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List of works by Maurice W. Sabelis

"Sleeping with the enemy"--predator-induced diapause in a mite

scientific article published on 27 August 2008

'Take-away' foraging spatially uncouples predator and prey-attack distributions.

scientific article published on 23 April 2010

A demonstration of asynchronous local cycles in an acarine predator-prey system

scientific article published in 1992

A herbivore that manipulates plant defence

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A herbivorous mite down-regulates plant defence and produces web to exclude competitors

scientific article published in 2011

Active prey mixing as an explanation for polyphagy in predatory arthropods: synergistic dietary effects on egg production despite a behavioural cost

scientific article published in 2015

Adaptive learning in arthropods: spider mites learn to distinguish food quality

scientific article published in January 2003

Adaptive learning of host preference in a herbivorous arthropod

scientific article published in 2001

Age-dependent rates of infection of cassava green mites by a fungal pathogen in Brazil.

scientific article published in January 2002

Alternative food and biological control by generalist predatory mites: the case of Amblyseius swirskii

scientific article published on 01 April 2015

Alternative phenotypes of male mating behaviour in the two-spotted spider mite

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An ecological cost of plant defence: attractiveness of bitter cucumber plants to natural enemies of herbivores

scientific article published in 2002

Analysis of prey preference in phytoseiid mites by using an olfactometer, predation models and electrophoresis

scientific article published in 1988

Anthocorid predators learn to associate herbivore-induced plant volatiles with presence or absence of prey

scientific article published in 2000

Asymmetry in male lethal fight between parapatric forms of a social spider mite

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Attraction of a generalist predator towards herbivore-infested plants

scientific article published in 1999

Beyond Predation: The Zoophytophagous Predator Macrolophus pygmaeus Induces Tomato Resistance against Spider Mites

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Biological Control of the Bulb Mite, Rhizoglyphus robini, by the Predatory Mite, Hypoaspis aculeifer, on Lilies: Predator-Prey Interactions at Various Spatial Scales

scientific article published in 1996

Biological control of broad mites (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) with the generalist predator Amblyseius swirskii

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Biological control of cassava green mite with exotic and indigenous phytoseiid predators—Effects of intraguild predation and supplementary food

scientific article published in 2005

Biology and control of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica: an introduction

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Call for a return to rigour in models.

scientific article published in October 2010

Can plants betray the presence of multiple herbivore species to predators and parasitoids? The role of learning in phytochemical information networks

scientific article published in 2005

Candidate predators for biological control of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae

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Complex odor from plants under attack: herbivore's enemies react to the whole, not its parts

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Corn plants treated with jasmonic acid attract more specialist parasitoids, thereby increasing parasitization of the common armyworm.

scientific article published in September 2004

Cross-correlation analysis of fluctuations in local populations of pear psyllids and anthocorid bugs

scientific article published in 1999

Cry-wolf signals emerging from coevolutionary feedbacks in a tritrophic system.

scientific article published in November 2015

Cues of intraguild predators affect the distribution of intraguild prey

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Defense suppression benefits herbivores that have a monopoly on their feeding site but can backfire within natural communities.

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Diapause incidence in the two-spotted spider mite increases due to predator presence, not due to selective predation

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Diet of intraguild predators affects antipredator behavior in intraguild prey

scholarly article by Sara Magalhães et al published 13 October 2004 in Behavioral Ecology

Diet-dependent effects of gut bacteria on their insect host: the symbiosis of Erwinia sp. and western flower thrips.

scientific article published in October 2004

Diet-dependent female choice for males with ‘good genes’ in a soil predatory mite

scientific article published in Nature

Differential timing of spider mite-induced direct and indirect defenses in tomato plants

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Distribution and oviposition site selection by predatory mites in the presence of intraguild predators

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

Do phytoseiid mites select the best prey species in terms of reproductive success?

Does methyl salicylate, a component of herbivore-induced plant odour, promote sporulation of the mite-pathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae?

scientific article published on January 2006

Does prey preference change as a result of prey species being presented together? Analysis of prey selection by the predatory mite Typhlodromus pyri (Acarina: Phytoseiidae)

scientific article published on 01 November 1989

Dynamics of refuge use: diurnal, vertical migration by predatory and herbivorous mites within cassava plants

scientific article published in 2003

Ecology meets plant physiology: herbivore-induced plant responses and their indirect effects on arthropod communities

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Editorial

Effects of kinship or familiarity? Small thrips larvae experience lower predation risk only in groups of mixed-size siblings

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Effects of ultraviolet radiation on predatory mites and the role of refuges in plant structures

scientific article published on April 2010

Erratum to: Order of invasion affects the spatial distribution of a reciprocal intraguild predator.

