Recent Publications

The Function and Evolution of Nuclear Receptors in Insect Embryonic Development

| Current Topics in Developmental Biology
Author(s): Alys M. Cheatle Jarvela, Leslie Pick

Effects of strip-tilled cover cropping on the population density of thrips and predatory insects in a cucurbit agroecosystem

| Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology
Author(s): Manandhar, R., Wang, K.-H., Hooks, C.R.R., Wright, M.G.

Drivers of change of pollinators, pollination networks and pollination

| The assessment report on pollinators, pollination and food production of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Rearing and Double-stranded RNA-mediated Gene Knockdown in the Hide Beetle,
Dermestes maculatus

| Journal of Visualized Experiments
Author(s): Jie Xiang, Katie Reding, Leslie Pick

Ecological Theory and Restoration Ecology

| Foundations of Restoration Ecology
Author(s): Palmer, M.A., Zedler, J.B., Falk, D.A.

Persistent and emerging themes in the linkage of theory to restoration practice

| Foundations of Restoration Ecology

Activation of Ftz-F1-Responsive Genes through Ftz/Ftz-F1 Dependent Enhancers

| PLOS ONE
Author(s): Amanda Field, Jie Xiang, W. Ray Anderson, Patricia Graham, Leslie Pick

Monitoring the establishment and abundance of introduced parasitoids of emerald ash borer larvae in Maryland, U.S.A.

| Biological Control
Author(s): David E. Jennings, Jian J. Duan, Dick Bean, Juli R. Gould, Kimberly A. Rice, Paula M. Shrewsbury

Segmentation genes in the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys

| 2016 International Congress of Entomology

Invasive stink bug favors naïve plants: Testing the role of plant geographic origin in diverse, managed environments

| Scientific Reports
Author(s): Holly M. Martinson, Erik J. Bergmann, P. Dilip Venugopal, Christopher B. Riley, Paula M. Shrewsbury, Michael J. Raupp

Application of a dense genetic map for assessment of genomic responses to selection and inbreeding in Heliothis virescens

| Insect Molecular Biology

Inordinate Spinescence: Taxonomic Revision and Microtomography of the Pheidole cervicornis Species Group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

| PLOS ONE
Author(s): Eli M. Sarnat, Georg Fischer, Evan P. Economo, Wolfgang Arthofer

Revision and Microtomography of the Pheidole knowlesi Group, an Endemic Ant Radiation in Fiji (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

| PLOS ONE
Author(s): Georg Fischer, Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo, Claude Wicker-Thomas

Community assembly on isolated islands: macroecology meets evolution

| Global Ecology and Biogeography

Current knowledge of interactions between Drosophila suzukii and microbes, and their potential utility for pest management

| Journal of Pest Science
Author(s): Kelly A. Hamby, Paul G. Becher

Drosophila suzukii population response to environment and management strategies

| Journal of Pest Science
Author(s): Nik G. Wiman, Daniel T. Dalton, Gianfranco Anfora, Antonio Biondi, Joanna C. Chiu, Kent M. Daane, Beverly Gerdeman, Angela Gottardello, Kelly A. Hamby, Rufus Isaacs, et. al

Biotic and abiotic factors impacting development, behavior, phenology, and reproductive biology of Drosophila suzukii

| Journal of Pest Science
Author(s): Kelly A. Hamby, David E. Bellamy, Joanna C. Chiu, Jana C. Lee, Vaughn M. Walton, Nik G. Wiman, Riki M. York, Antonio Biondi

The EMBeRS project: employing model-based reasoning in socio-environmental synthesis

| Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Author(s): Deana Pennington, Gabriele Bammer, Antje Danielson, David Gosselin, Julia Gouvea, Geoffrey Habron, Dave Hawthorne, Roderic Parnell, Kate Thompson, Shirley Vincent, et. al

Learning to integrate across the natural and social sciences

| Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Author(s): David J. Hawthorne, Cynthia A. Wei

Hox genes, evo-devo, and the case of the ftz gene

| Chromosoma
Author(s): Leslie Pick

Genetics and Molecular Biology of Entomopathogenic Fungi

| Academic Press

Influences of climate and historical land connectivity on ant beta diversity in East Asia

| Journal of Biogeography
Author(s): Patricia H. Wepfer, Benoit Guénard, Evan P. Economo

Temporal dynamics of woodpecker predation on emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in the northeastern U.S.A.

| Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Author(s): David E. Jennings, Jian J. Duan, Leah S. Bauer, Jonathan M. Schmude, Miles T. Wetherington, Paula M. Shrewsbury

Social structure, endogenous diversity, and collective accuracy

| Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Author(s): Evan Economo, Lu Hong, Scott E. Page

Reorganization of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic ant biodiversity after conversion to rubber plantation

| Ecological Monographs
Author(s): Cong Liu, Benoit Guénard, Benjamin Blanchard, Yan‐Qiong Peng, Evan P. Economo