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Database research record2023·Poland

Changes over the last ten years in the fauna structure of aphids inhabiting the vegetation of allotment gardens in Poznań

B. Wilkaniec, Agnieszka Wilkaniec, Beata Borowiak-Sobkowiak

Journal of Plant Protection Research

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Winged morphs of aphids were monitored using Moericke traps in two large allotment gardens in Poznań, Poland, during four growing seasons in 2000-2001 and 2014-2015. A total of 113 aphid species or groups were captured, and major changes in the fauna structure were reported. These changes are thought to be primarily due to shifts in garden vegetation composition as the gardens' function changed from production to recreation.