Insect Neuroethology & Bioacoustics Lab

Publications

Lindeman, AA, Yack JE. 2015. What is the password? Female bark beetles (Scolytinae) grant males access to their galleries based on courtship song. Behavioural Processes. 115: 123-131. Download PDF
Lucas KM, Mongrain JK, Windmill JFC, Robert D, Yack JE.. 2014. Hearing in the crepuscular owl butterfly (Caligo eurilochus, Nymphalidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 200: 891-898. Download PDF
Fleming AJ, Lindeman A, Carroll AL, Yack JE. 2013. Acoustics of the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae (Curculionidade, Scolytinae): Sonic, ultrasonic and vibration characteristics. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 91: 235-244. Download PDF
Cruz I, Cheetham J, Yack JE, Smith ML. 2013. Alkamides from Echinacea disrupt fungal cell wall. Phytomedicine. 21: 435-442. Download PDF
Fournier JP, Mikhail A, Dawson J, Yack JE. 2013. If a bird flies in the forest, does an insect hear it?. Biology Letters. 9(5): 20130319 . Download PDF
Yack JE, Gill S, Drummond-Main D, Sherratt TN. 2013. Residency duration and shelter quality influence vibratory signalling displays in a territorial caterpillar. Ethology. 120: 354-364. Download PDF
Bura VL, Hnain AK, Hick JN, Yack JE . 2012. Defensive sound production in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Bombycoidea: Sphingidae) . Journal of Insect Behavior. 25: 114-126. Download PDF
Guedes RNC, Matheson SM, Frei B, Smith ML, Yack JE. 2012. Vibration detection and discrimination in the masked birch caterpillar (Drepana arcuata). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 198: 325-335. Download PDF
Scott JL, Yack JE . 2012. Vibratory territorial signals in caterpillars of the poplar lutestring, Tethea or (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). European Journal of Entomology. 109: 411-417. Download PDF
Bura VL, Rower VG, Martin PR, Yack JE. 2011. Whistling in caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis, Bombycoidea): Sound-producing mechanism and function. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 30-37. Download PDF
Scott JL, Kawahara AY, Skevington JH, Yen S, Sami A, Smith ML, Yack JE. 2010. The evolutionary origins of ritualized acoustic signals in caterpillars. Nature Communications. 1: 4. Download PDF
Scott JL, Matheson SM, Yack JE . 2010. Variation on a theme: Vibrational signaling in caterpillars of the rose hook-tip moth, Oreta rosea. Journal of Insect Science. 10: 54. Download PDF
Lucas KM, Windmill JFC, Robert D, Yack JE . 2009. Auditory mechanics and sensitivity in the tropical butterfly Morpho peleides (Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae). Journal of Experimental Biology . 212: 3533-3541. Download PDF
Rashed A, Khan MI, Dawson JW, Yack JE, Sherratt TN. 2009. Do hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) sound like the Hymenoptera they morphologically resemble?. Behavioral Ecology . 20(2): 396-402. Download PDF
Mitra O, Callaham MA, Smith ML, Yack JE . 2009. Grunting for worms: seismic vibrations cause Dipolocardia earthworms to emerge from the soil. Biology Letters. 5(1): 16-19. Download PDF
Bura VL, Fleming AJ, Yack JE . 2009. What's the buzz? Ultrasonic and sonic warning signals in caterpillars of the great peacock moth (Saturnia pyri). Naturwissenschaften . 9: 713-718. Download PDF
Lane KA, Lucas KM, Yack JE . 2008. Hearing in a diurnal, mute butterfly, Morpho peleides (Papilioinoidea, Nymphalidae). Journal of Comparative Neurology. 508: 677-686. Download PDF
Yack JE, Dawson J. 2008. Insect Ears. The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. : (Eds. Hoy, R.R., Shepherd, G.M., Basbaum, A.I., Kaneko, A., and Westheimer, G.) Vol. 3, pp.35-54. Download PDF
Faure PA, Mason AC, Yack JE. 2008. Invertebrate ears and hearing. In: Binder MD, Hirokawa N, Windhorst U, Hirsch MC (eds.). Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. : Springer, Berlin, pp. 2035-2042. Download PDF
Mogg C, Smith ML, Petit P, Cappuccino N, Durst T, McKague C, Foster M, Yack JE, Arnason JT . 2008. Tests of the antibiotic properties of the invasive vine, Vincetoxicum rossicum against bacteria, fungi, and insects. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 36: 383-391. Download PDF
Bowen JL, Mahony SJ, Mason AC, Yack JE . 2008. Vibration mediated territoriality in the warty birch caterpillar Drepana bilineata (Drepanoidea: Drepanidae). Physiological Entomology . 33: 238-250. Download PDF
