Refereed Publications
* Undergraduate author; sEqual contribuition
Eliyahu, D., McCall, A.C., Lauck, M., Trakhtenbrot, A. (2015) Florivory and nectar-robbing perforations in flowers of pointleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos pungens (Ericaceae) and their effects on plant reproductive success. Arthropod Plant Interact 9: 613-622.
Eliyahu, D., McCall, A.C., Lauck, M., Trakhtenbrot, A., Bronstein, J.L. (2015) Minute pollinators:The role of thrips (Thysanoptera) as pollinators of pointleaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens (Ericaceae). J. Pollinat. Ecol. 16: 64-71.
Eliyahu, D. (2014) Chromoseratops meiosus: a simple, two-phase exercise to represent the connection between meiosis and increased genetic diversity. Am. Bio. Teacher. 76: 53-56.
Eliyahu, D., *Ceballos, R.A., *Saeidi, V., and Becerra, J.X. (2012) Synergism versus potency in the defense secretions of nymphs of two Pentatomomorphan families (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae and Coreidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 38: 1358-1365.
s Eliyahu, D., s Nojima, S., Santangelo, R.G., Kiemle, D.J., Carpenter, S., Webster, F.X., Leal, W.S., Gemeno, C., and Schal, C. (2012) An unusual macrocyclic lactone sex pheromone of Parcoblatta lata, a primary food source of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109: E490-E496.
Eliyahu, D., Ross, K.G., Haight, K.L., Keller, L., and Liebig J. (2011) From defense to communication? Venom alkaloids correlate with fertility and colony structure in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. J. Chem. Ecol. 37: 1242-1254.
Eliyahu, D., Nojima, S., Mori, K., and Schal, C. (2009) Jail baits: How and why nymphs mimic adult females of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Anim. Behav. 78: 1097-1105.
Liebig, J., Eliyahu, D., and Brent, C.S. (2009) Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles indicate reproductive status in the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63: 1799-1807.
Eliyahu, D., Nojima, S., Mori, K., and Schal, C. (2008) Identification of new contact sex pheromone components of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, predicted from the proposed biosynthetic pathway. J. Chem. Ecol. 34: 229-237.
Eliyahu, D., Nojima, S., Capracotta, S.S., Comins, D.L., and Schal, C. (2008) Identificationof cuticular compounds responsible for eliciting interspecific courtship in the male Germancockroach, Blattella germanica. Naturwissenschaften 95: 403-412.
Fan, Y., Eliyahu, D., and Schal, C. (2008) Insect cuticular hydrocarbons as maternal provisions in embryos and nymphs. J. Exp. Biol. 211: 548-554.
Eliyahu, D., Mori, K., Takikawa, H., Leal, W.S., and Schal, C. (2004) Behavioral activity of stereoisomers and a new component of the contact sex pheromone of the female German cockroach, Blattella germanica. J. Chem. Ecol. 30:1839-1848.
Eliyahu, D., Applebaum, S.W., and Rafaeli, A. (2003). Moth sex-pheromone biosynthesis is inhibited by the herbicide Diclofop. Pesticide Biochem. Physiol. 77:75-81.
Eliyahu, D., Nagalakshmi, V., Applebaum, S.W., Kubli, E., Choffat, Y., and Rafaeli, A. (2003). Inhibition of pheromone biosynthesis in Helicoverpa armigera by pheromonostatic peptides. J. Insect Physiology 49:569-574.
Book Chapters
Smith, C.R., Dolezal, A., Eliyahu, D., Holbrook, C.T., and Gadau, J. (2009) Ants (Formicidae): Models for social complexity. Cold Spring Harb. Protoc. DOI:10.1101/pdb.emo125
Eliyahu, D. (2009) GC-MS for characterization and identification of ant semiochemicals. Cold Spring Harb. Protoc. DOI:10.1101/pdb.prot5249.
Non-Refereed Publications
Santangelo, R.G., Eliyahu, D., Gore, J.C., Waldvogel, M.G., and Schal, C. (2007) Controlling cockroaches in insect-rich environments. Pest Control Technology October, 80, 83-84, 86, 88, 90.