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2023
Frago E & Zytynska SE (2023) Impact of herbivore symbionts on parasitoid foraging behaviour. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 57:101027
Zytynska SE, Sturm S, Hawes C, Weisser WW, Karley A (2023) Floral presence and flower identity alter cereal aphid endosymbiont communities on adjacent crops. Journal of Applied Ecology 60: 1409-1423.
2022
Sanchez-Mahecha O, Klink S, Heinen R, Rothballer M & Zytynska SE (2022) Impaired microbial N-acyl homoserine lactone signalling increases plant resistance to aphids across variable abiotic and biotic environments. Plant Cell and Environment, 45, 3052-3069
Leroy BML, Seibold S, Moriniere J, Bozicevic V, Jaworek J, Roth N, Vogel S, Zytynska SE, Petercord R, Eichel P & Weisser WW (2022) Metabarcoding of canopy arthropods reveals negative impacts of forestry insecticides on community structure across multiple taxa. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 997-1012.
Santangelo, J. S. et al. (2022) Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science 375, 1275-1281, doi:doi:10.1126/science.abk0989 (as contributing co-author, one of >200)
Xi, X. & Zytynska SE (2022) Soil microbe-induced plant resistance alters aphid inter-genotypic competition leading to rapid evolution with consequences for plant growth and aphid abundance. BioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.05.490657
2021
Zytynska SE, Eicher M, Fahle R, and Weisser WW (2021) Effect of flower identity and diversity on reducing aphid populations via natural enemy communities. Ecology and Evolution. 11: 18434-18445 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8432.
Zytynska SE, Tighiouart K, & Frago E. (2021) Benefits and costs of hosting facultative symbionts in plant-sucking insects: A meta-analysis. Molecular Ecology, 30, 2483-2494 (link to article)
Zytynska SE (2021) Embracing the complexity of plant–microbe–insect interactions under a changing climate for sustainable agriculture. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 44, 89-94 (link to abstract)
Singh A, Mayer V, Zytynska SE, Hesse B, Weisser WW (2021) The efficiency of plant defense: Aphid pest pressure does not alter production of food rewards by okra plants in ant presence Frontiers in Plant Science (accepted) (link to article)
Hosseini M, Mehrparvar M, Zytynska SE, Hatano E, Weisser WW (2021) Aphid alarm pheromone alters larval behaviour of the predatory gall midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza and decreases intraguild predation by anthocorid bug, Orius laevigatus. Bulletin of Entomological Research (accepted)
2020
Clancy MV, Haberer G, Jud W, Niederbacher B, Niederbacher S, Senft M, Zytynska SE, Weisser WW, Schnitzler J-P (2020) Under fire-simultaneous volatilome and transcriptome analysis unravels fine-scale responses of tansy chemotypes to dual herbivore attack. BMC plant biology 20, 1-18 (link to article)
Zytynska SE, Eicher M, Rothballer M, Weisser WW (2020) Microbial-mediated plant growth promotion and pest suppression varies under climate change. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 1385 (link to article)
Frago E, Zytynska SE, Fatouros N (2020) Microbial symbionts of herbivorous species across the insect tree. Advances in Insect Physiology: mechanisms underlying microbial symbiosis 58: 111-159.
2019
Zytynska SE (2019) Cohabitation and roommate bias of symbiotic bacteria in insect hosts. Molecular Ecology News and Views 28: 5199-5202. (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE (2019) Spatial synchrony of population dynamics: Empirical testing of mechanisms. Journal of Animal Ecology. In Focus 88: 1114– 1117. (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE, Guenay Y, Sturm S, Clancy MV, Senft M, Schnitzler JP, Pophaly SD, Wurmser C & Weisser W. (2019) Effect of plant chemical variation and mutualistic ants on the local population genetic structure of an aphid herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88, 1089-1099 (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE & Meyer ST. (2019) Effects of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes on the protective microbiome of insects - a review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 167, 2-13. (link to abstract)
Senft M, Clancy MV, Weisser WW, Schnitzler J-P & Zytynska SE. (2019) Additive effects of plant chemotype, mutualistic ants and predators on aphid performance and survival. Functional Ecology, 33, 139-151. (link to abstract)
2018
Zytynska SE & Venturino E. (2018) Modelling the role of vector transmission of aphid bacterial endosymbionts and the protection against parasitoid wasps. 18th International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology. Springer, Morocco.
