Angela M. Smilanich Assistant Professor Biology Department University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV 89557 asmilanich@unr.edu
PUBLICATIONS
Slinn H.L., Richards L.A., Dyer L.A., Hurtado P., Smilanich A.M. 2018. Across multiple species, Phytochemical diversity and herbivore diet breadth have cascading effects on herbivore immunity and parasitism in a tropical model system. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:656 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00656.
Smilanich A.M., Langus T.C., Lydia L., Dyer L.A., Harrison J.G., Hsueh J., Teglas M.B. 2018. Host plant associated enhancement of immunity and survival in virus infected caterpillars. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 151:102-112.
Dyer L.A., Philbin C., Ochsenrider K., Richards L.A., Massad T.J., Smilanich A.M., Forister M.L., Parchman T.L., Galland L., Hurtado P., Espeset A.E., Glassmire A.E., Harrison J.G., Mo C., Yoon S.A., Pardikes N.A., Muchoney N.D., Jahner J.P., Slinn H.L., Shelef O., Jeffrey C.S. 2018. Modern chemical ecology theory for plant-insect interactions. Invited review: Nature Reviews Chemistry 2 (50-64).
Glassmire A.E., Jahner J.P., Badik K.J., Forister M.L., Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., Wilson J.S. 2017. The soil mosaic hypothesis: a synthesis of multi-trophic diversification via soil heterogeneity. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 10:20-26.
Jahner J.P., Forister M.L., Parchman T.L., Smilanich A.M., Miller J.S., Wilson J.S., Walla T.R., Tepe E.J., Richards L.A., Quijano-Abril M.A., Glassmire A.E., Dyer L.A. 2017. Host conservatism, geography, and elevation in the evolution of a Neotropical moth radiation. Evolution 71:2885-2900.
Hansen A.C., Glassmire A.E., Dyer L.A., and Smilanich A.M. 2017. Patterns in parasitism frequency explained by diet and immunity. Ecography 40:803-805.
Richards L.A., Glassmire A.E., Ochsenrider K.M., Smilanich A.M., Dodson C.D., Jeffrey C.S., and Dyer L.A. 2016. Phytochemical diversity and synergistic effects on herbivores. Phytochemistry Reviews 15:1153-1166.
Smilanich A.M., Fincher R.M., and Dyer L.A. 2016. Does plant apparency matter? Thirty years of data provide limited support but reveal clear patterns of the effects of plant chemistry on herbivores. New Phytologist 210: 1044-1057.
Glassmire A.E., Jeffrey C.S., Forister M.L., Parchman T.L., Nice C.C., Jahner J.P., Wilson J.S., Walla T.R., Richards L.A., Smilanich A.M., Leonard M.D., Morrison C.R., Simbana W., Salagaje L.A., Dodson C.D., Miller J.S., Tepe E.J., Villamarin-Cortez S., and Dyer L.A. 2016. Intraspecific phytochemical variation shapes community and population structure for specialist caterpillars. New Phytologist 212:208-219.
Richards, L. A., Dyer, L. A., Forister, M. L., Smilanich, A. M., Dodson, C. D., Leonard, M. D., and Jeffrey, C. S. 2015 Phytochemical diversity drives diversity of tropical plant-insect communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112: 10973-10978
Forister, M. L., Novotny, V., Panorska, A. K., Baje, L., Basset, Y., Butterill, P. T., Cizek, L., Coley, P. D., Dem, F., Diniz, I. R., Drozd, P., Fox, M., Glassmire, A., Hazen, R., Hrcek, J., Jahner, J. P., Kama, O., Kozubowski, T. J., Kursar, T. A., Lewis, O. T., Lill, J., Marquis, R. J., Miller, S. E., Morais, H. C., Murakami, M., Nickel, H., Pardikes, N., Ricklefs, R. E., Singer, M. S., Smilanich, A. M., Stireman, J. O., Villamarín-Cortez, S., Vodka, S., Volf, M., Wagner, D. L., Walla, T., Weiblen, G. D., and L. A. Dyer. (2015) The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112:442-447
Mason, P.A., Smilanich A.M., and Singer M.S. 2014. Reduced consumption of high protein foods follows immune challenge in a polyphagous caterpillar. Journal of Experimental Biology 217:2250-2260.
Singer, M.S., Mason, P.A., and Smilanich A.M. 2014. Ecological immunology mediated by diet in herbivorous insects. Integrative and Comparative Biology doi:10.1093/icb/icu089
Richards L.A., Lampert E.C., Bowers M.D., Dodson C.D., Smilanich A.M. and Dyer L.A. 2012. Synergistic effects of iridoid glycosides on the survival, development, and immune response of a specialist caterpillar (Junonia coenia Nymphalidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 38:1276-1284.
Smilanich A.M. and Dyer L.A. 2012. The effects of banana plantation pesticides on the immune response of lepidopteran larvae and their parasitoid natural enemies. Insects 3(3) 616-628.
