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Dezene PW Huber

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

In our lab we work on bark beetle functional genomics, understanding tree defenses against herbivores and pathogens, insect chemical ecology, and insect biodiversity.

We conduct our research across multiple scales and we use available tools – established and cutting-edge – to search for answers to complex entomological and ecological questions.

Animal Behavior Biodiversity Ecology Entomology Freshwater Biology Natural Resource Management

Editing Sections

Ecology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Northern British Columbia

Work details

Professor

University of Northern British Columbia

July 2005

Faculty of Environment

We love insects, forests, and streams, and we love finding out everything that we can about them. We study host colonization and overwintering of bark beetles; bark beetle genomics; conifer chemical defenses against insects and pathogens; aquatic and forest insect biodiversity; macroinvertebrates in anthropogenically disturbed aquatic systems; and other insect biodiversity and chemical ecological research.

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PeerJ Contributions

October 26, 2021

Identification of genes and gene expression associated with dispersal capacity in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Victor A. Shegelski, Maya L. Evenden, Dezene P.W. Huber, Felix A.H. Sperling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12382 PubMed 34754626

January 12, 2018

DNA barcode-based survey of Trichoptera in the Crooked River reveals three new species records for British Columbia

Daniel J. Erasmus, Emily A. Yurkowski, Dezene P.W. Huber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4221 PubMed 29340236

June 13, 2017

Seasonal shifts in accumulation of glycerol biosynthetic gene transcripts in mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), larvae

Jordie D. Fraser, Tiffany R. Bonnett, Christopher I. Keeling, Dezene P.W. Huber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3284 PubMed 28626604

July 6, 2016

Gene expression analysis of overwintering mountain pine beetle larvae suggests multiple systems involved in overwintering stress, cold hardiness, and preparation for spring development

Jeanne A. Robert, Tiffany Bonnett, Caitlin Pitt, Luke J. Spooner, Jordie Fraser, Macaire M.S. Yuen, Christopher I. Keeling, Jörg Bohlmann, Dezene P.W. Huber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2109 PubMed 27441109

February 11, 2014

Comparison of lodgepole and jack pine resin chemistry: implications for range expansion by the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Erin L. Clark, Caitlin Pitt, Allan L. Carroll, B. Staffan Lindgren, Dezene P.W. Huber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.240 PubMed 24688833

January 24, 2018 - Version: 1

Eight new provincial species records of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) from one Arctic watershed river in British Columbia

Dezene P.W. Huber, Claire M. Shrimpton, Daniel J. Erasmus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26461v1

November 13, 2017 - Version: 2

DNA barcode-based survey of Trichoptera in the Crooked River reveals three new species records for British Columbia

Daniel J Erasmus, Emily A Yurkowski, Dezene PW Huber

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3034v2

July 22, 2016 - Version: 1

Seasonal shifts in accumulation of glycerol biosynthetic gene transcripts in mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), larvae

Jordie D Fraser, Tiffany R Bonnett, Christopher I Keeling, Dezene P Huber

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2311v1

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April 28, 2022

Effect of strip clear-cutting on the natural regeneration of Pinus tabuliformis plantations in northeastern China

Yunxia Sun, Jian Feng, Huilin Gao, Wanjin Hu, Yang Qu, Hongtao Zou, You Yin, Yuan Li, Meiyan Xin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13341 PubMed 35505678

November 16, 2021

Landscape and microhabitat features determine small mammal abundance in forest patches in agricultural landscapes

Luca Dorigo, Francesco Boscutti, Maurizia Sigura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12306 PubMed 34820165

July 28, 2021

Why a landscape view is important: nearby urban and agricultural land affects bird abundances in protected areas

Gregory Duncan Duckworth, Res Altwegg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10719 PubMed 34395062

April 22, 2021

Bloom evenness modulates the influence of bloom abundance on insect community structure in suburban gardens