Brown SG, Boettner GH, Yack JE . 2007. Clicking caterpillars: acoustic aposematism in Antheraea polyphemus and other Bombycoidea. Journal of Experimental Biology . 210: 993-1005. Download PDF
Yack JE, Kalko EKV, Surlykke A. 2007. Neuroethology of ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies (Hedyloidea). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 193: 577-590. Download PDF
Yack, JE Johnson, SE, Brown, SG, Warrant, EJ. 2007. The eyes of nocturnal butterflies. Arthropod Structure and Development. 36: 11-22. Download PDF
Fletcher, LE, Yack, JE, Fitzgerald, TD, Hoy, RR . 2006. Acoustic communication inthe Cherry Leaf Roller Caloptilia serotinella (Gracillarioidea: Gracillariidae). Journal of Insect Behavior. 19: 1-18. Download PDF
Yack, JE, Timbers, TA, Conner, WE, Aiello, A, Schroeder, FC . 2004. Defensive flocculent emissions in a tiger moth, Homoeocera stictosoma (Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 58(3): 173-177. Download PDF
Yack, JE. 2004. The structure and function of auditory chordotonal organs in insects. Microscopy Research and Technique. 63: 315-337. Download PDF
Surlykke, A, Yack, JE, Spence, AJ, Hasenfuss, I . 2003. Hearing in hooktip moths. Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 2653-2663. Download PDF
Yack JE, Hoy RR. 2003. Insect Ears. The Encyclopedia of Insects . : (Eds. Resh, V.H. & Cardé, R.). Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 498-505. Download PDF
Yack JE, Homberg, U. 2003. The functional organization of the nervous system in Lepidoptera. Handbook of Zoology: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. 2: (Ed. N.P. Kristensen). W.G. de Gruyter, New York. pp. 229-265 . Download PDF
Eisner, T, Yack, JE, Aneshansley, DJ . 2001. Acoustic concomitants of the defensive discharges of a primitive bombardier beetle (Metrius contractus). Chemoecology. 11: 221-223. Download PDF
Yack, JE, Smith, ML, Weatherhead, PJ . 2001. Caterpillar Talk: Acoustically mediated territoriality in larval Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98: 11371-11375. Download PDF
Eisner T, Aneshansley DJ, Yack JE, Attygalle AB, Eisner M . 2001. Spray mechanism of crepidogastrine bombardier beetles (Carabidae; Crepidogastrini). Chemoecology. 11: 209-219. Download PDF
Yack, JE, Otero, DL, Dawson, J, Surlykke, A, Fullard, JH . 2000. Sound production and hearing in the blue cracker butterfly, Hamadryas feronia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Venezuela. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203: 3689-3702. Download PDF
Yack, JE, Fullard, JH. 2000. Ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies. Nature. 403: 265-266. Download PDF
Yack, JE, Scudder, GGE, Fullard, JH . 1999. Evolution of the metathoracic tympanal organ and its mesothoracic homologue in Macrolepidoptera. Zoomorphology. 119: 93-103. Download PDF
Yack, JE . 1993. ) Janus Green B as a rapid, vital stain for peripheral nerves and chordotonal organs in insects. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 49: 17-22. Download PDF
Yack, JE, Fullard, JH . 1993. Proprioceptive activity of the wing hinge stretch receptor in Manduca sexta and other atympanate moths: A study of the noctuoid moth ear homologue. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 173: 301-307. Download PDF
Fullard, JH, Yack, JE. 1993. The evolutionary biology of insect hearing. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 8: 248-252. Download PDF
Yack, JE, Fullard, JH . 1993. What is an insect ear? . Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 86: 677-682. Download PDF
Yack, JE . 1992. A multiterminal stretch receptor, chordotonal organ, and hair plate at the wing-hinge of Manduca sexta: Unravelling the mystery of the noctuid moth ear B cell. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 324: 500-508. Download PDF
Yack JE, Roots BI . 1992. The metathoracic wing-hinge chordotonal organ of an atympanate moth, Actias luna (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae): A light- and electron-microscopic study. Cell and Tissue Research. 267: 523-534. Download PDF
Yack JE, Fullard JH . 1990. The mechanoreceptive origin of insect tympanal organs: A comparative study of similar nerves in tympanate and atympanate moths. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 300: 523-534. Download PDF
Yack JE . 1988. Seasonal partitioning of atympanate moths in relation to bat activity. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 66: 753-755. Download PDF