Caught on camera: Field imagery reveals the unexpected importance of vertebrates for biological control of the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Col. Curculionidae)

Paul Tresson; Philippe Tixier; William Puech; Bernard Abufera; Antoine Wyvekens; Dominique Carval

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274223

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Caught on camera: Field imagery reveals the unexpected importance of vertebrates for biological control of the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Col. Curculionidae)

Paul Tresson ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: paul.tresson@cirad.fr

Current address: CIRAD, UMR AMAP Montpellier, France; Valorhiz, Montpellier, France

Affiliations CIRAD, UPR GECO, Montpellier, France, GECO, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR GECO, Saint-Pierre, France, LIRMM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1275-4673

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Philippe Tixier,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIRAD, UPR GECO, Montpellier, France, GECO, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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William Puech,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LIRMM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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Bernard Abufera,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations GECO, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR GECO, Saint-Pierre, France
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Antoine Wyvekens,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations GECO, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR GECO, Saint-Pierre, France
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Dominique Carval

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIRAD, UPR GECO, Montpellier, France, GECO, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR GECO, Saint-Pierre, France
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Caught on camera: Field imagery reveals the unexpected importance of vertebrates for biological control of the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Col. Curculionidae)

Paul Tresson,
Philippe Tixier,
William Puech,
Bernard Abufera,
Antoine Wyvekens,
Dominique Carval

Published: September 20, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274223

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