Richard B. Root
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Richard B. Root's Degrees
- PhD Entomology University of California, Davis
- Masters Entomology University of California, Davis
- Bachelors Entomology University of California, Davis
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)Richard B. Root's Published Works
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- Organization of a Plant-Arthropod Association in Simple and Diverse Habitats: The Fauna of Collards (Brassica Oleracea) (1973) (2753)
- The Niche Exploitation Pattern of the Blue‐Gray Gnatcatcher (1967) (1711)
- Niche, Habitat, and Ecotope (1973) (694)
- The influence of vegetational diversity on the population ecology of a specialized herbivore, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (1972) (490)
- THE SEARCH FOR RESOURCES BY CABBAGE BUTTERFLIES (PIERIS RAPAE): ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES AND ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF MARKOVIAN MOVEMENTS IN A PATCHY ENVIRONMENT' (1984) (314)
- HERBIVORY AND PLANT SPECIES COEXISTENCE: COMMUNITY REGULATION BY AN OUTBREAKING PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT (2000) (286)
- HABITAT SELECTION BY THE APHID PARASITE DIAERETIELLA RAPAE (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) AND HYPERPARASITE CHARIPS BRASSICAE (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE) (1970) (261)
- Structure of the Encounter between Goldenrod (Solidago Altissima) and Its Diverse Insect Fauna (1990) (185)
- Patterns in Population Change and the Organization of the Insect Community Associated with Goldenrod (1992) (174)
- Herbivore Pressure on Goldenrods (Solidago Altissima): Its Variation and Cumulative Effects (1996) (165)
- Resistance to 16 diverse species of herbivorous insects within a population of goldenrod, Solidago altissima: genetic variation and heritability (1987) (140)
- Top-down effects of insect herbivores during early succession: influence on biomass and plant dominance (1999) (128)
- Effects of Herbivorous Insects and Soil Fertility on Reproduction of Goldenrod (1993) (111)
- Insect Herbivores Limit Habitat Distribution of a Native Composite, Machaeranthera Canescens (1981) (106)
- The Life‐Styles of Tropical Milkweed Bugs, Oncopeltus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) Utilizing the Same Hosts (1976) (80)
- ROOT AND LEAF HERBIVORY ON LYTHRUM SALICARIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANT PERFORMANCE AND COMMUNITIES (2004) (57)
- Long-term suppression of insect herbivores increases the production and growth of Solidago altissima rhizomes (1991) (55)
- Association between Leaf Beetles and Meadow Goldenrods (Solidago spp.) in Central New York (1980) (51)
- The significance of host patch edges to the colonization and development of Corythucha marmorata (Hemiptera: Tingidae) (1992) (40)
- The Behavior and Reproductive Success of the Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (1969) (40)
- DISRUPTION OF WEED BIOLOGICAL CONTROL BY AN OPPORTUNISTIC MIRID PREDATOR (2005) (38)
- Differences in the Life Tables of Tropical and Temperate Milkweed Bugs, Genus Oncopeltus (Hemiptera:Lygaeidae) (1969) (32)
- A MODEL OF SIMULTANEOUS EVOLUTION OF COMPETITIVE ABILITY AND HERBIVORE RESISTANCE IN A PERENNIAL PLANT (2002) (31)
- Influence of feeding guild on insect response to host plant fertilization (1996) (31)
- Defensive Adaptations and Natural Enemies of a Case-Bearing Beetle, Exema canadensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (1983) (30)
- On the Reasons for Distinguishing "Niche, Habitat, and Ecotope" (1975) (30)
- Role of Winter Cress, Barbarea vulgaris, as a Temporal Host in the Seasonal Development of the Crucifer Fauna (1969) (29)
- Interactive Effects of Different Types of Herbivore Damage: Trirhabda beetle Larvae and Philaenus spittlebugs on Goldenrod (Solidago altissima) (2002) (28)
- An Estimate of Intrinsic Rate of Natural Increase in the Planarian, Dugesia Tigrina (1960) (22)
- Biotic Factors Involved in Crucifer Aphid Outbreaks Following Insecticide Application (1969) (22)
- ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS OF THE CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE FOLLOWING A RANGE EXTENSION (1964) (18)
- Is risk-spreading so unrealistic? (1986) (14)
- The Influence of Insecticides with Differing Specificity on the Structure of the Fauna Associated with Potatoes (1978) (14)
- POPULATION INCREASE OF THE CABBAGE APHID, BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE, ON DIFFERENT HOST PLANTS (1969) (13)
- The Life of a Fire-adapted Florida Goldenrod, Solidago odora var. chapmanii (2004) (11)
- The avian response to a population outbreak of the tent caterpillar, Malacosoma constrictum (Stretch) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) (1966) (10)
- Group Molting and Other Lifeways of a Solitary Hunter, Apateticus bracteatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) (1980) (10)
- Emergence of Parasites Associated with the Cabbage Aphid During a Chemical-Control Program (1968) (9)
- The life of a californian population of the facultative milkweed bug, Lyaeus kalmii (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) (1986) (6)
- Interspecific Territoriality between Bewick's and House Wrens (1969) (5)
- The invasion and population outbreak of Psylloides napi (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae) on yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris) in New York. (1970) (5)
- A Predator-Decoy Method for Capturing Insectivorous Birds (1967) (3)
- Phytophagous insects control the structure of an old field plant community (1991) (1)
- 14.The Expendability of Species: A Test Case Based on the Caterpillars on Goldenrods (2003) (0)
- Eugene P. Odum Award (2004) (0)
- EMINENT ECOLOGIST AWARD (2003) (0)
- Resolution of Respect (2004) (0)
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