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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Jeremy N. McNeil is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has focused their research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics cover a variety of themes related to animal and insect studies, physiological adaptations, and environmental impacts. Key topics of their work include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

McNeil has published in several venues, with notable frequent publication outlets including:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Insects
  • Physiological Entomology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Global Policy

Among recent papers, McNeil has contributed to studies such as:

  • "Isotopic (δ2H) Analysis of Stored Lipids in Migratory and Overwintering Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus): Evidence for Southern Critical Late-Stage Nectaring Sites?" (2020) in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Isotopic (δ2H and δ13C) tracing the provenance and fate of individual fatty acids fueling migrating animals: A case study of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)" (2022) in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Evidence-informed policy for tackling adverse climate change effects on health: Linking regional and global assessments of science to catalyse action" (2021) in PLoS Medicine
  • "Burrowing depth mediates the extent of metabolic suppression in a soil-overwintering insect" (2023) in Functional Ecology
  • "The ABCB Multidrug Resistance Proteins Do Not Contribute to Ivermectin Detoxification in the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)" (2020) in Insects

Collaborative work is a feature of McNeil's career, with frequent co-authorship alongside researchers such as Keith A. Hobson, Libesha Anparasan, Sherilee L. Harper, Robin Fears, and Claudia Canales-Holzeis.

McNeil was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1999 by the Academy of Science, reflecting a career with significant engagement in scientific research. This profile emphasizes the breadth of McNeil's contributions across ecological and biological sciences, especially in the context of insect physiology and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • Behavioral ecology of pheromone-mediated communication in moths and its importance in the use of pheromone traps

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  • HOST-PLANT QUALITY INFLUENCES DIAPAUSE AND VOLTINISM IN A POLYPHAGOUS INSECT HERBIVORE

    Mark D. Hunter;Jeremy N. McNeil

  • Involvement of juvenile hormone in the regulation of pheromone release activities in a moth

    Michel Cusson;Jeremy N. Mcneil

  • Puddling in butterflies : sodium affects reproductive success in Thymelicus lineola

    Kenneth A. Pivnick;Jeremy N. McNEIL

  • The effect of food supplementation on reproductive success in bumblebee field colonies

    Luc Pelletier;Jeremy N. McNeil

  • Male investment in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): impact on female longevity and reproductive performance

    L. Royer;J. N. Mcneil

  • Seasonal microhabitat selection by an endoparasitoid through adaptive modification of host behavior.

    Jacques Brodeur;Jeremy N. Mcneil

  • Effects of nectar concentration on butterfly feeding: measured feeding rates for Thymelicus lineola (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and a general feeding model for adult Lepidoptera.

    Kenneth A. Pivnick;Jeremy N. McNeil

  • CALLING BEHAVIOUR OF THE ARMYWORM, PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA

    Jean Turgeon;Jeremy McNEIL

  • Host behaviour modification by the endoparasitoid Aphidius nigripes: a strategy to reduce hyperparasitism

    Jacques Brodeur;Jeremy N. McNEIL

  • Weather Forecasting by Insects: Modified Sexual Behaviour in Response to Atmospheric Pressure Changes

    Ana Cristina Pellegrino;Maria Fernanda Gomes Villalba Peñaflor;Cristiane Nardi;Wayne Bezner-Kerr

  • Host instar, body size and fitness in the koinobiotic parasitoid Aphidius nigripes

    C. Cloutier;J. Duperron;M. Tertuliano;J.N. McNeil

  • Predation risk and mating behavior: the responses of moths to bat-like ultrasound

    Lalita Acharya;Jeremy N. McNeil

  • Biosynthesis and release of juvenile hormone and its precursors in insects and crustaceans: the search for a unifying arthropod endocrinology

    Michel Cusson;Koichiro J. Yagi;Qi Ding;Hanne Duve

  • Chemical and Behavioral Ecology in Insect Parasitoids: How to Behave Optimally in a Complex Odorous Environment

    Monika Hilker;Jeremy McNeil

  • Geographic variation in sexual attraction of Spodoptera frugiperda corn- and rice-strain males to pheromone lures.

    Melanie Unbehend;Sabine Hänniger;Gissella M. Vásquez;María Laura Juárez

  • Calling behaviour and pheromone titre of the true armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haw.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under different temperature and photoperiodic conditions

    Johanne Delisle;Jeremy N. McNeil

  • Molecular characterization of a cDNA from Pseudaletia unipuncta encoding the Manduca sexta allatostatin peptide (Mas-AST)

    Ingrid S. Jansons;Michel Cusson;Jeremy N. Mcneil;Stephen S. Tobe

  • Males assess chemical signals to discriminate just-mated females from virgins in redback spiders

    Jeffrey A. Stoltz;Jeremy N. McNeil;Maydianne C.B. Andrade

  • Biotic and abiotic factors involved in diapause induction of the parasitoid, Aphidius nigripes (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)

    Jacques Brodeur;Jeremy N. McNeil

  • Female sex pheromones in the host races and hybrids of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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  • In vitro biosynthesis of juvenile hormone by corpora allata of Pseudaletia unipuncta virgin females as a function of age, environmental conditions, calling behaviour and ovarian development

    Michel Cusson;Jeremy N. McNeil;Stephen S. Tobe

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen S. Tobe
Stephen S. Tobe University of Toronto
Jacques Brodeur
Jacques Brodeur University of Montreal
Michael A. Birkett
Michael A. Birkett Rothamsted Research
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Mark D. Hunter
Mark D. Hunter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John A. Pickett
John A. Pickett Cardiff University
Lester J. Wadhams
Lester J. Wadhams Rothamsted Research
Yves Carrière
Yves Carrière University of Arizona
Hiroshi Kataoka
Hiroshi Kataoka University of Tokyo
Bernard J. R. Philogène
Bernard J. R. Philogène University of Ottawa

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