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  Home -> Department Directory -> Faculty -> George E. Heimpel -> Publications

George E. Heimpel

Assistant Professor Biological Control

219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave.
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: (612) 624-3480 (office) (612) 625-7055 (lab)
FAX: (612) 625-5299
E-Mail: heimp001@tc.umn.edu

Publications

Journal Articles:

Heimpel, G. E. & J. A. Hough-Goldstein 1992. A survey of arthropod predators of the Colorado potato beetle (Col.: Chrysomelidae) in Delaware potato fields. Journal of Agricultural Entomology 9: 137-142.

Hough-Goldstein, J.A., G.E. Heimpel, H.E. Bechman & C.E. Mason 1993. Arthropod natural enemies of the Colorado potato beetle. Crop Protection 12: 324-334.

Heimpel, G.E. 1994. Virginity and the cost of insurance in highly inbred Hymenoptera. Ecological Entomology 19: 299-302.

Heimpel, G. E. & J. A. Hough-Goldstein 1994. Components of the functional response of Perillus bioculatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Environmental Entomology 23: 855-959.

Heimpel, G.E. & J.A. Hough-Goldstein 1994. Search tactics and response to cues by predatory stink bugs. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 73: 193-197.

Heimpel, G.E., J.A. Rosenheim & J.M. Adams 1994. Behavioral ecology of host feeding in Aphytis parasitoids. Proceedings of the 7th European Workshop on Insect Parasitoids: Norwegian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Supplement 16: 101-115.

Heimpel, G.E. & J.A. Rosenheim 1995. Dynamic host feeding by the parasitoid Aphytis melinus: the balance between current and future reproduction. Journal of Animal Ecology 64: 153-167.

Heimpel, G.E. & T.R. Collier. 1996. The evolution of host-feeding behavior in insect parasitoids. Biological Reviews 71: 373-400.

Heimpel, G.E., J.A. Rosenheim & M. Mangel. 1996. Egg limitation, host quality, and dynamic behavior in a parasitoid wasp. Ecology 77: 2410-2420.

Jervis, M.A., N.A.C. Kidd & G.E. Heimpel. 1996. Parasitoid adult feeding behaviour and biological control - a review. Biocontrol News and Information 17: 1N-22N.

Heimpel, G.E. 1997. Extraordinary sex ratios for extraordinary reasons. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 298-299.

Heimpel, G.E. 1997. Hymenopteran sex ratios: reply from G.E. Heimpel. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 489.

Heimpel, G.E., J.A. Rosenheim & M. Mangel. 1997. Predation on adult Aphytis parasitoids in the field. Oecologia 110: 346-352.

Heimpel, G.E., J.A. Rosenheim & D. Kattari. 1997. Adult feeding and lifetime reproductive success in the parasitoid Aphytis melinus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 83: 305-315.

Heimpel, G.E., M.F. Antolin, R. Franqui & M.R. Strand. 1997. Genetic divergence and reproductive isolation between two "strains" of Bracon hebetor. Biological Control 9: 149-156.

Heimpel, G.E. & J.A. Rosenheim. 1998. Egg limitation in insect parasitoids: a review of the evidence and a case study. Biological Control 11: 160-168.

Heimpel, G.E., M. Mangel & J.A. Rosenheim. 1998. Effects of egg and time limitation on lifetime reproductive success of a parasitoid in the field. American Naturalist 152: 273-289.

Mangel, M. & G.E. Heimpel. 1998. Reproductive senescence and dynamic oviposition behavior in insects. Evolutionary Ecology 12: 871-879.

Heimpel, G.E., M.F. Antolin & M.S. Strand. 1999. Diversity of sex-determining alleles in Bracon hebetor. Heredity 82: 282-291.

Holloway, A., G.E. Heimpel, M.S. Strand & M.F. Antolin. 1999. Survival of diploid males in Bracon nr. hebetor. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92: 110-116

Kattari, D, G.E. Heimpel, P.J. Ode & J.A. Rosenheim. 1999. Hyperparasitism by Ablerus clisiocampae (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 101: 640-644.

Lundgren, J.G., R.C. Venette, J. Gavloski, W.D. Hutchison & G.E. Heimpel. 1999. Distribution of the exotic pest, Agromyza frontella (Diptera: Agromyzidae), in Manitoba, Canada. Great Lakes Entomologist 32: 177-184.

