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Dezene Huber
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Author 640
Preprint Author 140
Reviewer 15
Editor 7,870
Questions 5
Answers 4

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Ecology
Entomology
Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Zoology
Genomics
Biogeography
Ecosystem Science
Taxonomy
Freshwater Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Conservation Biology
Genetics
Natural Resource Management
Agricultural Science
Ecotoxicology
Biodiversity
Climate Change Biology
Animal Behavior
Neuroscience
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Environmental Sciences
Soil Science
Parasitology
Biochemistry
Toxicology
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Veterinary Medicine
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Population Biology
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Environmental Impacts
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Food Science and Technology
Ecohydrology
Microbiology

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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

Section Editor

Ecology

Editorial Board Member

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

  • Articles 5
  • Preprints 3
  • Edited 58
  • Questions 2
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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March 23, 2023
Environmental and individual determinants of burrow-site microhabitat selection, occupancy, and fidelity in eastern chipmunks living in a pulsed-resource ecosystem
Camille Gaudreau-Rousseau, Patrick Bergeron, Denis Réale, Dany Garant
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15110 PubMed 36987456
March 8, 2023
Mezcal worm in a bottle: DNA evidence suggests a single moth species
Akito Y. Kawahara, Jose I. Martinez, David Plotkin, Amanda Markee, Violet Butterwort, Christian D. Couch, Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14948 PubMed 36915657
February 2, 2023
Density regulation amplifies environmentally induced population fluctuations
Crispin M. Mutshinda, Aditya Mishra, Zoe V. Finkel, Andrew J. Irwin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14701 PubMed 36751641
November 11, 2022
High density and successful breeding of Turtle doves Streptopelia turtur in Moroccan olive groves
Wafae Squalli, Michael Wink, Ismail Mansouri, Fatima Fadil, Mohamed Dakki
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14375 PubMed 36389432
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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