Abstract Purpose The woolly beech aphid thrives on European leaves, which has complex direct and indirect impacts above- belowground processes. A mechanistic understanding of insect-mediated changes in organic carbon (OC) availability for microbial life its implications element cycling is still lacking. This study aims at disentangling aphid-induced effects phyllosphere rhizosphere bacterial co...

There are few regulations for the release of parasitoids and predators, compared to herbivorous arthropods and pathogens, used as classical biological control agents in the United States The types of tests conducted prior to release of the predator or parasitoid into the environment are often up to the individual wishing to introduce the new agent. Ethical researchers understand the importance ...

A multilateral approach that includes both biotic and climatic data was developed to detect the main variables that affect the ecology and population dynamics of woolly apple aphid Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann). Crawlers migrated up and down the trunk mainly from spring to autumn and horizontal migration through the canopy was observed from May to August. Winter temperatures did not kill the ca...