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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel A. Herms is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans several scientific fields with a primary focus on environmental science, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these areas, Herms has contributed significantly to subfields including ecology, insect science, oncology, surgery, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics of Herms' work include forest insect ecology and management, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, and appendicitis diagnosis and management.

Herms has published in multiple notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • HPB
  • BMC Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Ecological Applications
  • New Forests

Their recent papers cover a range of topics from comorbidities affecting hospital mortality in acute pancreatitis patients to ecological assessments of invasive insect species. Key publications include:

  • Impact of comorbidities on hospital mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis: a population-based study of 110,021 patients, 2023, BMC Gastroenterology
  • Evaluation of Trapping Schemes to Detect Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), 2021, Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Application of somatic embryogenesis for development of emerald ash borer-resistant white ash and green ash varietals, 2022, New Forests
  • Phylogenetic risk assessment is robust for forecasting the impact of European insects on North American conifers, 2022, Ecological Applications
  • Predicting non-native insect impact: focusing on the trees to see the forest, 2021, Biological Invasions

Frequent collaborators in Herms' research include Patrick C. Tobin, Kamal J.K. Gandhi, Angela M. Mech, Nathan P. Havill, and Ashley N. Schulz.

Among the recognitions received, Herms was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The dilemma of plants: To grow or defend.

    Daniel A. Herms;William J. Mattson

  • Emerald Ash Borer Invasion of North America: History, Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Management

    Daniel A. Herms;Deborah G. McCullough

  • Direct and indirect effects of alien insect herbivores on ecological processes and interactions in forests of eastern North America

    Kamal J. K. Gandhi;Daniel A. Herms

  • Ecology of Herbivorous Arthropods in Urban Landscapes

    Michael J. Raupp;Paula M. Shrewsbury;Daniel A. Herms

  • Interspecific Variation in Resistance to Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Among North American and Asian Ash (Fraxinus spp.)

    Eric J. Rebek;Daniel A. Herms;David R. Smitley

  • Ash (Fraxinus spp.) mortality, regeneration, and seed bank dynamics in mixed hardwood forests following invasion by emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)

    Wendy S. Klooster;Daniel A. Herms;Kathleen S. Knight;Catherine P. Herms

  • Effects of mulching and fertilization on soil nutrients, microbial activity and rhizosphere bacterial community structure determined by analysis of TRFLPs of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes

    Sonia M. Tiquia;John Lloyd;Daniel A. Herms;Harry A.J. Hoitink

  • Determinants of successful arthropod eradication programs

    Patrick C. Tobin;John M. Kean;David Maxwell Suckling;David Maxwell Suckling;Deborah G. McCullough

  • Nature and ecological implications of pathogen-induced systemic resistance in conifers: A novel hypothesis

    Pierluigi Bonello;Thomas R. Gordon;Daniel A. Herms;David L. Wood

  • Effects of Fertilization on Insect Resistance of Woody Ornamental Plants: Reassessing an Entrenched Paradigm

    Daniel A. Herms

  • Eradication of Invading Insect Populations: From Concepts to Applications.

    Andrew M. Liebhold;Ludek Berec;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Rebecca S. Epanchin-Niell

  • Insecticide options for protecting ash trees from emerald ash borer

    Daniel A. Herms;Deborah G. McCullough;David R. Smitley;Clifford S. Sadof

  • North American arthropods at risk due to widespread Fraxinus mortality caused by the Alien Emerald ash borer

    Kamal J. K. Gandhi;Daniel A. Herms

  • Comparative phloem chemistry of Manchurian (Fraxinus mandshurica) and two North American ash species (Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus pennsylvanica).

    Alieta Eyles;Alieta Eyles;William Jones;Ken Riedl;Don Cipollini

  • Defensive Strategies of Woody Plants Against Different Insect-Feeding Guilds in Relation to Plant Ecological Strategies and Intimacy of Association with Insects

    William J. Mattson;Robert K. Lawrence;Robert A. Haack;Daniel A. Herms

  • Effects of drought stress and nutrient availability on dry matter allocation, phenolic glycosides, and rapid induced resistance of poplar to two lymantriid defoliators

    Bethan K. Hale;Daniel A. Herms;Robert C. Hansen;Thomas P. Clausen

  • Testing the growth–differentiation balance hypothesis: dynamic responses of willows to nutrient availability

    Carolyn Glynn;Daniel A. Herms;Colin M. Orians;Robert C. Hansen

  • Systemic induction of phloem secondary metabolism and its relationship to resistance to a canker pathogen in Austrian pine

    C. Wallis;A. Eyles;R. Chorbadjian;B. McSpadden Gardener

  • CO2 enrichment and carbon partitioning to phenolics: do plant responses accord better with the protein competition or the growth differentiation balance models?

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  • Exotic trees contribute to urban forest diversity and ecosystem services in inner-city Cleveland, OH

    Christopher B. Riley;Daniel A. Herms;Mary M. Gardiner

  • Combining tactics to exploit Allee effects for eradication of alien insect populations.

    David Maxwell Suckling;Patrick C. Tobin;Deborah G. McCullough;Daniel A. Herms

  • A review of bronze birch borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) life history, ecology, and management.

    Vanessa L. Muilenburg;Daniel A. Herms

  • Ecological Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer in Forests at the Epicenter of the Invasion in North America

    Wendy S. Klooster;Kamal J. K. Gandhi;Lawrence C. Long;Kayla I. Perry

  • RESPONSES OF AN INSECT FOLIVORE AND ITS PARASITOIDS TO MULTIYEAR EXPERIMENTAL DEFOLIATION OF ASPEN

    Dylan Parry;Daniel A. Herms;William J. Mattson

  • Climate Change and Pest Management: Unanticipated Consequences of Trophic Dislocation

    R. A. J. Taylor;Daniel A. Herms;John Cardina;Richard H. Moore

  • Short-term forecasts of insect phenology inform pest management

    Theresa M. Crimmins;Katharine L. Gerst;Diego G. Huerta;R. Lee Marsh

  • Interspecific variation in resistance of Asian, European, and North American birches (Betula spp.) to bronze birch borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).

    David G. Nielsen;Vanessa L. Muilenburg;Daniel A. Herms

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierluigi Bonello
Pierluigi Bonello The Ohio State University
Don Cipollini
Don Cipollini Wright State University
Deborah G. McCullough
Deborah G. McCullough Michigan State University
John Cardina
John Cardina The Ohio State University
Harry A. J. Hoitink
Harry A. J. Hoitink The Ohio State University
Patrick C. Tobin
Patrick C. Tobin University of Washington
Therese M. Poland
Therese M. Poland US Forest Service
Alieta Eyles
Alieta Eyles University of Tasmania
Matthew P. Ayres
Matthew P. Ayres Dartmouth College
Andrew M. Liebhold
Andrew M. Liebhold Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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