Steven Frank

Copeman, S. M., & Frank, S. D. (2024, March 16). Differential feeding on ornamental plants by Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) larvae. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvae020

Copeman, S. M., & Frank, S. D. (2024). Profile of Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) as a greenhouse and nursery pest in the United States. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmae011

Mitchell, J. C., D'Amico III, V., Trammell, T. L. E., & Frank, S. D. D. (2023, February 9). Carabid specialists respond differently to nonnative plant invasion in urban forests. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01323-7

Mitchell, J. C., D'Amico III, V., Trammell, T. L. E., & Frank, S. D. (2023, August 7). Nonnative plant invasion increases urban vegetation structure and influences arthropod communities. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13755

Wilson, C. J., & Frank, S. D. (2023, March 21). Scale insects contribute to spider conservation in urban trees and shrubs. JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-023-00471-1

Wilson, C. J., Backe, K. M., Just, M. G., Lahr, E. C., Nagle, A. M., Long, L. C., … Frank, S. D. (2023). Tree species richness around urban red maples reduces pest density but does not enhance biological control. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128093

Wilson, C. J. J., & Frank, S. D. D. (2023, March 13). Urban tree pests can support biological control services in landscape shrubs. BIOCONTROL, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10192-8

Frank, S. D., & Backe, K. M. (2022, December 3). Effects of Urban Heat Islands on Temperate Forest Trees and Arthropods. CURRENT FORESTRY REPORTS, Vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-022-00178-7

Wilson, C. J., & Frank, S. D. (2022, October 19). Scale Insects Support Natural Enemies in Both Landscape Trees and Shrubs Below Them. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac081

Dale, A. G., & Frank, S. D. (2022). Water Availability Determines Tree Growth and Physiological Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stress in a Temperate North American Urban Forest. FORESTS, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071012

Backe, K., Rousselet, J., Bernard, A., Frank, S., & Roques, A. (2021). Human health risks of invasive caterpillars increase with urban warming. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, 36(5), 1475–1487. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01214-w

Frank, S. D. (2021). [Review of Review of the direct and indirect effects of warming and drought on scale insect pests of forest systems]. FORESTRY, 94(2), 167–180. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpaa033

Frank, S. D., & Just, M. G. (2020). Can Cities Activate Sleeper Species and Predict Future Forest Pests? A Case Study of Scale Insects. INSECTS, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030142

Parsons, S. E., Kerner, L. M., & Frank, S. D. (2020). Effects of native and exotic congeners on diversity of invertebrate natural enemies, available spider biomass, and pest control services in residential landscapes. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, 29(4), 1241–1262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01932-8

Parsons, S. E., Sozanski, K. S., Wilson, A. A., & Frank, S. D. (2020). Effects of temperature and habitat complexity on an urban tree pest (Tinocallis kahawaluokalani), natural enemies, and predation services in the city. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, 23(1), 13–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-019-00900-7

Just, M. G., Dale, A. G., & Frank, S. D. (2020). Gloomy Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) Ecology and Management on Landscape Trees. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa028

Lahr, E. C., Backe, K. M., & Frank, S. D. (2020). Intraspecific variation in morphology, physiology, and ecology of wildtype relative to horticultural varieties of red maple (Acer rubrum). TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 34(2), 603–614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-019-01942-2

Frank, S. D., & Tooker, J. F. (2020, September 15). Neonicotinoids pose undocumented threats to food webs. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Vol. 117, pp. 22609–22613. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2017221117

Long, L. C., & Frank, S. D. (2020). Risk of bird predation and defoliating insect abundance are greater in urban forest fragments than street trees. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, 23(3), 519–531. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00939-x

Just, M. G., & Frank, S. D. (2020). Thermal Tolerance of Gloomy Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in the Eastern United States. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 49(1), 104–114. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz154

Backe, K. M., & Frank, S. D. (2019). Chronology of Gloomy Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) Infestations on Urban Trees. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 48(5), 1113–1120. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz094

Just, M. G., & Frank, S. D. (2019). Evaluation of an Easy-to-Install, Low-Cost Dendrometer Band for Citizen-Science Tree Research. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY, 117(4), 317–322. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvz026

Frank, S. D., Backe, K. M., McDaniel, C., Green, M., Widney, S., & Dunn, R. R. (2019). Exotic urban trees conserve similar natural enemy communities to native congeners but have fewer pests. PEERJ, 7. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6531

Ranger, C. M., Schultz, P. B., Frank, S. D., & Reding, M. E. (2019). Freeze stress of deciduous trees induces attacks by opportunistic ambrosia beetles. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, 21(2), 168–179. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12317

Long, L. C., D'Amico, V., & Frank, S. D. (2019). Urban forest fragments buffer trees from warming and pests. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 658, 1523–1530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.293

