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Felix L. Wäckers is a researcher affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to plant and animal studies, with particular emphasis on insect-plant interactions and control, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant parasitism and resistance, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and plant virus research studies.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Wäckers are the following:

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • One stone; two birds: concurrent pest control and pollination services provided by aphidophagous hoverflies (2020, Biological Control)
  • Predators and Parasitoids-in-First: From Inundative Releases to Preventative Biological Control in Greenhouse Crops (2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect-pollinated crop (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • Humic Acid Enhances the Growth of Tomato Promoted by Endophytic Bacterial Strains Through the Activation of Hormone-, Growth-, and Transcription-Related Processes (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)

Wäckers has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Dominiek Vangansbeke, Marcus V. A. Duarte, Apostolos Pekas, Annette Van Oystaeyen, and Hans Jacquemyn.

Their research contributions have appeared multiple times in venues such as Pest Management Science, Biological Control, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and the Journal of Applied Entomology.

Best Publications

  • Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production

    Penelope R. Whitehorn;Stephanie O’Connor;Felix L. Wackers;Dave Goulson

  • Linking above- and belowground multitrophic interactions of plants, herbivores, pathogens, and their antagonists

    Wim H. Van der Putten;Louise E.M. Vet;Jeffrey A. Harvey;Felix L. Wäckers

  • Learning of Host-Finding Cues by Hymenopterous Parasitoids

    Ted C. L. Turlings;Felix L. Wäckers;Louise E. M. Vet;W. Joseph Lewis

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis.

    Matthias Albrecht;David Kleijn;Neal M. Williams;Matthias Tschumi

  • Nectar and Pollen Feeding by Insect Herbivores and Implications for Multitrophic Interactions

    Felix L. Wäckers;Jörg E. Romeis;Paul C. J. van Rijn

  • Recruitment of predators and parasitoids by herbivore-injured plants

    Ted C. J. Turlings;Felix Wäckers

  • Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects

    Jorge Ari Noriega;Joaquín Hortal;Joaquín Hortal;Francisco M. Azcárate;Matty P. Berg

  • Assessing the suitability of flowering herbs as parasitoid food sources: flower attractiveness and nectar accessibility

    F.L Wäckers

  • A comparison of nectar- and honeydew sugars with respect to their utilization by the hymenopteran parasitoid Cotesia glomerata

    F.L. Wäckers

  • Plant-provided food for carnivorous insects : a protective mutualism and its applications

    F. L. Wäckers;P. C. J. van Rijn;J. Bruin

  • Conserved class of queen pheromones stops social insect workers from reproducing.

    Annette Van Oystaeyen;Ricardo Caliari Oliveira;Luke Holman;Jelle S. van Zweden

  • Suitability of (extra-) floral nectar, pollen and honeydew as insect food sources

    Felix L. Wäckers

  • Honeydew as a food source for natural enemies: Making the best of a bad meal?

    Felix L. Wäckers;Paul C.J. van Rijn;George E. Heimpel

  • Sugar resources are vital for Diadegma semiclausum fecundity under field conditions

    Karin Winkler;Felix Wäckers;Gabriella Bukovinszkine-Kiss;Joop van Lenteren

  • Interactions between above- and belowground insect herbivores as mediated by the plant defense system

    T. M. Bezemer;R. Wagenaar;N. M. Van Dam;F. L. Wackers

  • Management of field margins to maximize multiple ecological services

    Dawn M. Olson;Felix L. Wäckers

  • Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

    Gerben J. Messelink;Jude Bennison;Oscar Alomar;Barbara L. Ingegno

  • How To Hunt for Hiding Hosts: the Reliability-Detectability Problem in Foraging Parasitoids

    Louise E.M. Vet;Felix L. Wäckers;Marcel Dicke

  • The effect of food deprivation on the innate visual and olfactory preferences in the parasitoid Cotesia rubecula

    F.L. Wäckers

  • The influence of flower morphology and nectar quality on the longevity of a parasitoid biological control agent

    H.D. Vattala;H.D. Vattala;S.D. Wratten;C.B. Phillips;F.L. Wäckers

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia Dorn
Silvia Dorn ETH Zurich
Jörg Romeis
Jörg Romeis University of Bern
Bart Lievens
Bart Lievens KU Leuven
Louise E. M. Vet
Louise E. M. Vet Wageningen University & Research
George E. Heimpel
George E. Heimpel University of Minnesota
Felix J.J.A. Bianchi
Felix J.J.A. Bianchi Wageningen University & Research
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Carsten Thies
Carsten Thies University of Göttingen

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