Elizabeth Y. Braatz, Zachariah J. Gezon, Kristin Rossetti, Lily T. Maynard, Jonathan S. Bremer, Geena M. Hill, Marissa A. Streifel, Jaret C. Daniels

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11132 PubMed 33981490

May 12, 2020

Community science participants gain environmental awareness and contribute high quality data but improvements are needed: insights from Bumble Bee Watch

Victoria J. MacPhail, Shelby D. Gibson, Sheila R. Colla

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9141 PubMed 32435544

April 8, 2020

Monitoring the influx of new species through citizen science: the first introduced ant in Denmark

Julie K. Sheard, Nathan J. Sanders, Carsten Gundlach, Sämi Schär, Rasmus Stenbak Larsen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8850 PubMed 32296601

February 28, 2020

Relative contribution of ecological and biological attributes in the fine-grain structure of ant-plant networks

Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Cristian A. Martínez-Adriano, Wesley Dáttilo, Victor Rico-Gray

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8314 PubMed 32161686

December 18, 2019

Sipha maydis sensitivity to defences of Lolium multiflorum and its endophytic fungus Epichloë occultans

Daniel A. Bastías, Maria Alejandra Martínez-Ghersa, Jonathan A. Newman, Stuart D. Card, Wade J. Mace, Pedro E. Gundel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8257 PubMed 31976166

July 3, 2018

Beetles in bamboo forests: community structure in a heterogeneous landscape of southwestern Amazonia

Jennifer M. Jacobs, Rudolf von May, David H. Kavanaugh, Edward F. Connor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5153 PubMed 30002980

April 11, 2018

Classical lepidopteran wing scale colouration in the giant butterfly-moth Paysandisia archon

Doekele G. Stavenga, Hein L. Leertouwer, Andrej Meglič, Kazimir Drašlar, Martin F. Wehling, Primož Pirih, Gregor Belušič

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4590 PubMed 29666756

February 20, 2018

Ground beetles in city forests: does urbanization predict a personality trait?

Wiebke Schuett, Berit Delfs, Richard Haller, Sarah Kruber, Simone Roolfs, Desiree Timm, Magdalena Willmann, Claudia Drees

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4360 PubMed 29479494

November 8, 2017

Assemblage and functional categorization of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from the Pantanal

Marcelo B. Pessôa, Thiago J. Izzo, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3978 PubMed 29134142

October 27, 2017

New Cernotina caddisflies from the Ecuadorian Amazon (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)

Lucas M. Camargos, Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ralph W. Holzenthal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3960 PubMed 29085756

October 23, 2017

Pheromones of three ambrosia beetles in the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex: ratios and preferences

Miriam F. Cooperband, Allard A. Cossé, Tappey H. Jones, Daniel Carrillo, Kaitlin Cleary, Isaiah Canlas, Richard Stouthamer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3957 PubMed 29085754

August 17, 2017

Quercivorol as a lure for the polyphagous and Kuroshio shot hole borers, Euwallacea spp. nr. fornicatus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), vectors of Fusarium dieback

Christine Dodge, Jessica Coolidge, Miriam Cooperband, Allard Cossé, Daniel Carrillo, Richard Stouthamer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3656 PubMed 28828255

July 31, 2017

Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) hiding time depends on individual and state

Sarah Reed-Guy, Connor Gehris, Meng Shi, Daniel T. Blumstein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3598 PubMed 28785516

July 25, 2017

DNA-barcoding of forensically important blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Caribbean Region

Sohath Z. Yusseff-Vanegas, Ingi Agnarsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3516 PubMed 28761780

July 21, 2017

Long-term resource addition to a detrital food web yields a pattern of responses more complex than pervasive bottom-up control

Kendra L. Lawrence, David H. Wise

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3572 PubMed 28740752

July 11, 2017

Morphological variation of Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) associated with different aphid hosts

Cinthya M. Villegas, Vladimir Žikić, Saša S. Stanković, Sebastián A. Ortiz-Martínez, Ainara Peñalver-Cruz, Blas Lavandero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3559 PubMed 28713658

May 24, 2017

Eumelanin and pheomelanin are predominant pigments in bumblebee (Apidae: Bombus) pubescence

Carlo Polidori, Alberto Jorge, Concepción Ornosa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3300 PubMed 28560094

May 16, 2017

Conserved queen pheromones in bumblebees: a reply to Amsalem et al.