Just, M. G., Dale, A. G., Long, L. C., & Frank, S. D. (2019). Urbanization drives unique latitudinal patterns of insect herbivory and tree condition. OIKOS, 128(7), 984–993. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05874

Lahr, E. C., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2018). [Review of Getting ahead of the curve: cities as surrogates for global change]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 285(1882). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0643

Savage, A. M., Youngsteadt, E., Ernst, A. F., Powers, S. A., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2018). Homogenizing an urban habitat mosaic: arthropod diversity declines in New York City parks after Super Storm Sandy. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 28(1), 225–236. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1643

Just, M. G., Frank, S. D., & Dale, A. G. (2018). Impervious surface thresholds for urban tree site selection. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, 34, 141–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.06.008

Dale, A. G., & Frank, S. D. (2018). [Review of Urban plants and climate drive unique arthropod interactions with unpredictable consequences]. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE, 29, 27–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.06.001

Lahr, E. C., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2018). Variation in photosynthesis and stomatal conductance among red maple (Acer rubrum) urban planted cultivars and wildtype trees in the southeastern United States. PLOS ONE, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197866

Meineke, E. K., & Frank, S. D. (2018). Water availability drives urban tree growth responses to herbivory and warming. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 55(4), 1701–1713. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13130

Hamblin, A. L., Youngsteadt, E., & Frank, S. (2018). Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density. Urban Ecosystems, 21(3), 419–428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-018-0731-4

Lopez-Uribe, M. M., Appler, R. H., Youngsteadt, E., Dunn, R. R., Frank, S. D., & Tarpy, D. R. (2017). Higher immunocompetence is associated with higher genetic diversity in feral honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera). CONSERVATION GENETICS, 18(3), 659–666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-017-0942-x

Camacho, E. R., Chong, J.-H., Braman, S. K., Frank, S. D., & Schultz, P. B. (2017). Life History of Parthenolecanium spp. (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Urban Landscapes of the Southeastern United States. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 110(4), 1668–1675. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox170

Hamblin, A. L., Youngsteadt, E., Lopez-Uribe, M. M., & Frank, S. D. (2017). Physiological thermal limits predict differential responses of bees to urban heat-island effects. BIOLOGY LETTERS, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0125

Youngsteadt, E., Ernst, A. F., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2017). Responses of arthropod populations to warming depend on latitude: evidence from urban heat islands. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 23(4), 1436–1447. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13550

Dale, A. G., & Frank, S. D. (2017). Warming and drought combine to increase pest insect fitness on urban trees. PLOS ONE, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173844

Ranger, C. M., Reding, M. E., Schultz, P. B., Oliver, J. B., Frank, S. D., Addesso, K. M., … Krause, C. (2016). Biology, Ecology, and Management of Nonnative Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Ornamental Plant Nurseries. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmw005

Frank, S. D., & Ranger, C. M. (2016). Developing a Media Moisture Threshold for Nurseries to Reduce Tree Stress and Ambrosia Beetle Attacks. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 45(4), 1040–1048. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvw076

Jandricic, S. E., Schmidt, D., Bryant, G., & Frank, S. D. (2016). Non-consumptive predator effects on a primary greenhouse pest: Predatory mite harassment reduces western flower thrips abundance and plant damage. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 95, 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.12.012

Lopez-Uribe, M. M., Sconiers, W. B., Frank, S. D., Dunn, R. R., & Tarpy, D. R. (2016). Reduced cellular immune response in social insect lineages. BIOLOGY LETTERS, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0984

Reese, A. T., Savage, A., Youngsteadt, E., McGuire, K. L., Koling, A., Watkins, O., … Dunn, R. R. (2016). Urban stress is associated with variation in microbial species composition-but not richness-in Manhattan. ISME JOURNAL, 10(3), 751–760. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.152

Meineke, E., Youngsteadt, E., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2016). Urban warming reduces aboveground carbon storage. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1840), 20161574. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1574

Youngsteadt, E., Dale, A. G., Terando, A. J., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2015). Do cities simulate climate change? A comparison of herbivore response to urban and global warming. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 21(1), 97–105. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12692

Prado, J., Witte, A. R., Frank, S., & Sadof, C. S. (2015). Do leaf domatia mediate intraguild predation and host plant resistance to Oligonychus aceris (Shimer) on Red Sunset Maple (Acer rubrum)? BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 90, 187–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.06.012

Youngsteadt, E., Henderson, R. C., Savage, A. M., Ernst, A. F., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2015). Habitat and species identity, not diversity, predict the extent of refuse consumption by urban arthropods. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 21(3), 1103–1115. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12791

Ranger, C. M., Schultz, P. B., Frank, S. D., Chong, J. H., & Reding, M. E. (2015). Non-Native Ambrosia Beetles as Opportunistic Exploiters of Living but Weakened Trees. PLOS ONE, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131496

