Researcher interests: Behavior and ecology of arthropods, in particular sexual behavior and nutritional ecology of economically or medically important flies, such as tephritid fruit flies, mosquitoes and sandflies. Integrated pest management. Microbe-insect interactions. Marin
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences
DEPARTMENT: Entomology
Selected Publications
diel rhythm of volatile emissions of males and females of the peach fruit fly bactrocera zonata (2020)|
Journal of Insect Physiology|
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the host fruit amplifies mutualistic interaction between ceratitis capitata larvae and associated bacteria (2019)|
BMC Biotechnology|
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behavioral responses of the invasive fly philornis downsi to stimuli from bacteria and yeast in the laboratory and the field in the galapagos islands (2019)|
Insects|
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symbiotic bacteria affect oviposition behavior in the olive fruit fly bactrocera oleae (2019)|
Journal of Insect Physiology|
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behavioral responses of the invasive fly philornis downsi to stimuli from bacteria and yeast in the laboratory and the field in the galapagos islands (2019)|
bioRxiv|
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intestinal bacteria modulate the foraging behavior of the oriental fruit fly bactrocera dorsalis diptera tephritidae (2019)|
PLOS ONE|
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intestinal bacteria modulate the foraging behavior of the oriental fruit fly bactrocera dorsalis diptera tephritidae (2019)|
PLOS ONE|
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the host fruit amplifies mutualistic interactions between ceratitis capitata larvae and associated bacteria (2018)|
bioRxiv|
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symbiosis gut bacteria manipulate host behaviour (2017)|
Current Biology|
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transcriptomic responses of the olive fruit fly bactrocera oleae and its symbiont candidatus erwinia dacicola to olive feeding (2017)|
Scientific Reports|
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