2022
Project: Investigating how temperature differences during larval development influences the fitness of adult mosquitoes.
Student: Cenaida Largo Rubio

2023
Project: Characterisation of breeding and resting sites of mosquitoes.
Student: Olga García Santos

For more information on the CERFA Traineeship Programme visit https://cerfa.de/traineeship-programme-cerfa/

peer-reviewed:

Sauer, F. G., Werny, M., Nolte, K., Villacañas de Castro, C., Becker, N., Kiel, E., Lühken, R. (2024): A convolutional neural network to identify mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) of the genus Aedes by wing images. Sci Rep 14, 3094. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53631-x

Villacañas de Castro, C., Hoffmeister, T.S. (2020) Friend or foe? A parasitic wasp shifts the cost/benefit ratio in a nursery pollination system impacting plant fitness. Ecol Evol. 2020;00:1–13. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6190

Villacañas de Castro, C., Thiel, A. (2017) Resource-Dependent Clutch Size Decisions and Size-Fitness Relationships in a Gregarious Ectoparasitoid Wasp, Bracon brevicornis. Journal of Insect Behaviour 30, 454-469. doi.org/10.1007/s10905-017-9632-2

non-peer reviewed:

Villacañas de Castro, C. (2020) Between antagonism and mutualism: costs and benefits in a nursery pollination system. Doctoral Dissertation. Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany. doi.org/10.26092/elib/239

Conference contributions:

Villacañas de Castro, C., Sauer, F. G., Musculus, J., Schmidt-Chanasit, J., Lühken, R., Kiel, E. (2023) Carry-over and fitness effects in Culex species along a land-use gradient. 11^th European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Conference, Mallorca, Spain. Poster.

Villacañas de Castro, C., Sauer, F. G., Musculus, J., Schmidt-Chanasit, J., Lühken, R., Kiel, E. (2022) Breeding site selection and carry-over effects of Culex species along a land-use gradient. European Society for Vector Control (E-SOVE) 22nd Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria. Presentation.

Villacañas de Castro, C., Sauer, F. G., Lühken, R., Kiel, E. (2021) Breeding site selection of Culex species in urban and suburban habitats. European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) 10th International Conference, Vienna, Austria. Poster.

Villacañas de Castro, C., Buono, D., Hoffmeister, T. S. (2020) Cost/benefit ratio of a nursery pollination system in natural populations: a model application. Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology (SCAPE) Annual Conference. Presentation.

Villacañas de Castro, C., Hoffmeister, T. S. (2019) Can parasitoids shift the outcome in an antagonistic nursery pollination system? An ecological detective story. 112th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Jena, Germany. Presentation.

Villacañas de Castro, C., Hoffmeister, T. S. (2019) Between antagonism and mutualism: can a natural enemy shift the balance in a nursery pollination system? Entomologentagung der DGaaE 2019, Halle, Germany. Presentation.

Villacañas de Castro, C., Hoffmeister, T. S. (2017) Between antagonism and mutualism: can a natural enemy shift the balance  in a nursery pollination system? Ecology Across Borders, Joint Annual Meeting of BES, GfÖ, NECOV and EEF, Ghent, Belgium. Poster

Villacañas de Castro, C., Hoffmeister, T. S. (2017) Between antagonism and mutualism: how a natural enemy can shift the balance in a nursery pollination system. 22nd Graduate Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Plön, Germany. Presentation. 

Villacañas de Castro, C., Thiel, A. (2015) Clutch size decision and size-fitness relationship in females of the gregarious ectoparasitoid Bracon brevicornis. 4th International Entomophagous Insects Conference, Málaga, Spain. Presentation.   

Villacañas de Castro, C., Thiel, A. (2014) Clutch size decision and size-fitness relationship in females of the gregarious ectoparasitoid Bracon brevicornis. 19th Graduate Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Bremen, Germany. Presentation.