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James D. Blande is a researcher affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research primarily concentrates on the interactions between plants, insects, and the environment, with a focus on atmospheric influences and ecological dynamics. Their work spans multiple interconnected disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within this broader area, Blande has contributed extensively to the following subfields:

  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology

Their work covers a variety of topics that illustrate the complexity of plant and insect interactions and their response to environmental changes:

  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

James D. Blande's research output includes notable publications such as:

  • "Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Volatile-mediated plant-plant interactions: volatile organic compounds as modulators of receiver plant defence, growth, and reproduction" (2021) featured in Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Effects of air pollution on plant-insect interactions mediated by olfactory and visual cues" (2021) published in Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
  • "Potential of Climate Change and Herbivory to Affect the Release and Atmospheric Reactions of BVOCs from Boreal and Subarctic Forests" (2021) in Molecules
  • "Diurnal variation in BVOC emission and CO2 gas exchange from above- and belowground parts of two coniferous species and their responses to elevated O3" (2021) published in Environmental Pollution

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jarmo K. Holopainen
  • Minna Kivimäenpää
  • Amélie Saunier
  • Evgenios Agathokleous
  • Agnès Brosset

Blande frequently publishes in journals aligned with environmental and biological sciences. Key publication venues include:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Arthropod-Plant Interactions
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

    Evgenios Agathokleous;Zhaozhong Feng;Elina Oksanen;Pierre Sicard

  • Response of economically important aphids to components of Hemizygia petiolata essential oil

    Toby J. A. Bruce;Michael A. Birkett;James Blande;Antony M. Hooper

  • Plant volatiles in polluted atmospheres: stress responses and signal degradation.

    James D. Blande;Jarmo K. Holopainen;Ülo Niinemets

  • Plant Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Ozone (O3) Polluted Atmospheres: The Ecological Effects

    Delia M. Pinto;James D. Blande;Silvia R. Souza;Anne-Marja Nerg

  • Volatile-mediated plant-plant interactions: VOCs as modulators of receiver plant defence, growth and reproduction.

    Agnès Brosset;James D Blande

  • Climate Change Effects on Secondary Compounds of Forest Trees in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Jarmo K. Holopainen;Virpi Virjamo;Rajendra P. Ghimire;James D. Blande

  • Birch (Betula spp.) leaves adsorb and re-release volatiles specific to neighbouring plants - a mechanism for associational herbivore resistance?

    Sari J. Himanen;James D. Blande;Tero Klemola;Juha Pulkkinen

  • Where do herbivore-induced plant volatiles go?

    Jarmo K. Holopainen;James D. Blande

  • From Plants to Birds: Higher Avian Predation Rates in Trees Responding to Insect Herbivory

    Elina Mäntylä;Giorgio A. Alessio;James D. Blande;Juha Heijari

  • Atmospheric benzenoid emissions from plants rival those from fossil fuels

    P. K. Misztal;P. K. Misztal;C. N. Hewitt;J. Wildt;J. D. Blande

  • Ozone Degrades Common Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles: Does This Affect Herbivore Prey Location by Predators and Parasitoids?

    Delia M. Pinto;James D. Blande;Riikka Nykänen;Wen-Xia Dong

  • Cross‐resistance relationships between neonicotinoids and pymetrozine in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

    Kevin Gorman;Russell Slater;James D Blande;Alison Clarke

  • Ozone degrades floral scent and reduces pollinator attraction to flowers

    Gerard Farré‐Armengol;Josep Peñuelas;Tao Li;Pasi Yli‐Pirilä

  • Air pollution impedes plant‐to‐plant communication by volatiles

    James D. Blande;Jarmo K. Holopainen;Tao Li;Tao Li

  • Deciphering the language of plant communication: volatile chemotypes of sagebrush

    Richard Karban;William C. Wetzel;Kaori Shiojiri;Satomi Ishizaki

  • A Comparison of Semiochemically Mediated Interactions Involving Specialist and Generalist Brassica -feeding Aphids and the Braconid Parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae

    J. D. Blande;J. D. Blande;J. D. Blande;J. A. Pickett;G. M. Poppy

  • Emission of herbivore‐induced volatile terpenoids from two hybrid aspen (Populus tremula×tremuloides) clones under ambient and elevated ozone concentrations in the field

    James D. Blande;Päivi Tiiva;Elina Oksanen;Jarmo K. Holopainen

  • Molecular plant volatile communication.

    Jarmo K. Holopainen;James D. Blande

  • Real‐time monitoring of herbivore induced volatile emissions in the field

    Andrea Schaub;James D. Blande;Martin Graus;Elina Oksanen

  • Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications

    Robert R. Junker;Jonas Kuppler;Luisa Amo;James D. Blande

  • Pine weevil feeding on Norway spruce bark has a stronger impact on needle VOC emissions than enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation

    James D. Blande;Katariina Turunen;Jarmo K. Holopainen

  • Deciphering Chemical Language of Plant Communication

    James D. Blande;Robert Glinwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Jarmo K. Holopainen
Jarmo K. Holopainen University of Eastern Finland
Tao Li
Tao Li Florida International University
Minna Kivimäenpää
Minna Kivimäenpää Natural Resources Institute Finland
Tero Klemola
Tero Klemola University of Turku
Richard Karban
Richard Karban University of California, Davis
Guy M. Poppy
Guy M. Poppy University of Southampton
John A. Pickett
John A. Pickett Cardiff University
Annele Virtanen
Annele Virtanen University of Eastern Finland
Ari Laaksonen
Ari Laaksonen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences

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