Clancy MV, Zytynska SE, Moritz F, Witting M, Schmitt‐Kopplin P, Weisser WW, Schnitzler JP (2018) Metabotype variation in a field population of tansy plants influences aphid host selection. Plant Cell Environ. (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE, Doerfler I, Gossner MM, Sturm S, Weisser WW, Müller, J (2018) Minimal effects on genetic structuring of a fungus-dwelling saproxylic beetle after recolonization of a restored forest. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365‐2664.13160 (link to abstract)
Mehrparvar M, Zytynska SE, Balog A, and Weisser WW (2018) Co-existence through mutualist-dependent reversal of competitive hierarchies. Ecology and Evolution 8: 1247-1259 (link to pdf)
2017
Singh A, Weisser WW, Houmgny R and Zytynska SE (2017) Reduce space, enhance production: Benefits of intercropping at high densities for okra farmers in Cameroon. Pest Management Science 73:2017-2027 (link to pdf)
Senft M, Weisser WW and Zytynska SE (2017) Habitat variation, mutualism and predation shape the spatio-temporal dynamics of tansy aphids. Ecological Entomology 42: 389-401 (link to abstract)
Rall E, Bieling C, Zytynska SE and Haase D (2017) Exploring city-wide patterns of cultural service perceptions and use. Ecological Indicators 77: 80-95 (link to abstract)
2016
Clancy MV*, Zytynska SE*, Senft M, Weisser WW, Schnitzler J-P (2016) Chemotypic variation in terpenes emitted from storage pools influences early aphid colonisation on tansy. Scientific Reports 6, 38087. *these authors contributed equally to this work (link to pdf)
Singh A, Zytynska SE, Hanna R and Weisser WW (2016) Ant attendance of the cotton aphid is beneficial for okra plants: Deciphering multitrophic interactions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE and Weisser WW (2016) The natural occurrence of secondary symbionts in aphids. Ecological Entomology. 41: 13-26 Invited Review (link to pdf)
Zytynska SE and Weisser WW (2016) The effect of plant within-species variation on aphid ecology. Book chapter in The biology and ecology of aphids. Editor: Andreas Vilcinskas, Germany. CRC press.
Zytynska SE, Meyer ST, Sturm S, Ullmann W and Weisser WW (2016) Secondary bacterial symbiont community in aphids responds to plant diversity. Oecologia. 180: 735-747 (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE, Jourdie V, Naseeb S, Delneri D and Preziosi RF (2016) Induced expression of defence-related genes in barley is specific to aphid genotype. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 117: 672-685 (link to pdf)
Gossner MM, Struwe JF, Sturm S, Max S, McCutcheon M, Weisser WW, Zytynska SE (2016) Searching for the optimal sampling solution: variation in invertebrate communities, sample condition and DNA quality. PLoS ONE 11: e0148247 (link to pdf)
Bálint J, Zytynska SE, Salamon RV, Mehrparvar, M, Weisser WW, Schmitz OJ, Benedek K and Balog A (2016) Intraspecific differences in plant chemotype determines the structure of arthropod food webs. Oecologia 180: 797-807 (link to abstract)
2014
Singh A, Braun J, Decker E, Hans S, Wagner A, Weisser WW and Zytynska SE (2014) Plant genetic variation mediates an indirect ecological effect between belowground earthworms and aboveground aphids. BMC Ecology 14: 25 (link to pdf)
Rowntree JK, Zytynska SE, Frantz L, Hurst B, Johnson A and Preziosi RF (2014) The genetics of indirect ecological effects - plant parasites and aphid herbivores. Frontiers in Genetics 5: 72 (link to pdf)
Steinauer K, Zytynska SE, Weisser WW and Eisenhauer N (2014) Changes in plant community structure and soil biota along soil nitrate gradients in two deciduous forests. Pedobiologia 57:139-145 (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE, Frantz L, Hurst B, Johnson A, Preziosi RF and Rowntree JK. (2014) Host-plant genotypic diversity and community genetic interactions mediate aphid spatial distribution. Ecology and Evolution 4: 121-131 (link to pdf)
2013
Mehrparvar M, Zytynska SE and Weisser WW. (2013) Multiple cues for winged morph production in an aphid metacommunity. PLoS ONE 8: e58323 (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE and Preziosi RF. (2013) Host preference of plant genotypes is altered by intraspecific competition in a phytophagous insect. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 7: 349-357 (link to abstract)
2012
Zytynska SE, Khudr, M.S., Harris, E. and Preziosi RF. (2012) Genetic effects of tank-forming bromeliads on the associated invertebrate community in a tropical forest ecosystem. Oecologia 170: 467-475 (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE, Fay MF and Preziosi RF. (2012) Comparing the use of leaf and cambium tissue in a single genetic study of tropical trees. Tree Genetics and Genomes 8: 431-437 (link to abstract)
2011
Zytynska SE and Preziosi RF. (2011) Genetic interactions influence host preference and performance in a plant-insect system. Evolutionary Ecology 25: 1321-1333 (link to abstract)
Zytynska SE, Fay MF, Penney D and Preziosi, RF (2011) Genetic variation in a tropical tree species influences the structure of associated epiphytic plant and invertebrate communities in a complex forest ecosystem. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 366: 1329-1336 (link to abstract)
2010
Zytynska SE, Fleming S, Tetard-Jones C, Kertesz MA and Preziosi RF. (2010) Community genetic interactions mediate indirect ecological effects between a parasitoid wasp and rhizobacteria. Ecology 91:1563-1568. (link to article)
2007
Shuker DM, Phillimore AJ, Burton-Chellew MN, Hodge SE and West SA. (2007). The quantitative genetic basis of polyandry in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis. Heredity 98: 69-73 (link to abstract)