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The Professor Aurélie Ferrer
Aurélie Ferrer
Associate Professor of Agroecology and Entomology – Dr in Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution
Expertise
Plant-insect interactions, conservation biological control, pest regulation, natural enemies, pollination, agroecological practices, biodiversity in agroecosystems
Research Unit
Agroecology and Environment
Keywords
Biological control, agroecosystems, agroecological practices, pest, natural enemies, regulation, pollination
Ongoing research projects or lately completed
- ECOSTACK: this project will develop ecologically, economically and socially sustainable crop production strategies via stacking of biodiversity service providers and bio-inspired tools for crop protection, within and around agricultural fields, in order enhance sustainability of food production systems across Europe.
- Pradiv: The project aims to contribute to the development of cropping systems that optimize the services provided by agro-ecosystems, seeking a better use of natural resources, and promoting biodiversity, including the presence of natural pest enemies and pollinators.
- Biodiv+: The project investigates the synergistic effects of stacking plant functional diversity at multiple levels (mixture of cultivars, intercropping, surrounding landscape) on performance of crops (yield, grain quality) and on population of different pests and natural enemies.
Teaching activities
- Applied entomology (1rst year, engineer curriculum)
- Agricultural sciences (2nd year, engineer curriculum)
- Conservation biological control (Summer School)
- Agroecology and agroecological practices (MSc Agroecology)
- Coordinator of MSc Agroecology (Agroecology European Master )
Professional experiences and studies
- 2010-2012 : Post-doctorat, Prof. Dorn Lab of Applied Entomology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich), Suisse.
- 2009-2010 : Lecturer in Biology and Ecology, Lycée d’Enseignement Général et Technologique Agricole (LEGTA), Auzeville, France
- 2009 : Head of the lab of entomology (R&D department) AB7 Industries, Deyme, France
- 2005-2009 : PhD Agroecology lab, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 5174, Evolution & Diversité Biologique (EDB), Ecole Nationale de Formation Agronomique (ENFA), Toulouse, France.
- 2005-2007 : Lecturer in Plant and animal Biology, Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
Latest publications
Journal articles
2023
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- Coralie Triquet, Anthony Roume, Alexander Wezel, Vincent Tolon, Aurélie Ferrer. In‐field cover crop strips support carabid communities and shape the ecological trait repartition in maize fields. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 2023, 25 (1), pp.152-163. ⟨10.1111/afe.12540⟩. ⟨hal-03813213⟩
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- Coralie Triquet, Alexander Wezel, Vincent Tolon, Aurélie Ferrer. Undestroyed winter cover crop strips support wild bee abundance and diversity in intensive cropping systems. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023, 33 (1), pp.179-204. ⟨10.1007/s10531-023-02741-5⟩. ⟨hal-04645568⟩
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2022
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- Sarah Grauby, Aurélie Ferrer, Vincent Tolon, Anthony Roume, Alexander Wezel, et al.. Can Mixed Intercropping Protect Cereals from Aphid-Borne Viruses? An Experimental Approach. Insects, 2022, 13 (6), pp.521. ⟨10.3390/insects13060521⟩. ⟨hal-03706303⟩
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- Coralie Triquet, Anthony Roume, Vincent Tolon, Alexander Wezel, Aurélie Ferrer. Undestroyed winter cover crop strip in maize fields supports ground-dwelling arthropods and predation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2022, 326, pp.107783. ⟨10.1016/j.agee.2021.107783⟩. ⟨hal-03621653⟩
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2020
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- Agathe Mansion-Vaquié, Aurélie Ferrer, Felipe Ramon-Portugal, Alexander Wezel, Alexandra Magro. Intercropping impacts the host location behaviour and population growth of aphids. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2020, Special Issue: Insects in Agroecosystems, 168 (1), pp.41-52. ⟨10.1111/eea.12848⟩. ⟨hal-03713224⟩
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2019
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- Agathe Mansion-Vaquié, Alexander Wezel, Aurélie Ferrer. Wheat genotypic diversity and intercropping to control cereal aphids. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2019, 285, pp.106604. ⟨10.1016/j.agee.2019.106604⟩. ⟨hal-03713208⟩
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Books
2024
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- Alexander Wezel, Aurélie Ferrer. Teaching methods and tips for embedded food systems education. Isara, Lyon, France, 2024. ⟨hal-04683307⟩
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