Brian Sullivan, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Brian Sullivan. 2023. Host odour alpha-pinene increases or reduces response of Ips avulsus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to its aggregation pheromone, depending on separation of release points
• Brian Sullivan. 2023. No evidence of responding individuals constraining the evolution of the pheromone signal in the pine engraver Ips avulsus.
• Brian Sullivan, Holly L. Munro, William Shepherd, Kamal J. K. Gandhi. 2022. 4‐allylanisole as a lure adjuvant for dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and two associated beetles
• Brian Sullivan, Cavell Brownie. 2022. The role of wind and semiochemicals in mediating switching behavior in the southern pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Brian Sullivan, Amanda M. Grady, Richard W. Hofstetter, Deepa S. Pureswaran, Cavell Brownie, Daniel Cluck, Tom Coleman, Andrew Graves, Elizabeth Willhite, Lia Spiegel, Dwight Scarbrough, Andrew Orlemann, Gerardo Zúñiga. 2021. Evidence for semiochemical divergence between sibling bark beetle species: Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus barberi
• Bailey H. McNichol, Brian Sullivan, Holly L. Munro, Cristián R. Montes, John Nowak, Caterina Villari, Kamal J. K. Gandhi. 2021. Density‐dependent variability in an eruptive bark beetle and its value in predicting outbreaks
• Darrell W. Ross, Brian Sullivan. 2021. Douglas-fir beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) response to single-point-source 3-methylcyclohex-2-en-1-one (MCH) releasers
• Brian Sullivan, Cavell Brownie. 2021. Some effects of endo -brevicomin background on southern pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) aggregation behavior
• Brian Sullivan, Stephen R. Clarke. 2021. Semiochemicals for management of the southern pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): successes, failures, and obstacles to progress
• Brian Sullivan, William Shepherd, John Nowak, Stephen Clarke, Paul Merten, Ronald Billings, William Upton, John Riggins, Cavell Brownie. 2021. Alternative formulations of trap lures for operational detection, population monitoring, and outbreak forecasting of southern pine beetle in the United States
• Holly L. Munro, Kamal J. K. Gandhi, Brittany F. Barnes, Cristian R. Montes, John Nowak, William Shepherd, Caterina Villari, Brian Sullivan. 2020. Electrophysiological and behavioral responses Dendroctonus frontalis and D. terebrans (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to resin odors of host pines (Pinus spp.)
• Osiris Valerio-Mendoza, Jazmin Garcia-Roman, Moises Becerril, Francisco Armendariz-Toledano, Gerardo Cuellar-Rodriguez, Jose Negron, Brian Sullivan, Gerardo Zuniga. 2019. Cryptic species discrimination in western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), based on morphological characters and geometric morphometrics
• J.D. Bookwalter, J.J. Riggins, J.F.D. Dean, V.C. Mastro, L.R. Schimleck, Brian Sullivan, K.J.K. Gandhi. 2019. Colonization and development of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in bolts of a native pine host and six species of pine grown in the southeastern United States
• Holly Munro, Brian Sullivan, Caterina Villari, Kamal K. Gandhi. 2019. A review of the ecology and management of black turpentine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• J. A. Lombardo, A. S. Weed, C. F. Aoki, Brian Sullivan, M. P. Ayres. 2018. Temperature affects phenological synchrony in a tree-killing bark beetle
• Alicia Niño-Domínguez, Brian Sullivan, Jose Lopez-Urbina, Jorge E. Macías-Sámano. 2018. Discrimination of odors associated with conspecific and heterospecific frass by sibling species Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and Dendroctonus mesoamericanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Francisco Armendáriz-Toledano, Jazmín García-Román, María Fernanda López, Brian Sullivan, Gerardo Zúñiga. 2017. New characters and redescription of dendroctonus vitei (coleoptera: curculionidae: scolytinae)
• Ryan R. Bracewell, Barbara J. Bentz, Brian Sullivan, Jeffrey M. Good. 2017. Rapid neo-sex chromosome evolution and incipient speciation in a major forest pest
• William Shepherd, Brian Sullivan. 2017. Spatial displacement of a lure component can reduce catches of two nontarget species during spring monitoring of southern pine beetle
• Brian Sullivan, Cavell Brownie, JoAnne P. Barrett. 2016. Intra-annual variation in responses by flying southern pine beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to pheromone component endo-brevicomin
• Deepa S. Pureswaran, Richard W. Hofstetter, Brian Sullivan, Amanda M. Grady, Cavell Brownie. 2016. Western pine beetle populations in Arizona and California differ in the composition of their aggregation pheromones
• Alicia Nino-Dominguez, Brian Sullivan, Jose H. Lopez-Urbina, Jorge E. Macias-Samano. 2016. Responses by Dendroctonus frontalis and Dendroctonus mesoamericanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Ssemiochemical lures in Chiapas, Mexico: possible roles of pheromones during joint host attacks
• Deepa S. Pureswaran, Richard W. Hofstetter, Brian Sullivan, Kristen A. Potter. 2016. The role of multimodal signals in species recognition between tree-killing bark beetles in a narrow sympatric zone.
