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List of works by Kenneth F Raffa

A tale of convergence

scientific article published in May 2014

Acquisition and structuring of midgut bacterial communities in gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) larvae

scientific article

Altered GAI activity of hybrid aspen has minimal effects on the performance of a polyphagous weevil, Polydrusus sericeus

Anatomical defences against bark beetles relate to degree of historical exposure between species and are allocated independently of chemical defences within trees

scientific article published on 25 November 2018

Approaches to Forecasting Damage by Invasive Forest Insects and Pathogens: A Cross-Assessment

scientific article published in 2023

Aspen defense chemicals influence midgut bacterial community composition of gypsy moth

scientific article published on 5 December 2014

Assemblage of Hymenoptera arriving at logs colonized by Ips pini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and its microbial symbionts in western Montana

scholarly article by Celia K. Boone et al published April 2009 in The Canadian Entomologist

Bacteria associated with a tree-killing insect reduce concentrations of plant defense compounds

scientific article published on June 27, 2013

Bacteria influence mountain pine beetle brood development through interactions with symbiotic and antagonistic fungi: implications for climate-driven host range expansion

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

Bacterial Communities Associated With the Pine Wilt Disease Vector Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) During Different Larval Instars

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Can chemical communication be cryptic? Adaptations by herbivores to natural enemies exploiting prey semiochemistry

scientific article (publication date: October 2007)

Cellulose-degrading bacteria associated with the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio

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Census of the bacterial community of the gypsy moth larval midgut by using culturing and culture-independent methods

scientific article published on January 2004

Chemical modulators of the innate immune response alter gypsy moth larval susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis

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Chiral escape of bark beetles from predators responding to a bark beetle pheromone

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Climate influences on whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetle in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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Comparison of insect, fungal, and mechanically induced defoliation of larch: effects on plant productivity and subsequent host susceptibility

scientific article published on June 1992

Consequences of climate warming and altered precipitation patterns for plant-insect and multitrophic interactions

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Contrasting Patterns of Diterpene Acid Induction by Red Pine and White Spruce to Simulated Bark Beetle Attack, and Interspecific Differences in Sensitivity Among Fungal Associates

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Contributions by Host Trees and Insect Activity to Bacterial Communities in Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Galleries, and Their High Overlap With Other Microbial Assemblages of Bark Beetles

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

Contributions of female oviposition patterns and larval behavior to group defense in conifer sawflies (hymenoptera: diprionidae).

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Contributions of gut bacteria to Bacillus thuringiensis-induced mortality vary across a range of Lepidoptera

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Defence syndromes in lodgepole - whitebark pine ecosystems relate to degree of historical exposure to mountain pine beetles.

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Defoliation intensity and larval age interact to affect sawfly performance on previously injured Pinus resinosa

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Density-dependent effects of multiple predators sharing a common prey in an endophytic habitat

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Do Phoretic Mites Influence the Reproductive Success of Ips grandicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)?

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

Economics and Politics of Bark Beetles

Effect of clonal variation among hybrid poplars on susceptibility of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki

scientific article published on June 2010

Effects of biotic disturbances on forest carbon cycling in the United States and Canada

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Effects of elicitation treatment and genotypic variation on induced resistance in Populus: impacts on gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) development and feeding behavior

scientific article published on August 1999

Effects of winter temperatures, spring degree-day accumulation, and insect population source on phenological synchrony between forest tent caterpillar and host trees

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Evaluating Predators and Competitors in Wisconsin Red Pine Forests for Attraction to Mountain Pine Beetle Pheromones for Anticipatory Biological Control

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Experimental climate warming alters aspen and birch phytochemistry and performance traits for an outbreak insect herbivore

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Fire Injury Reduces Inducible Defenses of Lodgepole Pine against Mountain Pine Beetle ⬇️

scientific article published on November 11, 2011

Foliar bacterial communities of trembling aspen in a common garden

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

From Commensal to Pathogen: Translocation of Enterococcus faecalis from the Midgut to the Hemocoel of Manduca sexta ⬇️

scientific article published on May 17, 2011

Gallery and acoustic traits related to female body size mediate male mate choice in a bark beetle

Gender- and sequence-dependent predation within group colonizers of defended plants: a constraint on cheating among bark beetles?

scientific article published on 19 November 2003

Geographic variation in bacterial communities associated with the red turpentine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

scientific article published in April 2010

Gut microbiota of an invasive subcortical beetle, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, across various life stages

scientific article published on October 2008

Host Plant Phenology Affects Performance of an Invasive Weevil,Phyllobius oblongus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in a Northern Hardwood Forest ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Interaction of pre-attack and induced monoterpene concentrations in host conifer defense against bark beetle-fungal complexes

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Interactions among males, females and offspring in bark and ambrosia beetles: the significance of living in tunnels for the evolution of social behavior

Interactions between Bacteria And Aspen Defense Chemicals at the Phyllosphere - Herbivore Interface

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

Is the outbreak status of Thrips calcaratus Uzel in North America due to altered host relationships?

scientific article published in 2006

LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF DEFOLIATION ON RED PINE SUITABILITY TO INSECTS FEEDING ON DIVERSE PLANT TISSUES

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Laboratory performance of two polyphagous invasive weevils on the predominant woody plant species of a northern hardwood community

scientific article published on August 2010

Leaf ontogeny influences leaf phenolics and the efficacy of genetically expressed Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A(a) d-endotoxin in hybrid poplar against gypsy moth

