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Professor Felix Wackers

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2013
  2. Published

    The enhancement of conservation biological control through targeted landscape management

    Ramsden, M., Menéndez, R., Leather, S. & Wäckers, F., 2013, Environmental management on farmland. Boatman, N., Green, M., Marshall, J., Musters, K., Peach, W., Peel, S., Siriwardena, G. & Smith, B. (eds.). Warwick: ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED BIOLOGISTS, p. 119-126 8 p. (Aspects of Applied Biology; vol. 118).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  3. 2014
  4. Published

    An acquired distaste: sugar discrimination by the larval parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is affected by prior sugar exposure

    Makatiani, J. K., Le, H. K., Olson, D. M., Wackers, F. L. & Takasu, K., 2014, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 217, 10, p. 1692-1700 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Conserved class of queen pheromones stops social insect workers from reproducing

    Van Oystaeyen, A., Oliveira, R. C., Holman, L., van Zweden, J. S., Romero, C., Oi, C. A., d'Ettorre, P., Khalesi, M., Billen, J., Wackers, F. L., Millar, J. G. & Wenseleers, T., 17/01/2014, In: Science. 343, 6168, p. 287-290 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Indirect multi-trophic interactions mediated by induced plant resistance: impact of caterpillar feeding on aphid parasitoids

    Hagenbucher, S., Wackers, F. L. & Romeis, J., 12/02/2014, In: Biology Letters. 10, 2, 5 p., 20130795.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Egg load dynamics and the risk of egg and time limitation experienced by an aphid parasitoid in the field

    Dieckhoff, C., Theobald, J., Wackers, F. L. & Heimpel, G. E., 05/2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 10, p. 1739-1750 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

    Messelink, G. J., Bennison, J., Alomar, O., Ingegno, B. L., Tavella, L., Shipp, L., Palevsky, E. & Wackers, F. L., 08/2014, In: BioControl. 59, 4, p. 377-393 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2015
  10. Published

    Optimizing field margins for biocontrol services: the relative role of aphid abundance, annual floral resources, and overwinter habitat in enhancing aphid natural enemies

    Ramsden, M., Menéndez, R., Leather, S. & Wackers, F., 1/01/2015, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 199, p. 94-104 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Sugar provisioning maximizes the biocontrol service of parasitoids

    Tena, A., Pekas, A., Cano, D., Wackers, F. L. & Urbaneja, A., 06/2015, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 52, 3, p. 795-804 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2016
  13. Published

    Parasitoid nutritional ecology in a community context: the importance of honeydew and implications for biological control

    Tena, A., Wackers, F. L., Heimpel, G. E., Urbaneja, A. & Pekas, A., 04/2016, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 14, p. 100-104 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Nectar accessibility determines fitness, flower choice and abundance of hoverflies that provide natural pest control

    van Rijn, P. C. J. & Wackers, F. L., 13/05/2016, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 53, p. 925-933 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Adult parasitoids of honeydew-producing insects prefer honeydew sugars to cover their energetic needs

    Lenaerts, M., Abid, L., Paulussen, C., Goelen, T., Wackers, F. L., Jacquemyn, H. & Lievens, B., 10/2016, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 42, 10, p. 1028-1036 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 2017
  17. Published

    Effects of pollen species composition on the foraging behaviour and offspring performance of the mason bee Osmia bicornis (L.)

    Bukovinszky, T., Rikken, I., Evers, S., Wackers, F. L., Biesmeijer, J. C., Prins, H. H. T. & Kleijn, D., 02/2017, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 18, p. 21-30 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Do sown flower strips boost wild pollinator abundance and pollination services in a spring-flowering crop? a case study from UK cider apple orchards

    Campbell, A., Wilby, A., Sutton, P. & Wackers, F. L., 15/02/2017, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 239, p. 20-29 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Do natural enemies really make a difference? field scale impacts of parasitoid wasps and hoverfly larvae on cereal aphid populations

    Ramsden, M., Menendez Martinez, M. R., Leather, S. & Wackers, F. L., 05/2017, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 19, 2, p. 139-145 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Getting more Power from Your Flowers: Multi-Functional Flower Strips Enhance Pollinators and Pest Control Agents in Apple Orchards

    Campbell, A., Wilby, A., Sutton, P. & Wackers, F. L., 20/09/2017, In: Insects. 8, 3, 18 p., 101.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Exploring the relationships between landscape complexity, wild bee species richness and reproduction, and pollination services along a complexity gradient in the Netherlands

    Bukovinszky, T., Verheijen, J., Zwever, S., Klop, E., Biesmeijer, J. C., Wackers, F. L., Prins, H. H. T. & Kleijn, D., 10/2017, In: Biological Conservation. 214, p. 312-319 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 2018
  23. Published

    Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects

    Noriega, J. A., Hortal, J., Azcárate, F. M., Berg, M. P., Bonada, N., Briones, M. J. I., Del Toro, I., Goulson, D., Ibanez, S., Landis, D. A., Moretti, M., Potts, S. G., Slade, E., Stout, J. C., Ulyshen, M. D., Wackers, F. L., Woodcock, B. A. & Santos, A. M. C., 1/02/2018, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 26, p. 8-23 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Hibernation leads to altered gut communities in Bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris)

    Bosmans, L., Pozo, M. I., Verreth, C., Crauwels, S., Wäckers, F., Jacquemyn, H. & Lievens, B., 7/12/2018, In: Insects. 9, 4, 14 p., 9040188.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 2020
  26. Published

    Reliably Predicting Pollinator Abundance: Challenges of Calibrating Process-Based Ecological Models

    Gardner, E., Breeze, T. D., Clough, Y., Smith, H. G., Baldock, K. C. R., Campbell, A., Garratt, M., Gillespie, M. A. K., Kunin, W. E., McKerchar, M., Memmott, J., Potts, S. G., Senapathi, D., Stone, G., Wackers, F., Westbury, D. B., Wilby, A. & Oliver, T. H., 1/12/2020, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11, 12, p. 1673-1689 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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