Sugar provisioning maximizes the biocontrol service of parasitoids A Tena, A Pekas, D Cano, FL Wäckers, A Urbaneja Journal of Applied Ecology 52 (3), 795-804, 2015 | 99 | 2015 |
Parasitoid nutritional ecology in a community context: the importance of honeydew and implications for biological control A Tena, FL Wäckers, GE Heimpel, A Urbaneja, A Pekas Current opinion in insect science 14, 100-104, 2016 | 97 | 2016 |
Energy reserves of parasitoids depend on honeydew from non‐hosts A Tena, A Pekas, FL Wäckers, A Urbaneja Ecological Entomology 38 (3), 278-289, 2013 | 83 | 2013 |
Spatio‐temporal patterns and interactions with honeydew‐producing Hemiptera of ants in a Mediterranean citrus orchard A Pekas, A Tena, A Aguilar, F Garcia‐Marí Agricultural and Forest Entomology 13 (1), 89, 2011 | 81 | 2011 |
One stone; two birds: concurrent pest control and pollination services provided by aphidophagous hoverflies A Pekas, I De Craecker, S Boonen, FL Wäckers, R Moerkens Biological Control, 104328, 2020 | 74 | 2020 |
Optimizing aphid biocontrol with the predator Aphidoletes aphidimyza, based on biology and ecology FX Boulanger, S Jandricic, K Bolckmans, FL Wäckers, A Pekas Pest management science 75 (6), 1479-1493, 2019 | 71 | 2019 |
The invasive spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) alters community composition and host-plant use of native relatives F Ferragut, E Garzón-Luque, A Pekas Experimental and Applied Acarology 60, 321-341, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
Attract and distract: Manipulation of a food-mediated protective mutualism enhances natural pest control FL Wäckers, JS Alberola, F Garcia-Marí, A Pekas Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 246, 168-174, 2017 | 58 | 2017 |
Soil-dwelling predatory mites in citrus: their potential as natural enemies of thrips with special reference to Pezothrips kellyanus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) C Navarro-Campos, A Pekas, ML Moraza, A Aguilar, F Garcia-Marí Biological control 63 (2), 201-209, 2012 | 55 | 2012 |
Type and spatial distribution of food supplements impact population development and dispersal of the omnivore predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur)(Hemiptera: Miridae) K Put, T Bollens, FL Wäckers, A Pekas Biological Control 63 (2), 172-180, 2012 | 55 | 2012 |
Influence of host size on parasitism by Aphytis chrysomphali and A. melinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in Mediterranean populations of California red scale Aonidiella aurantii … A Pekas, A Aguilar, A Tena, F Garcia-Marí Biological Control 55 (2), 132-140, 2010 | 48 | 2010 |
Sugar provisioning for ants enhances biological control of mealybugs in citrus J Pérez-Rodríguez, A Pekas, A Tena, FL Wäckers Biological Control 157, 104573, 2021 | 46 | 2021 |
Chronic exposure of bumblebees to neonicotinoid imidacloprid suppresses the entire mevalonate pathway and fatty acid synthesis T Erban, B Sopko, P Talacko, K Harant, K Kadlikova, T Halesova, ... Journal of proteomics 196, 69-80, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
Host size and spatiotemporal patterns mediate the coexistence of specialist parasitoids A Pekas, A Tena, JA Harvey, F Garcia‐Marí, E Frago Ecology, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
Discrimination of the closely related biocontrol agents Macrolophus melanotoma (Hemiptera: Miridae) and M. pygmaeus using mitochondrial DNA analysis DC Perdikis, JT Margaritopoulos, C Stamatis, Z Mamuris, DP Lykouressis, ... Bulletin of Entomological Research 93 (6), 507-514, 2003 | 45 | 2003 |
Ants in citrus: impact on the abundance, species richness, diversity and community structure of predators and parasitoids A Calabuig, F Garcia-Marí, A Pekas Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 213, 178-185, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
Impact of factitious foods and prey on the oviposition of the predatory mites Gaeolaelaps aculeifer and Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae) C Navarro-Campos, FL Wäckers, A Pekas Experimental and Applied Acarology 70, 69-78, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
Aphidophagous hoverflies reduce foxglove aphid infestations and improve seed set and fruit yield in sweet pepper R Moerkens, S Boonen, FL Wäckers, A Pekas Pest Management Science 77 (6), 2690-2696, 2021 | 38 | 2021 |
Effect of Mediterranean ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on California red scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) populations in citrus orchards A Pekas, A Tena, A Aguilar, F Garcia-Marí Environmental entomology 39 (3), 827-834, 2010 | 36 | 2010 |
The quality of nonprey food affects cannibalism, intraguild predation, and hyperpredation in two species of phytoseiid mites A Calabuig, A Pekas, FL Wäckers Journal of Economic Entomology 111 (1), 72-77, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |