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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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0502 Environmental Science And Management

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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University of Mississippi - (Oxford, Mississippi, United States)

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University of Maryland, College Park - (College Park, Maryland, United States)

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University of Mississippi - (Oxford, Mississippi, United States)

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Intraspecific Variation among Social Insect Colonies: Persistent Regional and Colony-Level Differences in Fire Ant Foraging Behavior.

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Crop and Semi-Natural Habitat Configuration Affects Diversity and Abundance of Native Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in a Large-Field Cotton Agroecosystem.

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Genetic variation and covariation for resistance and tolerance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae): a test for costs and constraints.

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Extending the elemental defense hypothesis: dietary metal concentrations below hyperaccumulator levels could harm herbivores.

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Neonicotinoid insecticides alter induced defenses and increase susceptibility to spider mites in distantly related crop plants.

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Distinct colony boundaries and larval discrimination in polygyne red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta)

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Intraguild Predation of Beneficial Arthropods by Red Imported Fire Ants in Cotton

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Might nitrogen limitation promote omnivory among carnivorous arthropods? Comment.

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Widespread variation in stable isotope trophic position estimates: patterns, causes, and potential consequences

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PLANT DEFENSE THEORY PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO INTERACTIONS INVOLVING INBRED PLANTS AND INSECT HERBIVORES

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Interaction webs in agroecosystems: beyond who eats whom.

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Efficacy of broadcast and perimeter applications of S-methoprene bait on the red imported fire ant in grazed pastures.

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Colony-level behavioural variation correlates with differences in expression of the foraging gene in red imported fire ants.

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The exploitation of an ant-defended host plant by a shelter-building herbivore.

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Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression influences the behavior of three hard tick species.

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Distribution expansion of Culex coronator in Alabama.

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The American Mosquito Control Association

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Sugar Feeding Patterns for Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes in South Texas.

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Host reproductive phenology drives seasonal patterns of host use in mosquitoes.

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The discrepancy between fire ant recruitment to and performance on rodent carrion.

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Reflective Plastic Mulch but not a Resistance-Inducing Treatment Reduced Watermelon Mosaic Virus Incidence and Yield Losses in Squash

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Integrating adverse effect analysis into environmental risk assessment for exotic generalist arthropod biological control agents: a three-tiered framework (vol 66, pg 113, 2020)

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Vertebrate and invertebrate competition for carrion in human-impacted environments depends on abiotic factors

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The susceptibility and response of inbred and outbred Mimulus guttatus to infection by Cucumber mosaic virus

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Inbreeding alters resistance to insect herbivory and host plant quality in Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae).

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Herbivore density mediates the indirect effect of herbivores on plants via induced resistance and apparent competition

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Inbreeding depression and selfing rate of Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula (Convolvulaceae).

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One host shift leads to another? Evidence of host-race formation in a predaceous gall-boring beetle.

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Higher expression of induced defenses in teosintes (Zea spp.) is correlated with greater resistance to fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

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Seasonality directs contrasting food collection behavior and nutrient regulation strategies in ants.

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Intercontinental differences in resource use reveal the importance of mutualisms in fire ant invasions.

# publications[].publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Preference of female mosquitoes for natural and artificial resting sites.

# publications[].publisher
The American Mosquito Control Association

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Colony-level macronutrient regulation in ants: mechanisms, hoarding and associated costs

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Estimates of the Direct and Indirect Effects of Red Imported Fire Ants on Biological Control in Field Crops

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Discontinuous carbon dioxide release in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), and its effect on respiratory transpiration.

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Winter biology of wetland mosquitoes at a focus of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus transmission in Alabama, USA.

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From the bellies of babes: a larval-based approach to ant molecular gut content analysis

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Effectiveness of metal-metal and metal-organic compound combinations against Plutella xylostella: implications for plant elemental defense.

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Interactions between insect herbivores and plant mating systems.

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RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) INCREASE THE ABUNDANCE OF APHIDS IN TOMATO

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Extrafloral nectar content alters foraging preferences of a predatory ant.

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No Enemies Needed: Cotton Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Directly Benefit from Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Tending

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Intraguild predation of parasitoids by Solenopsis invicta: a nondisruptive interaction

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Sequential radiation of unrelated organisms: the gall fly Eurosta solidaginis and the tumbling flower beetle Mordellistena convicta.

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Genetic variation and constraints on the evolution of defense against spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) herbivory in Mimulus guttatus.

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A comparison of repetitive releases of single or multiple natural enemy species on the suppression of Bemisia tabaci infesting poinsettias

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Adding a Natural Enemy to Respond to Pest Immigration and Delayed Natural Enemy Releases in Augmentative Biological Control.

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Crepuscular flight activity of Culex erraticus (Diptera: Culicidae).

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Nickel hyperaccumulation by Streptanthus polygaloides protects against the folivore Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

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Plant trichomes indirectly enhance tritrophic interactions involving a generalist predator, the red imported fire ant

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Nickel hyperaccumulation as an elemental defense of Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae): influence of herbivore feeding mode.

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Landscape Complexity has Mixed Effects on an Invasive Aphid and Its Natural Enemies in Sorghum Agroecosystems.

