PUBLICATIONS
Massad
T.J., Fincher R.M., Smilanich A.M., and Dyer L.A. 2011. A
quantitative evaluation of major plant defense hypotheses,
nature versus nurture, and chemistry versus ants.
Arthropod-Plant Interactions 5: 125-139.
Smilanich
A.M., Vargas J., Dyer L.A., and Bowers M.D. 2011. Effects of
ingested secondary metabolites on the immune response of a
polyphagous caterpillar (Grammia incorrupta). Journal
of Chemical Ecology 37:239-245.
Smilanich
A.M., Mason P.A., Sprung L., Chase T.R., and Singer M.S.
2011. Complex effects of parasitoids on pharmacophagy and
diet choice of a polyphagous caterpillar. Oecologia 165:
995-1005.
Richards
L.A., Dyer, L.A., Smilanich A.M. and Dodson C.D. 2010.
Synergistic effects of amides from two Piper species
on generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical
Ecology 36:1105-1113.
Smilanich
A.M., Dyer L.A., Chambers J.Q. and Bowers M.D. 2009.
Immunological cost of chemical defence and the evolution of
herbivore diet breadth. Ecology Letters 12:
612-621.
Smilanich
A.M., Dyer L.A., and Gentry G.L. 2009. The insect immune
response and other putative defenses as effective predictors
of parasitism. Ecology
90:1434-1440.
Smilanich
A.M., Dyer L.A., and Gentry G.L. 2009. Caterpillar immune
response and parasitism. ESA Bulletin: Photo Gallery
90:247-253.
Smilanich
A.M. 2008. Variation in plant chemical defense and the
physiological response of generalist and specialist
herbivores. Dissertation. Tulane University, New Orleans,
LA.
Dyer
L.A., Dodson C.D., Stireman J.O., Tobler M.A., Smilanich
A.M., Fincher R.M., and Letourneau D.K. 2003. Synergistic
effects of three Piper amides on generalist and
specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology
29:2499-2514.
In Press or
Prep
Shlichta J.G., and
Smilanich A.M. 2011. Immune responses and their potential
role in insect outbreaks. In press for Insect Outbreaks,
editors Pedro Barbosa, Deborah Letourneau and Anurag Agrawal
2nd. Ed.
Smilanich A.M., Mason,
P.A., and Singer M.S. 2011. Effects of macronutrients on the
immune response of the polyphagous caterpillar, Grammia
incorrupta.
Smilanich A.M., Fincher
R.M., and Dyer L.A. 2011. An evaluation of the effects of
quantitative and qualitative defenses on herbivore
performance: revisiting the plant-apparency hypothesis using
meta-analysis. In prep for Ecology
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