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  1. A Rare, Recently Discovered Nematode, Oscheius onirici (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), Kills Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Within Fruit

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  2. Surrounding landscape and spatial arrangement of honey bee hives affect pollen foraging and yield in cranberry

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  3. Two native Wisconsin nematodes represent virulent biocontrol agents in cranberries

    Article • Biological Control, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  4. Omnivory in Bees: Elevated Trophic Positions among All Major Bee Families

    Article • The American Naturalist, September 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  5. Pollen-borne microbes shape bee fitness

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  6. Undead food-webs: Integrating microbes into the food-chain

    Article • Food Webs, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  7. In Vitro Rearing of Solitary Bees: A Tool for Assessing Larval Risk Factors

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, July 2018, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  8. Conserving carnivorous arthropods: an example from early-season cranberry (Ericaceae) flooding

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, January 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  9. Variable Isotopic Compositions of Host Plant Populations Preclude Assessment of Aphid Overwintering Sites

    Article • Insects, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  10. Incidence of Oscheius onirici (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a potentially entomopathogenic nematode from the marshlands of Wisconsin, USA

    Article • Journal of Nematology, November 2017, Exeley, Inc.

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  11. A review of compound-specific stable isotopic analysis (15N) in ecological studies

    Article • Organic Geochemistry, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  12. Pollen-borne fungicides mediate important bee-microbe symbioses

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, October 2017, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  13. Comparing compound-specific and bulk stable nitrogen isotope trophic discrimination factors across multiple freshwater fish species and diets

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, August 2017, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  14. Unpacking brown food-webs: Animal trophic identity reflects rampant microbivory

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  15. Intra-trophic isotopic discrimination of 15 N/14 N for amino acids in autotrophs: Implications for nitrogen dynamics in ecological studies

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  16. Why we need a centralized repository for isotopic data

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  17. Multi-Species Mating Disruption in Cranberries (Ericales: Ericaceae): Early Evidence Using a Flowable Emulsion

    Article • Journal of Insect Science, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  18. Flight Synchrony among the Major Moth Pests of Cranberries in the Upper Midwest, USA

    Article • Insects, February 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  19. Population Densities of Lepidopteran Pests in Selected Cranberry Cultivars in Wisconsin

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  20. Evaluating plant volatiles for monitoring natural enemies in apple, pear and walnut orchards

    Article • Biological Control, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  21. From planning to execution to the future: An overview of a concerted effort to enhance biological control in apple, pear, and walnut orchards in the western U.S.

    Article • Biological Control, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  22. Using plant volatile traps to estimate the diversity of natural enemy communities in orchard ecosystems

    Article • Biological Control, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  23. Exploiting genotyping by sequencing to characterize the genomic structure of the American cranberry through high-density linkage mapping

    Article • BMC Genomics, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  24. Temperature-Mediated Growth Thresholds ofAcrobasis vaccinii(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

    Article • Environmental Entomology, May 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  25. Discriminating power of microsatellites in cranberry organelles for taxonomic studies in Vaccinium and Ericaceae

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  26. Microbes are trophic analogues of arthropods, mammals, and fish: Isotopic fingerprinting unites ‘green’ and ‘brown’ food webs

    Article • January 2016, Entomological Society of America

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  27. Beneficial or not? Decoding carnivore roles in plant protection

    Article • Biological Control, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  28. In a food-chain, microbes are trophically analogous to animals.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Cameron R Currie, Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  29. Response to Pilaar Birch and Graham

    Article • BioScience, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  30. Development of a high-density cranberry SSR linkage map for comparative genetic analysis and trait detection

    Article • Molecular Breeding, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  31. Colonies of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) Produce Fewer Workers, Less Bee Biomass, and Have Smaller Mother Queens Following Fungicide Exposure

    Article • Insects, June 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  32. Diet quality influences isotopic discrimination among amino acids in an aquatic vertebrate

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  33. Temperature-Mediated Development Thresholds of Sparganothis sulfureana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Cranberries

    Article • Environmental Entomology, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  34. Development and Validation of 697 Novel Polymorphic Genomic and EST-SSR Markers in the American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.)

    Article • Molecules, January 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  35. It Is Time for IsoBank

    Article • BioScience, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  36. Degree-Day Benchmarks for Sparganothis sulfureana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Development in Cranberries

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  37. Clonal diversity and genetic differentiation revealed by SSR markers in wildVaccinium macrocarponandVaccinium oxycoccos

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  38. High‐resolution food webs based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  39. The American cranberry mitochondrial genome reveals the presence of selenocysteine (tRNA-Sec and SECIS) insertion machinery in land plants

    Article • Gene, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  40. A syndrome of mutualism reinforces the lifestyle of a sloth

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  41. Susceptibility of Cranberries to Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Laura Corley Lavine, Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  42. Trophic Hierarchies Illuminated via Amino Acid Isotopic Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2013, PLOS

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  43. Complete plastid genome sequence of Vaccinium macrocarpon: structure, gene content, and rearrangements revealed by next generation sequencing

    Article • Tree Genetics & Genomes, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  44. Niche engineering reveals complementary resource use

    Article • Ecology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  45. Discrimination of American Cranberry Cultivars and Assessment of Clonal Heterogeneity Using Microsatellite Markers

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  46. Using next-generation sequencing approaches to isolate simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci in the plant sciences

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  47. Evaluation of herbivore-induced plant volatiles for monitoring green lacewings in Washington apple orchards

    Article • Biological Control, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  48. 10.1023/A:1018718800713

    Article • January 2011, CrossRef Test Account

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  49. Diverse predator communities are scarier to prey than less diverse predator assemblages.

    Article • Ecology, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  50. Effects of the Loss of Organophosphate Pesticides in the US: Opportunities and Needs to Improve IPM Programs

    Article • Outlooks on Pest Management, August 2010, Research Information Ltd.

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  51. Insect Myths: An Interdisciplinary Approach Fostering Active Learning

    Article • American Entomologist, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  52. A New Pest Species of the Mealybug Genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from the United States

    Article • Annals of the Entomological Society of America, November 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  53. Leafhopper prefers vines with greater amounts of irrigation

    Article • California Agriculture, May 1995, California Agriculture

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan