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1. Byers, J.A., Brewer, J.W., and Denna, D.W. 1976. Plant growth hormones in pinyon insect galls. Marcellia 39:125-134.abstract button pdf

2. Byers, J.A., Wood, D.L., Browne, L.E., Fish, R.H., Piatek, B., and Hendry, L.B. 1979. Relationship between a host plant compound, myrcene and pheromone production in the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus. Journal of Insect Physiology 25:477-482. pdf

3. Byers, J.A. and Wood, D.L. 1980. Interspecific inhibition of the response of the bark beetles, Dendroctonus brevicomis and Ips paraconfusus, to their pheromones in the field. Journal of Chemical Ecology 6:149-164. pdf

4. Byers, J.A., Svihra, P., and Koehler, C.S. 1980. Attraction of elm bark beetles to cut limbs on elm. Journal of Arboriculture 6:245-246. pdf

5. Hendry, L.B., Piatek, B., Browne, L.E., Wood, D.L., Byers, J.A., Fish, R.H., and Hicks, R.A. 1980. In vivo conversion of a labelled host plant chemical to pheromones of the bark beetle Ips paraconfusus. Nature 284:485. pdf

6. Byers, J.A. 1981a. Pheromone biosynthesis in the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus, during feeding or exposure to vapours of host plant precursors. Insect Biochemistry 11:563-569. pdf

7. Byers, J.A. 1981b. Effect of mating on terminating aggregation during host colonization in the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 7:1135-1147. pdf

8. Byers, J.A. 1981c. Versatile electronic timer for synchronous switching of multiple electrical devices. Behavior Research Methods and Instrumentation 13:381-383. pdf

9. Byers, J.A. and Wood, D.L. 1981a. Interspecific effects of pheromones on the attraction of the bark beetles, Dendroctonus brevicomis and Ips paraconfusus in the laboratory. Journal of Chemical Ecology 7:9-18. pdf

10. Byers, J.A. and Wood, D.L. 1981b. Antibiotic-induced inhibition of pheromone synthesis in a bark beetle. Science 213:763-764. pdf

11. Byers, J.A. 1982. Male-specific conversion of the host plant compound, myrcene, to the pheromone, (+)-ipsdienol, in the bark beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 8:363-371. pdf

12. Byers, J.A., and Poinar, G.O., Jr. 1982. Location of insect hosts by the nematode, Neoaplectana carpocapsae, in response to temperature. Behaviour 79:1-10. pdf

13. Byers, J.A. 1983a. Influence of sex, maturity and host substances on pheromones in the guts of the bark beetles, Ips paraconfusus and Dendroctonus brevicomis. Journal of Insect Physiology 29:5-13. pdf

14. Byers, J.A. 1983b. Bark beetle conversion of a plant compound to a sex-specific inhibitor of pheromone attraction. Science 220:624-626. pdf

15. Byers, J.A. 1983c. Sex-specific responses to aggregation pheromone: Regulation of colonization density in the bark beetle Ips paraconfusus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 9:129-142. pdf

16. Byers, J.A. 1983d. Electronic fraction collector used for insect sampling in the photoperiod-induced diel emergence of bark beetles. Physiological Entomology 8:133-138. pdf

17. Byers, J.A., and Unkrich, M.A. 1983. Electronic light intensity control to simulate dusk and dawn conditions. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76:556-558. pdf

18. Byers, J.A. 1984a. Electronic multiprobe thermometer and multiplexer for recording temperatures of microenvironments in the forest litter habitat of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Environmental Entomology 13:863-867. pdf

19. Byers, J.A. 1984b. Nearest neighbor analysis and simulation of distribution patterns indicates an attack spacing mechanism in the bark beetle, Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Environmental Entomology 13:1191-1200. pdf

20. Byers, J.A., Wood, D.L., Craig, J. and Hendry, L.B. 1984. Attractive and inhibitory pheromones produced in the bark beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis, during host colonization: Regulation of inter- and intraspecific competition. Journal of Chemical Ecology 10:861-877. pdf

21. Byers, J.A., Lanne, B.S., Löfqvist, J., Schlyter, F. and Bergström, G. 1985. Olfactory recognition of host-tree susceptibility by pine shoot beetles. Naturwissenschaften 72:324-326. pdf

22. Byers, J.A. 1987a. Interactions of pheromone component odor plumes of western pine beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology 13:2143-2157. pdf

23. Byers, J.A. 1987b. Novel fraction collector for studying the oviposition rhythm in the turnip moth. Chronobiology International 4:189-194. pdf

