Paul K. Abram, Ph.D.

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G.E. Heimpel, P.K. Abram, C. Causton, S. Celis, M. Coll, I.C.W. Hardy, M. Mangel, N. Mills, and M. Segoli (in press). A benefit-risk analysis for biological control introductions based on the protection of native biodiversity. Ecological Applications (in press)

P.K. Abram, M.T. Franklin, J. Brodeur, J.S. Cory, A. McConkey, K. Wyckhuys, and G.H. Heimpel (2024). Weighing consequences of action and inaction in invasive insect management. One Earth. doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.04.013

T.D. Gariepy, P.K. Abram, C. Adams, D. Beal, E. Beers, J. Beetle, D. Biddinger, G. Brind’Amour, A. Bruin, M. Buffington, H. Burrack, K.M. Daane, K. Demchak, P. Fanning, A. Gillett, K. Hamby, K. Hoelmer, B. Hogg, R. Isaacs, B. Johnson, J.C. Lee, H.K. Levensen, G. Loeb, A. Lovero, J.M. Milnes, K.R. Park, P. Prade, K. Regan, J.M. Renkema, C. Rodriguez-Saona, S. Neupane, C. Jones, A. Sial, P. Smytheman, A. Stout, S. Van Timmeren, V.M. Walton, J.K. Wilson, and X. Wang (2024) Adventive establishment of Leptopilina japonica (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) in North America and development of a multiplex PCR assay to identify key parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae).  Neobiota doi: http://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.93.121219

K.R. Hopper, X. Wang, M. Kenis, M.L. Seehausen, P.K. Abram, K.M. Daane, M.L. Buffington, K.A. Hoelmer, B.F. Kingham, O. Shevchenko, and E. Bernberg (2024). Genome divergence and reproductive incompatibility among populations of Ganaspis near brasiliensis. G3: Genes/Genomes/Genetics doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae090   

C. Capkob, J. Thiessen, L. Harach, J. Fraser, M.T. Franklin and P.K. Abram (2024). A method for sampling parasitized Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) puparia from soil. Journal of Insect Science 14:1-8.

Y. Uriel, P.K. Abram, J. Thiessen and M.T. Franklin (2023). A binomial sampling method for estimating the density of blueberry aphid, Ericaphis fimbriata (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in commercial highbush blueberry. The Canadian Entomologist 155: e33.

T.D. Nelson, Y. Uriel, P.K. Abram, C.E. Moffat, J. Sherwood, J. Renkema, D. Moreau and M.T. Franklin (2023). Spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), exhibits large-scale spatial genetic structure across Canada but not fruit host-associated genetic structure. The Canadian Entomologist 155: e37.

A.E. McPhersona, P.K. Abram, C.I. Curtis, E.R. Wannop, J. Dudzic and S.J. Perlman (2023). Dynamic changes in Wolbachia infection over a single generation of Drosophila suzukii, across a wide range of resource availability. Ecology & Evolution 13: e10722.

J.L. Frasera, P.K. Abram and M. Dorais (2023). Supplemental LED lighting improves plant growth without impeding biological control of aphids with parasitoids in a tri-trophic greenhouse system. Journal of Pest Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01703-8

M. Segoli, P.K. Abram, J. Ellers, I.C.W. Hardy, G. Greenbaum, G.E. Heimpel, T. Keasar, P.J. Ode, A. Sadeh and E. Wajnberg (2023). Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects. Trends in Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.04.008

P.K. Abram*, E. Guerra-Grenier*, J. Brodeur, C. Capkob, M. Ferreira Santos Aquino, E.H. Beers, M.C. Blassioli-Moraes, M. Borges, M.F. Cingolani, A. Cusumano, P. De Clercq, C.A. Fernandez, T.D. Gariepy, T. Haye, K.A. Hoelmer, R.A. Laumann, M. Lietti, J.E. McPherson, E. Punschke, T.E. Saunders, J-P. Zhang and I.C.W. Hardy (2023). Protective geometry and reproductive anatomy as candidate determinants of clutch size variation in pentatomid bugs. The American Naturalist 202: E104–E120.

