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2016

  • Mercader, R.J., D.G. McCullough, A.J. Storer, J.M. Bedford, R. Heyd, N.W. Siegert, T.M. Poland, and S. Katovich. 2016. Estimating local spread of recently established emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, infestations and the potential to influence it with a systemic insecticide and girdled ash trees. Forest Ecology and Management 366:87-97.

2015

  • Mercader, R.J., D.G. McCullough, A.J. Storer, J.M. Bedford, R. Heyd, T.M. Poland, and S. Katovich. 2015.Evaluation of the potential use of a systemic insecticide and girdled trees in area wide management of the emerald ash borer. Forest Ecology and Management 350:70-80.
  • Siegert, N.W., R.J. Mercader, and D.G. McCullough.2015. Spread and dispersal of emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): estimating the spatial dynamics of a difficult-to-detect invasive forest pest. The Canadian Entomologist 147: 338-348.
  • McCullough, D.G., R.J. Mercader, and N.W. Siegert.2015. Developing and integrating tactics to slow ash (Oleaceae) mortality caused by emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Canadian Entomologist 147: 349-358.

2014

  • Kovacs, K.F., R.G. Haight, R.J. Mercader, and D.G. McCullough. 2014. A bioeconomic analysis of an emerald ash borer invasion of an urban forest with multiple jurisdictions. Resource and Energy Economics. 36(1): 270-289

2013

  • Mercader, R.J., D.G. McCullough, J Bedford. 2013. A comparison of girdled ash detection trees and baited artificial traps for emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) detection. Environmental Entomology.42:1027-1039.

2012

  • Mercader, R.J., N.W. Siegert, and D.G. McCullough. 2012. Estimating the influence of population density and dispersal behavior on the ability to detect and monitor Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) populations. Journal of economic entomology. 105: 272-281
  • McCullough, D.G. and R.J. Mercader. 2012. Evaluation of potential strategies to SLow Ash Mortality (SLAM) caused by emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis): SLAM in an urban forest. International journal of pest management 58(1):9-23.

2011

  • Kovacs, K., R.J. Mercader, R.G. Haight, N.W. Siegert, D.G. McCullough, and A.M. Liebhold. 2011. The influence of satellite populations of emerald ash borer on projected economic costs in U.S. communities, 2010-2020 . Journal of environmental management 92: 2170-2181.
  • Mercader, R.J., N.W. Siegert, A.M. Liebhold, and D.G. McCullough. 2011. Influence of foraging behavior and host spatial distribution on the localized spread of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis. Population Ecology 53(2): 271-285.
  • Mercader, R.J., N.W. Siegert, A.M. Liebhold, and D.G. McCullough. 2011. Simulating the effectiveness of three potential management options to slow the spread of emerald ash borer. populations in localized outlier sites. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41(2): 254-264

2010

  • Ording, G.J., R.J., Mercader, M.L. Aardema, and J.M. Scriber. 2010. Allochronic isolation and incipient hybrid speciation in tiger swallowtail butterflies. Oecologia 162(2): 523-531.
  • Kovacs, K., R.G. Haight, D.G. McCullough, R.J. Mercader, N.W. Siegert, and A.M. Liebhold. 2010. Cost of Potential Emerald Ash Borer Damage in U.S. Communities, 2009-2019. Ecological Economics 69(3): 569-578.

2009

  • Mercader, R.J., N.W. Siegert, A.M. Liebhold, and D.G. McCullough. 2009. Dispersal of the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus plannipennis, in newly colonized sites. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 11(4): 421-424.
  • Mercader, R.J., M.L. Aardema, and J.M. Scriber. 2009. Hybridization leads to host use divergence in a polyphagous butterfly sibling species pair. Oecologia 158(4): 651-662.
  • Scriber, J.M., R.J. Mercader, H Romack, and MD Deering. 2009. Not all bilateral gynandromorph butterflies are interspecific hybrids: new Papilio specimens from field populations. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 63(1): 37-47.

2008

  • Mercader, R.J. and J.M. Scriber. 2008. Asymmetrical thermal constraints on the parapatric species boundaries of two widespread generalist butterflies. Ecological Entomology 33(4): 537-545.
  • Scriber, J.M., G.J. Ording, and R.J. Mercader. 2008. Introgression and parapatric speciation in a hybrid zone. In K. Tilmon (ed.) Specialization, Speciation, and Radiation: The Evolutionary Biology of Herbivorous Insects. University of California Press, Berkley, CA.
  • Mercader, R.J. and J.M. Scriber. 2008 Divergence of Ovipositional Behavior in the Papilio glaucus Group. Insect Science 15(4): 361-367.
  • Mercader, R.J., M.L. Aardema, and J.M. Scriber. 2008. Old hickory records and John Abbot’s drawings; North American host records evaluated for Papilio glaucus. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 62(3):166-170.
  • Mercader, R.J., L.L. Stelinski, and J.M. Scriber. 2008. Differential antennal sensitivities of the generalist butterflies Papilio glaucus and Papilio canadensis to host plant and non-host plant extracts. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 62(2): 84-88.

2003-2007

  • Mercader, R.J. and J.M. Scriber. 2007. Diversification of Host Use in Two Polyphagous Butterflies: Differences in Oviposition Specificity or Host Rank Hierarchy? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 125(1): 89-101.
  • Mercader, R. J., R. Kruithoff, and J.M. Scriber. 2007. Do generalist tiger swallowtail butterfly females select dark green leaves over yellowish- or reddish-green leaves for oviposition? The Great Lakes Entomologist 40(1,2): 27-40.
  • Mercader, R.J. and J.M. Scriber. 2005. Phenotypic plasticity of host selection in adult tiger swallowtails; Papilio glaucus (L.). In T.N. Ananthakrishnan and D. Whitman (eds.) Insects and phenotypic plasticity. pp. 25-57. Science Publishers, Enfield.
  • Mercader, R. J. and R. Isaacs. 2004. Phenophase-Dependent Growth Responses to Foliar Damage in Vitis labrusca (Linnaeus) var. ‘Niagara’ during vineyard establishment. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 55(1): 1-6
  • Isaacs, R., R. J. Mercader, and J. C. Wise. 2004. Activity of conventional and reduced-risk insecticides for protection of grapevines against the rose chafer, Macrodactylus subspinosus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 128(5): 371-376.
  • Mercader, R. J. and R. Isaacs. 2003. Phenology-Dependent Effects of Foliar Injury and Herbivory on the Growth and Photosynthetic Capacity of Nonbearing Vitis labrusca (Linnaeus) var. Niagara. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 54(4): 252-260.
  • Mercader, R. J. and R. Isaacs. 2003. Damage potential of rose chafer and Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Michigan Vineyards. The Great Lakes Entomologist 46(3,4): 166-178.