Peer-reviewed research

Keeling C.I., Campbell E.O., Batista P.D., Shegelski V.A., Tevoy S.A.L., Huber D.P.W., Janes J.K., Sperling F.A.H. 2021. Chromosome-level genome assembly reveals genomic architecture of northern ra...

Shegelski V.A., Evenden M.L., Huber D.P.W., Sperling F.A.H. 2021. Identification of genes and gene expression associated with dispersal capacity in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae...

Balogh S.L., Björklund N., Huber D.P.W., Lindgren B.S. 2021. Population size estimation for the Warren root collar weevil, Hylobius warreniWood (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pest of regenerating l...

Fettig CJ, Graves AD, Huber DP. 2021. Special issue on managing bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) with semiochemicals: honouring the remarkable career of Dr. Steven ...

Huber D.P.W., Fettig C.J., Borden J.H. 2021. Disruption of coniferophagous bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) mass attack using angiosperm nonhost volatiles: from concept to operat...

Balogh S.L., Björklund N., Huber D.P.W., Lindgren B.S. 2020. Random and directed movement by Warren root collar weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), relative to size and distance of host lodgepole ...

Isitt R.L., Bleiker K.P., Pureswaran D.S., Hillier N.K., Huber D.P.W. 2020. Local, geographical, and contextual variation in the aggregation pheromone blend of the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufip...

Erasmus D.J. and Huber D.P.W. 2020. Plecoptera from the Crooked River, British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 117:64-68. OPEN ACCESS LINK

O’Dell A.D.C., Flores A-M., Schwarzfeld M.D., Erasmus D.J., Heath D.D., Huber D.P.W., Shrimpton J.M. 2020. Determining diets for fish from a small interior British Columbia stream: a comparison of ...

Thompson K.M., Huber, D.P.W., Murray, B.W. 2020. Autumn shifts in cold tolerance metabolites in overwintering adult mountain pine beetles. PLOS ONE 15(1): e0227203. OPEN ACCESS LINK

Huber D.P.W., Shrimpton C.M., Erasmus D.J. 2019. Eight new provincial species records of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) from one Arctic watershed river in British Columbia. Western North American Natural...

Burian S.K., Erasmus D.J., Shrimpton C.M., Currie D.C., Giberson D.J., Huber D.P.W., Shrimpton C.M., Erasmus D.J. 2018. First records of Baetis vernus Curtis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in North Amer...

Isitt R. L., Bleike, K. P., Pureswaran D.S., Hillier N.K., Huber D.P.W. 2018. The effect of feeding and mate presence on the pheromone production of the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Cole...

Balogh S.L., Huber D.P.W., Lindgren B.S. 2018. Single-generation effects on terpenoid defenses in lodgepole pine populations following mountain pine beetle infestation. PLoS ONE 13:e0196063. OPEN A...

Erasmus D.J., Yurkowski E.A., Huber D.P.W. 2018. DNA barcode-based survey of Trichoptera in the Crooked River reveals three new species records for British Columbia. PeerJ 6:e4221. OPEN ACCESS LINK

Floate, K., Huber, D.P.W. 2018. Congratulations to The Canadian Entomologist on this, its sesquicentennial anniversary! The Canadian Entomologist 150: 1-11. LINK

Fraser J.D., Bonnett T.R., Keeling C.I., Huber D.P.W. 2017. Seasonal shifts in accumulation of glycerol biosynthetic gene transcripts in mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleo...

Robert J.A., Bonnett T., Pitt C., Spooner L.J., Fraser J., Yuen M.M.S., Keeling C.I., Bohlmann J., Huber D.P.W. 2016. Gene expression analysis of overwintering mountain pine beetle larvae suggests ...

Huber, D.P.W. and Robert, J.A. 2016. The proteomics and transcriptomics of early host colonization and overwintering physiology in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosaeHopkins (Coleopte...

McKee, F.R., Huber, D.P.W., Lindgren, B.S., Hodgkinson, R.S., Aukema B.H. 2015. Effect of natal and colonised host species on female host acceptance and male joining behaviour of the mountain pine ...

Pitt, C., Robert, J.A., Bonnett, T.R., Keeling, C.I., Bohlmann, J., Huber, D.P.W. 2014. Proteomics indicators of the rapidly shifting physiology of mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Co...

Janes, J.K., Li, Y., Keeling, C.I., Yuen, M.M.S., Boone, C.K., Cooke, J.E.K., Bohlmann, J., Huber, D.P.W., Murray, B.W., Coltman, D.W., Sperling, F.A.H. 2014. How the mountain pine beetle (Dendroct...

Clark, E.L., Pitt, C., Carroll, A.L., Lindgren, B.S., Huber, D.P.W. 2014. Comparison of lodgepole and jack pine resin chemistry: implications for range expansion by the mountain pine beetle, Dendro...

Clark, E.L., Isitt, R., Plettner, E., Fields, P.G., Huber, D.P.W. 2014. An inexpensive feeding bioassay technique for stored-product insects. Journal of Economic Entomology 107:455-461. OPEN ACCESS...

Robert, J.A., