Publications
Gosh, E., S. van Nouhuys, P. Ode (in review). Anthropogenic effects on the eco-immunology of herbivorous insects
Valerio, F., C. Martel, C. Stefanescu, S. van Nouhuys, M. Kankare and A. Duplouy (in review). Wolbachia strain diversity in a complex group of sympatric cryptic parasitoid species. Preprint here
Keasar, T., M. Coll, Y. Lubin, M. Segoli, S. van Nouhuys and E. Wajnberg (in review). Judiciary independence: why should ecologists care? Preprint here
Articles in refereed Journals
61. Keasar, T., Wajnberg, E. Heimpel, G., Hardy, Ian C.W., Shaltiel, L., Gottlieb, D., van Nouhuys, S. 2023
Dynamic economic thresholds for agricultural pests and the importance of migration between field and off-field locations.
Forum article in Economic Entomology. 116(2), 2023, 321–330 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad019
60. van Nouhuys, S., Harris, D. C., Hajek, A. E. 2023
Population level interactions between an invasive woodwasp, an invasive nematode and a community of native parasitoids.
Neobiota, 82: 67-88. 10.3897/neobiota.82.96599
59. van Nouhuys, S., Harris, D. C., Stephen, F. M., Galligan, L. D., Hajek, A. E. 2022
Association of the native parasitic nematode Deladenus proximus with individuals and populations of the native woodwasp Sirex nigricornis. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 24: 237-246. DOI: 10.1111/afe.12487
58. Wang, S., Brose, U., van Nouhuys, S., Holt, R. D. and Loreau, M. 2021
Metapopulation capacity determines food chain length in fragmented landscapes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, e2102733118.
57. Duplouy, A., Nair, A., Nyman, T., van Nouhuys, S. 2021
Long-term spatiotemporal genetic structure of an accidental parasitoid introduction, and local changes in prevalence of its associated Wolbachia symbiont.
Molecular Ecology, 30, 4368-4380
One of the top downloaded papers in Molecular Ecology in 2021!
56. Opedal, Ø., Ovaskainen, O., Saastamoinen, M., Laine, A-L., van Nouhuys, S. 2020
Host plant availability drives the spatio-temporal dynamics of interacting metapopulations across a fragmented landscape.
Ecology, 101(12):e03186. 10.1002/ecy.3186
55. Nair, A., Nonaka , E., van Nouhuys, S. 2018
Increased fluctuation in a butterfly metapopulation leads to diploid males and decline of a hyperparasitoid
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0372
54. Kahilainen, A., van Nouhuys, S., Schulz, T. & Saastamoinen, M. 2018
Metapopulation dynamics in a changing climate: Increasing spatial synchrony in weather conditions drives metapopulation synchrony of a butterfly inhabiting a fragmented landscape
Global Change Biology, 24: 10.1111/gcb.14280
53. Reudler J. H., van Nouhuys, S. 2018
The roles of foraging environment, host species and host diet for a generalist pupal parasitoid
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, doi: 10.1111/eea.12657
52. Rosa, E., van Nouhuys, S., Saastamoinen, M. 2017
The more the merrier: Conspecific density improves performance of gregarious larvae and reduces susceptibility to a pupal parasitoid
Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1002/ece3.3571
51. Rasmussen, P. U., Amin, T., Bennett, A. E., Karlsson Green, K., Timonen, S., van Nouhuys, S., Tack, A. J. M. 2017
Plant and insect genetic variation mediate the impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on a natural plant-herbivore interaction
Ecological Entomology, 42 793-802.
50. Roslin T, Hardwick B, Novotny V, Petry WK, Andrew NR, Asmus A, Barrio IC, Basset Y, Boesing AL, Bonebrake TC, Cameron EK, Dáttilo W, Donoso DA, Drozd P, Gray CL, Hik DS, Hill SJ, Hopkins T, Huang S, Koane B, Laird-Hopkins B, Laukkanen L, Lewis OT, Milne S, Mwesige I, Nakamura A, Nell CS, Nichols E, Prokurat A, Sam K, Schmidt NM, Slade A, Slade V, Suchanková A, Teder T, van Nouhuys S, Vandvik V, Weissflog A, Zhukovich V, Slade EM. 2017.
Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations
Science, 356: 742-744
Science Shots review about it in Science
49. Nieminen, M. and van Nouhuys, S. 2017
The roles of trophic interactions, competition and landscape in determining metacommunity structure of a seed-feeding weevil and its parasitoids
Ann. Zool. Fennici, 54: 83-96
48. Singer, M. C., Kuussaari, M., van Nouhuys, S. 2017
Attraction of Melitaea cinxia butterflies to previously-attacked hosts: a likely complement to known Allee effects?
Ann. Zool. Fennici, 54: 205-212
47. van Nouhuys, S and Seppä, P. 2017
Preface to Ilkka hanski: the legacy of a multifacited ecologist
Ann. Zool. Fennici, 54: 1-4
46. van Nouhuys, S. Kohonen, M. Duplouy, A. 2016
Wolbachia increases the susceptibility of a parasitoid wasp to hyperparasitism
Journal of Experimental Biology, 219: 2984-2990
Summary feature in Inside JEB
45. Nair, A., Fountain, T., Ikonen, S., Ojanen, S. P., van Nouhuys, S. 2016
Spatial and temporal genetic structure at the fourth trophic level in a fragmented landscape.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0668
44. Couchoux, C., Seppä, P., van Nouhuys, S. 2016
Strong dispersal in a parasitoid wasp overwhelms habitat fragmentation and host population dynamics
Molecular Ecology, 25 :3344-55 doi: 10.1111/mec.13696
43. Hajek, A. E. and van Nouhuys, S. 2016
Fatal diseases and parasitoids: from competition to facilitation in a shared host
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283, 10.1098/rspb.2016.0154
42. van Nouhuys, S. 2016
Diversity, population structure and individual behavior of parasitoids as seen using molecular markers
Current opinions in Insect Science, 14: 94-99,10.1016/j.cois.2016.02.006
41. Duplouy, A., Couchoux, C., Hanski, I., van Nouhuys, S. 2015
Wolbachia infection in a natural parasitoid wasp population
PLOS One, 10(8): e0134843, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134843
40. Couchoux, C., Seppä, P., van Nouhuys, S. 2015
Effectiveness of deterrent marking by a parasitoid wasp: Behavioral and genetic approaches
Behaviour, 52: 1257-1276 10.1163/1568539X-00003277
39. Montovan, K. J., Couchoux, C., Jones, L. E., Reeve, H. K., van Nouhuys, S. 2015
The puzzle of partial resource use by a parasitoid wasp
The American Naturalist, 185: 538–550, doi: 10.1086/680036
Data: Dryad Digital Repository, http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h08r6.
38. Couchoux, C., Seppä, P., van Nouhuys, S. 2015
Microsatellites for the parasitoid wasp Hyposoter horticola
Conservation Genetics Resources, 7: 595-597 doi: 10.1007/s12686-015-0437-3
37. Nair, A., van Nouhuys, S. 2015
Microsatellite markers for a hyperparasitoid wasp from a fragmented landscape
Conservation Genetics Resources, 7: 565-586 doi: 10.1007/s12686-015-0425-7
36. van Nouhuys, S. and Kaplan I. 2014
Editorial overview: Beyond a taxonomically-driven approach to describing pattern and process in complex insect communities
Current Opinions in Insect Science, 2: v-vii
(co-guest editor for issue on Community Ecology)
35. Couchoux, C. and van Nouhuys, S. 2014
Effects of intraspecific competition and host-parasitoid developmental timing on foraging behaviour of a parasitoid wasp
Journal of Insect Behavior 27: 283-301
34. Pinto-Zevallos, D. M., Hellen, H., Hakola, H., van Nouhuys, S., Holopainen, J. K. 2013
Induced defenses of Veronica spicata: Variability in herbivore-induced volatile organic compounds
Phytochemistry Letters 6: 653-656
33. Kraft, T. S. and van Nouhuys, S. 2013
The effect of multi-species host density on superparasitism and sex ratio in a gregarious parasitoid
Ecological Entomology 38: 138-146
32. Saastamoinen, M., Hirai, N., van Nouhuys, S. 2013
Direct and trans-generational responses to food deprivation during development in the Glanville fritillary butterfly
Oecologia, 171: 93-104
31. van Nouhuys, S., Niemikapee S., Hanski, I. 2012
Variation in a host-parasitoid interaction across independent populations
Insects, 3: 1236-1256
Invited paper for a special issue on insect immunity
30. van Nouhuys, S., Reudler, J. H., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A. 2012
Performance of secondary parasitoids on chemically defended and undefended hosts
Basic and Applied Ecology, 13: 241-249
29. van Nouhuys, S. and Kraft, T. S.2012
Indirect interaction between butterflies meditated by a shared pupal parasitoid
Population Ecology, 54: 251-260
28. Reudler, J. H., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., van Nouhuys, S. 2011
Differential performance of a specialist and two generalist herbivores and their parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37: 765-778 DOI 10.1007/s10886-011-9983-7
27. Corley, J. C., Villacide, J. M., van Nouhuys, S. 2010
Patch time allocation by a parasitoid: the influence of con-specifics, host abundance and distance to the patch
Jounral of Insect Behavior, 23: 431-440 DOI 10.1007/s10905-010-9226-8
26. Castelo, M. K., van Nouhuys, S., Corley, J. C. 2010
Olfactory attraction of the larval parasitoid, Hyposoter horticola, to plants infested with eggs of the host butterfly, Melitaea cinxia
Journal of insect Science, Vol. 10, article 53
25. van Nouhuys, S. and Punju, E. 2010
Coexistence of competing parasitoids: which is the fugitive and where does it hide?
Oikos, 119: 61-70
24. Reudler Talsma, J., Biere, A., Harvey, J. A., van Nouhuys, S. 2008
Oviposition cues for a specialist butterfly: plant chemistry and size
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34: 2102-1212
23. Reudler Talsma, J., Torri, K. van Nouhuys, S. 2008
Host plant use by the Heath fritillary butterfly, Melitaea athalia: plant habitat, species and chemistry
Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2: 63-75
22. van Nouhuys, S. and Kaartinen, R. 2008
A parasitoid wasp uses landmarks while monitoring potential resources
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 275: 377-385
21. van Nouhuys, S. and Laine, A-L. 2008
Population dynamics and sex ratio of a parasitoid altered by fungal infected diet of host butterfly
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 275: 787-795
20. Elzinga, J. A., van Nouhuys, S., van Leeuwen, D. J., Biere, A. 2007
Distribution and colonization ability of three parasitoids and their herbivorous host in a fragmented landscape
Basic and Applied Ecology, 8: 75-88
19. Saastamoinen, M., van Nouhuys, S., Nieminen, M., O’Hara, B., Suomi, J. 2007
Development and survival of a specialist herbivore, Melitaea cinxia, on host plants producing high and low concentrations of iridoid glycosides
Annales Zoologici Fennici, 44: 70-80
18. Tscharntke, T., R. Bommarco, Y. Clough, T. Crist, D. Kleijn, T. Rand, J. Tylianakis, S. van Nouhuys, S.Vidal 2007
Conservation biological control and enemy diversity on a landscape scale
Biological Control, 43: 294-309
17. Harvey, J.A., van Nouhuys, S., Biere, A. 2005
Effects of quantitative variation in allelochemicals in Plantago lanceolata on development of a generalist and a specialist herbivore and their endoparasitoids
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31: 287-302
16. Kankare, M., Stefanescu, C., van Nouhuys, S., Shaw, M. R. 2005
Host specialization by Cotesia wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitising species-rich Melitaeini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) communities in north-eastern Spain
The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 45-65
15. Kankare, M., van Nouhuys, S., Gaggiotti, O., Hanski, I. 2005
Metapopulation genetic structure of two coexisting parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary butterfly
Oecologia, 143: 77-84
14. Kankare, M., van Nouhuys, S. Hanski, I. 2005
Genetic divergence among host-specific cryptic species in Cotesia melitaearum agg., a parasitoid of checkerspot butterflies
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 98: 382-394
13. van Nouhuys, S. 2005
Effects of habitat fragmentation at different trophic levels in insect communities
Annales Zoologici Fennici, 42: 433–447
12. van Nouhuys, S, and Ehrnsten, J. 2004
Parasitoid behavior that leads to uniform parasitism of a host available only a few hours per year
Behavioral Ecology, 15: 661-665
See a short summary “Waspish Behavior” Nature (2004) 430:31
11. van Nouhuys, S., and Lei, G. C. 2004
Parasitoid and host metapopulation dynamics: the influence of temperature mediated phenological asynchrony
Journal of Animal Ecology, 73: 526-535
10. Nieminen, M., J. Suomi, S. van Nouhuys, P. Sauri, M. Riekkola 2003
Effect of iridoid glycoside content on oviposition host plant and parasitism in a specialist herbivore
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29: 823-844
9. van Nouhuys, S., M.C. Singer, M. Nieminen 2003
Spatial and temporal patterns of caterpillar performance and the suitability of two host plant species
Ecological Entomology, 28: 193-202
8. van Nouhuys, S., and Hanski, I. 2002
Colonization rates and distances of a host butterfly and two specific parasitoids in a fragmented landscape
Journal of Animal Ecology, 71: 639-650
7. Hoffmann, M.P., P.R. Ode, D.L. Walker, J. Gardner, S. van Nouhuys & A. M. Shelton. 2001
Performance of Trichogramma ostriniae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) reared on factitious hosts including Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Biological Control, 21: 1-10
6. van Nouhuys, S. and W.T. Tay. 2001
Causes and consequences of small population size for a specialist parasitoid wasp
Oecologia, 128: 126-133
5. van Nouhuys, S. and I. Hanski 2000
Apparent competition between parasitoids mediated by a shared hyperparasitoid
Ecology Letters, 3: 82-84
4. van Nouhuys, S. and I. Hanski 1999
Host diet affects extinctions and colonizations in a parasitoid metapopulation
Journal of Animal Ecology, 68: 1248-1258
3. van Nouhuys, S. and S. Via 1999
Natural selection and genetic differentiation of behavior between parasitoids from wild and cultivated habitats
Heredity, 83: 127-137
Note: Shamefully, this is the only publication I got around to publishing from my PhD research. Warning to students: don’t make this mistake!!
2. Fox L. R., D. K. Letourneau, J. Eisenbach & S. van Nouhuys 1990
Parasitism rate and sex ratios of a parasitoid wasp: Effects of herbivore and plant quality
Oecologia, 83: 414-419
Note: This is from my undergraduate senior thesis
1. Welch C. W., C. Pickel, D. Walsh, S. van Nouhuys 1989
Cyclamen mite control in Strawberries.
California Agriculture, 43(3): 14-18
Note: This is from when I worked for the California State Agricultural Extension office, before I started graduate school.