Aphid wing polymorphism, alarm pheromone and aphid chemical ecology
Joachim, C., I. Vosteen and W. W. Weisser. 2014. The aphid alarm pheromone (E)-beta-farnesene does not act as a cue for predators searching on a plant. Chemoecology DOI:10.1007/s00049-014-0176-z. |
Joachim, C., E. Hatano, A. David, M. Kunert, C. Linse and W. Weisser. 2013. Modulation of Aphid Alarm Pheromone Emission of Pea Aphid Prey by Predators. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39:773-782. PDF |
Joachim, C. and W. W. Weisser. 2013. Real-Time Monitoring of (E)-beta-Farnesene Emission in Colonies of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Under Lacewing and Ladybird Predation. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39:1254-1262. PDF |
Mehrparvar, M., N. Mahdavi Arab and W. W. Weisser. 2013. Diet-mediated effects of specialized tansy aphids on survival and development of their predators: Is there any benefit of dietary mixing? Biological Control 65:142-146. PDF |
Mehrparvar, M., S. E. Zytynska and W. W. Weisser. 2013. Multiple cues for winged morph production in an aphid metacommunity. PLoS One 8:e58323. PDF |
Balog, A., M. Mehrparvar and W. W. Weisser. 2012. Polyphagous predatory rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) induce winged morphs in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). European Journal of Entomology 110:156-157. PDF |
Hatano, E., J. Baverstock, G. Kunert, J. K. Pell and W. W. Weisser. 2012. Entomopathogenic fungi stimulate transgenerational wing induction in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Ecological Entomology 37:75-82. PDF |
Mehrparvar, M., S. M. Madjdzadeh, N. Mahdavi Arab, M. Esmaeilbeygi and E. Ebrahimpour. 2012. Morphometric discrimination of Black Legume Aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae), populations associated with different host plants. North-Western Journal of Zoology 8:172-180. PDF |
Loxdale, H., B. Massonnet, S. G. and W. W. Weisser. 2011. Evidence for a quiet revolution: seasonal variation in colonies of the specialist tansy aphid, Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) studied using microsatellite markers. Bulletin of Entomological Research 101:221-239. |
Loxdale, H. D., G. Schöfl, K. R. Wiesner, F. N. Nyabuga, D. G. Heckel and W. W. Weisser. 2011. Stay at home aphids: comparative spatial and seasonal metapopulation structure and dynamics of two specialist tansy aphid species studied using microsatellite markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104:838-865. PDF |
Hatano, E., G. Kunert, and W. W. Weisser. 2010. Aphid Wing Induction and Ecological Costs of Alarm Pheromone Emission under Field Conditions. PLoS ONE 5:e11188. PDF |
Hosseini, M., A. Ashouri, A. Enkegaard, W. W. Weisser, S. H. Goldansaz, M. N. Mahalati and H. R. S. Moayeri. 2010. Plant quality effects on intraguild predation between Orius laevigatus and Aphidoletes aphidimyza. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 135:208-216. PDF |
Kunert, G., E. Belz, J. C. Simon, W. W. Weisser and Y. Outreman. 2010. Differences in defensive behaviour between host-adapted races of the pea aphid. Ecological Entomology 35:147-154. PDF |
Loxdale, H. D., B. Massonnet and W. W. Weisser. 2010. Why are there so few aphid clones? Bulletin of Entomological Research 100:613-622. |
Nyabuga, F. N., Y. Outreman, J.-C. Simon, D. G. Heckel and W. W. Weisser. 2010. Effects of pea aphid secondary endosymbionts on aphid resistance and development of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi: a correlative study. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 136:243-253. PDF |
Hatano, E., G. Kunert, S. Bartram, W. Boland, J. Gershenzon, and W. W. Weisser. 2008. Do aphid colonies amplify their emission of alarm pheromone? Journal of Chemical Ecology 34:1149-1152. PDF |
Hatano, E., G. Kunert, J. P. Michaud, and W. W. Weisser. 2008. Chemical cues mediating aphid location by natural enemies. European Journal of Entomology 105:797-806. |
Kunert, G., K. Schmoock-Ortlepp, U. Reissmann, S. Creutzburg, and W. W. Weisser. 2008. The influence of natural enemies on wing induction in Aphis fabae and Megoura viciae (Hemiptera : Aphididae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 98:57-62. |
Schwartzberg, E. G., G. Kunert, U. S. R. Roese, J. Gershenzon, and W. W. Weisser. 2008. Alarm pheromone emission by pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, clones under predation by lacewing larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 128:403-409. PDF |
Schwartzberg, E. G., G. Kunert, C. Stephan, A. David, U. S. R. Rose, J. Gershenzon, W. Boland, and W. W. Weisser. 2008. Real-time analysis of alarm pheromone emission by the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) under predation. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34:76-81. PDF |
Schwartzberg, E. G., G. Kunert, S. A. Westerlund, K. H. Hoffmann, and W. W. Weisser. 2008. Juvenile hormone titres and winged offspring production do not correlate in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Journal of Insect Physiology 54:1332-1336. |
Kunert, G., J. Trautsch, and W. W. Weisser. 2007. Density dependence of the alarm pheromone effect in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Sternorrhyncha : Aphididae). European Journal of Entomology 104:47-50. |
Kunert, G. and W. W. Weisser. 2003. The interplay between density- and trait-mediated effects in predator-prey interactions: a case study in aphid wing polymorphism. Oecologia 135:304-312. PDF |
Sloggett, J. J. and W. W. Weisser. 2002. Parasitoids induce production of the dispersal morph of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Oikos 98:323-333. PDF |
Weisser, W. W. and C. Braendle. 2001. Body colour and genetic variation in winged morph production in the pea aphid. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 99:217-223. PDF |
Weisser, W. W., C. Braendle, and N. Minoretti. 1999. Predator-induced morphological shift in the pea aphid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 266:1175-1181. PDF |