FRAGO Enric
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Enric FRAGO

Chercheur, Cirad

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Plateau(x) technique(s)

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Responsable scientifique PT SEPA
Membre du Conseil scientifique de l'unité

Insect herbivores are among the most abundant and diverse groups of animals in terrestrial ecosystems, and engage in complex interactions with their natural enemies, host plants, and microbial symbionts. I develop an experimental community ecology program to study these interactions and to understand the ecological processes that shape plant-based terrestrial ecosystems. I study these interactions to provide fundamental ecological knowledge, but also to help manage species that have a negative impact on agricultural or forest ecosystems. As herbivores I work with a variety of systems including aphids, spider-mites and thrips.

Dernières publications
Biere T.A., Bennett A.E., Frago E., Garbeva P., Giron D. & Martinez-Medina A. 2025. The exciting field of Plant-Arthropod-Microbe interactions. Plant-Arthropod-Microbe interactions : 1-6. (https://dx.doi.org/10.30920/29501679-12340001)
Maritan E., Quagliariello A., Frago E., Patarnello T. & Martino M.E. 2024. The role of animal hosts in shaping gut microbiome variation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B Biological Science 379 : 20230071. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0071)
Mazon M., Bordera S., Rodriguez-Berrio A. & Frago E. 2024. The relative influence of agricultural abandonment and semi-natural habitats on parasitoid diversity and community composition. PLoS One 19 : e0303656. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303656)
Sanders D. & Frago E. 2024. Ecosystem engineers shape ecological network structure and stability: A framework and literature review. Functional Ecology 38 : 1683-1696. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14608)
Frago E. & Zytynska S. 2023. Impact of herbivore symbionts on parasitoid foraging behaviour. Current Opinion in Insect Science 57 : 101027. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101027)
Robinson M.L., Hahn P.G., Inouye B.D., Underwood N., Whitehead S.R., Abbott K.C., Bruna E.M., Cacho N.I., Dyer L.A., Abdala-Roberts L., Allen W.J., Andrade J.F., Angulo D.F., Anjos D., Anstett D.N., Bagchi R., Bagchi S., Barbosa M., Barrett S., Baskett C.A., Ben-Simchon E., Bloodworth K.J., Bronstein J.L., Buckley Y.M., Burghardt K.T., Bustos-Segura C., Calixto E.S., Carvalho R.L., Castagneyrol B., Chiuffo M.C., Cinoglu D., Cinto Mejia E., Cock M.C., Cogni R., Cope O.L., Cornelissen T., Cortez D.R., Crowder D.W., Dallstream C., Dattilo W., Davis J.K., Dimarco R.D., Dole H.E., Egbon I.N., Eisenring M., Ejomah A., Elderd B.D., Endara M.J., Eubanks M.D., Everingham S.E., Farah K.N., Farias R.P., Fernandes A.P., Fernandes G.W., Ferrante M., Finn A., Florjancic G.A., Forister M.L., Fox Q.N., Frago E., Franca F.M., Getman-Pickering A.S., Getman-Pickering Z., Gianoli E., Gooden B., Gossner M.M., Greig K.A., Gripenberg S., Groenteman R., Grof-Tisza P., Haack N., Hahn L., Haq S.M., Helms A.M., Hennecke J., Hermann S.L., Holeski L.M., Holm S., Hutchinson M.C., Jackson E.E., Kagiya S., Kalske A., Kalwajtys M., Karban R., Kariyat R., Keasar T., Kersch-Becker M.F., Kharouba H.M., Kim T.N., Kimuyu D.M., Kluse J., Koerner S.E., Komatsu K.J., Krishnan S., Laihonen M., Lamelas-Lopez L., LaScaleia M.C., Lecomte N., Lehn C.R., Li X., Lindroth R.L., LoPresti E.F., Losada M., Louthan A.M., Luizzi V.J., Lynch S.C., Lynn J.S., Lyon N.J., Maia L.F., Maia R.A., Mannall T.L., Martin B.S., Massad T.J., McCall A.C., McGurrin K., Merwin A.C., Mijango-Ramos Z., Mills C.H., Moles A.T., Moore C.M., Moreira X., Morrison C.R., Moshobane M.C., Muola A., Nakadai R., Nakajima K., Novais S., Ogbebor C.O., Ohsaki H., Pan V.S., Pardikes N.A., Pareja M., Parthasarathy N., Pawar R.R., Paynter Q., Pearse I.S., Penczykowski R.M., Pepi A.A., Pereira C.C., Phartyal S.S., Piper F.I., Poveda K., Pringle E.G., Puy J., Quijano T., Quintero C., Rasmann S., Rosche C., Rosenheim L.Y., Rosenheim J.A., Runyon J.B., Sadeh A., Sakata Y., Salcido D.M., Salgado-Luarte C., Santos B.A., Sapir Y., Sasal Y., Sato Y., Sawant M., Schroeder H., Schumann I., Segoli M., Segre H., Shelef O., Shinohara N., Singh R.P., Smith D.S., Sobral M., Stotz G.C., Tack A.J.M., Tayal M., Tooker J.F., Torrico-Bazoberry D., Tougeron K., Trowbridge A.M., Utsumi S., Uyi O., Vaca-Uribe J.L., Valtonen A., van Dijk L.J.A., Vandvik V., Villellas J., Waller L.P., Weber M.G., Yamawo A., Yim S., Zarnetske P.L., Zehr L.N., Zhong Z. & Wetzel W.C. 2023. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science 382 : 679-683. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adh8830)
Frago E., Gols R., Schweiger R., Müller C., Dicke M. & Godfray H.C.J. 2022. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles, not natural enemies, mediate a positive indirect interaction between insect herbivores. Oecologia 198 : 443–456. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05097-1)
Facon B., Hafsi A., Charlery de la Masselière M., Robin S., Massol F., Dubart M., Chiquet J., Frago E., Chiroleu F., Duyck P.F., Ravigné V. & Coulson T. 2021. Joint species distributions reveal the combined effects of host plants, abiotic factors and species competition as drivers of species abundances in fruit flies. Ecology Letters 24 : 1905-1916. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13825)
Kehoe R., Frago E. & Sanders D. 2021. Cascading extinctions as a hidden driver of insect decline. Ecological Entomology 46 : 743-756. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.12985)
Sanders D., Frago E., Kehoe R., Patterson C. & Gaston K.J. 2021. A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 : 74-81. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01322-x)