Manuela R. Branco

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Publications of Manuela R. Branco (42 listed):

Agricultural and Forest Entomology (2021) 23, 212-221
Khaled Bouzar-Essaidi, Manuela Branco, Andrea Battisti, André Garcia, Maria Rosário Fernandes, Younes Chabane, Mourad Bouzemarene and Leïla Benfekih (2021)
Response of the egg parasitoids of the pine processionary moth to host density and forest cover at the southern edge of the range

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2020) 110, 68-76
S. Rocha, M.C. Caldeira, C. Burban, C. Kerdelhué and M. Branco (2020)
Shifted phenology in the pine processionary moth affects the outcome of tree–insect interaction

Biological Invasions (2020) 22, 1785-1799
Massimo Faccoli, Diego Gallego, Manuela Branco, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Juan Corley, David R. Coyle, Brett P. Hurley, Hervé Jactel, Ferenc Lakatos, Victoria Lantschner, Simon Lawson, Gonzalo Martínez, Demian F. Gómez and Dimitrios Avtzis (2020)
A first worldwide multispecies survey of invasive Mediterranean pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Insects (2020) 11 (11 - 785)
Vera Zina, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco (2020)
Impact of the invasive Argentine ant in citrus agroecosystems: Effects on the diversity and frequency of native ant species foraging on tree canopy

BioControl (2019) 64, 677-683
André Garcia, José Carlos Franco and Manuela Branco (2019)
Novel prey boosts the expansion of host-plant range in a native predatory bug

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2019) 109, 574-582
E.B. Silva, C. Mourato, M. Branco, Z. Mendel and J.C. Franco (2019)
Biparental mealybugs may be more promiscuous than we thought

Bulletin of Insectology (2019) 72, 61-68
Manuela Branco, Maria Glória Esquível, Miguel Cortez and Elisabete Figueiredo (2019)
Heat shock proteins expression and survival at fluctuating high temperature in the larvae of two moth species, Helicoverpa armigera and Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Molecular Ecology Resources (2018) 18, 602-619
B. Gschloessl, F. Dorkeld, H. Berges, G. Beydon, O. Bouchez, M. Branco, A. Bretaudeau, C. Burban, E. Dubois, P. Gauthier, E. Lhuillier, J. Nichols, S. Nidelet, S. Rocha, L. Sauné, R. Streiff, M. Gautier and C. Kerdelhué (2018)
Draft genome and reference transcriptomic resources for the urticating pine defoliator Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2018) 28, 317-331
Tugçe Aydin, Manuela Branco, Özlem Güven, Hugo Gonçalves, Arlindo Lima, Ismail Karaca and Tariq Butt (2018)
Significant mortality of eggs and young larvae of two pine processionary moth species due to the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum

Agricultural and Forest Entomology (2018) 20, 18-27
Ana O. Farinha, Manuela Branco, Manuel F.C. Pereira, Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg, António Maurício, Annie Yart, Vera Guerreiro, Edmundo M.R. Sousa and Alain Roques (2018)
Micro X-ray computed tomography suggests cooperative feeding among adult invasive bugs Leptoglossus occidentalis on mature seeds of stone pine Pinus pinea

Molecular Ecology (2018) 27, 264-278
R. Leblois, M. Gautier, A. Rohfritsch, J. Foucaud, C. Burban, M. Galan, A. Loiseau, L. Sauné, M. Branco, K. Gharbi, R. Vitalis and C. Kerdelhué (2018)
Deciphering the demographic history of allochronic differentiation in the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa

BioControl (2017) 62, 457-468
Carlos Valente, Catarina Afonso, Catarina I. Gonçalves, Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga, Ana Reis and Manuela Branco (2017)
Environmental risk assessment of the egg parasitoid Anaphes inexpectatus for classical biological control of the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus platensis

Phytoparasitica (2017) 45, 183-200
Vera Zina, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco (2017)
Ant community associated to citrus canopy in Southern Portugal over a century after the invasion by the Argentine ant

Insect Science (2017) 24, 325-335
Manuela Branco, Maria-Rosa Paiva, Helena Maria Santos, Christian Burban and Carole Kerdelhué (2017)
Experimental evidence for heritable reproductive time in 2 allochronic populations of pine processionary moth

Journal of Pest Science (2017) 90, 911-923
Carlos Valente, Catarina I. Gonçalves, Ana Reis and Manuela Branco (2017)
Pre-selection and biological potential of the egg parasitoid Anaphes inexpectatus for the control of the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus platensis

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2017) 107, 583-591
S. Rocha, C. Kerdelhué, M.L. Ben Jamaa, S. Dhahri, C. Burban and M. Branco (2017)
Effect of heat waves on embryo mortality in the pine processionary moth

Biological Invasions (2016) 18, 921-933
Brett P. Hurley, Jeff Garnas, Michael J. Wingfield, Manuela Branco, David M. Richardson and Bernard Slippers (2016)
Increasing numbers and intercontinental spread of invasive insects on eucalypts

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2016) 119, 311-328
Christian Burban, Mathieu Gautier, Raphael Leblois, Julie Landes, Helena Santos, Maria-Rosa Paiva, Manuela Branco and Carole Kerdelhue (2016)
Evidence for low-level hybridization between two allochronic populations of the pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

Phytoparasitica (2016) 44, 443-446
José Carlos Franco, André Garcia and Manuela Branco (2016)
First report of Epichrysocharis burwelli in Europe, a new invasive gall wasp atacking eucalypts

BioControl (2015) 60, 59-69
Catarina Tavares, Alain Roques, Béatrice Courtial, Manuela Branco, Hervé Jactel and Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde (2015)
Phylogeography of the ladybird Iberorhyzobius rondensis, a potential biological control agent of the invasive alien pine bast scale Matsucoccus feytaudi