Diamond, S. E., Dunn, R. R., Frank, S. D., Haddad, N. M., & Martin, R. A. (2015). Shared and unique responses of insects to the interaction of urbanization and background climate. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 11, 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COIS.2015.10.001

Youngsteadt, E., Appler, R. H., Lopez-Uribe, M. M., Tarpy, D. R., & Frank, S. D. (2015). Urbanization Increases Pathogen Pressure on Feral and Managed Honey Bees. PLOS ONE, 10(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142031

Frank, S. D. (2014). Bad neighbors: urban habitats increase cankerworm damage to non-host understory plants. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, 17(4), 1135–1145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-014-0368-x

Meineke, E. K., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2014). Early pest development and loss of biological control are associated with urban warming. BIOLOGY LETTERS, 10(11). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0586

Prado, S. G., & Frank, S. (2014). Optimal foraging by an aphid parasitoid affects the outcome of apparent competition. Ecological Entomology, 39(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12093

Dale, A. G., & Frank, S. D. (2014). The Effects of Urban Warming on Herbivore Abundance and Street Tree Condition. PLOS ONE, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102996

Jandricic, S. E., Dale, A. G., Bader, A., & Frank, S. D. (2014). The effect of banker plant species on the fitness of Aphidius colemani Viereck and its aphid host (Rhopalosiphum padi L.). Biological Control, 76, 28–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BIOCONTROL.2014.04.007

Prado, S. G., & Frank, S. D. (2013). Compact plants reduce biological control of Myzus persicae by Aphidius colemani. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 65(2), 184–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2013.03.004

Fox, A. F., Reberg-Horton, S. C., Orr, D. B., Moorman, C. E., & Frank, S. D. (2013). Crop and field border effects on weed seed predation in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 177, 58–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGEE.2013.06.006

Ranger, C. M., Tobin, P. C., Reding, M. E., Bray, A. M., Oliver, J. B., Schultz, P. B., … Persad, A. B. (2013). Interruption of the Semiochemical-Based Attraction of Ambrosia Beetles to Ethanol-Baited Traps and Ethanol-Injected Trap Trees by Verbenone. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 42(3), 539–547. https://doi.org/10.1603/en13016

Wong, S. K., & Frank, S. D. (2013). Pollen increases fitness and abundance of Orius insidiosus Say (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) on banker plants. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 64(1), 45–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2012.09.015

Prado, S. G., & Frank, S. D. (2013). Tritrophic effects of plant growth regulators in an aphid-parasitoid system. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 66(1), 72–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2013.03.019

Meineke, E. K., Dunn, R. R., Sexton, J. O., & Frank, S. D. (2013). Urban Warming Drives Insect Pest Abundance on Street Trees. PLOS ONE, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059687

LeBude, A. V., White, S. A., Fulcher, A. F., Frank, S., Klingeman III, W. E., Chong, J.-H., … Neal, J. (2012). Assessing the integrated pest management practices of southeastern US ornamental nursery operations. Pest Management Science, 68(9), 1278–1288. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3295

Tooker, J. F., & Frank, S. D. (2012). [Review of Genotypically diverse cultivar mixtures for insect pest management and increased crop yields]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 49(5), 974–985. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02173.x

Wong, S. K., & Frank, S. D. (2012). Influence of banker plants and spiders on biological control by Orius insidiosus (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 63(2), 181–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2012.07.001

Frank, S. D. (2012). Reduced Risk Insecticides to Control Scale Insects and Protect Natural Enemies in the Production and Maintenance of Urban Landscape Plants. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 41(2), 377–386. https://doi.org/10.1603/en11230

Frank, S. D., Shrewsbury, P. M., & Denno, R. F. (2011). Plant versus prey resources: Influence on omnivore behavior and herbivore suppression. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 57(3), 229–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.03.004

Frank, S. D., & Sadof, C. S. (2011). Reducing Insecticide Volume and Nontarget Effects of Ambrosia Beetle Management in Nurseries. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 104(6), 1960–1968. https://doi.org/10.1603/ec11124

Frank, S. D., & Lebude, A. (2011). SEASON-LONG INSECTICIDE EFFICACY FOR HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID, ADELGES TSUGAE (HEMIPTERA: ADELGIDAE), MANAGEMENT IN NURSERIES. FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST, 94(2), 290–295. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0223

Frank, S. D. (2010). [Review of Biological control of arthropod pests using banker plant systems: Past progress and future directions]. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 52(1), 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.09.011

Frank, S. D., Shrewsbury, P. M., & Denno, R. F. (2010). Effects of alternative food on cannibalism and herbivore suppression by carabid larvae. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 35(1), 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01156.x

Frank, S. D., Wratten, S. D., Sandhu, H. S., & Shrewsbury, P. M. (2007). Video analysis to determine how habitat strata affects predator diversity and predation of Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in a vineyard. Biological Control, 41(2), 230–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.01.012