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Attract and distract: Manipulation of a food-mediated protective mutualism enhances natural pest control

Felix L. Wäckers,Jesús Sánchez Alberola,Ferran Garcia-Marí,Apostolos Pekas

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment（2017）

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Abstract
•Sugar provisioning affected the ant-aphid mutualism.•Sugar provisioning impacted ant activity.•Ant attendance was lower on both treatments with sugar provisioning.•Aphid colony size was faster reduced after sugar provisioning.•The abundance of the aphid natural enemies was enhanced following sugar provisioning.
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Ant-hemiptera mutualism,Biological control,Sugars,Citrus,Natural enemies
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