Heimpel, G.E, Lundgren J.G. 2000. Sex ratios of commercially-reared biological control agents.  Biological Control 19: 77-93.

Olson, D.M., H. Fadamiro, J.G. Lundgren & G.E. Heimpel. 2000. Effects of sugar meals on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in a parasitoid wasp. Physiological Entomology 25: 17-26.

Rosenheim, J.A., G.E. Heimpel & M. Mangel. 2000. Egg maturation, egg resorption and the costliness of transient egg limitation in insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: 267: 1565-1573.

Heimpel, G.E. & F. Meloche. 2001. Biological  control of alfalfa blotch leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Ontario: status and ecology of parasitoids 20 years after introduction (Hymenoptera: Braconidae and Eulophidae). Great Lakes Entomologist (in press).

Hoogendoorn, M. & G.E. Heimpel. 2001. PCR-based gut content analysis of insect predators: using ribosomal ITS-1 fragments from prey to estimate predation frequency. Molecular Ecology 10: 2059 2067.

Jervis, M.A., Heimpel, G.E., Ferns, P., Harvey, J. & Kidd, N.A.C. 2001. Life-history strategies of parasitoid wasps: a comparative analysis of 'ovigeny'. Journal of Animal Ecology  70: 442-458.

Fadamiro, H.Y & G.E. Heimpel. 2001. Effects of partial sugar deprivation on lifespan and carbohydrate mobilization in the parasitoid Macrocentrus grandii (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).  Annals of the Entomological Society 94: 909-916.

Hoogendoorn, M. & G.E. Heimpel. 2002. Indirect interactions between an introduced and a native ladybird beetle species mediated by a shared parasitoid.  Biological Control (in press).

Neuhauser, C., D.A. Andow, G.E. Heimpel, G. May, R. Shaw & S. Wagenius. 2003. Community Genetics - expanding the synthesis of ecology and genetics. Ecology (in press).

Book Chapters:

Rosenheim, J.A. & G.E. Heimpel 1994. Sources of intraspecific variation in oviposition and host-feeding behavior. In: Rosen, D. (ed.): Recent Advances in the Study of Aphytis, pp. 41-78. Intercept press, Andover, UK.

Heimpel, G.E. 2000. Effects of parasitoid clutch size on host parasitoid population dynamics. In Hochberg, M.E. & A.R. Ives (eds.): Parasitoid Population Biology. Princeton University Press. Pp. 27-40.

 Jervis, M.A., G.E. Heimpel & N.A.C. Kidd.  2002. Phytophagy. In Jervis, M.A. & N.A.C. Kidd (eds.): Insect Natural Enemies: Practical Approaches to their study and evaluation, 2nd ed. Kluwer Press. (in press).

Symposium Proceedings:

Hoogendoorn, M. & G.E. Heimpel. 2002.  PCR-based cut content analysis of insect predators: using ribosomal ITS-1 fragments from prey to estimate predation frequency.  Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods.  Honolulu, Hawaii, 1/2002.  In press.

Lee, J.C. & G.E. Heimpel. 2002.  Sugar feeding by parasitoids in cabbage fields and the consequences for pest control.  Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods.  Honolulu, Hawaii, 1/2002.  In press.

Lundgren, J.G. & G.E. Heimpel. 2002. Augmentation of Trichogramma brassicae for Control of Cruciferous Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods.  Honolulu, Hawaii, 1/2002.  In press.

Extension/Education:

Heimpel, G.E. 1989. Ecology and natural management of voles in apple orchards. Rodale press, Emmaus PA. 13 pp.

Heimpel, G.E. 1999. Biological control of agricultural pests in Minnesota. Proceedings of the 1999 Minnesota Crop Pest Management Shortcourse. University of Minnesota Extension Service.

Bartels, D., R. Vennete, E. Burkness, P. O'Rourke, W.D. Hutchison, & G.E. Heimpel. 1999. Alfalfa blotch leafminer update. Minnesota Pest Report, MPR 2-99, Ag Marketing & Dev. Div., Minn. Dept. Agr.

Heimpel, G.E. 2000. Alfalfa blotch leafminer update: Biological control the best long-term option. Forage Clippings; Minnesota Forage and Grassland Council 7:1-2.

Heimpel, G.E. 2000. Biological Control of Insect Pests in Garden Settings: Commercially Available Beneficial Insects. Yard & Garden Line News

Volume 2 Number 11: http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/YGLN-July1500.html#IPM

 
 
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