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THE EVOLUTION OF OMNIVORY IN HETEROPTERAN INSECTS

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Effect of habitat complexity on biological control by the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in collards

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EFFECTS OF INBREEDING IN MIMULUS GUTTATUS ON TOLERANCE TO HERBIVORY IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS

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The use of simulation modeling to evaluate the mechanisms responsible for the nutritional benefits of food-for-protection mutualisms

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The effect of diet and opponent size on aggressive interactions involving caribbean crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva).

# publications[].label
Generalising indirect defence and resistance of plants.

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Overcompensation for insect herbivory: a review and meta-analysis of the evidence.

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THE ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF VARIATION IN PLANTS AND PREY FOR AN OMNIVOROUS INSECT

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Inter-row Soil Cover to Reduce Incidence of Aphid-borne Viruses in Pumpkin

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Sexual differences in behavioral response to conspecifics and predators in the wolf spiderGladicosa pulchra (Aranea: Lycosidae)

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Comparative water relations of adult and juvenile tortoise beetles: differences among sympatric species.

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Effect of Carbohydrate Supplementation on Investment into Offspring Number, Size, and Condition in a Social Insect.

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Hosts or habitats: What drives the spatial distribution of mosquitoes?

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Summer and fall ants have different physiological responses to food macronutrient content.

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Neonicotinoid Insecticides Alter the Transcriptome of Soybean and Decrease Plant Resistance.

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Vector-host interactions in avian nests: do mosquitoes prefer nestlings over adults?

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Variation in the flash pattern of the firefly,Photuris versicolor quadrifulgens (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

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Whitefly Abundance on Rooted Poinsettia Cuttings and Finished Poinsettias

# publications[].publisher
American Society For Horticultural Science

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Macronutrient content of plant-based food affects growth of a carnivorous arthropod.

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Not all droughts are created equal? The effects of stress severity on insect herbivore abundance

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Ecological consequences of interactions between ants and honeydew-producing insects.

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Effects of Virus Infection of Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae) on Host Plant Quality for Meadow Spittlebugs, Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Cercopidae)

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Robert F. Denno (1945-2008): insect ecologist extraordinaire.

# publications[].label
Using Multiple Natural Enemies to Manage Sweetpotato Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Commercial Poinsettia (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae) Production

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Winter severity predicts the timing of host shifts in the mosquito Culex erraticus.

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HOST PLANTS MEDIATE OMNIVOREHERBIVORE INTERACTIONS AND INFLUENCE PREY SUPPRESSION

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A multiyear, large-scale comparison of arthropod populations on commercially managed Bt and non-Bt cotton fields

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Sugar is an ant's best friend? Testing food web theory predictions about trophic position and abundance in an invasive ant (Nylanderia fulva)

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APHIDS ALTER THE COMMUNITYWIDE IMPACT OF FIRE ANTS

# publications[].label
Disruption of Cotton Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)Natural Enemy Dynamics by Red Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Variation in the response of Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae) to herbivore and virus attack

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Blood feeding patterns of potential arbovirus vectors of the genus culex targeting ectothermic hosts.

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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The effects of sugarcane aphid density in sorghum on predation by lady beetles and lacewings

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Introduced fire ants can exclude native ants from critical mutualist-provided resources.

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Habitat Persistence Underlies Intraspecific Variation in the Dispersal Strategies of Planthoppers

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Health food versus fast food: the effects of prey quality and mobility on prey selection by a generalist predator and indirect interactions among prey species

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Water stress in grasslands: dynamic responses of plants and insect herbivores

# publications[].label
Decreased small mammal and on-host tick abundance in association with invasive red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta).

# publications[].label
Integrating adverse effect analysis into environmental risk assessment for exotic generalist arthropod biological control agents: a three-tiered framework

# publications[].label
The role of ants in vertebrate carrion decomposition

# publications[].label
Pulsed drought: The effects of varying water stress on plant physiology and predicting herbivore response

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A facultative mutualism between aphids and an invasive ant increases plant reproduction

# publications[].label
Effects of plant feeding on the performance of omnivorous predators

# publications[].label
Implications of Pea Aphid Host-Plant Specialization for the Potential Colonization of Vegetables Following Post-Harvest Emigration from Forage Crops

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The Causes and Consequences of Secondary Pest Outbreaks: Direct Effects of Pesticides On Plant Defense Against Herbivores

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture

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Complex Trophic Interactions in Agroecosystems

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Development and validation of a dynamic action threshold for sugarcane aphids in sorghum

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Entomology; 2475 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Robinson to manage Texas A&M AgriLife Range Area

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Bockoven, Alison A (2015-08). Causes and Consequences of Intraspecific Variation in Behavior of the Red Imported Fire Ant. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sconiers, Warren Boyce (2014-07). Stressed Plants and Herbivores: Exploring the Mechanisms of Drought's Impact on Cotton Physiology and Plant-Herbivore Interactions. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Lenhart, Paul Alvarado (2014-05). Nutrient Niches: an Investigation of Nutritional Ecology in a Generalist Herbivore Community. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Bockoven, Alison A (2015-08). Causes and Consequences of Intraspecific Variation in Behavior of the Red Imported Fire Ant. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Garcia, Loriann C (2015-06). Direct and Indirect Benefits of Herbivory for Plants. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Hewlett, Jeremy Alan (2018-06). THE EFFECTS OF PREDATION ON SUGARCANE APHIDS IN SORGHUM. Master's Thesis.