Shaben,
J. and J.H. Myers. Unraveling the relationship between Scotch broom
(Cytisus scoparius), soil nutrients and plant diversity in the Garry
oak ecosystem in British Columbia, Canada. Plant Ecology (On line)
Franklin
MT, Nieman CL, Janmaat AF,Soberon, M, Bravo, A, Tabashnik, B and J.H.
Myers 2009. Modified Bacillus thuringiensis toxins and a hybrid B.
thuringiensis Strain counter greenhouse-selected resistance in Trichoplusia
ni . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75: 5739-5741
Stephens,
E.A., Krannitz, P.G. and J.H. Myers. 2009. Plant community changes
after the reduction of an invasive rangeland weed, diffuse knapweed,
Centaurea diffusa. Biological Control. 51:140-146
Myers,
J. H., C. Jackson, H. Quinn, S. White, and J. S. Cory. 2009. Successful
biological control of diffuse knapweed Centaurea diffusa in British
Columbia Canada. Biological Control 50:66-72
Cory,
J.S. and J.H. Myers. 2009. Within and between population variation
in disease resistance in cyclic populations of western tent caterpillars:
A test of the disease defence hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology
78:646-655
Franklin,
M.T., Ritland, C. and Myers, J.H. 2009. Distinguishing between laboratory-reared
and wild-collected greenhouse and field Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae) using the Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism method.
Ann. Ent. Soc. America. 102: 151-157.
Ericsson,
J. D. Janmaat, A.F., Lowenberger, C. and J.H. Myers. 2009. Is decreased
generalized immunity a cost of Bt resistance in cabbage loopers Trichoplusia
ni? Accepted J. Invert. Path. 100:61-67
Caron, V. Gillespie,
D. and Myers, J.H. 2008. Fitness related traits in a fly parasitoid
are mediated by effects of plants on its host. J. Applied Entomology
132:663-667.
Caron,
V. Janmaat, A.F., Ericsson, J.D. and Myers, J.H. 2008. Avoidance of
the host immune response by a generalist parasitoid, Compsilura
concinnata Meigen. Ecological Entomology 33:517-522.
Franklin,
M.T. and Myers, J.H. 2008. Refuges in reverse: the spread of Bacillus
thuringiensis resistance to unselected greenhouse populations
of cabbage loopers Trichoplusia ni. Agricultural and Forest
Entomology. 10:119-127
Myers,
J.H. 2008. One agent is usually sufficient for successful biological
control of weeds. Proc. XII Intern. Symp. Biological Control of Weeds.
Eds. M.H. Julien, R. Sforza, M.C. Bon, H.C. Evans, P.E. Hatcher, H.L.
Hinz and B.G. Rector. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. (in Press).
Jackson,
C.A.R. and J.H. Myers. 2008. Species pairs for the biological control
of weeds: advantageous or unnecessary? Proc.
XII Intern. Symp. Biological Control of Weeds. Eds. M.H. Julien, R.
Sforza, M.C. Bon, H.C. Evans, P.E. Hatcher, H.L. Hinz and B.G. Rector.
CAB International, Wallingford, UK. (in Press).
Beaulieu,
F. and Myers, J.H. 2007. Tricks of the trade (making posters)Bulletine
Entomological Society Canada 39
Smith,
J.N.M, Myers-Smith, I.H., Myers, J.H. 2007. Tips for effective communication
in ecology. Ecology 101. Bulletin of the Ecological Society America.
April 2007.
Denoth,
M. and Myers, J.H. 2007. Competition between Lythrum salicaria and
a rare species: combining evidence from experiments and long-term
monitoring. Plant Ecology 191:153-161
Erlandson,
Martin. Newhouse, Sarah. Moore, Keith. Janmaat, Alida. Myers, J. Theilman,
David. 2007. Characterization of baculovirus isolates from Trichoplusia
ni populations from vegetable greenhouses. BiologicalControl 41: 256-263.
Wang,
P. Zhao, J-Z. Rodrigo-Simon, A. Kain, W. Janmaat, A.F., Shelton, A.M.
Ferre, J. and Myers, J.H. 2007. Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis
Toxin Cry1Ac in a greenhouse population of the Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia
ni. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 1199-1207.
