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86
Citations
30247
World Ranking
584
National Ranking
204

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Peter W. Price is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable focus areas in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science, and Horticulture.

They have contributed to studies on diverse topics including:

  • Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and animal studies

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Cytokinins Are Abundant and Widespread among Insect Species," 2020, Plants
  • "Are bacterial symbionts associated with gall induction in insects?", 2021, Arthropod-Plant Interactions
  • "Abscisic Acid: A Potential Secreted Effector Synthesized by Phytophagous Insects for Host-Plant Manipulation," 2023, Insects
  • "The Arroyo Willow Stem-galling Sawfly, Euura lasiolepis (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae): A Pictorial Life History," 2020, American Entomologist

Peter W. Price has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Rosemarie De Clerck-Floate
  • John F. Tooker
  • Donald G. Miller
  • Edward F. Connor
  • Peter Andreas

Their scholarly output includes work published in journals such as Plants, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, Insects, and American Entomologist.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book literature, including the publication titled "Evolutionary Biology of Parasites. (MPB-15), Volume 15," released in 2020 by Yale University Press.

Peter W. Price has been recognized with fellowships, including the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1987 and the Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation received in 1977.

Best Publications

  • Interactions Among Three Trophic Levels: Influence of Plants on Interactions Between Insect Herbivores and Natural Enemies

    Peter W. Price;Carl E. Bouton;Paul Gross;Bruce A. McPheron

  • Playing Chutes and Ladders: Heterogeneity and the Relative Roles of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Forces in Natural Communities

    Mark D. Hunter;Peter W. Price

  • Evolutionary biology of parasites

    Peter W. Price

  • The Plant Vigor Hypothesis and Herbivore Attack

    Peter W. Price

  • Plant-Animal Interactions: Evolutionary Ecology in Tropical and Temperate Regions.

    Stephen D. Hendrix;P. W. Price;T. M. Lewinsohn;G. W. Fernandes

  • Adaptive Nature of Insect Galls

    Peter W. Price;Peter W. Price;G. Wilson Fernandes;Gwendolyn L. Waring

  • Biogeographical gradients in galling species richness : Tests of hypotheses.

    G. Wilson Fernandes;Peter W. Price

  • Population dynamics : new approaches and synthesis

    Naomi Cappuccino;Peter W. Price

  • Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities

    Peter W. Price;Robert F. Denno;Micky D. Eubanks;Deborah L. Finke

  • A New Ecology: Novel Approaches to Interactive Systems

    Peter W. Price;C. N. Slobodchikoff;William S. Gaud

  • PARASITE MEDIATION IN ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

    P W Price;M Westoby;B Rice;P R Atsatt

  • A Strong Relationship Between Oviposition Preference and Larval Performance in a Shoot-Galling Sawfly

    Timothy P. Craig;Timothy P. Craig;Joanne K. Itami;Joanne K. Itami;Peter W. Price

  • THE EVOLUTION OF INFLORESCENCE SIZE IN ASCLEPIAS (ASCLEPIADACEAE).

    Mary F. Willson;Peter W. Price

  • Rapid Herbivore Growth Enhances Enemy Attack: Sublethal Plant Defenses Remain a Paradox

    Karen M. Clancy;Peter W. Price

  • The adaptive significance of insect gall distribution: survivorship of species in xeric and mesic habitats

    G. Wilson Fernandes;Peter W. Price

  • Insect Ecology: Taxonomic Index

    Peter W. Price;Robert F. Denno;Micky D. Eubanks;Deborah L. Finke

  • Effects of resource distribution on animal-plant interactions

    Samuel J. McNaughton;Mark D. Hunter;Takayuki Ohgushi;Peter W. Price

  • Global patterns in local number of insect galling species

    Peter W. Price;G. Wilson Fernandes;Angela Christina F. Lara;Jeffrey D Brawn

  • Plant-animal interactions : evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions

    Peter W. Price

  • Evolutionary Biology of Parasites.

    Daniel R. Brooks;Peter W. Price

  • Plant--Animal Interactions: Evolutionary Ecology in Tropical and Temperate Regions

    L.R. Taylor;P.W. Price;T.M. Lewinsohn;G.W. Fernando

  • Evolutionary Biology of Parasites

    Mark Williamson;P. W. Price

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Kaplan
Ian Kaplan Purdue University West Lafayette
Micky D. Eubanks
Micky D. Eubanks Texas A&M University
Robert F. Denno
Robert F. Denno University of Maryland, College Park
Timothy P. Craig
Timothy P. Craig University of Minnesota
Mark D. Hunter
Mark D. Hunter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Heikki Roininen
Heikki Roininen University of Eastern Finland
Jorma Tahvanainen
Jorma Tahvanainen University of Eastern Finland
Takayuki Ohgushi
Takayuki Ohgushi Kyoto University
G. Wilson Fernandes
G. Wilson Fernandes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Warren G. Abrahamson
Warren G. Abrahamson Bucknell University

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