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