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[photo: Jeremy McNeil] Dr. Jeremy McNeil
Behavioural and Chemical Ecology of Insects
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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Masters:
Alexander, Wendy Marie. The reproductive potential of M. euphorbia males.
Hurley, Jessica. The response of the sexual morphs of the potato aphid to primary host plant volatiles
Lam, Felix. Octopamine/tyramine receptors in cabbage looper larvae (Co-directed with C. Donly at Ag Canada).
Marinas, Angela. Is the for gene involved in the migration of the true armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta.
Doctorate:
Lagace, David. Comparison of muscle structure and performance in migrant and nonmigrant populations of the true armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Co- directed with Dr. Chris Guglielmo)
Williams, Caroline . Effect of repeated thermocycling on survival and subsequent
reproductive success in insects with different overwintering strategies. (Co- directed with Dr. Brent Sinclair)
RECENT THESES COMPLETED UNDER MY DIRECTION
Masters:
Barrette, Evelyne. 2001. Biologie des visiteurs des fleurs dans la culture de la canneberge (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) region des Bois-Francs, Québec. (Now with Quebec Ministry of Agriculture)
Fortier, Anne-Marie . 2003. Male quality in migrant and non-migrant armyworm populations. (Co-direction with J. Delisle). Research associate.
McClure, Melanie. 2006. Effect of abiotic and biotic factors on pheromone mediated mating in the aphid parasitoid, Aphidius ervi. Ph. D. candidate at Concordia.
Anthonypillai Jayaranjan. 2007. Effect of abiotic conditions on flight and lipid utilization in the armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta. Consultant in California
Lagace, David. 2007. Effect of period on the reproductive biology of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. (Ph. D. student at Western)
Lopez, Vania . 2007. Effects of crowding and abiotic conditions on the fluctuating asymmetry in male armyworm moths. (Science teacher)
McClure, Melanie. 2007. Pheromone-mediate mating in the aphid parasitoid, Aphidius ervi (Ph. D. at Concordia)
Bouchard, Anne-Marie. 2008. Invasion des populations de lis indigenes (Lilium canadense and L. philadelphicum) par le criocere du lis (Lilioceris lilii) (Research assistant)
Chen, Qi Xiu (Gordon). 2009. Fluctuating asymmetry of male sex pheromone and mate choice in the armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta.
Doctorate:
Vieira, Virgilio. 2001. Physiological and electrophoretic comparisons of island and continental populations of the true armyworm. (Researcher, U. of the Azores)
Goldansaz, Seyed. 2003. The chemical ecology of potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbia (Homoptera: Aphididae).. (Professor at the University of Tehran)
David Marchand. 2003. Stratégies de ponte et d’alimentation de la pyrale de la canneberge, Acrobasis vaccinii (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (NSERC).
Pelletier, Luc. 2003. Reproductive success of bumblebees under field conditions. (Permanent position with Health Canada).
Brown, Adam. 2005. Pollination ecology in cloudberry and cranberry (Professor at the U. of Ottawa). Marcotte, Mireille. 2005. Pheromone ecophysiology in the spruce budworm (co-director J. Delisle). (Federal government)