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Mate-finding failure as an important cause of Allee effects along the leading edge of an invading insect population

article by Mario Contarini et al published December 2009 in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Midgut bacteria required for Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal activity

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Minimization of chloroplast contamination in 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing of insect herbivore bacterial communities ⬇️

scientific article published on August 19, 2013

Modulation of predator attraction to pheromones of two prey species by stereochemistry of plant volatiles

scientific article published on May 2001

Mountain Pine Beetle Dynamics and Reproductive Success in Post-Fire Lodgepole and Ponderosa Pine Forests in Northeastern Utah

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Mountain pine beetles colonizing historical and naive host trees are associated with a bacterial community highly enriched in genes contributing to terpene metabolism

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Multipartite symbioses among fungi, mites, nematodes, and the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis

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Natural History and Ecology of Bark Beetles

New insights into the consequences of post-windthrow salvage logging revealed by functional structure of saproxylic beetles assemblages

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Parasitoids and dipteran predators exploit volatiles from microbial symbionts to locate bark beetles.

scientific article published in February 2008

Partitioning of 14C-labeled photosynthate to allelochemicals and primary metabolites in source and sink leaves of aspen: evidence for secondary metabolite turnover

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Performance of the invasive weevilPolydrusus sericeusis influenced by atmospheric CO2and host species

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Phloeophagous and predaceous insects responding to synthetic pheromones of bark beetles inhabiting white spruce stands in the Great Lakes region

scientific article published in July 2003

Phylogenetic risk assessment is robust for forecasting the impact of<scp>E</scp>uropean insects on<scp>N</scp>orth<scp>A</scp>merican conifers

scientific article published in 2022

Phylogeography of spruce beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis Kirby) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in North America

scientific article published in June 2007

Pine Engravers Carry Bacterial Communities Whose Members Reduce Concentrations of Host Monoterpenes With Variable Degrees of Redundancy, Specificity, and Capability

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Plant-associated bacteria degrade defense chemicals and reduce their adverse effects on an insect defoliator

scientific article published on 6 May 2014

Potential insight for drug discovery from high-fidelity receptor-mediated transduction mechanisms in insects ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: October 2011)

Predicting non-native insect impact: focusing on the trees to see the forest

scientific article published on 31 August 2021

Preoutbreak dynamics of a recently established invasive herbivore: roles of natural enemies and habitat structure in stage-specific performance of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) populations in northeastern Wisconsin

scientific article published on October 2008

Presence and diversity of Streptomyces in Dendroctonus and sympatric bark beetle galleries across North America

scientific article

Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs collected in managed red pine forests in Wisconsin

scientific article published in May 2014

Rapid Induction of Multiple Terpenoid Groups by Ponderosa Pine in Response to Bark Beetle-Associated Fungi

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Recent and future climate suitability for whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetles varies across the western US

scientific article published in 2017

Relative effects of exophytic predation, endophytic predation, and intraspecific competition on a subcortical herbivore: consequences to the reproduction of Ips pini and Thanasimus dubius

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Resident microbiota of the gypsy moth midgut harbors antibiotic resistance determinants

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Responses of bark beetle-associated bacteria to host monoterpenes and their relationship to insect life histories

scientific article published on 28 June 2011

Robustness of the bacterial community in the cabbage white butterfly larval midgut

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Root Secondary Metabolites in Populus tremuloides: Effects of Simulated Climate Warming, Defoliation, and Genotype

scientific article published in 2021

Rules of engagement: interspecies interactions that regulate microbial communities

scientific article published on January 2008

Seasonal and Regional Distributions, Degree-Day Models, and Phoresy Rates of the Major Sap Beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Vectors of the Oak Wilt Fungus, Bretziella fagacearum, in Wisconsin

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Signal mimics derived from a metagenomic analysis of the gypsy moth gut microbiota

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Simulated climate warming alters phenological synchrony between an outbreak insect herbivore and host trees

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Sound-Triggered Production of Antiaggregation Pheromone Limits Overcrowding of Dendroctonus valens Attacking Pine Trees

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Sources of insect and plant volatiles attractive to cottonwood leaf beetles feeding on hybrid poplar

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Spatial variability in tree regeneration after wildfire delays and dampens future bark beetle outbreaks

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Structure of Phoretic Mite Assemblages Across Subcortical Beetle Species at a Regional Scale

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

Synergy Between Zwittermicin A andBacillus thuringiensissubsp.kurstakiAgainst Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

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Temperature-driven range expansion of an irruptive insect heightened by weakly coevolved plant defenses

scientific article published on 31 December 2012

Terpenes tell different tales at different scales: glimpses into the Chemical Ecology of conifer - bark beetle - microbial interactions

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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Trap lure blend of pine volatiles and bark beetle pheromones for Monochamus spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in pine forests of Canada and the United States

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Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

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Using delimiting surveys to characterize the spatiotemporal dynamics facilitates the management of an invasive non-native insect

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Variable host phenology does not pose a barrier to invasive weevils in a northern hardwood forest

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Variation in complex semiochemical signals arising from insects and host plants

scientific article published in June 2010

Why do entomologists and plant pathologists approach trophic relationships so differently? Identifying biological distinctions to foster synthesis

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Wildfire provides refuge from local extinction but is an unlikely driver of outbreaks by mountain pine beetle

scholarly article by Erinn N. Powell et al published February 2012 in Ecological Monographs

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