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51
Citations
10172
World Ranking
3637
National Ranking
1270

Overview

Lee A. Dyer is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular contributions in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Genetics.

The scientist's work spans several topics related to ecological and biological dynamics, including Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Lee A. Dyer has contributed to a number of recent scientific papers, including the following:

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects, 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A window to the world of global insect declines: Moth biodiversity trends are complex and heterogeneous, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Loss of dominant caterpillar genera in a protected tropical forest, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Pollen nutrition structures bee and plant community interactions, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent coauthors include Matthew L. Forister, Angela M. Smilanich, Lora A. Richards, Danielle M. Salcido, and Christopher S. Jeffrey.

Key venues for Lee A. Dyer's publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

    Matthew L. Forister;Vojtech Novotny;Vojtech Novotny;Anna K. Panorska;Leontine Baje

  • Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests

    L. A. Dyer;M. S. Singer;J. T. Lill;J. O. Stireman

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Climatic unpredictability and parasitism of caterpillars: Implications of global warming

    John O. Stireman Iii;Lee A. Dyer;D. H. Janzen;M. S. Singer

  • Revisiting the Evolution of Ecological Specialization, With Emphasis on Insect-Plant Interactions

    M. L. Forister;Lee A. Dyer;M. S. Singer;John O. Stireman Iii

  • Phytochemical diversity drives plant-insect community diversity

    Lora A. Richards;Lee A. Dyer;Matthew L. Forister;Angela M. Smilanich

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

    Jeffrey A. Harvey;Robin Heinen;Inge Armbrecht;Yves Basset

  • Tasty Generalists and Nasty Specialists? Antipredator Mechanisms in Tropical Lepidopteran Larvae

    Lee A. Dyer

  • ON THE CONDITIONAL NATURE OF NEOTROPICAL CATERPILLAR DEFENSES AGAINST THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES

    Grant L. Gentry;Grant L. Gentry;Lee A. Dyer;Lee A. Dyer

  • A window to the world of global insect declines: Moth biodiversity trends are complex and heterogeneous

    David L Wagner;Richard Fox;Danielle M Salcido;Lee A Dyer

  • Immunological cost of chemical defence and the evolution of herbivore diet breadth.

    Angela M. Smilanich;Lee A. Dyer;Jeffrey Q. Chambers;M. Deane Bowers

  • Top-down and bottom-up diversity cascades in detrital vs. living food webs

    Lee A. Dyer;Deborah Letourneau

  • Piper: A Model Genus for Studies of Phytochemistry, Ecology, and Evolution

    Lee A. Dyer;Aparna D. N. Palmer

  • Feeding by lepidopteran larvae is dangerous: A review of caterpillars’ chemical, physiological, morphological, and behavioral defenses against natural enemies

    H F Greeney;L A Dyer;A M Smilanich

  • Synergistic effects of three Piper amides on generalist and specialist herbivores.

    Lee A. Dyer;C. D. Dodson;John O. Stireman Iii;M. A. Tobler

  • Costs of Defense and a Test of the Carbon-Nutrient Balance and Growth-Differentiation Balance Hypotheses for Two Co-Occurring Classes of Plant Defense

    Tara Joy Massad;Lee A. Dyer;C Gerardo Vega

  • EXPERIMENTAL TEST IN LOWLAND TROPICAL FOREST SHOWS TOP‐DOWN EFFECTS THROUGH FOUR TROPHIC LEVELS

    D. K. Letourneau;L. A. Dyer

  • The insect immune response and other putative defenses as effective predictors of parasitism

    Angela M. Smilanich;Lee A. Dyer;Grant L. Gentry

  • Phytochemical diversity and synergistic effects on herbivores

    Lora A. Richards;Andrea E. Glassmire;Kaitlin M. Ochsenrider;Angela M. Smilanich

  • Diversity of Interactions: A Metric for Studies of Biodiversity

    Lee A. Dyer;Thomas R. Walla;Harold F. Greeney;John O. Stireman

  • The importance of sequestered iridoid glycosides as a defense against an ant predator

    Lee A. Dyer;Lee A. Dyer;M. Deane Bowers

  • Relative strengths of top-down and bottom-up forces in a tropical forest community

    Lee A. Dyer;Deborah K. Letourneau

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew L. Forister
Matthew L. Forister University of Nevada Reno
John O. Stireman
John O. Stireman Wright State University
Deborah K. Letourneau
Deborah K. Letourneau University of California, Santa Cruz
M. Deane Bowers
M. Deane Bowers University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph J. O'Brien
Joseph J. O'Brien US Forest Service
Phyllis D. Coley
Phyllis D. Coley University of Utah
James B. Whitfield
James B. Whitfield University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas L. Parchman
Thomas L. Parchman University of Nevada Reno
Robert J. Marquis
Robert J. Marquis University of Missouri–St. Louis
Andrew T. Hudak
Andrew T. Hudak US Forest Service

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