Ericsson,
J.D., J. Todd Kabaluk, Mark S. Goettel, Judith H. Myers. 2006. Spinosyns
interact synergistically with the insect pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae
against lined click beetle larvae, Agriotes lineatus. J. Econ. Entomol.
.Dennoth,
M. and J.H. Myers 2005. Variable success of biological control of
Lythrum salicaria in British Columbia. Biological Control 32:269-279.
Kain,
W.C., Zhao, J-Z, Janmaat, A.F., Myers, J.H., Shelton, A.M. Wang, P.
2004. Inheritance of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin
in a greenhouse-derived strain of cabbage looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 000-000.
Cory,
J.S. and JH Myers.2004. Adaptation in an insect-host plant-pathogen
interaction. Ecology Letters. 7: 632-639
Horgan,
Finbarr and J.H. Myers. 2004. Interactions between ground beetles,
winter moth and an introduced parasitoid on the lower mainland of
British Columbia. Pedobiologia 48: 23-35.
Cory,J.S.
and J.H. Myers. 2003. The ecology and evolution of insect Baculoviruses.
Ann. Rev. Ecol. and Syst. 34: 239-272.
Janmaat,
A.F. and J.H. Myers. 2003. Rapid evolution and the cost of resistance
to Bacillus thuringiensis in greenhouse populations of cabbage looper,
Trichoplusia ni. Proc. Royal Soc. London B. 270:2263-2270.
Milks,
M, J.H. Myers and
M.K. Leptich. Is the resistance of cabbage loopers
(Trichoplusia ni) to a nucleopolyhedrovirus stable?
Effects of putative fitness costs and immigration of susceptible
moths. Evolution.(Accepted
with revision. Revised and resubmitted).
Milks,
M.L., Myers, J.H. and
M.K. Leptich. 2002. Costs and stability of cabbage looper (Trichoplusia
ni)
resistance to a nucleopolyhedrovirus. Evolutionary Ecology 16: 369-385.
Myers,
J.H. and Ware, J.
2002. Setting priorities for the biological control of weeds:
What to do and how to do it. In: Proceedings, Hawaii Biological
Control Workshop. Technical Report # 129. Denslow, J.E., Hight, S.D.
and Smith, C.W. (eds) Honolulu: Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit,
University of Hawaii. Pp. 62-74.
Cooper,
D., Cory, J.S. Theilman, D. and J.H. Myers.
2002.
Nucleopolyhedroviruses of forest and western tentcaterpillars: cross-infectivity
and evidence for activation of latent virus in high density field
populations. Ecological Entomology 41-50.
Frid,
L. and Myers, J.H. 2002.
Thermal ecology of western
tent caterpillars,
Malacosoma californicum pluviale and infection by nucleopolyhedrovirus.
Ecological Entomology 27: 665-673.
Nielsen,
C.B., Cooper, D. Short, S.M., Myers, J.H.,
Suttle, C.A. 2002. DNA polymerase gene sequences indicate Western
and Forest Tent Caterpillar Viruses form a new taxonomic group within
baculoviruses. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 81:131-137.
Myers,
J.H. 2002. Eradication: Is it ecologically, financially, environmentally
and realistically possible? In. Managing for Healthy Ecosystems. D.
Rapport, W. Lasley, D. Rolston, O. Nielsen, C. Qualset and A. Damania
editors. CRC/ Lewis Press.
Denoth,
M., L. Frid, and J.H. Myers. 2002.
Multiple agents in biological control: Improving the odds?
Biological Control 24:20-30.
Myers,
J.H. 2001. The importance of evolution and adaptation to predicting
the outcome of biological control. In: Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts
and Case Studies. C. Fox, D. Fairbairn and D. Roff eds.) Oxford University
Press.
Myers,
J.H. and D. A. Raworth 2001. Insect
population ecology in B.C. Journal British Columbia Entomological
Society 98 :107-112.
