Publications

Britten, H.B., A. R. MacClure, A.M. Tyler, A.D. Kattan, and K. L. Olmstead. Population genetic structure of Physonota helianthi (Randall) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in a fragmented landscape. In Press, Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

Mabee, P.M., K.L. Olmstead, & C.C. Cubbage. 2000.  An experimental study of intraspecific variation, developmental timing, and heterochrony in fishes. Evolution 54: 2091-2106..

Freund, R.L. & K.L. Olmstead. 2000.The roles of vision and antennal olfaction in habitat and prey location by three predatory heteropterans. Environmental Entomology 29: 733-742.

Freund, R.L. & K.L. Olmstead. 2000. The roles of vision and antennal olfaction in enemy avoidance by three predatory heteropterans. Environmental Entomology 29: 721-732.

Swanson, D.L. & K.L. Olmstead. 1999. Evidence for proximate influence of winter temperature on metabolism in passerine birds. Physiological & Biochemical Zoology 72: 566-575.

Olmstead, K.L., R.F. Denno, T.C. Morton, & J.T. Romeo. 1997. Influence of Prokelisia planthoppers on the amino acid composition and growth of Spartina alterniflora. Journal of Chemical Ecology 23: 303-321.

Olmstead, K.L. 1996. Cassidine defences and natural enemies. In P. Jolivet, M. Cox and T. Hsiao, editors. Biology of Chrysomelidae III. SPB Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. pp. 1-25.

Olmstead, K.L. 1994. Waste products as Chrysomelid defences. Pages 311-318 in P. Jolivet, E. Petitpierre and M. Cox, editors. Novel Aspects of the Biology of the Chrysomelidae. Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Olmstead, K.L., and R.F. Denno. 1993. Effectiveness of tortoise beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larval shields against predator species. Ecology 74: 1394-1405.

Olmstead, K.L., and R.F. Denno. 1992. Defense costs for tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Ecological Entomology 17: 237-243.

Denno, R.F., G.K. Roderick, K.L. Olmstead, and H.G. Döbel. 1991. Density related migration in planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae): a test of the habitat persistence hypothesis. American Naturalist 138: 1513-1541.

Olmstead, K.L., and T.K. Wood. 1990. The effect of clutch size and ant attendance on egg guarding by Entylia bactriana (Homoptera: Membracidae). Psyche 97: 111-120.

Olmstead, K.L., and T.K. Wood. 1990. Altitudinal patterns in species richness of neotropical treehoppers (Homoptera: Membracidae): the role of ants. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 92: 552-560.

Wood, T.K., K.L. Olmstead, and S.I. Guttman. 1990. Insect phenology mediated by host plant water relations. Evolution 44: 629-636.

Denno, R.F., S. Larsson, and K.L. Olmstead. 1990. Role of enemy free space and plant quality in host plant selection by willow beetles. Ecology 71: 124-137.

Denno, R.F., K.L. Olmstead, and E.S. McCloud. 1989. Reproductive cost of flight capability: a comparison of life history traits in wing dimorphic planthoppers. Ecological Entomology 14: 31-44.

Denno, R.F., M.E. Schauff, S.W. Wilson, and K.L. Olmstead. 1987. Practical diagnosis and natural history of two sibling salt marsh inhabiting planthoppers in the genus Prokelisia (Homoptera: Delphacidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 687-700.

Wood, T.K. and K.L. Olmstead. 1984. Latitudinal effects on treehopper species richness (Homoptera: Membracidae). Ecological Entomology 9: 109-115.


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