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: Danny Haelewaters, Thomas Hiller, Piotr Ceryngier, René Eschen, Michał Gorczak, Makenna L. Houston, Kamil Kisło, Michal Knapp, Nediljko Landeka, Walter P. Pfliegler, Peter Zach, M. Catherine Aime, Oldřich Nedvěd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
community ecology
Hesperomyces
Laboulbeniales
parasite prevalence
precipitation
temperature
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.773423/full

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