M. Gaudreaua, M.T. Souza, F. LeBlanc, J. Brodeur and P.K. Abram (2023). Attenuation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation does not impede host location in egg parasitoids with positive UV phototaxis. Ecological Entomology https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13235

P.K. Abram*, T.D. Nelson*, V. Marshall, T.D. Gariepy, T. Haye, J. Zhang, T. Hueppelsheuser, S. Acheampong and C.E. Moffat (2023). Genetic relationships among laboratory lines of the egg parasitoid Trissolcus japonicus from native and adventive populations. NeoBiota 82: 145–161.

N.G. Earley, P.K. Abram, R.G. Lalonde and C.E. Moffat (2023). Ovipositor characteristics differ between two parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Figitidae) of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera:  Drosophildae) in an adventive landscape. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 95: 13–30.

J.A. Harvey, K. Tougeron, R. Gols, R. Heinen, M. Abarca, P.K. Abram et al. [+ >70 authors]. (2023). Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects. Ecological Monographs 93: e1553.

P.K. Abram, T. Haye, P. Clarke, E. Groveb, J. Thiessen and T.D. Gariepy (2023). Partial refuges from biological control due to intraspecific variation in protective host traits. Ecological Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2796

Q. Geissmann, P.K. Abram, D. Wu, C. H. Haney and J. Carrillo (2022). Sticky Pi is a high-frequency smart trap that enables the study of insect circadian activity under natural conditions. PLoS Biology 20: e3001689.

A. Tena, J. P. R. Bouvet and P.K. Abram (2022). Resting ecology of parasitoids in the field: safe in a bed and breakfast? Animal Behaviour 190: 11–21.

C.H. Lue, P. K. Abram, J. Hrcek, M.L. Buffington and P.P. Staniczenko (2022). Metabarcoding and applied ecology with hyper‐diverse organisms: recommendations for biological control research. Molecular Ecology doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16677

R.L. Paul, P.K. Abram and J.C. Lee (2022). Host patch quality increases parasitoid locomotor activity despite risk of egg limitation. Ecological Entomology, 47: 810–821.

M. Gaudreaua, J. Brodeur and P.K. Abram (2022). Adult female exposure to mild ultraviolet radiation reduces longevity but not egg load in two parasitoid wasps. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 170: 965–972.

E. H. Beers, D. Beal, P. Smytheman, P.K. Abram, R. Schmidt-Jeffris, E. Moretti, C. Looney, C.-H. Lue and M.L. Buffington (2022). First records of adventive populations of the parasitoids Ganaspis brasiliensis and Leptopilina japonica in the United States. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91: 11–25.

P.K. Abram, M.T. Franklin, T. Hueppelsheuser, J. Carrillo, E. Grove, P. Eraso, S. Acheampong, L. Keery, P. Girod, M. Tsuruda, M. Clausen, M.L. Buffington and C.E. Moffat (2022). Adventive larval parasitoids reconstruct their close association with spotted-wing drosophila in the invaded North American range. Environmental Entomology 51: 670–678.

P.G. Mason, T. Dancau, P.K. Abram, C. Noronha, P.L. Dixon, C.K. Parsons, M.H. Bahar, A.M.R Bennett, J. Fernandez-Triana, A.M. Brauner, P. Clarke, J. Thiessen, D.R. Gillespie and T. Haye (2022). The parasitoid complex of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Linneaus) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in Canada: impact and status. The Canadian Entomologist 154: e12.

P.K. Abram, X. Wang, T. Hueppelsheuser, M. T. Franklin, K. M. Daane, J. C. Lee, C.-H. Lue, P. Girod, J. Carrillo, W. H. L. Wonga, R. R. Kula, M.W. Gates, B. N. Hogg, C. E. Moffat, K. A. Hoelmer, A. A. Sial and M. L. Buffington (2022). A coordinated sampling and identification methodology for larval parasitoids of spotted-wing drosophila. Journal of Economic Entomology 922–942.