• William Shepherd, Brian Sullivan, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Richard C. McDonald. 2016. Olfactory responses of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator, Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), to natural and synthetic conifer volatiles
• Brian Sullivan, Jeremy D. Allison, Richard A. Goyer, William Shepherd. 2015. Sex pheromone of the baldcypress leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
• Alicia Nino-Dominguez, Brian Sullivan, Jose H. Lopez-Urbina, Jorge E. Macias-Samano. 2015. Pheromone-mediated mate location and discrimination by two syntopic sibling species of Dendroctonus bark beetles in Chiapas, Mexico
• Francisco Armendariz-Toledano, Alicia Nino, Brian Sullivan, Lawrence R. Kirkendall, Gerado Zunig. 2015. A new species of bark beetle, Dendroctonus mesoamericanus sp nov. (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in southern Mexico and Central America
• Jenny C. Staeben, Brian Sullivan, John T. Nowak, Kamal J.K. Gandhi. 2015. Enantiospecific responses of southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) and its clerid predator, Thanasimus dubius, to a-pinene.
• Francisco Armendariz-Toledano, Alicia Nino, Brian Sullivan, Jorge Macias-Samano, Javier Victor, Stephen R. Clarke, Gerardo Zuniga. 2014. Two species within Dedroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): evidence from morphological, karyological, molecular, and crossing studies.
• William Shepherd, Michael Montgomery, Brian Sullivan, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield. 2014. Novel method for determining sex of live adult Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae).
• Brian Sullivan, Nadir Erbilgin. 2014. Evidence for divergence in cuticular hydrocarbon sex pheromone between California and Mississippi (United States of America) populations of bark beetle parasitoid Roptrocerus xylophagorum (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).
• William Shepherd, Brian Sullivan. 2013. Southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, antennal and behavioral responses to nonhost leaf and bark volatiles
• Sharon J. Martinson, Tiina Ylioja, Brian Sullivan, Ronald F. Billings, Matthew P. Ayres. 2013. Alternate attractors in the population dynamics of a tree-killing bark beetle
• Claudia Cano-Ramirez, Maria Fernanda Lopez, Ana K. Cesar-Ayala, Veronica Pineda-Martinez, Brian Sullivan, Gerardo and Zuniga. 2013. Isolation and expression of cytochrome P450 genes in the antennae and gut of pine beetle Dendroctonus rhizophagus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) following exposure to host monoterpenes
• James Hanula, Brian Sullivan, David Wakarchuk. 2013. Variation in manuka oil lure efficacy for capturing Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scholytinae), and Cubeb oil as an alternative attractant
• Brian Sullivan, Alicia Nino, Benjamin Moreno, Cavell Brownie, Jorge Macias-Samano, Stephen R. Clarke, Lawrence R. Kirkendall, Gerardo and Zuniga. 2012. Biochemical evidence that Dendroctonus frontalis consists of two sibling species in Belize and Chiapas, Mexico
• Brian Sullivan. 2011. Southern Pine Beetle Behavior and Semiochemistry
• Brian Sullivan, Mark Dulusky, Kenji Mori, Cavell Brownie. 2011. Variable responses by southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, to the pheromone component endo-Brevicomin: influence of enantiomeric composition, release rate, and proximity to infestations
• William Shepherd, Brian Sullivan, Bradley Hoosier, JoAnne P. Barrett, Tessa Bauman. 2010. Characterization of an Aggregation Pheromone in Hylesinus pruinosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Brian Sullivan, Kenji Mori. 2009. Spatial displacement of release point can enhance activity of an attractant pheromone synergist of a bark beetle.
