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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
85
Citations
21262
World Ranking
650
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Insect

Her primary scientific interests are in Ecology, Parasitoid, Herbivore, Botany and Host. Her work on Ecology is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Drosophila. Her Parasitoid study combines topics in areas such as Associative learning and Odor.

Her Herbivore study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Ecological relationship, Delia radicum, Trophic level, Food web and Carnivore. Louise E. M. Vet works in the field of Host, focusing on Parasitism in particular. The study incorporates disciplines such as Cotesia and Olfactometer in addition to Cotesia glomerata.

Her most cited work include:

  • Ecology of infochemical use by natural enemies in a tritrophic context. (1497 citations)
  • Linking above- and belowground multitrophic interactions of plants, herbivores, pathogens, and their antagonists (481 citations)
  • Learning of Host-Finding Cues by Hymenopterous Parasitoids (439 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary scientific interests are in Ecology, Parasitoid, Host, Botany and Cotesia glomerata. Her Ecology study deals with Drosophila intersecting with Pheromone and Sex pheromone. Her work carried out in the field of Parasitoid brings together such families of science as Associative learning and Parasitism.

Her work is dedicated to discovering how Host, Larva are connected with Drosophilidae and other disciplines. The Cotesia glomerata study combines topics in areas such as Pieris, Pieris brassicae and Cotesia. She combines subjects such as Stemborer and Olfactometer with her study of Braconidae.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (50.20%)
  • Parasitoid (44.98%)
  • Host (34.94%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Parasitoid (44.98%)
  • Host (34.94%)
  • Ecology (50.20%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Louise E. M. Vet mainly focuses on Parasitoid, Host, Ecology, Cotesia glomerata and Herbivore. Her work deals with themes such as Associative learning, Aphid and Parasitism, which intersect with Parasitoid. Her Host research focuses on Parasitoid wasp in particular.

Louise E. M. Vet usually deals with Ecology and limits it to topics linked to Reproductive success and Competition, Predation and Interspecific competition. As part of the same scientific family, she usually focuses on Cotesia glomerata, concentrating on Foraging and intersecting with Ecology. Herbivore is a subfield of Botany that Louise E. M. Vet tackles.

Between 2012 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery (69 citations)
  • Genetic engineering of plant volatile terpenoids: effects on a herbivore, a predator and a parasitoid (37 citations)
  • Closing Domestic Nutrient Cycles Using Microalgae (33 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Insect

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Ecology, Pieris brassicae, Host and Parasitoid. Her Botany research includes elements of Nutrient and Animal science. Her work is connected to Foraging and Ecology, as a part of Ecology.

Her research in Pieris brassicae intersects with topics in Bunias orientalis, Herbivore and Native plant. Louise E. M. Vet has included themes like Sinigrin, Brassicaceae and Brassica in her Host study. Her specific area of interest is Parasitoid, where Louise E. M. Vet studies Cotesia glomerata.

Best Publications

  • Ecology of infochemical use by natural enemies in a tritrophic context.

    Louise E. M. Vet;Marcel Dicke

  • Linking above- and belowground multitrophic interactions of plants, herbivores, pathogens, and their antagonists

    Wim H. Van der Putten;Louise E.M. Vet;Jeffrey A. Harvey;Felix L. Wäckers

  • Learning of Host-Finding Cues by Hymenopterous Parasitoids

    Ted C. L. Turlings;Felix L. Wäckers;Louise E. M. Vet;W. Joseph Lewis

  • Parasitoid foraging and learning.

    L.E.M. Vet;W.J. Lewis;R.T. Cardé

  • An airflow olfactometer for measuring olfactory responses of hymenopterous parasitoids and other small insects

    Louise E. M. Vet;J. C. Van Lenteren;M. Heymans;E. Meelis

  • An evolutionary approach to host finding and selection.

    J.J.M. van Alphen;L.E.M. Vet

  • PHEROMONE-MEDIATED AGGREGATION IN NONSOCIAL ARTHROPODS: An Evolutionary Ecological Perspective

    Bregje Wertheim;Bregje Wertheim;Erik-Jan A van Baalen;Marcel Dicke;Louise E M Vet

  • Semiochemicals and learning in parasitoids.

    Louise E. M. Vet;Alex W. Groenewold

  • Candidate genes for behavioural ecology

    Mark J. Fitzpatrick;Yehuda Ben-Shahar;Hans M. Smid;Louise E.M. Vet

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

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

  • Plant-carnivore interactions: evolutionary and ecological consequences for plant, herbivore and carnivore

    M. Dicke;L.E.M. Vet

  • How To Hunt for Hiding Hosts: the Reliability-Detectability Problem in Foraging Parasitoids

    Louise E.M. Vet;Felix L. Wäckers;Marcel Dicke

  • Fitness, parasitoids and biological control: an opinion

    B.D. Roitberg;G. Boivin;L.E.M. Vet

  • Relative importance of infochemicals from first and second trophic level in long-range host location by the larval parasitoid Cotesia glomerata

    Shimon Steinberg;Marcel Dicke;Louise E. M. Vet

  • A variable-response model for parasitoid foraging behavior.

    L.E.M. Vet;W.J. Lewis;D.R. Papaj;J.C. van Lenteren

  • Root herbivore effects on above-ground herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid performance via changes in plant quality

    Roxina Soler;T. Martijn Bezemer;Wim H. Van Der Putten;Louise E. M. Vet

  • Variations in parasitoid foraging behavior : essential element of a sound biological control theory

    W. J. Lewis;Louise E. M. Vet;J. H. Tumlinson;J. C. Van Lenteren

  • Relative importance of vertebrates and invertebrates in epigeaic weed seed predation in organic cereal fields

    P.R Westerman;A Hofman;L.E.M Vet;W van der Werf

  • Host-Habitat Location Through Olfactory Cues By Leptopilina Cla Vipes (Hartig) (Hym.: Eucoilidae), a Parasitoid of Fungivorous Drosophila: the Influence of Conditioning

    Louise E.M. Vet

  • Hyperparasitoids Use Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles to Locate Their Parasitoid Host

    Erik H. Poelman;Maaike Bruinsma;Feng Zhu;Berhane T. Weldegergis

  • Comparative Analysis of Headspace Volatiles from Different Caterpillar-Infested or Uninfested Food Plants of Pieris Species

    Jacqueline B. F. Geervliet;Maarten A. Posthumus;Louise E. M. Vet;Marcel Dicke

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Dicke
Marcel Dicke Wageningen University & Research
Jeffrey A. Harvey
Jeffrey A. Harvey Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rieta Gols
Rieta Gols Wageningen University & Research
Joop J. A. van Loon
Joop J. A. van Loon Wageningen University & Research
Nicole M. van Dam
Nicole M. van Dam Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jacques Brodeur
Jacques Brodeur University of Montreal
Felix L. Wäckers
Felix L. Wäckers Lancaster University
Lia Hemerik
Lia Hemerik Wageningen University & Research
Daniel R. Papaj
Daniel R. Papaj University of Arizona
Erik H. Poelman
Erik H. Poelman Wageningen University & Research

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