The control of insect pests in stored grains carried out through insecticides that may select resistant populations and generate environmental risks. Secondary plant compounds are alternatives to control insect pests. However, the high volatility has been an obstacle in their practical use. This study develops natural dispersants for the application of Mentha piperit a essential oil for the control of Sitophilus zeamais (Motsc...

Forest decline is a complex phenomenon; however, there is often a tendency to oversimplify by attributing it to a single cause, neglecting the interaction of multiple factors. Ever since the detection of the pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus , in Portugal (and in Europe) over two decades ago, pine wilt cases in the country have been primarily attributed to this pathogen, leading authorities to enforce strict...

A multitude of anthropogenic stressors drive biodiversity loss and alter ecosystem functioning. Freshwaters, which contribute disproportionally to global biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles, are particularly threatened. Although the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functions (BEF) is generally well‐established, especially in terrestrial ecosystems, the role of multiple, co‐occurring stressors in modulating th...

Conservation of biodiversity may in the future increasingly depend upon the availability of scientific information to set suitable restoration targets. In traditional paleoecology, sediment‐based pollen provides a means to define preanthropogenic impact conditions, but problems in establishing the exact provenance and ecologically meaningful levels of taxonomic resolution of the evidence are limiting. We explored the extent to...