24. Lanne, B.S., Schlyter, F., Byers, J.A., Löfqvist, J., Leufvén, A., Bergström, G., Van Der Pers, J.N.C., Unelius, R., Baeckström, P. and Norin, T. 1987. Differences in attraction to semiochemicals present in sympatric pine shoot beetles, Tomicus minor and T. piniperda. Journal of Chemical Ecology 13:1045-1067. pdf

25. Schlyter, F., Byers, J.A. and Löfqvist, J. 1987a. Attraction to pheromone sources of different quantity, quality, and spacing: Density-regulation mechanisms in bark beetle Ips typographus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 13:1503-1523. pdf

26. Schlyter, F., Löfqvist, J. and Byers, J.A. 1987b. Behavioural sequence in attraction of the bark beetle Ips typographus to pheromone sources. Physiological Entomology 12:185-196. pdf

27. Schlyter, F., Birgersson, G., Byers, J.A., Löfqvist, J. and Bergström, G. 1987c. Field response of the spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, to aggregation pheromone candidates. Journal of Chemical Ecology 13:701-716. pdf

28. Byers, J.A. 1988a. Upwind flight orientation to pheromone in western pine beetle tested with rotating windvane traps. Journal of Chemical Ecology 14:189-198. pdf

29. Byers, J.A. 1988b. Novel diffusion-dilution method for release of semiochemicals: Testing pheromone component ratios on western pine beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology 14:199-212. pdf

30. Byers, J.A., Birgersson, G., Löfqvist, J., and Bergström, G. 1988. Synergistic pheromones and monoterpenes enable aggregation and host recognition by a bark beetle, Pityogenes chalcographus. Naturwissenschaften 75:153-155. pdf

31. Schlyter, F., Byers, J.A., Löfqvist, J., Leufvén, A., and Birgersson, G. 1988. Reduction of attack density of the bark beetles Ips typographus and Tomicus piniperda on host bark by verbenone inhibition of attraction to pheromone and host kairomone. pp. 53-68. In: Payne, T.L. and Saarenmaa, H. (eds.), Integrated Control of Scolytid Bark Beetles, Virginia Tech. Press, Blacksburg. 355 pp. pdf

32. Byers, J.A. 1989a. Chemical ecology of bark beetles. Experientia 45:271- 283. pdf

33. Byers, J.A. 1989b. Behavioral mechanisms involved in reducing competition in bark beetles. Holarctic Ecology 12:466-476. pdf

34. Byers, J.A. and Löfqvist, J. 1989. Flight initiation and survival in the bark beetle Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) during the spring dispersal. Holarctic Ecology 12:432-440. pdf

35. Byers, J.A., Anderbrant, O., and Löfqvist, J. 1989a. Effective attraction radius: A method for comparing species attractants and determining densities of flying insects. Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:749-765. pdf

36. Byers, J.A., Högberg, H.E., Unelius, R., Birgersson, G. and Löfqvist, J. 1989b. Structure-activity studies on aggregation pheromone components of Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae): all stereoisomers of chalcogran and methyl 2,4-decadienoate. Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:685-695. pdf

37. Byers, J.A., Lanne, B.S., and Löfqvist, J. 1989c. Host-tree unsuitability recognized by pine shoot beetles in flight. Experientia 45:489-492. pdf

38. Birgersson, G., Byers, J.A., Bergström, G., and Löfqvist, J. 1990. Production of pheromone components, chalcogran and methyl (E,Z)-2,4- decadienoate, in the spruce engraver Pityogenes chalcographus. Journal of Insect Physiology 36:391-395. pdf

39. Byers, J.A., and Birgersson, G. 1990. Pheromone production in a bark beetle independent of myrcene precursor in host pine species. Naturwissenschaften 77:385-387. pdf

40. Byers, J.A., Birgersson, G., Löfqvist, J., Appelgren, M., and Bergström, G. 1990a. Isolation of pheromone synergists of bark beetle, Pityogenes chalcographus, from complex insect-plant odors by fractionation and subtractive-combination bioassay. Journal of Chemical Ecology 16:861-876. pdf

41. Byers, J.A., Schlyter, F., Birgersson, G., and Francke, W. 1990b. E- Myrcenol in Ips duplicatus: An aggregation pheromone component new for bark beetles. Experientia 46:1209-1211. pdf

42. Byers, J.A. 1991a. Simulation of mate-finding behaviour of pine shoot beetles, Tomicus piniperda. Animal Behaviour 41:649-660.abstract button pdf

