Eubanks Publication List
In press
Cook, S.C., M.D. Eubanks, R.E. Gold, and S.T. Behmer. In press. Colony-level macronutrient regulation in ants:
mechanisms, hoarding and associated costs. Animal Behavior.
Wilder, S.M. and M.D. Eubanks. In press. Extrafloral nectar content alters foraging preferences of a predatory
ant. Biology Letters. 
2009
Ivey, C.T., D.E. Carr, and M.D. Eubanks. 2009. Genetic variation and constraints on the evolution of defense against spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) herbivory in Mimulus guttatus. Heredity 102:303-311.
Murphy, J.F., M.D. Eubanks, and J. Masiri. 2009. Reflective plastic mulch but not a resistance-inducing
treatment reduced Watermellon mosaic virus incidence and yield losses in squash. International Journal of
Vegetable Science 15:3-12.
2008
**Gray, K.M., N.D. *Burkett-Cadena, and M.D. Eubanks. 2008. Distribution expansion of Culex coronator in
Alabama. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 24:585-587.
*Burkett-Cadena, N.D., S.P. Graham, H.K. Hassan, C. Guyer, M.D. Eubanks, C.R. Katholi, and T.R. Unnasch. 2008. Blood feeding patterns of potential arbovirus vectors of the genus Culex targeting ectothermic hosts.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79:809-815.
Murphy, J.F., J. Mosjidis, M.D. Eubanks, J. Masiri. 2008. Inter-row soil cover to reduce incidence of aphid-borne
viruses in pumpkin. International Journal of Vegetable Science 14:290-303.
*Burkett-Cadena, N.D., M.D. Eubanks, and T.R. Unnasch. 2008. Size matters: Preference of female mosquitoes for natural and artificial resting sites. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 24:228-235.
2007
*Cooper, L.B., J.F. Murphy, and M.D. Eubanks. 2007. Red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) increase the abundance of aphids in tomato. Florida Entomologist 3:419-425.
*Styrsky, J.D. and M.D. Eubanks. 2007. The ecological consequences of ant-hemipteran interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:151-164. (Invited Review)
2006
Eubanks, M.D. and *J.D. Styrsky. 2006. Ant-hemipteran mutualisms: keystone interactions that alter food web dynamics and influence plant fitness. Pages 171-190 in Trophic and Guild Interactions in Biological Control, Progress in Biological Control, Volume 3. J. Brodeur and G. Boivin, eds. Springer Publishing, New York.
*Aubuchon, M.D., G.R. Mullen, and M.D. Eubanks. 2006. Efficacy of broadcast and perimeter applications of S-methoprene bait on the red imported fire ant in grazed pastures. Journal of Economic Entomology 99:621-625.
*Jhee, E.M., R.S. Boyd, and M.D. Eubanks. 2006. Effectiveness of metal-metal and metal-organic compound combinations against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae): implications for plant elemental defense. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32:239-259.
*Styrsky, J.D., *I. Kaplan, and M.D. Eubanks. 2006. Plant trichomes indirectly enhance tritrophic interactions involving a generalist predator, the red imported fire ant. Biological Control 36:375-384.
*Jhee, E.M., R.S. Boyd, M.D. Eubanks, and M.A. Davis. 2006. Nickel hyperaccumulation by Streptanthes polygaloides (Brassicaceae) protects against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Plant Ecology 183:91-104.
Carr, D.E., J.F. Murphy, and M.D. Eubanks. 2006. Genetic variation and covariation for resistance and tolerance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae). Heredity 96:29-38.
2005
*Hull-Sanders, H.M., M.D. Eubanks, and D.E. Carr. 2005. Inbreeding depression and selfing rate of Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula (Convolvulaceae). American Journal of Botany 92:1871-1877.
*Hull-Sanders, H.M. and M.D. Eubanks. 2005. Plant defense theory provides insight into interactions involving inbred plants and insect herbivores. Ecology 86:897-904.
*Harvey, C.T. and M.D. Eubanks. 2005. Intraguild predation of parasitoids by Solenopsis invicta: a non-
disruptive interaction. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 114:127-135.
Head, G., W. Moar, M. Eubanks, B. Freeman, J. Ruberson, A. Hagerty, and S. Turnipseed. 2005. A multiyear, large-scale comparison of arthropod populations on commercially managed Bt and non-Bt cotton fields. Environmental Entomology 34:1257-1266.
*Kaplan, I, and M.D. Eubanks. 2005. Aphids alter the community-wide impact of fire ants. Ecology 86:1640- 1649.
**Coleman, C.M., R.S. Boyd, and M.D. Eubanks. 2005. Extending the elemental defense hypothesis: dietary metal concentrations below hyperaccumulator levels could harm herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31:1669-1681.
Eubanks, M.D., D.E. Carr, and J.F. Murphy. 2005. Variation in the response of Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae) to hervivore and virus attack. Evolutionary Ecology 19:15-27.
*Jhee, E.M., R.S. Boyd, and M.D. Eubanks. 2005. Nickel hyperaccumulation as an elemental defense of Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae): influence of herbivore feeding mode. New Phytologist 168:331- 344.
*Dingha, B.N., A.G. Appel, and M.D. Eubanks. 2005. Discontinuous carbon dioxide release in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), and its effect on respiratory transpiration. Journal of Insect Physiology 51:825-836.
