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Dr. Jeremy McNeil
Behavioural and Chemical Ecology of Insects

RECENT REFEREED PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS, BOOKS AND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA PROCEEDINGS

Ba, N. M., C. L. Binso-Dabire, A. Sanon, V. M. Margam, J. N. McNeil4, L. L. Murdock and B. R. Pittendrigh . Seasonal distibution of Maruca vitrata in Burkina Faso. J. Insect. Sci. (In press)

Zhao, X-C, H.- Q. Feng, B. Wu, X. F. Wu, Z. F, Liu, K. M. Wu, , and J. N. McNeil. Does the onset of sexual maturation terminate the expression of migratory behavior in moths?: A study of the oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata. J. Insect. Physiol. (On line)

Brown A. O. and J. N. McNeil. 2009. Pollination ecology of the high latitude, dioecious cloudberry, (Rubus chamaemorus; Rosaceae). Am. J. Bot. 96: 1-14

Lima, E. R. and J. N. McNeil. 2009. Female sex pheromones in the host races and hybrids of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Chemoecology. 12: 29-36

McClure, M and J. N. McNeil. 2009. The effect of aboitic factors on male mate searching behavior and mating success of Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). J. Insect Beh. 22: 101-110

Bouchard, A. M., J. N. McNeil and J. Brodeur. 2008. Invasion of American native lily populations by an alien beetle. Biological Invasions. 10: 1365-1372

Warner, K.D., Getz, C. and McNeil, J. 2008. What every biocontrol research needs to know about the public. Pp 398-402. in Proceedings from the Twelfth International Symposium for the Biological Control of Weeds. (eds) M. H. Julien, R. Sforza, M. C. Bon, H. C. Evans, P. E. Hatcher, H. L. Hinz and B.G. Rector. Oxford University Press.

Bede, J. C, J. N. McNeil and S. S. Tobe. 2007. The role of neuropeptides in caterpillar nutritional ecology. Peptides. 28: 185-196

Hilker, M. and J. N. McNeil. 2007. Chemical and behavioral ecology in insect parasitoids: how to behave optimally in a complex odorous environment? Pps 92- 112 In Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: from theoretical approaches to field applications. E. Wajnberg, C. Bernstein, and J. van Alphen. (eds). Blackwell Publishing.

McClure, M., J. Whistlecraft and J. N. McNeil. 2007. Courtship behavior in relation to the female sex pheromone in the parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 33: 1946-61

Marcotte, M, J. Delisle and J. N. McNeil . 2007. Effects of different male remating intervals on the reproductive success of Choristoneura roseaceana males and females. J. Insect. Physiol. 53: 139-145.

McNeil, J. N. 2007. Review of “Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates” by Dietland Muller- Schwarze. Cambridge University Press. Bull. Can. Soc. Zool.

Stoltz, J. A, J. N. McNeil, and M. C. B. Andrade. 2007. Males assess chemical signals to discriminate just-mated females from virgins in redback spiders. Anim. Behav. 74: 1669-74

Brown, A. and J. N. McNeil. 2006. Fruit production in cranberry (Ericaceae : Vaccinium macrocarpon): a bet-hedging strategy to optimize reproductive effort? Amer. J. Bot. 93: 910-916

Goldansaz, S. and J. N. McNeil. 2006. Effect of wind speed on the behavior of sexual morphs of the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Hompotera: Aphididae) under laboratory and field conditions. J. Chem. Ecol. 32: 1719-1729.

Marchand, D. and J. N. McNeil. 2006. Is fruit size important in the selection of oviposition sites by cranberry fruitworm, Acrobasis vaccinii?. Entomol. Expt. Applic. 119: 213-219.

Marcotte, M, J. Delisle and J. N. McNeil . 2006. Impact of male mating history on the post-mating resumption of sexual receptivity and lifetime reproductive success in Choristoneura rosaceana females. Physiol. Entomol. 31: 227-233.

Marcotte, M, J. Delisle and J. N. McNeil. 2005. Impact of male mating history on the temporal sperm dynamics of Choristoneura rosaceana and C. fumiferana females. J. Insect. Physiol. 51: 537-544.

McNeil, J. N., M. Maury, M. Bernier-Cardou, and M. Cusson. 2005. Manduca sexta allatotropin and the in vitro biosynthesis of juvenile hormone by moth corpora allata: a comparison of Pseudaletia unipuncta females from two natural populations and two selected lines. J. Insect Physiol. 51: 55–60

Banga, N., P. J. Albert, N. N. Kapoor and J. N. McNeil. 2004. Structure, distribution and innervation of sensillae on the ovipositor of the spruce budworm Choristoneurafumiferana, and evidence of a gustatory function for Type II sensilla. Can. J. Zool. 81: 2032-2037.

Buitenhuis, R., J.N. McNeil, G. Boivin and J. Brodeur. 2004. The role of honeydew in host searching of aphid hyperparasitoids. J. Chem. Ecol. 30: 273-285

Goldansaz, S., S. Dewhirst, M. A Birkett, T. Cooper, D.W.M. Smiley, J. A. Pickett, L. Wadhams and J. N. McNeil. 2004. Identification of the sex pheromone in the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae. (Thomas) (Homoptera: Aphididae). J. Chem. Ecol. 30:819-834.