Pearsall,
I.A. and J.H. Myers.2001. Population dynamics of western flower thrips
Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in
nectarine orchards in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys, British
Columbia, Canada. J. Econ. Entomol. 93:264-275
Milks,
M. and J.H.Myers. 2001 The development of larval resistance to a nucleopolyhedrovirus
is not accompanied by an increased virulence in the virus. Evolutionary
Ecology 14: 645-664
Cory,
J.S. and J.H. Myers 2000. Indirect and non-target effects of biological
control. News and comment.Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 15:137-139
Myers,
J.H. 2000. Population fluctuations of the western tent caterpillar
in southwestern British Columbia. Population Ecology 42:231-241.
Myers,
J.H., R. Malakar and J.S. Cory. 2000. Sublethal nucleopolyhedrovirus
infection effects on female pupal weight, egg mass size and vertical
transmission in gypsy moth (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae). Environmental
Entomology 29:1268-1972.
Myers,
J.H. and C. Risley. 2000. Why reduced seed production is not necessarily
translated into successful biological weed control. Proc. X Intern.
Symp. Biological Control of Weeds. Bozeman, Montana, Spencer, N. (ed.).
Montana State University, Bozeman. Pp. 569-581.
Myers,
J.H., D. Simberloff, A.M. Kuris, J.R. Carey.2000. Eradication Revisited
- Dealing with exotics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 15: 316-321.
Beisner,
B.E. and J.H. Myers.2000
Population density and transmission of virus in experimental populations
of the western tent caterpillar. Environmental Entomology 28: 1107
- 1113.
Pearsall,
I.A. and J.H. Myers. 2000. Evaluation of sampling methodology for
determining the phenology, relative density and dispersion of western
flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thusanoptera:Thripidae).
J. Econ. Entomol. 3: 494-502.
Kukan,
B. and J.H. Myers. 1999.
Incidence of nuclear polyhedrosis virus in fluctuating populations
of western tent caterpillars. Envir. Entomol. 28:44-52.
Horgan,
Finbarr, J.H. Myers and R. Van Meel.
1999.Cyzenis albicans (Fall.) does not prevent the outbreak
of introduced winter moth (Operophtera brumata
(L.) in birch stands and blueberry plots in the lower mainland of
British Columbia. Envir. Entomol. 28: 96-107.
Milks,
M.L., Burnstyn, I. and J.H. Myers. 1999. The influence of larval age
on the lethal and sublethal effects of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus
in cabbage loopers (Trichoplusia ni). Biological Control 12: 119-126.
Myers,
J.H. 1998. Synchrony in outbreaks of forest Lepidoptera in the Northern
Hemisphere: A possible example of the Moran Effect. Ecology 79: 1111-1117
Myers,
J.H., G. Boetner, and J.S. Elkinton. 1997. Maternal effects in gypsy
moth: only sex ratio varies with population density. Ecology 79: 305-314.
Kukan,
B. and J.H. Myers. 1997.
Prevalence and persistence of nuclear polyhedrosis virus in fluctuating
populations of forest tent caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae).
Environ. Entomol. 26:882-887.
Myers,
J.H. , Anne Savoie and Ed van Randen. 1997. Eradication and pest
management. Annual Rev. Entomology 43:471-492.
Rothman,
Lorne D. and J.H. Myers. 1996. Is fecundity correlated with resistance
to viral disease in the western tent caterpillar? Ecological Entomology
21:396-398.
Rothman,
L.D. and J.H. Myers. 1996. Debilitating effects of viral disease on
host Lepidoptera. J. Invert. Pathology 67:1-10.
Myers,
J.H. and L. D. Rothman. 1995. Virulence and transmission of infectious
diseases in humans and insects: evolutionary and demographic patterns.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10:194-198.
Daniel,
Colin and J.H. Myers. 1995. Climate and outbreaks of the forest tent
caterpillar. Ecogeography 18: 353-362
Myers,
J.H., C.
Risley and R. Eng. 1989. The ability of plants to compensate for insect
attack: Why biological control of weeds with insects is so difficult.
Proc. VII Int. Symp. Bio. Cont. Weeds. E. Delfosse (Ed.) pp. 67-73.