Luke Holman, Jelle S. van Zweden, Ricardo C. Oliveira, Annette van Oystaeyen, Tom Wenseleers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3332 PubMed 28533978

April 27, 2017

Ecological and pest-management implications of sex differences in scarab landing patterns on grape vines

Mauricio González-Chang, Stéphane Boyer, Marie-Caroline Lefort, Jerry Nboyine, Steve D. Wratten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3213 PubMed 28462026

March 23, 2017

Genetic insights into family group co-occurrence in Cryptocercus punctulatus, a sub-social woodroach from the southern Appalachian Mountains

Ryan C. Garrick

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3127 PubMed 28348934

February 7, 2017

Differences in pollination success between local and foreign flower color phenotypes: a translocation experiment with Gentiana lutea (Gentianaceae)

Javier A. Guitián, Mar Sobral, Tania Veiga, María Losada, Pablo Guitián, José M. Guitián

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2882 PubMed 28194308

January 19, 2017

Lepidopteran HMG-CoA reductase is a potential selective target for pest control

Yuan-mei Li, Zhen-peng Kai, Juan Huang, Stephen S. Tobe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2881 PubMed 28133568

January 12, 2017

Diversity and distribution of the Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Ecuador

Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ralph W. Holzenthal, Jolanda Huisman, Robin Thomson, Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2851 PubMed 28097062

November 17, 2016

Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)

Kari Roesch Goodman, Neal Evenhuis, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Patrick Michael O’Grady

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2704 PubMed 27896033

October 11, 2016

Controlled-release of Bacillus thurigiensis formulations encapsulated in light-resistant colloidosomal microcapsules for the management of lepidopteran pests of Brassica crops

Oumar Bashir, Jerome P. Claverie, Pierre Lemoyne, Charles Vincent

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2524 PubMed 27761325

August 23, 2016

The larvae of Epigomphus jannyae Belle, 1993 and E. tumefactus Calvert, 1903 (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae)

Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez, Alonso Ramírez, Débora Delgado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2338 PubMed 27635319

July 14, 2016

Meter scale variation in shrub dominance and soil moisture structure Arctic arthropod communities

Rikke Reisner Hansen, Oskar Liset Pryds Hansen, Joseph J. Bowden, Urs A. Treier, Signe Normand, Toke Høye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2224 PubMed 27478709

June 22, 2016

Potential ecosystem service delivery by endemic plants in New Zealand vineyards: successes and prospects

Morgan W. Shields, Jean-Marie Tompkins, David J. Saville, Colin D. Meurk, Stephen Wratten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2042 PubMed 27366636

June 21, 2016

The impact of an invasive ambrosia beetle on the riparian habitats of the Tijuana River Valley, California

John M. Boland

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2141 PubMed 27366644

June 14, 2016

Observed shifts in the contact zone between two forms of the diving beetle Hydroporus memnonius are consistent with predictions from sexual conflict

David T. Bilton, Garth N. Foster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2089 PubMed 27326372

April 4, 2016

Aboveground insect herbivory increases plant competitive asymmetry, while belowground herbivory mitigates the effect

Pernilla Borgström, Joachim Strengbom, Maria Viketoft, Riccardo Bommarco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1867 PubMed 27069805

March 22, 2016

No effect of low-level chronic neonicotinoid exposure on bumblebee learning and fecundity

Saija Piiroinen, Cristina Botías, Elizabeth Nicholls, Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1808 PubMed 27014515

January 18, 2016

The role of geography and host abundance in the distribution of parasitoids of an alien pest