• Benjamin Moreno, Jorge Macias, Brian Sullivan, Stephen Clarke. 2008. Field Response of Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) to Synthetic Semiochemicals in Chiapas, Mexico.
• Benjamin Moreno, Jorge Macias, Brian Sullivan, Stephen R. Clarke. 2008. Field response of Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) to Synthetic Semiochemicals in Chiapas, Mexico.
• Deepa S. Pureswaran, Richard W. Hofstetter, Brian Sullivan. 2008. Attraction of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, to pheromone components of the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in an allopatric zone
• Deepa S. Pureswaran, Brian Sullivan, Matthew P. Ayres. 2008. High individual variation in pheromone production by tree-killing bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• James Hanula, Brian Sullivan. 2008. Manuka oil and phoebe oil are attractive baits for xyleborus glabratus (coleoptera: scolytinae), the vector of Laurel Wilt
• Brian Sullivan, William Shepherd, Deepa S. Pureswarana, Takuya Tashiro, Kenji Mori. 2007. Evidence that (+)-endo-Brevicomin is a male-produced component of the Southern Pine Beetle aggregation pheromone
• Brian Sullivan, Mark J. Dalusky, David Wakarchuk, C. Wayne Berisford. 2007. Field evaluations of potential aggregation inhibitors for the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Deepa S. Pureswaran, Brian Sullivan, Matthew P. Ayres. 2007. Evolutionary ecology of pheromone signaling in Dendroctonus frontalis
• Brian Sullivan, Paul S. Hamilton, Matthew A. Kwiatkowski. 2005. The Arizona striped whiptail: past and present
• Brian Sullivan. 2005. Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to volatiles isolated from Conspecifics
• William Shepherd, Brian Sullivan, Richard A. Goyer, Kier D. Klepzig. 2005. Electrophysiological and olfactometer responses of two histerid predators to three pine bark beetle pheromones
• Brian Sullivan, C. Wayne Berisford. 2004. Semiochemicals From Fungal Associates of Bark Beetles May Mediate Host Location Behavior of Parasitoids
• Christopher Asaro, Brian Sullivan, M.J. Dalusky, C. Wayne Berisford. 2004. Volatiles associated with preferred and nonpreferred hosts of the nantucket pine tip moth, Rhyacionia frustrana
• Brian Sullivan, Christopher J. Fettig, William Otrosina, Mark J. Dalusky, C. Wayne Berisford. 2003. Association between severity of prescribed burns and subsequent activity of conifer-infesting beetles in stands of longleaf pine
• Brian Sullivan, Mark J. Dalusky, C. Wayne Berisford. 2003. Interspecific Variation in Host-Finding Cues of Parasitoids of the Southern Pine Beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
• William Otrosina, Shi-Jean Susana Sung, Stan Zarnoch, Brian Sullivan, Charles H. Walkinshaw. 2002. Root disease and other unforeseen variables that confound restoration efforts
• William Otrosina, Charles H. Walkinshaw, Stanley J. Zarnoch, Shi-Jean Susana Sung, Brian Sullivan. 2002. Root Disease, Longleaf Pine Mortality, and Prescribed Burning
• Brian Sullivan. 2002. Evidence For A Sex Pheromone in Bark Beetle Parasitoid Roptrocerus xylophagorum
• Brian Sullivan, Eva M. Pettersson, Katja C. Seltmann, C. Wayne Berisford. 2000. Attraction of the bark beetle parasitoid Roptrocerus xylophagorum (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to host-associated olfactory cues

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  Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/centers/idip
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  Southern Research Station

• University of Georgia, Ph.D., Entomology, 1997
• St. John’s College, B.A., Liberal Arts, 1990