Do Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influence the Prevalence of a Common Parasite of the Invasive Alien Ladybird Harmonia axyridis?

Do Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influence the Prevalence of a Common Parasite of the Invasive Alien Ladybird Harmonia axyridis?

Hesperomyces virescens (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales), a fungal ectoparasite, is thus far reported on Harmonia axyridis from five continents: North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. While it is known that He. virescens can cause mortality of Ha. axyridis under laboratory conditions, the rol...

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Main Authors: Aime, M.C (Author), Ceryngier, P. (Author), Eschen, R. (Author), Gorczak, M. (Author), Haelewaters, D. (Author), Hiller, T. (Author), Houston, M.L (Author), Kisło, K. (Author), Knapp, M. (Author), Landeka, N. (Author), Nedvěd, O. (Author), Pfliegler, W.P (Author), Zach, P. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Subjects:
agricultural landscape
community ecology
Hesperomyces
Laboulbeniales
parasite prevalence
precipitation
spatial modeling
temperature
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