Southern
Research Station

Featured Publications and Products

• Shepherd, William; Sullivan, Brian; Hoosier, Bradley; Barrett, JoAnne; Bauman, Tessa. 2010. Characterization of an Aggregation Pheromone in Hylesinus pruinosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae).
• Shepherd, William; Huber, Dezene; Seybold, Steven; Fettig, Christopher. 2008. Antennal responses of the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), to stem volatiles of its primary host, Pinus ponderosa, and nine sympatric nonhost angiosperms and conifers.
• Sullivan, Brian T.; Shepherd, William P.; Pureswarana, Deepa S.; Tashiro, Takuya; Mori, Kenji. 2007. Evidence that (+)-endo-Brevicomin is a male-produced component of the Southern Pine Beetle aggregation pheromone.
• Shepherd, William P.; Goyer, Richard A. 2005. Impact of Platysoma parallelum and Plegaderus transversus (Coleoptera: Histeridae) predation on developing Ips calligraphus and Ips grandicollis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) brood.
• Shepherd, William P.; Sullivan, Brian T.; Goyer, Richard A.; Klepzig, Kier D. 2005. Electrophysiological and olfactometer responses of two histerid predators to three pine bark beetle pheromones.

Publications

• Sullivan, Brian T.; Munro, Holly L.; Shepherd, William P.; Gandhi, Kamal J. K. 2022. 4‐allylanisole as a lure adjuvant for dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and two associated beetles.
• Sullivan, Brian ; Shepherd, William ; Nowak, John ; Clarke, Stephen ; Merten, Paul ; Billings, Ronald ; Upton, William ; Riggins, John ; Brownie, Cavell . 2021. Alternative formulations of trap lures for operational detection, population monitoring, and outbreak forecasting of southern pine beetle in the United States.
• Munro, Holly L.; Gandhi, Kamal J. K.; Barnes, Brittany F.; Montes, Cristian R.; Nowak, John T.; Shepherd, William P.; Villari, Caterina ; Sullivan, Brian T. 2020. Electrophysiological and behavioral responses Dendroctonus frontalis and D. terebrans (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to resin odors of host pines (Pinus spp.).
• Shepherd, William P; Sullivan, Brian T. 2017. Spatial displacement of a lure component can reduce catches of two nontarget species during spring monitoring of southern pine beetle.
• Shepherd, William P.; Sullivan, Brian T.; Mayfield, Albert (Bud); McDonald, Richard C. 2016. Olfactory responses of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator, Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), to natural and synthetic conifer volatiles.
• Sullivan, Brian T.; Allison, Jeremy D.; Goyer, Richard A.; Shepherd, William P. 2015. Sex pheromone of the baldcypress leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
• Shepherd, William; Montgomery, Michael; Sullivan, Brian; Mayfield, Albert (Bud), III. 2014. Novel method for determining sex of live adult Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae).
• Shepherd, William; Sullivan, Brian. 2013. Southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, antennal and behavioral responses to nonhost leaf and bark volatiles.
• Shepherd, William P.; Goyer, Richard A. 2003. Seasonal abundance, arrival and emergence patterns of predaceous hister beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) associated with Ips engraver beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Louisiana.

Research Highlights

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