Abiotic factors strongly influence ecological interactions and the spatial distribution of
organisms. Despite the essential role of barometric pressure, its influence on insect …

Thrips are considered a secondary pest of soybean in Brazil, but high densities have been
noticed since the last harvests (2017/18 and 2018/19), yet no study has provided an initial …

Background Understanding how biotic and abiotic factors affect insect mortality is crucial for
both fundamental knowledge of population ecology and for successful pest management …

Co-occurrence a correlation profiles are driven by different factors (exogenous and
endogenous) and drawing a profile of association between species based on co …

All holometabolous insects undergo a pupal life stage, a transformative period during which
the insects are immobile and thus particularly vulnerable to both natural enemies and …

The cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni Hübner (Lep.: Noctuidae), is a destructive pest of
Brassica crops. Their larvae defoliate plants, leading to reduced crop yield. Understanding …

Holometabolous insects, those that undergo complete metamorphosis, owe their
tremendous evolutionary success in large part to an efficient division of labor between a …

Parasitoids represent the third trophic level in plant-insect food webs. They develop in or on
herbivorous insects at the second trophic level, which in turn feed on plants that constitute …