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Evolution of specialization and ecological character displacement of herbivores along a gradient of plant quality

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Evolution of talking plants in a tritrophic context: conditions for uninfested plants to attract predators prior to herbivore attack

scientific article published on 13 June 2006

Evolution restricts the coexistence of specialists and generalists: the role of trade-off structure

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Evolutionary Dynamics of Prey Exploitation in a Metapopulation of Predators

scientific article published in 2002

Evolutionary dynamics of prey exploitation in a metapopulation of predators

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Females as intraguild predators of males in cross-pairing experiments with phytoseiid mites

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Flexible antipredator behaviour in herbivorous mites through vertical migration in a plant

scientific article published on June 2002

Generalist red velvet mite predator (Balaustium sp.) performs better on a mixed diet

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

Gross morphology of the central nervous system of a phytoseiid mite

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Group selection and inclusive fitness are not equivalent; the Price equation vs. models and statistics

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Habitat structure affects intraguild predation

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Habitat structure and population persistence in an experimental community

scientific article published in Nature

Herbivore benefits from vectoring plant virus through reduction of period of vulnerability to predation

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Herbivore host plant selection: whitefly learns to avoid host plants that harbour predators of her offspring.

scientific article published on 7 June 2003

Herbivore-induced plant volatiles trigger sporulation in entomopathogenic fungi: the case of Neozygites tanajoae infecting the cassava green mite

scientific article published on May 2005

Herbivore-specific, density-dependent induction of plant volatiles: honest or "cry wolf" signals?

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Host-plant species modifies the diet of an omnivore feeding on three trophic levels

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How Plants Obtain Predatory Mites as Bodyguards

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How predator functional responses and Allee effects in prey affect the paradox of enrichment and population collapses.

scientific article published on 19 December 2006

How predatory mites find plants with whitefly prey.

scientific article published in January 2005

Human cooperation by lethal group competition

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Imperfect diet choice reduces the performance of a predatory mite

scientific article published in 2023

Improved control capacity of the mite predator Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on tomato

scientific article published in 1997

Incomplete premating and postmating reproductive barriers between two parapatric populations of a social spider mite

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Inferring Colonization Processes from Population Dynamics in Spatially Structured Predator-Prey Systems

scientific article published in 2000

Interactions Between Two Neotropical Phytoseiid Predators on Cassava Plants and Consequences for Biological Control of a Shared Spider Mite Prey: a Screenhouse Evaluation

scientific article published in 2004

Interactions in an acarine predator guild: impact on Typhlodromalus aripo abundance and biological control of cassava green mite in Benin, West Africa

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Intermittent exposure to traces of green leaf volatiles triggers a plant response

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Interspecific infanticide deters predators

scientific article published in 2002

Intraguild interactions between the predatory mites Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis

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Intraguild predation among plant pests: western flower thrips larvae feed on whitefly crawlers

scientific article published in 2011

Intraspecific variation in a generalist herbivore accounts for differential induction and impact of host plant defences

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Intraspecific variation in induction of feeding preference and performance in a herbivorous mite

scientific article published in January 2003

Irreversible prey diapause as an optimal strategy of a physiologically extended Lotka-Volterra model.

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Is arthropod predation exclusively satiation-driven?

scientific article published in 2005

Jasmonic acid is a key regulator of spider mite-induced volatile terpenoid and methyl salicylate emission in tomato

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Joining or opting out of a Lotka-Volterra game between predators and prey: does the best strategy depend on modelling energy lost and gained?

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Laboratory tests for controlling poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) with predatory mites in small 'laying hen' cages

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Limited predator-induced dispersal in whiteflies

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Local Dynamics, Overexploitation and Predator Dispersal in an Acarine Predator-Prey System

scientific article published in 1999

Male-male aggression peaks at intermediate relatedness in a social spider mite

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Morphological variation and reproductive incompatibility of three coconut-mite-associated populations of predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus paspalivorus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

scientific article published on November 25, 2010

Morphological, molecular and cross-breeding analysis of geographic populations of coconut-mite associated predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus baraki: evidence for cryptic species?

scientific article published on 11 March 2012

Morphology of the olfactory system in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis

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Neoseiulus paspalivorus, a predator from coconut, as a candidate for controlling dry bulb mites infesting stored tulip bulbs

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No adaptation of a herbivore to a novel host but loss of adaptation to its native host

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Nonequilibrium Population Dynamics of "Ideal and Free" Prey and Predators

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Odour-mediated responses of phytophagous mites to conspecific and heterospecific competitors

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Olfactory response of the predator Zetzellia mali to a prey patch occupied by a conspecific predator.

scientific article published on 19 October 2007

Order of invasion affects the spatial distribution of a reciprocal intraguild predator

scientific article published on 19 February 2010

Oviposition patterns in a predatory mite reduce the risk of egg predation caused by prey

scientific article published in 2002

Oviposition preference of cabbage white butterflies in the framework of costs and benefits of interspecific herbivore associations

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Parasitoid increases survival of its pupae by inducing hosts to fight predators

