configuration (edge density) on margins, pest control, pollination yields. Configuration interacted with proportions non‐crop...
Abstract Under the current scenario of biodiversity loss across agroecosystems, preservation ecological infrastructures is crucial to maintain ecosystem functions and deliver services such as pollination or biological control pests, which largely determine agricultural productivity food security. The role that hedges strips have in enhancing functionally important groups, including predators, parasitoids pollinators has been reasonably well investigated temperate areas. However, it much less...
Stefanescu, C., Aguado, L.O., Asís, J.D., Baños-Picón, L., Cerdá, X., Marcos García, M.Á., Micó, E., Ricarte, A., Tormos, J. 2018. Diversity of insect pollinators in the Iberian Peninsula. Ecosistemas 27(2): 9-22. Doi.: 10.7818/ECOS.1391 Numerous observations and studies that have been carried out recent decades show that, addition to bees ((Hymenoptera; Anthophila), other groups insects play a major role entomophilous pollination. This article reviews information literature available on...
Bees are important pollinators that use resources from both cropped and natural habitats in agroecosystems, the amount of extant have proven to be critical adoption parental investment decisions. Thus, mixed effects resource distribution organisms' foraging dispersal movements on decisions cannot adequately evaluated without different spatial scales. We assess landscape context local habitat type offspring traits Osmia caerulescens L. were obtained standardized trap-nests established...
Las abejas son un grupo extremadamente diverso con más de 1000 especies descritas en la península ibérica. Además, excelentes polinizadores y aportan numerosos servicios ecosistémicos fundamentales para mayoría ecosistemas terrestres. Debido a los diversos cambios ambientales inducidos por el ser humano, existen evidencias del declive algunas sus poblaciones ciertas especies. Sin embargo, conocemos muy poco estado conservación muchas ellas ignoramos cuál es su distribución En este trabajo...
Habitat properties, including crop type, farming system, management practices, or topographic features such as the hillside aspect, may act environmental filters that select organisms sharing traits compatible with those conditions. The more environmentally-friendly practices implemented in organic seem to benefit a range of taxa, but extent benefits is not well understood. In cherry orchards Jerte Valley (Extremadura, western Spain), we explored response spider assemblages system (organic...
Abstract Bembix merceti, a central-place forager that captures dipterans to feed its larvae, could be considered suboptimal forager. The females tend optimize their provisioning flights, capturing prey in proportions different from those present the surrounding environment. These wasps make positive selection of families flies with greater mean weights even though they are less abundant and, within whose weight is not too great, capture individuals larger than mean. Selection based on size...
Agricultural abandonment is one of the main land-use changes in Europe, and its consequences on biodiversity are context- taxa-dependent. While several studies have worked this topic, few focused traditional orchards, especially different landscapes under a Mediterranean climate. In context, we aimed to determine effects almond orchard communities three groups beneficial arthropods role landscape context modulating these effects. Between February September 2019, four samplings were carried...
Abstract Research into the driving forces behind spatial arrangement of wasp nests has considered abiotic environmental factors, but seldom investigated attraction or repulsion towards conspecifics heterospecifics. Solitary female digger wasps (Hymenoptera) often nest in dense aggregations, making these insects good models to study this topic. Here, we analysed nesting patterns an area shared by three species genus Bembix , a novel discover whether are attracted repulsed conspecific nests,...
In prey-predator systems where the interacting individuals are both fliers, flight performance of participants heavily influences probability success predator (the prey is captured) and avoided). While morphology (an estimate performance) predatory wasps has rarely been addressed as a factor that may contribute to explain use, how potential output predator-prey encounters not studied. Here, we hypothesized associated with ability (flight muscle mass body ratio (FMR) wing area (wing loading,...
Agricultural abandonment and intensification are among the main land-use changes in Europe. Along with these processes, different proposals have been developed to counteract negative effects derived from agricultural intensification, including organic management. In this context, we aimed determine how management farmland affect Bactrocera oleae its groups of natural enemies: hymenopteran parasitoids, spiders, ants, carabids, staphylinids. Between May October 2018, four samplings were...
Insect brood parasites have evolved a variety of strategies to avoid being detected by their hosts. Few previous studies on cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), which are natural enemies solitary and bees, shown that chemical mimicry, i.e., the biosynthesis cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) match host profile, in several species. However, mimicry was not all investigated host-parasite pairs. The effect range as second factor may play role evolution has been neglected, since were carried out...
The conversion of traditional land-use systems into more intensive agriculture forms plays a main role in biodiversity loss. Within this framework, organic management has received widespread attention since it is assumed to enhance multiple taxa, including different groups insects and plants. However, its contribution the promotion organism diversity still controversial. We developed study cherry orchards from Jerte Valley (western Spain) examine how coleopteran plant assemblages are driven...
Data on the bionomics of Dryudella stigma (Panzer, 1809) in Poland are presented. The larva is described for first time a European , and second world with only D. immigrans before. egg stage lasts 2–3 days, larval 11–14 days. praepupal longest overwinters cocoon from mid-July to end May. female provisions an average seven bug nymphs per cell, mainly Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pentatomidae), less often Ceraleptus lividus Stein, 1858 (Coreidae) Corizus hyoscyami (Rhopalidae). Nests...
Although diet has traditionally been considered to be a property of the species or populations as whole, there is nowadays extensive knowledge that individual specialization widespread among animal populations. Nevertheless, factors determining shape interactions within food webs remain largely undiscovered, especially in predatory insects. We used an aggregation digger wasp Bembix merceti 1) analyse patterns prey use across three flying seasons network-based context; and 2) test effect four...
The female of Cordylocras abscondita de Paz & Popovici sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the province Salamanca (Western Spain). male C. mirabilis Kozlov, 1966 are redescribed new data on distribution, photographs holotype provided. possible biology species discussed.
First record of Atypus affinis Eichwald, 1830 (Araneae, Atypidae) in Extremadura (western Spain), within a traditional agro-ecosystem
Osmia caerulescens is a generalist solitary bee well‐adapted to altered anthropogenic environments, and the kleptoparasitic wasp Sapyga quinquepunctata has been cited among its natural enemies. We analysed offspring characteristics of O. S. , at population individual levels, compared these between sunny shady aspects two zones within valley that differed in landscape complexity (simple complex zones). The production was higher aspect levels while positively associated with zone lower...
Freshwater ecosystems are exceptionally threatened habitats and suffer biodiversity losses that exceed those in any other ecosystem. Small waterbodies have been typically neglected excluded from conservation strategies, even though they essential for maintaining freshwater biodiversity. Dragonflies considered effective surrogates of the diversity taxa bioindicators state aquatic environments. This study compares, an intensified farmland landscape western Spain, capacity farm ponds to...
In agricultural systems, linear habitat features and resource shifting over the season can shape insect communities. When evaluating assemblages, use of trait-based approaches allows measuring functional component diversity which, combined with a taxonomical perspective, may help to understand how environmental factors drive community structuring. Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystems, we assessed Heteroptera communities evaluate type (hedgerow vs. grass strip) seasonality assemblages from...