43. Byers, J.A. 1991b. BASIC algorithms for random sampling and treatment randomization. Computers in Biology and Medicine 21:69-77.abstract button pdf

44. Byers, J.A. 1991c. Cardcat: A scientific reference manager for IBM- compatible personal computers. American Entomologist 37:240-242.abstract button pdf

45. Byers, J.A. 1991d. Pheromones and chemical ecology of locusts. Biological Reviews 66:347-378. pdf

46. Byers, J.A. 1992a. Grid cell contour mapping of point densities: bark beetle attacks, fallen pine shoots, and infested trees. Oikos 63:233-243.abstract button pdf

47. Byers, J.A. 1992b. Ref-list: Program to list references found in DOS text files of scientific manuscripts. Computer Applications in the Biosciences 8:196-198.abstract button pdf

48. Byers, J.A. 1992c. Dirichlet tessellation of bark beetle spatial attack points. Journal of Animal Ecology 61:759-768.abstract button pdf

49. Byers, J.A. 1992d. Trends in chemical ecology revealed with a personal computer program for searching data bases of scientific references and abstracts. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18:1481-1495. pdf

50. Byers, J.A. 1992e. Optimal fractionation and bioassay plans for isolation of synergistic chemicals: the subtractive-combination method. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18:1603-1621.abstract button pdf

51. Byers, J.A. 1992f. Attraction of bark beetles, Tomicus piniperda, Hylurgops palliatus, and Trypodendron domesticum and other insects to short-chain alcohols and monoterpenes. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18:2385-2402. pdf

52. Schlyter, F., Birgersson, G., Byers, J.A., and Bakke, A. 1992. The aggregation pheromone of Ips duplicatus and its role in competitive interactions with I. typographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Chemoecology 3:103-112. pdf

53. Zhang, Q.H., Byers, J.A., and Schlyter, F. 1992. Optimal attack density in the larch bark beetle, Ips cembrae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Journal of Applied Ecology 29:672-678. pdf

54. Byers, J.A. 1993a. Randomization algorithms in BASIC for experimental design. Computers in Biology and Medicine 23:167-176.abstract button pdf

55. Byers, J.A. 1993b. Avoidance of competition by spruce bark beetles, Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus. Experientia 49:272-275. pdf

56. Byers, J.A. 1993c. Simulation and equation models of insect population control by pheromone-baited traps. Journal of Chemical Ecology 19:1939-1956.abstract button pdf

57. Byers, J.A. 1993d. Orientation of bark beetles Pityogenes chalcographus and Ips typographus to pheromone-baited puddle traps placed in grids: A new trap for control of scolytids. Journal of Chemical Ecology 19:2297-2316. pdf

58. Byers, J.A. 1993e. Conversion of BIOSIS Previews database files to reference text files and reprint request forms. American Entomologist 39:245-248.abstract button pdf

59. Zhang, Q.H., Byers, J.A., and Zhang, X.D. 1993. Influence of bark thickness, trunk diameter and height on reproduction of the long- horned beetle, Monochamus sutor (Col., Cerambycidae) in burned larch and pine. Journal of Applied Entomology 115:145-154. pdf

60. Byers, J.A. 1995. Host tree chemistry affecting colonization in bark beetles, in R.T. Cardé and W.J. Bell (eds.). Chemical Ecology of Insects 2. Chapman and Hall, New York, pp. 154-213. pdf

61. Zolubas, P. and Byers, J.A., 1995. Recapture of dispersing bark beetles Ips typographus L. (Col., Scolytidae) in pheromone-baited traps. Journal of Applied Entomology 19:285-289. pdf

62. Byers, J.A. 1996a. Random selection algorithms for spatial and temporal sampling. Computers in Biology and Medicine 26:41-52.abstract button pdf

63. Byers, J.A. 1996b. An encounter rate model of bark beetle populations searching at random for susceptible host trees. Ecological Modelling 91:57-66. pdf

64. Byers, J.A. 1996c. Taxokey: a universal taxonomic key program using DOS text files and graphics. Computer Applications in the Biosciences 12:185-189.abstract button pdf

65. Byers, J.A. 1996d. Correct calculation of Dirichlet polygon areas. Journal of Animal Ecology 65:528-529. pdf

66. Byers, J.A. 1996e. Temporal clumping of bark beetle arrival at pheromone traps: Modeling anemotaxis in chaotic plumes. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:2133-2155. pdf