Journal of Applied Ecology (2015) 52, 69-77
Manuela Branco, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Bastien Castagneyrol, Christophe Orazio and Hervé Jactel (2015)
Host range expansion of native insects to exotic trees increases with area of introduction and the presence of congeneric native trees

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2015) 25, 108-120
Abdalbaset A.A. Bugila, José Carlos Franco, Elsa Borges da Silva and Manuela Branco (2015)
Suitability of five mealybug species (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) as hosts for the solitary parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Environmental Entomology (2015) 44, 846-854
C. Tavares, H. Jactel, I. van Halder and M. Branco (2015)
Reproductive requirements and life cycle of Iberorhyzobius rondensis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), potential biological control agent of Matsucoccus feytaudi (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology (2014) 24, 22-38
Abdalbaset A.A. Bugila, Manuela Branco, Elsa Borges da Silva and José Carlos Franco (2014)
Host selection behaviour and specificity of the solitary parasitoid of mealybugs Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior (2014) 27, 439-453
Abdalbaset A.A. Bugila, José Carlos Franco, Elsa Borges da Silva and Manuela Branco (2014)
Defense response of native and alien mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) against the solitary parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2014) 104, 367-375
C. Tavares, H. Jactel, I. van Halder, Z. Mendel and M. Branco (2014)
A case of ecological specialization in ladybirds: Iberorhyzobius rondensis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), potential biocontrol agent of Matsucoccus feytaudi (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior (2013) 26, 304-320
Elsa Borges da Silva, Manuela Branco, Zvi Mendel and José Carlos Franco (2013)
Mating behavior and performance in the two cosmopolitan mealybug species Planococcus citri and Pseudococcus calceolariae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology (2013) 39, 50-58
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, D. Maxwell Suckling, Alain Roques, Hervé Jactel, Manuela Branco, Andrew M. Twidle, Victor C. Mastro and Mark O. Kimberley (2013)
Improving the efficiency of Lepidopteran pest detection and surveillance: Constraints and opportunities for multiple-species trapping

Ecology and Evolution (2013) 3, 5098-5108
Helena M. Santos, Maria-Rosa Paiva, Susana Rocha, Carole Kerdelhué and Manuela Branco (2013)
Phenotypic divergence in reproductive traits of a moth population experiencing a phenological shift

Bulletin of Insectology (2013) 66, 251-256
André Garcia, Elisabete Figueiredo, Carlos Valente, Victor J. Monserrat and Manuela Branco (2013)
First record of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Portugal and of the neotropical predator Hemerobius bolivari in Europe

Journal of Applied Entomology (2011) 135, 195-203
M.R. Paiva, E. Mateus, M.H. Santos and M.R. Branco (2011)
Pine volatiles mediate host selection for oviposition by Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lep., Notodontidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2011) 101, 667-674
M. Branco, I. van Halder, J.C. Franco, R. Constantin and H. Jactel (2011)
Prey sex pheromone as kairomone for a new group of predators (Coleoptera: Dasytidae, Aplocnemus spp.) of pine bast scales

Phytoparasitica (2009) 37, 51-54
Manuela Branco, Conceição Boavida, Nicolas Durand, José Carlos Franco and Zvi Mendel (2009)
Presence of the Eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli and its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon in Portugal: First record, geographic distribution and host preference

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2008) 126, 122-130
J.C. Franco, E.B. Silva, E. Cortegano, L. Campos, M. Branco, A. Zada and Z. Mendel (2008)
Kairomonal response of the parasitoid Anagyrus spec. nov. near pseudococci to the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (2007) 274, 935-941
Helena Santos, Jérôme Rousselet, Emmanuelle Magnoux, Maria-Rosa Paiva, Manuela Branco and Carole Kerdelhué (2007)
Genetic isolation through time: allochronic differentiation of a phenologically atypical population of the pine processionary moth

Apidologie (2006) 37, 452-461
Manuela R. Branco, Neil A.C. Kidd and Robert S. Pickard (2006)
A comparative evaluation of sampling methods for Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) population estimation

Journal of Chemical Ecology (2006) 32, 1577-1586
M. Branco, M. Lettere, J.C. Franco, A. Binazzi and H. Jactel (2006)
Kairomonal response of predators to three pine bast scale sex pheromones

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2006) 96, 179-185
M. Branco, J.C. Franco, E. Dunkelblum, F. Assael, A. Protasov, D. Ofer and Z. Mendel (2006)
A common mode of attraction of larvae and adults of insect predators to the sex pheromone of their prey (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology (2006) 8, 103-111
Teresa Vasconcelos, Agnès Horn, François Lieutier, Manuela Branco and Carole Kerdelhué (2006)
Distribution and population genetic structure of the Mediterranean pine shoot beetle Tomicus destruens in the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France

Zootaxa (2006) 1312, 49-58
Armando Raimundo, Claudio Canepari, Zvi Mendel, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco (2006)
Iberorhyzobius Raimundo and Canepari gen. nov., for Coccidula rondensis Eizaguirre (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology (2004) 6, 233-239
M. Branco, H. Jactel, E.B. Silva, A. Binazzi and Z. Mendel (2004)
Effect of trap design, trap size and pheromone dose on male capture of two pine bast scales species (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae): implications for monitoring and mass-trapping

Apidologie (1999) 30, 491-503
Manuela R. Branco, Neil A.C. Kidd and Robert S. Pickard (1999)
Development of Varroa jacobsoni in colonies of Apis mellifera iberica in a Mediterranean climate