Un joli article sur mes insectes en récup’ de Patrick di Lenardo, dans le Courrier Neuchâtelois du 6 juin 2012 PDF
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Un joli article sur un projet à la frontière entre science et art paru dans Terre et Nature …à lire ici PDF
Un joli article sur les coccinelles suisses et la coccinelle asiatique Harmonia axyridis…PDF par S. Fasolin, paru dans Landliebe Juni/Juli 2012
My invasion biology project at Zurich airport on the Swiss Italian TV (here)
My research broadcasted on the Swiss radio DSR2
First field quantification of intraguild predation by the asiatic invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis, at the species level, on native ladybird species (Adalia bipunctata and A. decempunctata). THOMAS A, TROTMAN J, WHEATLEY A, AEBI A, ZINDEL R and BROWN PMJ(2013) Predation of native coccinellids by the invasive alien Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): detection in Britain by PCR-based gut…
The chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a global pest of chestnut (Castanea spp). Established as a pest in the mid-twentieth century in Japan, Korea and North America, this species was first reported in Europe in 2002. Following the successful release of a biological control agent Torymus sinensis in Japan, this parasitoid species has been…
There is growing realisation that integrating genetics and ecology is critical in the context of biological invasions, since the two are explicitly linked. So far, the focus of ecological genetics of invasive alien species (IAS) has been on determining the sources and routes of invasions, and the genetic make-up of founding populations, which is critical…
Honeybees, through their role as pollinators, provide a crucial ecosystem service to natural flora and agriculture worldwide. Parasites and pathogens represent an increasing threat to honeybees. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) in the USA and other types of colony losses in other parts of the world are characterized by unexplained decrease of adult population leading to…
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1. Arthropods are important players in biological control as pests, control agents and transmitters of invertebrate diseases. Arthropods are frequently infected with one or several micro-organisms, serving as micro-ecosystems in which multiple interactions can take place. These micro-organisms include disease agents and symbiotic micro-organisms. The latter are usually vertically transmitted and can have a broad…
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