Shlichta J.G., and Smilanich A.M. 2012. Immune responses and their potential role in insect outbreaks. In Insect Outbreaks Revisited, pgs. 47-70, editors Pedro Barbosa, Deborah Letourneau and Anurag Agrawal 2nd. Ed. Wiley-Blackwell.
Dyer, L.A., Wagner, D.L., Greeney, H.F., Smilanich, A.M., Massad, T.M., Robinson, M. Fox, M., Hazen, R., Glassmire, A., Pardikes, N., Fredrickson, K., Pearson, C., Gentry, G.L., and J.O. Stireman III. 2012. Novel insights into tritrophic interaction diversity and chemical ecology using 16 years of volunteer supported research. American Entomologist 58:15-19.
Greeney H.F., Dyer L.A., and Smilanich A.M. 2012. Feeding by lepidopteran larvae is dangerous: A review of caterpillars’ chemical, physiological, morphological, and behavioral defenses against natural enemies. Invertebrate Survival Journal 9:7-34.
Massad T.J., Fincher R.M., Smilanich A.M., and Dyer L.A. 2011. A quantitative evaluation of major plant defense hypotheses, nature versus nurture, and chemistry versus ants. Arthropod-Plant
Interactions 5: 125-139.
Smilanich A.M., Vargas J., Dyer L.A., and Bowers M.D. 2011. Effects of ingested secondary metabolites on the immune response of a polyphagous caterpillar (Grammia incorrupta). Journal of Chemical Ecology 37:239-245.
Smilanich A.M., Mason P.A., Sprung L., Chase T.R., and Singer M.S. 2011. Complex effects of parasitoids on
pharmacophagy and diet choice of a polyphagous caterpillar. Oecologia 165: 995-1005.
Richards L.A., Dyer, L.A., Smilanich A.M. and Dodson C.D. 2010. Synergistic effects of amides from two Piper
species on generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36:1105-1113.
Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., Chambers J.Q. and Bowers M.D. 2009. Immunological cost of chemical defence and the evolution of herbivore diet breadth. Ecology Letters 12: 612-621.
Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., and Gentry G.L. 2009. The insect immune response and other putative defenses as effective predictors of parasitism. Ecology 90:1434-1440.
Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., and Gentry G.L. 2009. Caterpillar immune response and parasitism. ESA Bulletin:
Photo Gallery 90:247-253.
Smilanich A.M. 2008. Variation in plant chemical defense and the physiological response of generalist and
specialist herbivores. Dissertation.Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Dyer L.A., Dodson C.D., Stireman J.O., Tobler M.A., Smilanich A.M., Fincher R.M., and Letourneau D.K. 2003. Synergistic effects of three Piper amides on generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29:2499-2514.
Slinn H.L., Richards L.A., Dyer L.A., Hurtado P., Smilanich A.M. 2018. Across multiple species, Phytochemical diversity and herbivore diet breadth have cascading effects on herbivore immunity and parasitism in a tropical model system. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:656 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00656.
Smilanich A.M., Langus T.C., Lydia L., Dyer L.A., Harrison J.G., Hsueh J., Teglas M.B. 2018. Host plant associated enhancement of immunity and survival in virus infected caterpillars. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 151:102-112.
Dyer L.A., Philbin C., Ochsenrider K., Richards L.A., Massad T.J., Smilanich A.M., Forister M.L., Parchman T.L., Galland L., Hurtado P., Espeset A.E., Glassmire A.E., Harrison J.G., Mo C., Yoon S.A., Pardikes N.A., Muchoney N.D., Jahner J.P., Slinn H.L., Shelef O., Jeffrey C.S. 2018. Modern chemical ecology theory for plant-insect interactions. Invited review: Nature Reviews Chemistry 2 (50-64).
Glassmire A.E., Jahner J.P., Badik K.J., Forister M.L., Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., Wilson J.S. 2017. The soil mosaic hypothesis: a synthesis of multi-trophic diversification via soil heterogeneity. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 10:20-26.
Jahner J.P., Forister M.L., Parchman T.L., Smilanich A.M., Miller J.S., Wilson J.S., Walla T.R., Tepe E.J., Richards L.A., Quijano-Abril M.A., Glassmire A.E., Dyer L.A. 2017. Host conservatism, geography, and elevation in the evolution of a Neotropical moth radiation. Evolution 71:2885-2900.
Hansen A.C., Glassmire A.E., Dyer L.A., and Smilanich A.M. 2017. Patterns in parasitism frequency explained by diet and immunity. Ecography 40:803-805.
Richards L.A., Glassmire A.E., Ochsenrider K.M., Smilanich A.M., Dodson C.D., Jeffrey C.S., and Dyer L.A. 2016. Phytochemical diversity and synergistic effects on herbivores. Phytochemistry Reviews 15:1153-1166.
Smilanich A.M., Fincher R.M., and Dyer L.A. 2016. Does plant apparency matter? Thirty years of data provide limited support but reveal clear patterns of the effects of plant chemistry on herbivores. New Phytologist 210: 1044-1057.
