S. Magalhaes

The paper shows that spider mites collectively avoid cadmium-contaminated plants regardless of contamination frequency or competitor presence, but individual mites do not show such preference.

This study shows that food competition alters reproductive interference between spider mite species, affecting their competitive outcomes and coexistence.

The paper shows that evolution in a stressful environment allows two spider mite species to coexist, but evolution of one species in isolation leads to exclusion.

The paper examines genetic variation in spider mite responses to cadmium gradients and interspecific competition, finding genotype-specific effects on niche shaping and resource use.

This study tests whether herbivorous spider mites adapt to cadmium-accumulating plants in homogeneous and heterogeneous environments, finding no adaptation and low genetic variation in measured traits.

The paper examines how temperature and community complexity affect trophic interaction strength in a mite community, finding multiplicative effects with context-dependent outcomes.

The paper investigates how genetic and environmental traits of social partners influence the behavioral response of wolf spiders to conspecific cues, finding that indirect effects drive variation in focal individuals' behavior.

This study examines how developmental heat stress affects reproductive success and sex ratio in the haplodiploid spider mite Tetranychus urticae, finding that multiple mating can restore sex ratio but not offspring productivity.

The study shows that virulence and parasite fitness have a hump-shaped relationship when transmission is not possible, but a positive correlation when transmission occurs, indicating environmental and genetic influences depending on transmission timing.

The paper shows that the order of species arrival affects competitive outcomes through spatial niche preemption, enabling coexistence of two spider mite species.

This study shows that Wolbachia-induced and host-associated incompatibilities act additively to reduce hybrid production in spider mites, with host factors having a greater impact.

This study examines how dispersal type and competition scale affect sex allocation and sexual conflict in spider mites, finding that budding dispersal reduces female-biased offspring ratios and male harm.

The paper examines how Wolbachia affects spider mite survival when exposed to fungal pathogens, finding population-specific outcomes.

The paper describes methods to create outbred and inbred haplodiploid spider mite populations for studying adaptive responses and heritability.

The paper investigates whether increasing potential interactions in a simple arthropod food web leads to more complex realized interactions, finding that communities simplify to one or two trophic chains.

This study examines inter- and intraspecific variation in spider mite susceptibility to two entomopathogenic fungi across 12 populations, finding significant differences that challenge the use of single fungal strains for biocontrol.

This study shows spider mites avoid bacterial-contaminated food and are susceptible to bacterial infections via feeding and spraying, suggesting avoidance behaviors are key to reducing infection risk.

The paper investigates whether Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility selects for mate avoidance in spider mites, finding no evolution of mate choice despite genetic variation in mating duration.

This study examines how Wolbachia infection affects spider mite performance on different host plants, finding both positive and negative impacts on life-history traits.

The paper shows that maternal environment influences offspring sex ratios in spider mites, suggesting females use this as a cue for local mate competition conditions.

The study examines reproductive interactions among spider mite species, finding that while mating with heterospecifics can have negative or positive effects on fecundity and sex ratio, the overall net effect is weak.