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Parasitoids follow herbivorous insects to a novel host plant, generalist predators less so

scientific article published in 2017

Patterns of exclusion in an intraguild predator–prey system depend on initial conditions

scholarly article by Marta Montserrat et al published May 2008 in Journal of Animal Ecology

Pest species diversity enhances control of spider mites and whiteflies by a generalist phytoseiid predator

scientific article published in 2009

Pheromone-induced priming of a defensive response in Western flower thrips

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Phytoseiid predator of whitefly feeds on plant tissue

scientific article published in January 2003

Phytoseiid predators of whiteflies feed and reproduce on non-prey food sources.

scientific article published in January 2003

Phytoseiid predators suppress populations of Bemisia tabaci on cucumber plants with alternative food.

scientific article published in January 2002

Plant Resources as a Factor Altering Emergent Multi-Predator Effects

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Plant structural changes due to herbivory: do changes in Aceria-infested coconut fruits allow predatory mites to move under the perianth?

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Population dynamics of thrips prey and their mite predators in a refuge.

scientific article published on 9 September 2006

Predation risk affects diapause induction in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae

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Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour

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Predators Use Volatiles to Avoid Prey Patches with Conspecifics

scientific article published in 1997

Predators induce egg retention in prey

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Predatory interactions between prey affect patch selection by predators

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Predatory mite attraction to herbivore-induced plant odors is not a consequence of attraction to individual herbivore-induced plant volatiles

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Previous and present diets of mite predators affect antipredator behaviour of whitefly prey.

scientific article published in January 2006

Prey attack and predators defend: counterattacking prey trigger parental care in predators.

scientific article published in September 2005

Prey exploitation and dispersal strategies vary among natural populations of a predatory mite

scientific article published on 13 October 2018

Prey preference and reproductive success of the generalist predator <i>Orius laevigatus</i>

scientific article published in 2002

Response of predatory mites to a herbivore-induced plant volatile: genetic variation for context-dependent behaviour

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Scaling up tests on virulence of the cassava green mite fungal pathogen Neozygites tanajoae (Entomophthorales: Neozygitaceae) under controlled conditions: first observations at the population level

scientific article published on 15 March 2007

Searching behaviour of an omnivorous predator for novel and native host plants of its herbivores: a study on arthropod colonization of eucalyptus in Brazil

scientific article published in 2005

Seasonal cycles and persistence in an acarine predator‐prey system on cassava in Africa

scientific article published in 2005

Single versus multiple enemies and the impact on biological control of spider mites in cassava fields in West-Africa

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Size of predatory mites and refuge entrance determine success of biological control of the coconut mite

Spatial patterns generated by simultaneous cooperation and exploitation favour the evolution of altruism.

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Spider mite web mediates anti-predator behaviour.

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Spider mites suppress tomato defenses downstream of jasmonate and salicylate independently of hormonal crosstalk.

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State-dependent and odor-mediated anemotactic responses of a micro-arthropod on a novel type of locomotion compensator

scientific article published on August 1, 2003

State-dependent and odour-mediated anemotactic responses of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis in a wind tunnel

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Supplying high-quality alternative prey in the litter increases control of an above-ground plant pest by a generalist predator

scientific article published in 2017

The Impact of Induced Plant Volatiles on Plant-Arthropod Interactions

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The Milker-Killer Dilemma in Spatially Structured Predator-Prey Interactions

scientific article published in 1995

The Predatory Mite Phytoseiulus persimilis Does Not Perceive Odor Mixtures As Strictly Elemental Objects

scientific article published on September 25, 2010

The benefits of clustering eggs: the role of egg predation and larval cannibalism in a predatory mite

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The endosymbionts Wolbachia and Cardinium and their effects in three populations of the predatory mite Neoseiulus paspalivorus

scientific article published on 8 May 2014

The maintenance of genetic variation for oviposition rate in two-spotted spider mites: inferences from artificial selection

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The predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo prefers green-mite induced plant odours from pubescent cassava varieties

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The role of web sharing, species recognition and host-plant defence in interspecific competition between two herbivorous mite species

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Tomato-produced 7-epizingiberene and R-curcumene act as repellents to whiteflies.

scientific article published on 11 November 2010

Volatiles from Psylla-Infested Pear Trees and Their Possible Involvement in Attraction of Anthocorid Predators

scientific article published in 1997

Vulnerability of Bemisia tabaci immatures to phytoseiid predators: Consequences for oviposition and influence of alternative food

scientific article published in 2004

Whether ideal free or not, predatory mites distribute so as to maximize reproduction

scientific article published on 12 November 2011

Why do males choose heterospecific females in the red spider mite?

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Within-Plant Migration of the Predatory Mite Typhlodromalus aripo from the Apex to the Leaves of Cassava: Response to Day–Night Cycle, Prey Location and Prey Density

scientific article published in 2008

Witnessing predation can affect strength of counterattack in phytoseiids with ontogenetic predator–prey role reversal

scientific article published in 2014