Publications

Isabel Marisa Mateus Borges

RESEARCH

Soares, A. O., Vale, M., Borges, I., & Lucas, E. (2025). Influence of refuge availability on the oviposition strategy of anachoretic and non-anachoretic aphidophagous ladybirds.

Biocontrol, 70, 747-757. DOI:10.1007/s10526-025-10339-9 (IF2023 2,2; Q1 Entomology)

Ameixa, O., Soares, A.O., Borges, I., Boieiro, M., Silva, L. & Castro, S. (2025). Guardiões das Flores: Polinizadores fora da caixa. Wilder: janeiro de 2025. https://wilder.pt/cronicas/guardioes-das-flores-polinizadores-fora-da-caixa 

Soares, A.O., Durão, A.C., Oliveira, L., Arruda, P. & Borges, I. (2025). Ephestia kuehniella Zeller eggs as a surrogate host to test feeding preference and intraguild interactions between Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) and Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti.

Crop Protection, 187, 106960. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106960 (IF2023 2,5; Q1 Agronomy)

Borges, I., Oliveira, L., Barbosa, F., Figueiredo, E., Franco, J.C., Durão, A.C. & Soares, A.O. (2024) Prey consumption and conversion efficiency in females of two feral populations of Macrolophus pygmaeus, a biocontrol agent of Tuta absoluta.

Phytoparasitica, 52, 31. DOI:10.1007/s12600-024-01130-0 (IF2024 1,5; Q4 Plant Sciences)

Borges, I., Dury, G.J. & Soares A.O. (2024) Population growth parameters of Scymnus nubilus fed single-aphid diets of Aphis fabae or Myzus persicae.

Insects, 15(7), 486. DOI:10.3390/insects15070486 (IF2024 2,7; Q1 Entomology)

Borges, I., Oliveira, L., Durão, A., Arruda, P. & Soares, A.O. (2023) Feeding preference and intraguild interactions between the parasitoid Trichogramma achaeae and the predator Macrolophus pygmaeus, two biological agents of Tuta absoluta.

Pest Management Science, 79(11), 4376-4382. DOI:10.1002/ps.7635 (IF2023 3,8; Q1 Entomology)

Magro, A., Ramon-Portugal, F., Touboul, D., Borges, I. & Hemptinne, J.L. (2023) First report of fatty acid-derived alkaloids produced by species of the ladybird genus Scymnus (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera).

Comptes Rendus Chimie, 16, 1-12. DOI:10.5802/crchim.230 (IF2023 1,2; Q3 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)

Dutra, T.M., Batista, M.G., Teixeira, J.C.A., Todorova, S., Oliveira, L., Tavares, J., Borges, I. & Soares, A.O. (2023) Economic and financial model to the mass-rearing of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Heteroptera: Miridae), a biological control agent against the tomato moth Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in protected culture.

Pest Management Science, 79(10), 3712-3720. DOI:10.1002/ps.7552 (IF2023 3,8; Q1 Entomology)

Soares, A.O., Haelewaters, D., Ameixa, O.M.C.C., Borges, I. et al., (2023) A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery.

Conservation Biology, 37(1), e13965. DOI:10.1111/cobi.13965 (IF2023 5,2; Q1 Ecology)

Soares, A.O. & Borges, I. (2023) Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850). Guia Prático da Fauna Terrestre dos Açores (ed. by R. Gabriel and P.A.V. Borges), 190-191. 2nd edition. Instituto Açoreano da Cultura, Angra do Heroísmo. ISBN:978-989-8225-82-5

Borges, I., Oliveira, L., Durão, A.C., Arruda, P., Figueiredo, E., Franco, J.C., Lucas, E. & Soares, A.O. (2023) Contrasting phenotypic variability of life-history traits of two feral populations of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae) under two alternative diets.

Agronomy-Basel, 13(1), 118. DOI:10.3390/agronomy13010118 (IF2023 3,3; Q1 Agronomy)

Borges, P.A.V., Lamelas-Lopez, L., Andrade, R., Lhoumeau, S., Vieira, V., Soares, A.O., Borges, I., Boieiro, M., Cardoso, P., Crespo, L.C.F., Karsholt, O., Schülke, M., Serrano, A.R.M., Quartau, J.A. & Assing, V. (2022) An updated checklist of Azorean arthropods (Arthropoda).

Biodiversity Data Journal, 10, e97682. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.10.e97682 (IF2022 1,3; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)

Marcelino, J., Borges, P.A.V., Borges, I. & Soares, A.O. (2022) Eden Arthropod Azores Database. v1.10. Universidade dos Açores. Sampling event dataset. DOI:10.15468/38ccb3.

Vieira, V., Oliveira, L., Soares, A.O., Borges, P.A.V., Borges, I. & Tavares, J. (2022) Diversity of Lepidoptera recorded in a forest nursery of Nordeste county on São Miguel Island (Azores). v1.7. Universidade dos Açores. Dataset/Samplingevent. DOI:10.15468/965r3p.

Borges, P.A.V., Lamelas-Lopez, L., Andrade, R., Lhoumeau, S., Vieira, V., Soares, A.O., Borges, I., Boieiro, M., Cardoso, P., Crespo, L.C., Karsholt, O., Assing, V., Schülke, M., Serrano, A.R.M. & Quartau, J.A. (2022) Updated Checklist of Arthropods from Azores (Portugal). v1.2. Universidade dos Açores. Dataset/Checklist.

Vieira, V., Oliveira, L., Soares, A.O., Borges, P.A.V., Borges, I. & Tavares, J. (2022) Diversity of lepidoptera (Insecta) recorded in a forest nursery of Nordeste County on São Miguel Island (Azores).

Biodiversity Data Journal, 10, e89971. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.10.e89971 (IF2022 1,3; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)

Borges, I., Arruda, P., Meseguer, R., Vieira, V., Pons-Solé, G. & Soares, A.O. (2022) Can the ladybird predator Scymnus nubilus contribute to control of the aphid Aphis frangulae, a pest threatening the Macaronesia endemic Frangula azorica?

Biocontrol, 67, 523-531. DOI:10.1007/s10526-022-10162-6 (IF2022 2,5; Q1 Entomology)

Oliveira, L., Vieira, V., Soares, A.O., Borges, I., Arruda, P. & Tavares, J. (2022) Abundance of Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in forestry nurseries of São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal).

SHILAP-Revista De Lepidopterologia, 50(199), 425-433. DOI: (IF2022 0,3; Q4 Entomology)

Marcelino, J., Borges, P.A.V., Borges, I. & Soares, A.O. (2021) Eden Arthropod Azores Database. v1.9. Universidade dos Açores. Sampling event dataset. DOI:15468/38ccb3.

Soares, A.O., Borges, I., Calado, H. & Borges, P.A.V. (2021) Biodiversity data of ladybetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Azores archipelago (Portugal). v1.5. Universidade dos Açores. Sampling event dataset.