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Professor Felix Wackers

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    Bloemrijke akkerranden voeden natuurlijke vijanden.

    van Rijn, P. C. J. & Wäckers, F. L., 2007, In: Entomologische Berichten. 67, p. 226-231 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    The impact of floral resources on syrphid performance and cabbage aphid biological control.

    van Rijn, P. C. J., Kooijman, J. & Wäckers, F. L., 2006, In: Iobc Wprs Bulletin. 29, 6, p. 149-152 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Effect of additional resources on aphidopohagous parasitoid wasp activity on field margins in arable landscapes

    Ramsden, M., Menendez Martinez, R., Leather, S. & Wäckers, F., 2012, Working Group “Landscape Management for Functional biodiversity: Preceedings of the meeting at Lleida (Spain), 07 – 10 May, 2012. Holland, J., Gerowitt, B., Alomar, O., Bianchi, F., Eggenschwiler, L., van Helden, M., Moonen, C., Poehling, H-M. & Rossing, W. (eds.). p. 161-165 5 p. (IOBC/WPRS Bulletin; vol. 75).

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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Management of field margins to maximize multiple ecological services.

    Olson, D. M. & Wäckers, F. L., 02/2007, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 44, 1, p. 13-21 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Plant-herbivore-carnivore interactions in cotton, Gossypium hirsutum : linking belowground and aboveground.

    Olson, D. M., Davis, R. F., Wäckers, F. L., Rains, G. C. & Potter, T., 10/2009, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 34, 10, p. 1341-1348 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Effects of vegetation management in field margins on Meteorus autographae and Pseudoplusia includens.

    Olson, D. M. & Wäckers, F. L., 03/2007, In: Journal of Insect Science. 7, p. 16

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Effects of different kairomonal sources on the performance of Eretmocerus sp. near Furuhashii against Bemisia tabaci on cucumber: II greenhouse.

    Mandour, N. S., Ren, S. X., Qiu, B. L. & Wäckers, F. L., 2007, In: Journal of Plant Protection Research. 47, p. 289-298 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    Indian Bt cotton varieties do not affect the performance of cotton aphids.

    Lawo, N. C., Wäckers, F. L. & Romeis, J., 12/03/2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 3, p. e4804

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  20. Published

    Characterizing indirect prey-quality mediated effects of a Bt crop on predatory larvae of the green lacewing, Chrysoperla camea

    Lawo, N. C., Wackers, F. & Romeis, J., 11/2010, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 56, 11, p. 1702-1710 9 p., 56.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Honeydew feeding in the solitary bee Osmia bicornis as affected by aphid species and nectar availability

    Konrad, R., Wäckers, F. L., Romeis, J. & Babendreier, D., 12/2009, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 55, 12, p. 1158-1166 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin) in aphid honeydew negatively affects survival of a honeydew consuming parasitoid.

    Hogervorst, P. A. M., Wäckers, F. L., Woodring, J. & Romeis, J., 05/2009, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 11, 2, p. 161-173 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The importance of honeydew as food for larvae of Chrysoperla carnea in the presence of aphids.

    Hogervorst, P. A. M., Wäckers, F. L., Carette, A-C. & Romeis, J., 02/2008, In: Journal of Applied Entomology. 132, 1, p. 18-25 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Detecting nutritional state and food source use in field-collected insects that synthesize honeydew oligosaccharides.

    Hogervorst, P. A. M., Wäckers, F. L. & Romeis, J., 10/2007, In: Functional Ecology. 21, 5, p. 936-946 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Effects of honeydew sugar composition on the longevity of Aphidius ervi.

    Hogervorst, P. A. M., Wäckers, F. L. & Romeis, J., 03/2007, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 122, 3, p. 223-232 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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