individual publications

• academic article

  • A combinatorial library of macrocyclic polyamines produced by a ladybird beetle.  J. Amer. Chem. Soc..  122:3628-3634. 2000
  • Firefly toxicosis in lizards.  Journal of Chemical Ecology.  25:1981-1986. 1999
  • Absolute Configuration of the Polyazamacrolides, Macrocyclic Polyamines Produced by a Ladybird Beetle.  Tetrahedron Lett..  39:6625-6628. 1998
  • Combinational chemistry in insects: a library of defensive macrocyclic polyamines.  Science.  281:428-431. 1998
  • Polyazamacrolides from ladybird beetles: ring-size selective oligomerization.  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  95:13387-13391. 1998
  • Absolute configuration of insect-produced epilachnene.  Tetrahedron Ltrs..  18:2787-2790. 1997
  • Defensive production of quinoline by a phasmid insect (Oreophoetes peruana).  Journal of Experimental Biology.  200:2493-2500. 1997
  • Firefly ‘femmes fatales’ acquire defensive steroids (lucibufagins) from their firefly prey.  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  94:9723-9728. 1997
  • Pyrrolidinoöxazolidine alkaloids from two species of ladybird beetles.  J. Nat. Prod..  60:755-759. 1997
  • Chemical basis of courtship in a beetle (Neopyrochroa flabellata): cantharidin as "nuptial gift".  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  93:6499-6503. 1996
  • Chemical basis of courtship in a beetle (Neopyrochroa flabellata): cantharidin as precopulatory "enticing" agent.  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  93:6494-6498. 1996
  • Glandular pyrazine emission by a tropical katydid: an example of chemical aposematism?.  J. Orthoptera Res..  5:221-223. 1996
  • Predatory response of spiders to blister beetles (family Meloidae).  Zoology.  99:211-217. 1996
  • Sodium: a male moth's gift to its offspring.  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  93:809-813. 1996
  • Sodium uptake by 'puddling' in a moth.  Science.  270:1816-1818. 1995
  • Sticky integumental coating of a caterpillar (Dalceridae): a deterrent to ants?.  Journal of the Lepidopterists Society.  48:381-386. 1994
  • Defensive regurgitation by a noctuid moth larva (Litoprosopus futilis).  Psyche.  100:209-221. 1993
  • Defensive secretion of two notodontid caterpillars (Schizura unicornis, S. badia).  Journal of Chemical Ecology.  19:2089-2104. 1993
  • Chemical Defense of a Rare Mint Plant.  Chemoecology.  1:30-37. 1990
  • Chemical defense of a rare mint plant.  Chemoecology.  1:30-37. 1990
  • Interaction of Pyrausta panopealis (Pyralidae) with a newly-reported host, the endangered mint Dicerandra frutescens (Labiatae).  J. Lepid. Soc..  44:156-162. 1990

• chapter

  • Paternal investment in egg defense.  Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition. 91-115. 2002

• conference paper

  • The defensive role of the pupal secretion of an introduced ladybird beetle.  Greater New England Symposium on the Ecology of Invasive Species, Yale Univ.. 1999
  • Combinatorial chemistry in insects: a library of defensive macrocylic polyamines produced by a ladybird beetle.  Proc. Intl. Soc. Chem. Ecol.. 1998
  • Puddling behavior: massive fluid throughput leads to sodium sequestration in a moth.  Int'l. Soc. Chem. Ecol. Ann. Mtg. 1990