67. Byers, J.A., Zhang, Q.H., Schlyter, F., and Birgersson, G. 1998. Volatiles from nonhost birch trees inhibit pheromone response in spruce bark beetles. Naturwissenschaften 85:557-561. pdf

68. Byers, J.A. 1999a. Database program to manage slides and images for teaching and presentations. Educational Media International 36:77-80. pdf

69. Byers, J.A. 1999b. Flash cards and animation software for education. Educational Media International 36:164-167. pdf

70. Byers, J.A. 1999c. Interactive learning using expert system quizzes on the internet. Educational Media International 36:191-194. pdf

71. Byers, J.A. 1999d. Effects of attraction radius and flight paths on catch of scolytid beetles dispersing outward through rings of pheromone traps. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25:985-1005. pdf

72. Byers, J.A. 2000. Wind-aided dispersal of simulated bark beetles flying through forests. Ecological Modelling 125:231-243. pdf

73. Byers, J.A., Zhang, Q.H., and Birgersson, G. 2000. Strategies of a bark beetle, Pityogenes bidentatus, in an olfactory landscape. Naturwissenschaften 87:503-507. pdf

74. El-Sayed, A.M. and Byers, J.A. 2000. Inhibitory effect of monoterpenes on response of Pityogenes bidentatus to aggregation pheromone released by piezoelectric sprayer for precision release of semiochemicals. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:1795-1809. pdf

75. Schlyter F., Zhang Q-H., Anderson P., Byers J.A., Wadhams L.J., Löfqvist, J., and Birgersson G. 2000. Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of Scandinavian Tomicus piniperda and T. minor (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), to non-host leaf and bark volatiles. Canadian Entomologist 132:965-981. pdf

76. Byers, J.A. 2001. Correlated random walk equations of animal dispersal resolved by simulation. Ecology 82:1680-1690. pdf

77. Byers, J.A. 2002. Internet programs for drawing moth pheromone analogs and searching literature database. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28: 807-817. pdf

78. Byers, J.A. 2004a. Equations for nickel-chromium wire heaters of column transfer lines in gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD). Journal of Neuroscience Methods 135:89-93. pdf

79. Byers, J.A., Zhang, Q.H., and Birgersson, G. 2004. Avoidance of nonhost plants by a bark beetle, Pityogenes bidentatus, in a forest of odors. Naturwissenschaften 91:215-219. pdf

80. Byers, J.A. 2004b. Chemical ecology of bark beetles in a complex olfactory landscape. pp. 89-134. In, Bark and Wood Boring Insects in Living Trees in Europe, a Synthesis, F. Lieutier, K.R. Day, A. Battisti, J.C. Grégoire, H. Evans (Eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pdf

81. Blackmer, J.L., Rodriquez-Saona, C., Byers, J. A., Shope, K.L., and Smith, J.P. 2004. Behavioral response of Lygus hesperus to conspecifics and headspace volatiles of alfalfa in a Y-tube olfactometer. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30:1547-1564. pdf

82. Byers, J.A. 2005a. A cost of alarm pheromone production in cotton aphids, Aphis gossypii. Naturwissenschaften 92:69-72. pdf

83. Byers, J.A. 2005b. Chemical constraints on the evolution of olfactory communication channels of moths. Journal of Theoretical Biology 235:199-206. pdf

84. Byers, J.A. and Castle, S.J. 2005. Areawide models comparing synchronous versus asynchronous treatments for control of dispersing insect pests. Journal of Economic Entomology 98:1763-1773. pdf

85. Byers, J.A. 2006a. Pheromone component patterns of moth evolution revealed by computer analysis of the Pherolist. Journal of Animal Ecology 75:399-407. pdf

86. Byers, J.A. 2006b. Analysis of insect and plant colors in digital images using Java software on the Internet. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:865-874. pdf

87. Byers, J.A. 2006c. Production and predator-induced release of volatile chemicals by the plant bug Lygus hesperus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:2205-2218. pdf

88. Thoss, V., and Byers, J.A. 2006. Monoterpene chemodiversity of ponderosa pine in relation to herbivory and bark beetle colonization. Chemoecology 16:51-58. pdf

89. El-Sayed, A.M., Suckling, D.M., Wearing, C.H., and Byers, J.A. 2006. Potential of mass trapping for long-term pest management and eradication of invasive species. Journal of Economic Entomology 99:1550-1564. pdf

90. Byers, J.A. 2007. Simulation of mating disruption and mass trapping with competitive attraction and camouflage. Environmental Entomology 36:1328-1338. pdf