Petra Nováková, Jaroslav Holuša, Jakub Horák

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1592 PubMed 26819849

January 12, 2016

The influence of mature oak stands and spruce plantations on soil-dwelling click beetles in lowland plantation forests

Tereza Loskotová, Jakub Horák

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1568 PubMed 26793425

November 19, 2015

Testing the enemy release hypothesis in a native insect species with an expanding range

Julia J. Mlynarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1415 PubMed 26618085

July 16, 2015

Pest control of aphids depends on landscape complexity and natural enemy interactions

Emily A. Martin, Björn Reineking, Bumsuk Seo, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1095 PubMed 26734497

June 2, 2015

Elevational gradient of Hemiptera (Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha) on a tropical mountain in Papua New Guinea

Maxime Le Cesne, Stephen W. Wilson, Adeline Soulier-Perkins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.978 PubMed 26056617

March 24, 2015

Neonicotinoids impact bumblebee colony fitness in the field; a reanalysis of the UK’s Food & Environment Research Agency 2012 experiment

Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.854 PubMed 25825679

February 5, 2015

The effects of island forest restoration on open habitat specialists: the endangered weevil Hadramphus spinipennis Broun and its host-plant Aciphylla dieffenbachii Kirk

Emily D. Fountain, Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte, Robert H. Cruickshank, Adrian M. Paterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.749 PubMed 25699201

October 30, 2014

A large-scale field study examining effects of exposure to clothianidin seed-treated canola on honey bee colony health, development, and overwintering success

G. Christopher Cutler, Cynthia D. Scott-Dupree, Maryam Sultan, Andrew D. McFarlane, Larry Brewer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.652 PubMed 25374790

September 30, 2014

Bumblebee size polymorphism and worker response to queen pheromone

Luke Holman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.604 PubMed 25289189

September 2, 2014

Too big to be noticed: cryptic invasion of Asian camel crickets in North American houses

Mary Jane Epps, Holly L. Menninger, Nathan LaSala, Robert R. Dunn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.523 PubMed 25210654

June 26, 2014

Drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure in unmodified streams

Jonathan D. Tonkin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.465 PubMed 25024926

June 10, 2014

How male sound pressure level influences phonotaxis in virgin female Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis)

Karen Pacheco, Susan M. Bertram

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.437 PubMed 24949249

June 10, 2014

Forms of Melanoplus bowditchi (Orthoptera: Acrididae) collected from different host plants are indistinguishable genetically and in aedeagal morphology

Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Fatima Mustafa, Kate M. Kneeland, Mathew L. Brust, W. Wyatt Hoback, Shripat T. Kamble, John E. Foster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.418 PubMed 24949237

May 22, 2014

The role of a water bug, Sigara striata, in freshwater food webs

Jan Klecka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.389 PubMed 24883250

April 29, 2014

Using laser micro-dissection and qRT-PCR to analyze cell type-specific gene expression in Norway spruce phloem

Nina E. Nagy, Katarzyna Sikora, Paal Krokene, Ari M. Hietala, Halvor Solheim, Carl Gunnar Fossdal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.362 PubMed 24860697

January 30, 2014

Sexual coevolution of spermatophore envelopes and female genital traits in butterflies: Evidence of male coercion?

Víctor Sánchez, Carlos Cordero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.247 PubMed 24498577

August 22, 2013

Vertical heterogeneity in predation pressure in a temperate forest canopy

Kathleen R. Aikens, Laura L. Timms, Christopher M. Buddle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.138 PubMed 24010017

August 8, 2013

How age influences phonotaxis in virgin female Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis)

Karen Pacheco, Jeff W. Dawson, Michael Jutting, Susan M. Bertram

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.130 PubMed 23940839

February 12, 2013

Assessing insect responses to climate change: What are we testing for? Where should we be heading?

Nigel R. Andrew, Sarah J. Hill, Matthew Binns, Md Habibullah Bahar, Emma V. Ridley, Myung-Pyo Jung, Chris Fyfe, Michelle Yates, Mohammad Khusro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11 PubMed 23638345

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