The outlook for control of New Zealand’s most abundant, widespread and damaging invertebrate pests: social wasps P Lester, J Beggs, B Brown, E Edwards, R Groenteman, R Toft, A Twidle, ... New Zealand Science Review 70 (4), 56-62, 2013 | 48 | 2013 |
The origins of global invasions of the German wasp (Vespula germanica) and its infection with four honey bee viruses EC Brenton-Rule, J Dobelmann, JW Baty, RL Brown, L Dvorak, J Grangier, ... Biological Invasions 20, 3445-3460, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
Attraction of the invasive social wasp, Vespula vulgaris, by volatiles from fermented brown sugar RL Brown, AM El-Sayed, CR Unelius, DM Suckling Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 151 (2), 182-190, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
Attraction of Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) to female psylla in pear orchards RL Brown, PJ Landolt, DR Horton, RS Zack Environmental Entomology 38 (3), 815-822, 2009 | 28 | 2009 |
Invasive Vespula wasps utilize kairomones to exploit honeydew produced by sooty scale insects, Ultracoelostoma RL Brown, AM El-Sayed, CR Unelius, JR Beggs, DM Suckling Journal of Chemical Ecology 41, 1018-1027, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests O Quinn, MAM Gruber, RL Brown, JW Baty, M Bulgarella, PJ Lester PLoS One 13 (12), e0209589, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
Reproduction and signals regulating worker policing under identical hormonal control in social wasps CA Oi, RL Brown, RC da Silva, T Wenseleers Scientific Reports 10 (18971), 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
Volatiles from green-lipped mussel as a lead to vespid wasp attractants CR Unelius, AM El-Sayed, AM Twidle, LD Stringer, LM Manning, ... Journal of Applied Entomology 138 (1-2), 87-95, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
Vespula vulgaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) gynes use a sex pheromone to attract males RL Brown, AM El-Sayed, DM Suckling, LD Stringer, JR Beggs The Canadian Entomologist 145 (04), 389-397, 2013 | 20 | 2013 |
New Zealand Pneumolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae): Description of a new species, key to species and notes on biology SFSB Qing-Hai Fan, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Robert Brown Systematic & Applied Acarology 21 (1), 119-138, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
Associative Learning of Food Odor by Social Wasps in a Natural Ecosystem AM El-Sayed, JK Jósvai, RL Brown, A Twidle, DM Suckling Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
Viral and fungal pathogens associated with Pneumolaelaps niutirani (Acari: Laelapidae): a mite found in diseased nests of Vespula wasps A Felden, JW Baty, M Bulgarella, RL Brown, J Dobelmann, MAM Gruber, ... Insectes Sociaux 67 (1), 83-93, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
Combining odours isolated from phylogenetically diverse sources yields a better lure for yellow jackets CR Unelius, DM Suckling, RL Brown, JK Jósvai, AM El‐Sayed Pest Management Science 72 (4), 760-769, 2016 | 10 | 2016 |
Locomotion activity meter for quality assessment of mass-reared sterile male moths (Lepidoptera) RL Brown, M Stanbury, AM El-Sayed, J Laban, R Butler, DM Suckling Florida Entomologist 99 (sp1), 131-137, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
Cuticular hydrocarbons as cues of caste and sex in the German wasp Vespula germanica RC da Silva, RL Brown, FS do Nascimento, T Wenseelers, CA Oi Insectes Sociaux 68, 261–276, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
N-(3-methylbutyl) butanamide: A novel amide in the venom of female social wasps, Vespula vulgaris AM El-Sayed, RL Brown, B Bunn Journal of Insect Physiology 135, 104311, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
Hydrocarbon Signatures of the Ectoparasitoid Sphecophaga vesparum Shows Wasp Host Dependency CA Oi, RL Brown, I Stevens, T Wenseleers Insects 11 (5), 268, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
Chemical ecology of invasive social wasps in New Zealand R Brown PhD Thesis-University of Auckland, 2013 | 6 | 2013 |
Chemical and behavioral ecology of the pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola Förster (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) RL Brown Washington State University, 2008 | 6 | 2008 |
Putting hornets on the genomic map E Favreau, A Cini, D Taylor, F Câmara Ferreira, MA Bentley, F Cappa, ... Scientific Reports 13 (1), 6232, 2023 | 5 | 2023 |