91. Natwick, E.T, Byers, J.A., Chu, C.C., Lopez, M., and Henneberry, T.J. 2007. Early detection and mass trapping of Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci in vegetable crops. Southwestern Entomologist 32:229-238. pdf

92. Blackmer, J.L., Byers, J.A., and Rodriguez-Saona, C. 2008. Evaluation of color traps for monitoring Lygus spp.: Design, placement, height, time of day, and non-target effects. Crop Protection 27:171-181. pdf

93. El-Sayed, A.M, Byers, J.A., Manning, L.M., Jürgens, A., Mitchell, V.J., and Suckling, D.M. 2008. Floral scent of Canada thistle and its potential as a generic insect attractant. Journal of Economic Entomology 101:720-727. pdf

94. Byers, J.A. 2008. Active space of pheromone plume and its relationship to effective attraction radius in applied models. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34:1134-1145. pdf

95. Byers, J.A. 2009. Modeling distributions of flying insects: Effective attraction radius of pheromone in two and three dimensions. Journal of Theoretical Biology 256:81-89. pdf

96. Blackmer, J.L., and Byers, J.A. 2009. Lygus spp. (Heteroptera: Miridae) host-plant interactions with Lesquerella fendleri (Brassicaceae), a new crop in the arid southwest. Environmental Entomology 38:159-167. pdf

97. Zada, A., Falach, L., and Byers, J.A. 2009. Development of sol-gel formulations for slow release of pheromones. Chemoecology 19:37-45. pdf

98. El-Sayed, A.M, Suckling, D.M, Byers, J.A., Jang, E.B., and Wearing, C.H. 2009. Potential of "lure and kill" in long-term pest management and eradication of invasive species. Journal of Economic Entomology 102:815-835. pdf

99. Huang, C.H., Yan, F.M., Byers, J.A., Wang, R.J., and Xu, C.R. 2009. Volatiles induced by the larvae of the Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) in maize plants affect behavior of conspecific larvae and female adults. Insect Science 16:311-320. pdf

100. Salvucci, M.E., Barta, C., Byers, J.A., and Canarini, A. 2010. Photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning between carbohydrates and isoprenoid products in vegetatively active and dormant guayule: physiological and environmental constraints on rubber accumulation in a semi-arid shrub. Physiologia Plantarum 140:368-379.
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101. Zhang, Q.H., Ma, J.H., Yang, Q.Q., Byers, J.A., Klein, M. G., Zhao, F.Y., and Luo, Y.Q. 2011. Olfactory and visual responses of the long-legged chafer Hoplia spectabilis Medvedev (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Qinghai province, China. Pest Management Science 67:162-169. pdf

102. Byers, J.A. and Levi-Zada, A. 2011. Individual variation of (S)-4-methyl-3-heptanone in heads of braconid wasp, Leiophron uniformis, and Pogonomyrmex ants indicates costs of semiochemical production. Chemoecology 21:35-44. pdf

103. Byers, J.A. 2011. Analysis of vertical distributions and effective flight layers of insects: Three-dimensional simulation of flying insects and catch at trap heights. Environmental Entomology 40:1210-1222. pdf

104. Brent, C.S. and Byers, J.A. 2011. Female attractiveness modulated by a male-derived antiaphrodisiac pheromone in a plant bug. Animal Behaviour 82:937-943. pdf

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Byers, J.A. 1973. Plant growth hormones in pinyon insect galls. Master
     of Science, Department of Entomology, Colorado State University,
     Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.  pdf

Byers, J.A. 1978. Mutual inhibition of the attractive response to
     pheromones of Dendroctonus brevicomis and Ips paraconfusus, and the
     physiology of pheromone production in Ips paraconfusus. Doctor of
     Philosophy, Department of Entomological Sciences, University of
     California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.  pdf

Miscellaneous Letters in Entomological Publications:

Byers, J.A. 1983. (Letter proposing new journal called `Entomology'). ESA
     Newsletter (Entomological Society of America) 6(10):1.

Byers, J.A. 1984. (Letter proposing name change of `Ann. Entomol. Soc.
     Am.' to `Entomology', also proposes free page charges to increase
     competition and quality in ESA journals). ESA Newsletter 7(8):6.

Byers, J.A. 1985. (Letter discussing International membership, a recent
     questionnaire, `Entomology' journal, and the need for having
     national meetings in different regions). ESA Newsletter 8(10):3.

Byers, J.A. 1987. What's in a name? Bulletin of the Entomological Society
      of America 33:208.