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  1. Pollinator Visitation Alters Cranberry Flower Fungal Communities in Wisconsin Cranberry Agroecosystems

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, March 2026, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  2. Honey Bees Reduce Pollen Viability While Foraging

    Article • Insects, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  3. Altitude sickness in pollinators: Skyward emigration holds consequences for a native bee

    Article • Ecology, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  4. Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  5. A sustainable grower-based method for entomopathogenic nematode production

    Article • Journal of Insect Science, September 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  6. Apex Predator Nematodes and Meso-Predator Bacteria Consume Their Basal Insect Prey through Discrete Stages of Chemical Transformations

    Article • mSystems, June 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  7. Exosymbiotic microbes within fermented pollen provisions are as important for the development of solitary bees as the pollen itself

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2022, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  8. More than just meat: Carcass decomposition shapes trophic identities in a terrestrial vertebrate

    Article • Functional Ecology, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  9. Drones That Deliver: Pheromone-Based Mating Disruption Deployed via Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles in U.S. Cranberries

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  10. (More than) Hitchhikers through the network: the shared microbiome of bees and flowers

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  11. A new insight into isotopic fractionation associated with decarboxylation in organisms: implications for amino acid isotope approaches in biogeoscience

    Article • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  12. Microbes make the meal: oligolectic bees require microbes within their host pollen to thrive

    Article • Ecological Entomology, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  13. Microbial Diversity Associated with the Pollen Stores of Captive-Bred Bumble Bee Colonies

    Article • Insects, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  14. A Rare, Recently Discovered Nematode, Oscheius onirici (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), Kills Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Within Fruit

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  15. Surrounding landscape and spatial arrangement of honey bee hives affect pollen foraging and yield in cranberry

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  16. Quantifying niche partitioning and multichannel feeding among tree squirrels

    Article • Food Webs, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  17. Two native Wisconsin nematodes represent virulent biocontrol agents in cranberries

    Article • Biological Control, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  18. Omnivory in Bees: Elevated Trophic Positions among All Major Bee Families

    Article • The American Naturalist, September 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  19. Pollen-borne microbes shape bee fitness

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  20. Undead food-webs: Integrating microbes into the food-chain

    Article • Food Webs, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  21. In Vitro Rearing of Solitary Bees: A Tool for Assessing Larval Risk Factors

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, July 2018, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  22. Conserving carnivorous arthropods: an example from early-season cranberry (Ericaceae) flooding

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, January 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  23. Variable Isotopic Compositions of Host Plant Populations Preclude Assessment of Aphid Overwintering Sites

    Article • Insects, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  24. Incidence of Oscheius onirici (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a potentially entomopathogenic nematode from the marshlands of Wisconsin, USA

    Article • Journal of Nematology, November 2017, Exeley, Inc.

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  25. A review of compound-specific stable isotopic analysis (15N) in ecological studies

    Article • Organic Geochemistry, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  26. Pollen-borne fungicides mediate important bee-microbe symbioses

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, October 2017, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  27. Comparing compound-specific and bulk stable nitrogen isotope trophic discrimination factors across multiple freshwater fish species and diets

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, August 2017, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  28. Unpacking brown food-webs: Animal trophic identity reflects rampant microbivory

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  29. Intra-trophic isotopic discrimination of 15 N/14 N for amino acids in autotrophs: Implications for nitrogen dynamics in ecological studies

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  30. Why we need a centralized repository for isotopic data

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  31. Multi-Species Mating Disruption in Cranberries (Ericales: Ericaceae): Early Evidence Using a Flowable Emulsion

    Article • Journal of Insect Science, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  32. Flight Synchrony among the Major Moth Pests of Cranberries in the Upper Midwest, USA

    Article • Insects, February 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  33. Population Densities of Lepidopteran Pests in Selected Cranberry Cultivars in Wisconsin

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  34. Evaluating plant volatiles for monitoring natural enemies in apple, pear and walnut orchards

    Article • Biological Control, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  35. From planning to execution to the future: An overview of a concerted effort to enhance biological control in apple, pear, and walnut orchards in the western U.S.

