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Steven J. Seybold

Steven J. Seybold

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
7809
World Ranking
5060
National Ranking
1730

Overview

Steven J. Seybold was affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focused on insect science within the broader domains of agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science.

Their scholarly output contributed notably to the study of forest insect ecology and management, insect and pesticide research, insect-plant interactions and control, plant and fungal interactions research, as well as research involving entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Frequent co-authors included Jackson P. Audley, Yigen Chen, Richard M. Bostock, Lori J. Nelson, and Tom W. Coleman. Seybold's work appeared in several specific publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Agricultural and Forest Entomology
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Insects
  • Journal of Chemical Ecology

Selected recent papers by Steven J. Seybold covered topics related to invasive beetle species and their behavior, pest control strategies, and environmental influences on insect flight patterns. Notable publications were:

  • Differential flight responses of two ambrosia beetles to ethanol as indicators of invasion biology: the case with Euwallacea kuroshio and fruit-tree pinhole borer Xyleborinus saxesenii (2021, Ecological Entomology)
  • Trap Assays of the Walnut Twig Beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Reveal an Effective Semiochemical Repellent Combination (2020, Journal of Chemical Ecology)
  • Reproduction and Control of the Invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer, Euwallacea nr. fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in Three Species of Hardwoods: Effective Sanitation Through Felling and Chipping (2020, Environmental Entomology)
  • The Effects of Weather on the Flight of an Invasive Bark Beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis (2020, Insects)
  • Trapping Failure Leads to Discovery of Potent Semiochemical Repellent for the Walnut Twig Beetle (2020, Journal of Economic Entomology)

Best Publications

  • Climate Change and Bark Beetles of the Western United States and Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects

    Barbara J. Bentz;Jacques Régnière;Christopher J Fettig;E. Matthew Hansen

  • Insect pheromones—an overview of biosynthesis and endocrine regulation

    Julie A Tillman;Steven J Seybold;Russell A Jurenka;Gary J Blomquist

  • A review of the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

    Jeremy D. Allison;John H. Borden;Steven J. Seybold

  • Pine monoterpenes and pine bark beetles: a marriage of convenience for defense and chemical communication

    Steven J. Seybold;Dezene P. W. Huber;Dezene P. W. Huber;Dezene P. W. Huber;Jana C. Lee;Jana C. Lee;Andrew D. Graves

  • Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences

    Barbara Bentz;Jesse Logan;Jim MacMahon;Craig D. Allen

  • BIOSYNTHESIS OF CONIFEROPHAGOUS BARK BEETLE PHEROMONES AND CONIFER ISOPRENOIDS: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE AND SYNTHESIS

    Steven J. Seybold;Jörg Bohlmann;Kenneth F. Raffa

  • De novo biosynthesis of the aggregation pheromone components ipsenol and ipsdienol by the pine bark beetles Ips paraconfusus Lanier and Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    S J Seybold;D R Quilici;J A Tillman;D Vanderwel

  • Biochemistry and molecular biology of de novo isoprenoid pheromone production in the Scolytidae.

    Steven J Seybold;Claus Tittiger

  • Enantiomeric composition of ipsdienol: A chemotaxonomic character for north American populations ofIps spp. in thepini subgeneric group (coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Steven J. Seybold;Toshikazu Ohtsuka;David L. Wood;Isao Kubo

  • GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN RESPONSE OF PINE ENGRAVER, Ips pini, AND ASSOCIATED SPECIES TO PHEROMONE, LANIERONE

    Daniel R. Miller;Kenneth E. Gibson;K.F. Raffa;S.J. Seybold

  • Previously unrecorded damage to oak, Quercus spp., in southern California by the goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus coxalis Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).

    Tom W. Coleman;Steven J. Seybold

  • Bark beetles as agents of change in social–ecological systems

    Jesse L. Morris;Jesse L. Morris;Stuart Cottrell;Christopher J. Fettig;R. Justin DeRose

  • Managing bark beetle impacts on ecosystems and society: Priority questions to motivate future research

    Jesse L. Morris;Stuart Cottrell;Christopher J. Fettig;Winslow D. Hansen

  • Cuticular Hydrocarbons as Chemotaxonomic Characters of Pine Engraver Beetles (Ips spp.) in the grandicollis Subgeneric Group

    Marion Page;Lori J. Nelson;Gary J. Blomquist;Steven J. Seybold

  • Midgut tissue of male pine engraver, Ips pini, synthesizes monoterpenoid pheromone component ipsdienol de novo.

    Gregory M. Hall;Claus Tittiger;Gracie L. Andrews;Grant S. Mastick

  • The role of lanierone in the chemical ecology ofIps pini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in California.

    Steven J. Seybold;Stephen A. Teale;David L. Wood;Aijun Zhang

  • Endocrine regulation of de novo aggregation pheromone biosynthesis in the pine engraver, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Julie A. Tillman;Glenn L. Holbrook;Paul L. Dallara;Coby Schal

  • Frontalin: De novo biosynthesis of an aggregation pheromone component by Dendroctonus spp. bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae).

    Lana S. Barkawi;Wittko Francke;Gary J. Blomquist;Steven J. Seybold

  • Susceptibility of Walnut and Hickory Species to Geosmithia morbida

    Curtis Utley;Tivonne Nguyen;Tatiana Roubtsova;Mark Coggeshall

  • Management of Western North American Bark Beetles with Semiochemicals.

    Steven J. Seybold;Barbara J. Bentz;Christopher J. Fettig;John E. Lundquist

  • Male Jeffrey pine beetle, Dendroctonus jeffreyi, synthesizes the pheromone component frontalin in anterior midgut tissue

    G.M. Hall;C. Tittiger;G.J. Blomquist;G.L. Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary J. Blomquist
Gary J. Blomquist University of Nevada Reno
Robert C. Venette
Robert C. Venette University of Minnesota
Richard M. Bostock
Richard M. Bostock University of California, Davis
Brian H. Aukema
Brian H. Aukema University of Minnesota
Barbara J. Bentz
Barbara J. Bentz US Forest Service
Jiri Hulcr
Jiri Hulcr University of Florida
Kenneth F. Raffa
Kenneth F. Raffa University of Wisconsin–Madison
David M. Rizzo
David M. Rizzo University of California, Davis
Jörg Bohlmann
Jörg Bohlmann University of British Columbia
Charles A. Leslie
Charles A. Leslie University of California, Davis

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