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- Byers, J. A. 1983b. Electronic fraction collector used for insect sampling in the photoperiod-induced diel emergence of bark beetles . Physiological Entomology 8:133-138.
- Byers, J. A. 1984a. Electronic multiprobe thermometer and multiplexer for recording temperatures of microenvironments in the forest litter habitat of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) . Environmental Entomology 13:863-867.
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- Byers, J. A., P. Svihra, and C. S. Koehler. 1980. Attraction of elm bark beetles to cut limbs on elm . Journal of Arboriculture 6:245-246.
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- Byers, J. A. 1987. Interactions of pheromone component odor plumes of western pine beetle . Journal of Chemical Ecology 13:2143-2153.
- Byers, J. A. 1988a. Novel diffusion-dilution method for release of semiochemicals: testing pheromone component ratios on western pine beetle . Journal of Chemical Ecology 14:199-212.
- Byers, J. A. 1988b. Upwind flight orientation to pheromone in western pine beetle tested with rotating windvane traps . Journal of Chemical Ecology 14:189-198.
- Byers, J. A. 1988c. Host tree susceptibility, suitability, and unsuitability recognized by some European bark beetles . International Congress of Entomology, Proceedings 18:429.
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- Byers, J. A., O. Anderbrant, and J. Lofqvist. 1989. Effective attraction radius: a method for comparing species attractants and determining densities of flying insects . Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:749-766.
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- Byers, J. A., H. E. Hogberg, C. R. Unelius, G. Birgersson, and J. Lofqvist. 1989. Structure-activity studies on aggregation pheromone components of Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae): all stereoisomers of chalcogran and methyl-2 4-decadienoate . Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:685-696.
- Byers, J. A., B. S. Lanne, and J. Lofqvist. 1989. Host tree unsuitability recognized by pine shoot beetles in flight . Experimentia (Basel) 45:489-492.
- Byers, J. A., B. S. Lanne, J. Lofqvist, F. Schlyter, and G. Bergstrom. 1985. Olfactory recognition of host-tree susceptibility by pine shoot beetles . Naturwissenschaften 72:32-326.
- Byers, J. A., and J. Lofqvist. 1989. Flight initiation and survival in the bark beetle Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) during the spring dispersal . Holarctic Ecology 12:432-440.
- Lanne, B. S., F. Schlyter, J. A. Byers, J. Lofqvist, A. Leufven, G. Bergstrom, J. N. C. V. d. Pers, R. Unelius, P. Baeckstrom, and T. 1987. Differences in attraction to semiochemicals present in sympatric pine shoot beetles, Tomicus minor and T piniperda . Journal of Chemical Ecology 13:1045-1067.
- Schlyter, F., G. Birgersson, J. A. Byers, J. Lofqvist, and G. Bergstrom. 1987. Field response of spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, to aggregation pheromone candidates . Journal of Chemical Ecology 13:701-716.
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- Schlyter, F., J. A. Byers, J. Lofqvist, A. Leufven, and G. Birgersson. 1988. Reduction of attack density of the bark beetles Ips typographus and Tomicus piniperda on host bark by verbenone inhibition of attraction to pheromone and host kairomone. Pages 53-68 in T. L. Payne and H. Saarenmaa, Integraged control of scolytid bark beetles. Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. 355 p.
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- Birgersson, G., J. Byers, G. Bergstrom, and J. Lofqvist. 1990. Production of pheromone components, chalcogran and methyl(e,z)-2,4-decadiendate, in the spruce engraver Pityoenes chalcographus . Journal of Insect Physiology 36:391-395.
- Byers, J. 1991. Simulation of the mate-finding behaviour of pine shoot beetles, Tomicus piniperda . Animal Behaviour 41:649-660.
- Byers, J. 1992a. Attraction of bark beetles, Tomicus piniperda, Hylurgops palliatus, and Trypodendron domesticum and other insects to short-chain alcohols and monoterpenes . Journal of Chemical Ecology 18:2385-2402.
- Byers, J. 1992b. Grid cell contour mapping of point densities: bark beetle attacks, fallen pine shoots, and infested trees . Oikos 63:233-243.
- Byers, J. 1992c. Dirichlet tessellation of bark beetle spatial attack points . Journal of Animal Ecology 61:759-768.
- Byers, J. 1993a. Avoidance of competition by spruce bark beetles, Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus . Experimentia (Basel) 49:272-275.
- Byers, J. 1993b. Orientation of bark beetles Pityogenes chalcographus and Ips typographus to pheromone-baited puddle traps placed in grids: A new trap for control of scolytids . Journal of Chemical Ecology 19:2297-2316.
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- Byers, J., G. Birgersson, J. Lofqvist, M. Appelgren, and G. Bergstrom. 1990a. Isolation of pheromone synergists of bark beetles, Pityogenes chalcographus, from complex insect-plant odors by fractionation and subtractive-combination bioassay . Journal of Chemical Ecology 16:861-876.
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- Byers, J. 1996a. Random selection algorithms for spatial and temporal sampling . Computers in Biology and Medicine 26:41-52.
- Byers, J. 1996b. An encounter rate model of bark beetle populations searching at random for susceptible host trees . Ecological Modelling 91:57-66.
- Byers, J. 1996c. Temporal clumping of bark beetle arrival at pheromone traps: modeling anemotaxis in chaotic plumes . Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:2133-2155.
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- Byers, J., Q.-H. Zhang, and F. Schlyter. 1998. Volatiles from nonhost birch trees inhibit pheromone response in spruce bark beetles . Naturwissenschaften 85:557-561.
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