Eubanks, M.D. 2005. Predaceous herbivores and herbivorous predators: the biology of omnivores and the ecology of omnivore-prey interactions. Pages 3-17 in Ecology of Predator - Prey Interactions. Pedro Barbosa and Ignacio Castellanos, Eds. Oxford University Press.
Eubanks, M.D., D.E. Carr, and J.F. Murphy. 2005. The effects of virus infection of monkeyflowers on host plant quality for meadow spittlebugs, Philaenus spumarius (Homoptera: Cercopidae). Environmental Entomology 34:891-898.
Eubanks, M. D., and *J.D. Styrsky. 2005. Effects of plant feeding on the performance of omnivorous 'predators'. Pages 148-177, in Plant-Provided Food and Herbivore-Carnivore Interactions. Felix Wäckers, Paul van Rijin, and Jan Bruin, Eds. Cambridge University Press.
2004
Ivey, C.T., D.E. Carr, and M.D. Eubanks. 2004. Inbreeding alters Mimulus guttatus tolerance to herbivory in natural environments. Ecology 85:567-574.
*Harvey, C.T. and M.D. Eubanks. 2004. Effect of habitat complexity on biological control by the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in collards. Biological Control 29:348-358.
2003
Carr, D.E., J.F. Murphy, and M.D. Eubanks. 2003. The susceptibility and response of inbred and outbred Mimulus guttatus to infection by Cucumber mosaic virus. Evolutionary Ecology 17:85-103.
Eubanks, M.D., C.P. Blair, and W.G. Abrahamson. 2003. One host shift leads to another? Evidence of host-race formation in a predaceous gall-boring beetle. Evolution 57:168-172.
Abrahamson, W.G., C.P. Blair, M.D. Eubanks, and S.A. Morehead. 2003. Sequential radiation of unrelated organisms: the gall fly Eurosta solidaginis and the tumbling flower beetle Mordellistena convicta. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16:781-789.
*Hull-Sanders, H.M., A.G. Appel, and M.D. Eubanks. 2003. Comparative water relations of adult and juvenile tortoise beetles: Differences among sympatric species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 135(4):625-634.
Eubanks, M.D., *J.D. Styrsky, and R.F. Denno. 2003. The evolution of omnivory in Heteropteran insects. Ecology 84(10):2549-2556.
2002
Eubanks, M.D., **S.A. Blackwell, **C.J. Parrish, Z.D. DeLamar, and *H. Hull-Sanders. 2002. Intraguild predation of beneficial arthropods by red imported fire ants in cotton. Environmental Entomology 31:1168-1174.
*Kaplan, I., and M.D. Eubanks. 2002. Disruption of cotton aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)-natural enemy dynamics by red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Environmental Entomology 31:1175-1183.
Carr, D.E. and M.D. Eubanks. 2002. Inbreeding alters resistance to insect herbivory and host plant quality in Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae). Evolution 56:81-109.
2001
Abrahamson, W. G., M. D. Eubanks, A. V. Whipple, and *C. P. Blair. 2001. Gall flies, inquilines, and goldenrods: a model for host-race formation and sympatric speciation. American Zoologist 41:928-938. (journal recently renamed Integrative and Comparative Biology)
Eubanks, M.D. 2001. Estimates of the direct and indirect effects of red imported fire ants on biological control. Biological Control 21:35-43.
2000
Losey, J.E. and M.D. Eubanks. 2000. Implications of pea aphid host-plant specialization for the potential colonization of vegetables following post-harvest emigration from forage crops. Environmental Entomology 29:1283-1288.
Eubanks, M.D. and R.F. Denno. 2000. Host plants mediate omnivore-herbivore interactions and influence prey suppression. Ecology 81: 936-947.
Eubanks, M.D. and R.F. Denno. 2000. Health food versus fast food: the effects of prey quality and mobility on prey selection by a generalist predator and indirect interactions among prey species. Ecological Entomology 25:140-146.
1999
Eubanks, M.D. and R.F. Denno. 1999. The ecological consequences of variation in plants and prey for an omnivorous insect. Ecology 80:1253-1266.
1997
Denno, R.F., G.K. Roderick, M.A. Peterson, A.F. Huberty, H. G. Döbel, M.D. Eubanks, J.E. Losey, and G.A. Langellotto. 1996. Habitat persistence underlies intraspecific variation in the dispersal strategies of planthoppers. Ecological Monographs 66:389-408.
1995
Forrest, T.G. and M.D. Eubanks. 1995. Variation in the flash pattern of the firefly, Photuris versicolor quadrifulgens. Journal of Insect Behavior 8:33-45.
1993
Eubanks, M.D. and G.L. Miller. 1993. Sexual differences in behavioral response to conspecifics and predators in the wolf spider Gladicosa pulchra (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 6:641-648.
1992
Eubanks, M.D. and G.L. Miller. 1992. Life cycle and habitat preference of the facultatively arboreal wolf spider, Gladicosa pulchra (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 20:157-164.
1991
Forrest, T.G., J.L. Sylvester, Jr., S. Testa, III, S.W. Smith, A. Dinep, T.L. Cupit, J.M. Huggins, K.L. Atkins, M. Eubanks. 1991. Mate choice in ground crickets (Gryllidae: Nemobiinae). Florida Entomologist 74:74-80.