    Article • Biological Control, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  36. Using plant volatile traps to estimate the diversity of natural enemy communities in orchard ecosystems

    Article • Biological Control, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  37. Exploiting genotyping by sequencing to characterize the genomic structure of the American cranberry through high-density linkage mapping

    Article • BMC Genomics, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  38. Temperature-Mediated Growth Thresholds ofAcrobasis vaccinii(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

    Article • Environmental Entomology, May 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  39. Discriminating power of microsatellites in cranberry organelles for taxonomic studies in Vaccinium and Ericaceae

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  40. Microbes are trophic analogues of arthropods, mammals, and fish: Isotopic fingerprinting unites ‘green’ and ‘brown’ food webs

    Article • January 2016, Entomological Society of America

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  41. Beneficial or not? Decoding carnivore roles in plant protection

    Article • Biological Control, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  42. In a food-chain, microbes are trophically analogous to animals.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Cameron R Currie, Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  43. Response to Pilaar Birch and Graham

    Article • BioScience, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  44. Development of a high-density cranberry SSR linkage map for comparative genetic analysis and trait detection

    Article • Molecular Breeding, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  45. Colonies of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) Produce Fewer Workers, Less Bee Biomass, and Have Smaller Mother Queens Following Fungicide Exposure

    Article • Insects, June 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  46. Diet quality influences isotopic discrimination among amino acids in an aquatic vertebrate

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  47. Temperature-Mediated Development Thresholds of Sparganothis sulfureana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Cranberries

    Article • Environmental Entomology, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  48. Development and Validation of 697 Novel Polymorphic Genomic and EST-SSR Markers in the American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.)

    Article • Molecules, January 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  49. It Is Time for IsoBank

    Article • BioScience, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  50. Degree-Day Benchmarks for Sparganothis sulfureana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Development in Cranberries

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  51. Clonal diversity and genetic differentiation revealed by SSR markers in wildVaccinium macrocarponandVaccinium oxycoccos

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  52. High‐resolution food webs based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  53. The American cranberry mitochondrial genome reveals the presence of selenocysteine (tRNA-Sec and SECIS) insertion machinery in land plants

    Article • Gene, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  54. A syndrome of mutualism reinforces the lifestyle of a sloth

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  55. Susceptibility of Cranberries to Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Laura Corley Lavine, Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  56. Trophic Hierarchies Illuminated via Amino Acid Isotopic Analysis

    Article • PLOS One, September 2013, PLOS

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  57. Complete plastid genome sequence of Vaccinium macrocarpon: structure, gene content, and rearrangements revealed by next generation sequencing

    Article • Tree Genetics & Genomes, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  58. Niche engineering reveals complementary resource use

    Article • Ecology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  59. Discrimination of American Cranberry Cultivars and Assessment of Clonal Heterogeneity Using Microsatellite Markers

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  60. Using next-generation sequencing approaches to isolate simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci in the plant sciences

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  61. Evaluation of herbivore-induced plant volatiles for monitoring green lacewings in Washington apple orchards

    Article • Biological Control, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  62. 10.1023/A:1018718800713

    Article • January 2011, CrossRef Test Account

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  63. Diverse predator communities are scarier to prey than less diverse predator assemblages.

    Article • Ecology, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  64. Effects of the Loss of Organophosphate Pesticides in the US: Opportunities and Needs to Improve IPM Programs

    Article • Outlooks on Pest Management, August 2010, Research Information Ltd.

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  65. Insect Myths: An Interdisciplinary Approach Fostering Active Learning

    Article • American Entomologist, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  66. A New Pest Species of the Mealybug Genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from the United States

    Article • Annals of the Entomological Society of America, November 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  67. Leafhopper prefers vines with greater amounts of irrigation

    Article • California Agriculture, May 1995, California Agriculture

    Dr Shawn A. Steffan