Marchand, D. and J. N. McNeil. 2004. Avoidance of intraspecific competition via host modification in a grazing, fruit-eating insect. Anim. Beh. 67: 397-402.

Marchand, D. and J. N. McNeil. 2004. The importance of behavioral plasticity for maximizing foraging efficiency in frugivorous lepidopteran larvae. J. Insect Beh. 17:763-684

McNeil, J. N. 2004: For love of Insects (2003). Thomas Eisner. Belknap Press. Nature 428: 368

Pelletier, L. and J. N. McNeil. 2004. Do bumblebees always forage as much as they could? Insectes Sociaux.51: 271-274.

Wallace E. K., P.J. Albert and J.N. McNeil. 2004 Oviposition behavior of the eastern spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J. Insect.Behav. 17: 245-254.

Goldansaz, S. H. and J. N. McNeil. 2003. Calling behaviour of the potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Homoptera: Aphididae) oviparae under laboratory and field conditions. Ecol. Ent. 28:291-298.

Marcotte, M, J. Delisle and J. N. McNeil. 2003 Pheromonostasis is not directly associated with post-mating sperm dynamics in Choristoneura fumiferana and C. rosaceana females. J. Insect Physiol. 49: 81-90.

Pelletier, L. and J. N. McNeil. 2003. The effect of food supplementation on reproductive success in bumblebee field colonies. Oikos 103: 688-94.

Vieira, V, B. Pintureau, J. Tavares, and J.N. McNeil. 2003.Differentiation and gene flow among island and mainland populations of the true armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta ( Haworth) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Can. J. Zool. 81: 1367-1377

Koladich, P. M., M. Cusson, W.G. Bendena, S. S. Tobe and J. N. McNeil. 2002. Cardioacceleratory effects on Manduca sexta allatotropin in the true armyworm moth, Pseudaletia unipuncta. Peptides 23: 645-651

Koladich, P. M., S. S. Tobe and J. N. McNeil. 2002. Enhanced haemolymph circulation by insect ventral nerve cord: Hormonal control by Pseudaletia unipuncta allatotropin and serotonin. J. expt. Biol. 205: 3123-3131

McNeil, J. N. 2002. Biological Warfare. Pps. 106-110 in Encyclopedia of Evolution (M. Pagel, ed). Oxford University Press .

Andersen, A. and J. N. McNeil. 2001. Size influences male mating success in the alfalfa blotch leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Can. Ent. 133: 717-719.

McNeil, J. N. and S. S. Tobe. 2001. Flights of fancy: possible roles of allatostatin and allatotropin in the migration and reproductive success of Pseudaletia unipuncta. Peptides 22: 271-277.

Pelletier, l., A. Brown, B. Otrysko and J. N. McNeil. 2001.Entomophily of the cloudberry. Entomol. Expt. Appl. 101: 219-224.

Torres-Vila, L. M. and J. N. McNeil. 2001. Male-made abdominal marks as an indicator of female mating status in noctuid species. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 94: 226-229

Cloutier, C., J. Duperron, M. Tertuliano and J. N. McNeil. 2000. Host instar, body size and fitness in the koinobiotic parasitoid, Aphidius nigripes. Ent. Expt. Applic. 97: 29-40.

Everaerts, C., M. Cusson and J. N. McNeil. 2000. The influence of smoke volatiles on sexual maturation and juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the black army cutworm, Actebia fennica (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30: 855- 862.

Hunter, M. D. and J. N. McNeil. 2000. Geographic and parental influences on diapause by a polyphagous insect herbivore Agric. For. Entomol. 2:49-55.

Hunter, M.D., Forkner, R.E., and McNeil, J.N. 2000. Heterogeneity in plant quality and its impact on the population ecology of insect herbivores. Pps 155-179 In: Ecological Consequences of Habitat Heterogeneity (Ed. M.A. Hutchings). Blackwell Scientific.

Marchand, D. and J. N. McNeil. 2000. Effects of wind speed and atmospheric pressure on the mate searching behavior in the aphid parasitoid, Aphidius nigripes (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). J. Insect Behav. 13: 187-199.

McNeil, J. N., D. Miller, M. Laforge and M. Cusson. 2000. Dynamics of juvenile hormone biosynthesis, degradation and titers in females of the true armyworm: a comparison on migratory and non-migratory populations. Physiol. Ent. 25: 103- 111.

Schlaepfer, M. and J. N. McNeil. 2000. Are virgin males more successful in mate acquisition than experienced individuals? A study of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Can. J. Zool. 78: 2045-2050

Schulz, S. C. Arsene, M. Tauber and J. N. McNeil. 2000. Composition of lipids from sunflower pollen (Helianthus annuus). Phytochemistry. 54: 325-336.

Truesdell, P. F., P. M. Koladich, H. Kataoka, K. Kojima, A. Suzuki, J. N. McNeil, A. Mizoguchi, S. S. Tobe and W. G. Bendena. 2000. Molecular characterization of a cDNA from the true armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncata, encoding Manduca sexta allatotropin peptide. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30: 691-702.

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