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Evan L. Preisser is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions across several related subfields, including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work focuses on multiple topics, notably:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Preisser has published research in several frequent publication venues, including:

  • Ecology
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Oecologia
  • Environmental Entomology
  • Acta Oecologica

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, such as:

  • John L. Orrock
  • Kathryn L. Cottingham
  • Nicholas J. Gotelli
  • Joseph B. Yavitt
  • William K. Michener

Among recent notable papers are:

  • "Proportional fitness loss and the timing of defensive investment: a cohesive framework across animals and plants," 2020, published in Oecologia
  • "Auditory predator cues affect monarch (Danaus plexippus; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development time and pupal weight," 2021, published in Acta Oecologica
  • "Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Flupyradifurone on Bemisia tabaci MED (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Feeding Behavior and TYLCV Transmission in Tomato," 2021, published in Journal of Economic Entomology
  • "A Four-Year, Seven-State Reforestation Trial with Eastern Hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis) Resistant to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae)," 2020, published in Forests
  • "A short pre-conception bout of predation risk affects both children and grandchildren," 2023, published in Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • SCARED TO DEATH? THE EFFECTS OF INTIMIDATION AND CONSUMPTION IN PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

    Evan L. Preisser;Daniel I. Bolnick;Michael F. Benard

  • Predator-prey naïveté, antipredator behavior, and the ecology of predator invasions

    Andrew Sih;Daniel I. Bolnick;Barney Luttbeg;John L. Orrock

  • REVISITING THE CLASSICS: CONSIDERING NONCONSUMPTIVE EFFECTS IN TEXTBOOK EXAMPLES OF PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Peter A. Abrams;Daniel I. Bolnick;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Predator hunting mode and habitat domain alter nonconsumptive effects in predator-prey interactions.

    Evan L. Preisser;John L. Orrock;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Genome sequencing of the sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci MED/Q

    Wen Xie;Chunhai Chen;Zezhong Yang;Litao Guo

  • The Many Faces of Fear: Comparing the Pathways and Impacts of Nonconsumptive Predator Effects on Prey Populations

    Evan L. Preisser;Daniel I. Bolnick

  • Behavioral reduction of infection risk

    Joseph M. Kiesecker;David K. Skelly;Karen H. Beard;Evan Preisser

  • Observer bias and the detection of low-density populations.

    Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Evan L. Preisser;Aaron M. Ellison;Joseph S. Elkinton

  • FROM INDIVIDUALS TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Jonathan H. Grabowski;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Evan L. Preisser

  • Multiple Forms of Vector Manipulation by a Plant-Infecting Virus: Bemisia tabaci and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus

    Baiming Liu;Evan L Preisser;Dong Chu;Huipeng Pan

  • RESOURCE COMPETITION MODIFIES THE STRENGTH OF TRAIT- MEDIATED PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS: A META-ANALYSIS

    Daniel I. Bolnick;Daniel I. Bolnick;Evan L. Preisser;Evan L. Preisser

  • The cost of safety: Refuges increase the impact of predation risk in aquatic systems

    John L. Orrock;Evan L. Preisser;Jonathan H. Grabowski;Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • Climate affects predator control of an herbivore outbreak.

    Evan L. Preisser;Donald R. Strong

  • Variation in plant defense against invasive herbivores: evidence for a hypersensitive response in eastern hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis).

    Laura Radville;Arielle Chaves;Evan L. Preisser

  • Modeling range dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes: invasion of the hemlock woolly adelgid in eastern North America.

    Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Evan L. Preisser;Adam Porter;Joseph Elkinton

  • Resource dynamics influence the strength of non‐consumptive predator effects on prey

    Evan L. Preisser;Daniel I. Bolnick;Jonathan H. Grabowski

  • Manipulation of Host Quality and Defense by a Plant Virus Improves Performance of Whitefly Vectors

    Qi Su;Evan L. Preisser;Xiao Mao Zhou;Wen Xie

  • Range expansion and population dynamics of co-occurring invasive herbivores

    Evan L. Preisser;Evan L. Preisser;Alexandra G. Lodge;David A. Orwig;Joseph S. Elkinton

  • Using Citizen Science Programs to Identify Host Resistance in Pest-Invaded Forests

    Laura L. Ingwell;Laura L. Ingwell;Evan L. Preisser

  • The allometry of fear: interspecific relationships between body size and response to predation risk

    Evan L. Preisser;John L. Orrock

  • Insecticides Promote Viral Outbreaks by Altering Herbivore Competition

    Huipeng Pan;Evan L. Preisser;Dong Chu;Shaoli Wang

  • FIELD EVIDENCE FOR A RAPIDLY CASCADING UNDERGROUND FOOD WEB

    Evan L. Preisser

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin M. Orians
Colin M. Orians Tufts University
Joseph S. Elkinton
Joseph S. Elkinton University of Massachusetts Amherst
David A. Orwig
David A. Orwig Harvard University
Matthew C. Fitzpatrick
Matthew C. Fitzpatrick University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
John L. Orrock
John L. Orrock University of Wisconsin–Madison
Youjun Zhang
Youjun Zhang Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Donald R. Strong
Donald R. Strong University of California, Davis
Daniel I. Bolnick
Daniel I. Bolnick University of Connecticut
Wen Xie
Wen Xie University of Pittsburgh
Xuguo Zhou
Xuguo Zhou University of Kentucky

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