Glassmire A.E., Jeffrey C.S., Forister M.L., Parchman T.L., Nice C.C., Jahner J.P., Wilson J.S., Walla T.R., Richards L.A., Smilanich A.M., Leonard M.D., Morrison C.R., Simbana W., Salagaje L.A., Dodson C.D., Miller J.S., Tepe E.J., Villamarin-Cortez S., and Dyer L.A. 2016. Intraspecific phytochemical variation shapes community and population structure for specialist caterpillars. New Phytologist 212:208-219.
Richards, L. A., Dyer, L. A., Forister, M. L., Smilanich, A. M., Dodson, C. D., Leonard, M. D., and Jeffrey, C. S. 2015 Phytochemical diversity drives diversity of tropical plant-insect communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112: 10973-10978
Forister, M. L., Novotny, V., Panorska, A. K., Baje, L., Basset, Y., Butterill, P. T., Cizek, L., Coley, P. D., Dem, F., Diniz, I. R., Drozd, P., Fox, M., Glassmire, A., Hazen, R., Hrcek, J., Jahner, J. P., Kama, O., Kozubowski, T. J., Kursar, T. A., Lewis, O. T., Lill, J., Marquis, R. J., Miller, S. E., Morais, H. C., Murakami, M., Nickel, H., Pardikes, N., Ricklefs, R. E., Singer, M. S., Smilanich, A. M., Stireman, J. O., Villamarín-Cortez, S., Vodka, S., Volf, M., Wagner, D. L., Walla, T., Weiblen, G. D., and L. A. Dyer. (2015) The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112:442-447
Mason, P.A., Smilanich A.M., and Singer M.S. 2014. Reduced consumption of high protein foods follows immune challenge in a polyphagous caterpillar. Journal of Experimental Biology 217:2250-2260.
Singer, M.S., Mason, P.A., and Smilanich A.M. 2014. Ecological immunology mediated by diet in herbivorous insects. Integrative and Comparative Biology doi:10.1093/icb/icu089
Richards L.A., Lampert E.C., Bowers M.D., Dodson C.D., Smilanich A.M. and Dyer L.A. 2012. Synergistic effects of iridoid glycosides on the survival, development, and immune response of a specialist caterpillar (Junonia coenia Nymphalidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 38:1276-1284.
Smilanich A.M. and Dyer L.A. 2012. The effects of banana plantation pesticides on the immune response of lepidopteran larvae and their parasitoid natural enemies. Insects 3(3) 616-628.
Shlichta J.G., and Smilanich A.M. 2012. Immune responses and their potential role in insect outbreaks. In Insect Outbreaks Revisited, pgs. 47-70, editors Pedro Barbosa, Deborah Letourneau and Anurag Agrawal 2nd. Ed. Wiley-Blackwell.
Dyer, L.A., Wagner, D.L., Greeney, H.F., Smilanich, A.M., Massad, T.M., Robinson, M. Fox, M., Hazen, R., Glassmire, A., Pardikes, N., Fredrickson, K., Pearson, C., Gentry, G.L., and J.O. Stireman III. 2012. Novel insights into tritrophic interaction diversity and chemical ecology using 16 years of volunteer supported research. American Entomologist 58:15-19.
Greeney H.F., Dyer L.A., and Smilanich A.M. 2012. Feeding by lepidopteran larvae is dangerous: A review of caterpillars’ chemical, physiological, morphological, and behavioral defenses against natural enemies. Invertebrate Survival Journal 9:7-34.
Massad T.J., Fincher R.M., Smilanich A.M., and Dyer L.A. 2011. A quantitative evaluation of major plant defense hypotheses, nature versus nurture, and chemistry versus ants. Arthropod-Plant
Interactions 5: 125-139.
Smilanich A.M., Vargas J., Dyer L.A., and Bowers M.D. 2011. Effects of ingested secondary metabolites on the immune response of a polyphagous caterpillar (Grammia incorrupta). Journal of Chemical Ecology 37:239-245.
Smilanich A.M., Mason P.A., Sprung L., Chase T.R., and Singer M.S. 2011. Complex effects of parasitoids on
pharmacophagy and diet choice of a polyphagous caterpillar. Oecologia 165: 995-1005.
Richards L.A., Dyer, L.A., Smilanich A.M. and Dodson C.D. 2010. Synergistic effects of amides from two Piper
species on generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36:1105-1113.
Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., Chambers J.Q. and Bowers M.D. 2009. Immunological cost of chemical defence and the evolution of herbivore diet breadth. Ecology Letters 12: 612-621.
Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., and Gentry G.L. 2009. The insect immune response and other putative defenses as effective predictors of parasitism. Ecology 90:1434-1440.
Smilanich A.M., Dyer L.A., and Gentry G.L. 2009. Caterpillar immune response and parasitism. ESA Bulletin:
Photo Gallery 90:247-253.
Smilanich A.M. 2008. Variation in plant chemical defense and the physiological response of generalist and
specialist herbivores. Dissertation.Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Dyer L.A., Dodson C.D., Stireman J.O., Tobler M.A., Smilanich A.M., Fincher R.M., and Letourneau D.K. 2003. Synergistic effects of three Piper amides on generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29:2499-2514.
