Michael Singer

Publications

Singer, M.S., K.C. Mace, and E.A. Bernays. In press. Self-medication as adaptive plasticity: Increased ingestion of plant toxins by parasitized caterpillars. Public Library of Science ONE (open access, online journal).

Adams, J.M., W. Fang, R. Callaway, D. Cipollini, E. Newell, C. Cincotta, A. Espenschied-Reilly, H.L. Hinz, P. Niemela, T. Veteli, M. Rousi, V. Selas, J.S. Weis, R. Prasse, M.S. Singer, R. Tomov, J. Kulfan, A. Cicak, I. Mihal, J. Kukla, P. Zach, K. Mody, W. Schmidt, J. Lundholm, A. Roques, and Y. Luo. 2008. A cross-continental test of the enemy release hypothesis: leaf herbivory on Acer platanoides (L.) is three times lower in North America than in its native Europe. Biological Invasions (online journal). DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9312-4

Singer, M.S., and E.A. Bernays. 2008. Specialized generalists: Evolutionary ecology of polyphagous woolly bear caterpillars. In W.E. Conner, (ed. ), Tiger Moths and Woolly bears: Behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae. Oxford University Press, pp. 103-114.

Janson, E.M., J.O. Stireman III, M.S. Singer, and P. Abbott. 2008. Phytophagous insect-microbe mutualisms and the ecology of evolutionary diversification. Evolution 62: 997-1012.

Singer, M.S. 2007. Evolutionary ecology of polyphagy. In K. Tilmon, (ed.), Specialization, speciation, and radiation--evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects. University of California Press, pp. 29-42.

Dyer, L.A., M.S. Singer, J.T. Lill, J.O. Stireman III, G.L. Gentry, R.J. Marquis, R.E. Ricklefs, H.F. Greeney, D.L. Wagner, H.C. Morais, I.R. Diniz, T.A. Kursar, and P.D. Coley. 2007. Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests. Nature 448: 696-699.

Singer, M.S., and Stireman, J.O., III. 2005. The tri-trophic niche concept and adaptive radiation of phytophagous insects. Ecology Letters 8: 1247-1255.

Bernays, E.A., and Singer, M.S. 2005. Taste alteration and endoparasites. Nature 436: 476.

Stireman, J.O. III, Dyer, L.A., Janzen, D.H., Singer, M.S., Lill, J.T., Marquis, R.J., and Ricklefs, R.E., Gentry, G.L., Hallwachs, W., Coley, P.D., Barone, J.A., Greeney, H.F., Connahs, H., Barbosa, P., Morais, H.C., Diniz, I.R. 2005. Climatic unpredictability and parasitism of caterpillars: implications of global warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102: 17384-17387.

Hartmann, T., Theuring, C., Beuerle, T., Bernays, E.A., and Singer, M.S. 2005. Acquisition, transformation and maintenance of plant pyrrolizidine alkaloids by the polyphagous arctiid Grammia geneura. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 35: 1083-1099.

Hartmann, T., Theuring, C., Beuerle, T., Klewer, N., Schulz, S., Singer, M.S., and Bernays, E.A. 2005. Specific recognition, detoxification and metabolism of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by the polyphagous arctiid Estigmene acrea. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 35: 391-411.

Singer, M.S., Rodrigues, D., Stireman, J.O., and Carriere, Y. 2004a. Roles of food quality and enemy-free space in host use by a generalist insect herbivore. Ecology 85: 2747-2753.

Singer, M.S., Carriere, Y., Theuring, C., and Hartmann, T. 2004b. Disentangling food quality from resistance against parasitoids: diet choice by a generalist caterpillar. American Naturalist 164: 423-429.

Bernays, E.A., Singer, M.S., and Rodrigues, D. 2004. Foraging in nature: foraging efficiency and attentiveness in caterpillars with different diet breadths. Ecological Entomology 29: 389-397.

Bernays, E.A., Singer, M.S., and Rodrigues, D. 2004. Trenching behavior by caterpillars of the Euphorbia specialist, Pygarctia roseicapitis: a field study. Journal of Insect Behavior 17: 41-52.

Hartmann, T., Theuring, C., Beuerle, T., Ernst, L., Singer, M.S., and Bernays, E.A. 2004. Acquired and partially de novo synthesized pyrrolizidine alkaloids in two polyphagous arctiids and the alkaloid profiles of their larval food-plants. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30: 229-254.

Bernays, E.A., Chapman, R.F., and Singer, M.S. 2004. Changes in taste receptor cell sensitivity in a polyphagous caterpillar reflect carbohydrate but not protein imbalance. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 190: 39-48.

Singer, M.S. and Bernays, E.A. 2003. Understanding omnivory needs a behavioral perspective. Ecology (Special Feature: Why Omnivory?) 84: 2532-2537.

Singer, M.S. and Stireman, J.O. 2003. Does anti-parasitoid defense explain host-plant selection by a polyphagous caterpillar? Oikos 100: 554-56.

Stireman, J.O. and Singer, M.S. 2003.What determines host range in parasitoids? An analysis of a tachinid parasitoid community. Oecologia 135: 629-638

Stireman, J.O. and Singer, M.S. 2003. Determinants of parasitoid-host associations: Insights from a natural tachinid-lepidopteran community. Ecology 84: 296-310.

Bernays, E.A., Rodrigues, D., Chapman, R.F., Singer, M.S., and Hartmann, T. 2003. Loss of gustatory responses to pyrrolizidine alkaloids after their extensive ingestion in the polyphagous caterpillar Estigmene acrea. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4487-4496.

Chapman, R.F., Bernays, E.A., Singer, M.S., and Hartmann, T. 2003. Experience influences gustatory responsiveness to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the polyphagous caterpillar, Estigmene acrea. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 189: 833-841.

Singer, M.S., Bernays, E.A., Carriere, Y. 2002. The interplay between nutrient balancing and toxin dilution in foraging by a generalist insect herbivore. Animal Behaviour 64: 629-643.

Stireman, J.O. and Singer, M.S. 2002. Spatial and temporal variation in the parasitoid assemblage of an exophytic polyphagous caterpillar. Ecological Entomology 27: 588-600.

Bernays, E.A. and Singer, M.S. 2002. Contrasted foraging tactics in two species of polyphagous caterpillars. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (Suppl. 1): 117-135.

Singer, M.S. and Stireman, J.O. 2001. How foraging tactics determine host-plant use by a polyphagous caterpillar. Oecologia 129: 98-105.

Singer, M.S. 2001. Determinants of polyphagy by a woolly bear caterpillar: a test of the physiological efficiency hypothesis. Oikos 93: 194-204.

Woods, H.A. and Singer, M.S. 2001. Contrasting responses to desiccation and starvation by eggs and neonates of two Lepidoptera. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74: 594-606.

Bernays, E.A., Chapman, R.F., and Singer, M.S. 2000. Sensitivity to chemically diverse phagostimulants in a single gustatory neuron of a polyphagous caterpillar. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 186: 13-19.

Bernays, E.A. and Singer, M.S. 1998. A rhythm underlying feeding behaviour in a highly polyphagous caterpillar. Physiological Entomology 23: 295-302.