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Elizabeth A. Bernays

Elizabeth A. Bernays

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
17684
World Ranking
7001
National Ranking
3222

Overview

Elizabeth A. Bernays is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their recent research contributions include a paper titled In Praise of Looking, published in 2020 in the journal American Entomologist. This publication has been cited once.

Bernays has published primarily in the venue American Entomologist, reflecting a focused engagement with this journal's audience and themes.

Their work is characterized by a concentration on research topics relevant to entomology, although specific main fields, subfields, or thematic topics are not explicitly listed beyond this publication. There are no recorded frequent co-authors in their recent scholarly output, indicating a potential focus on independent research or collaboration outside frequently repeated partnerships.

  • In Praise of Looking, 2020, American Entomologist

Best Publications

  • Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects

    Elizabeth A. Bernays;Reginald F. Chapman

  • On the evolution of host specificity in phytophagous arthropods

    Elizabeth Bernays;Michelle Graham

  • Neural limitations in phytophagous insects: implications for diet breadth and evolution of host affiliation.

    E. A. Bernays

  • Plant tannins and insect herbivores: an appraisal.

    E. A. Bernays

  • Self-Medication as Adaptive Plasticity: Increased Ingestion of Plant Toxins by Parasitized Caterpillars

    Michael S. Singer;Kevi C. Mace;Elizabeth A. Bernays

  • Dietary Mixing in a Generalist Herbivore: Tests of Two Hypotheses

    E. A. Bernays;K. L. Bright;N. Gonzalez;J. Angel

  • INSECT HERBIVORES: DIFFERENT REASONS FOR BEING A GENERALIST

    E. A. Bernays;O. P. J. M. Minkenberg

  • Feeding by lepidopteran larvae is dangerous.

    E. A. Bernays

  • Evolution of Feeding Behavior in Insect Herbivores

    Elizabeth A. Bernays

  • Sensory Capabilities, Information Processing, and Resource Specialization

    Elizabeth A. Bernays;William T. Wcislo

  • The value of being a resource specialist: behavioral support for a neural hypothesis.

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  • Evolution of insect morphology in relation to plants

    Elizabeth Anna Bernays

  • Specialists make faster decisions than generalists: experiments with aphids.

    Elizabeth A. Bernays;Daniel J. Funk

  • TANNINS: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT

    E. A. Bernays

  • When host choice is a problem for a generalist herbivore: experiments with the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

    E. A. Bernays

  • The interplay between nutrient balancing and toxin dilution in foraging by a generalist insect herbivore

    M.S. Singer;E.A. Bernays;Y. Carrière

  • Plant phenols utilized as nutrients by a phytophagous insect.

    E. A. Bernays;S. Woodhead

  • Saturniid and Sphingid Caterpillars: Two Ways to Eat Leaves

    E. A. Bernays;D. H. Janzen

  • The Evolution of Deterrent Responses in Plant­ Feeding Insects

    Elizabeth Bernays;Reg Chapman

  • Taste Sensitivity of Insect Herbivores to Deterrents is Greater in Specialists Than in Generalists: A Behavioral Test of the Hypothesis with Two Closely Related Caterpillars

    E. A. Bernays;S. Oppenheim;R. F. Chapman;H. Kwon

Frequent Co-Authors

David Raubenheimer
David Raubenheimer University of Sydney
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Ludger Witte
Ludger Witte Technische Universität Braunschweig
Fred Gould
Fred Gould North Carolina State University
Michael Wink
Michael Wink Heidelberg University
John T. Arnason
John T. Arnason University of Ottawa
Yves Carrière
Yves Carrière University of Arizona
Monique S. J. Simmonds
Monique S. J. Simmonds Royal Botanic Gardens
John G. Hildebrand
John G. Hildebrand University of Arizona
Michael M. Martin
Michael M. Martin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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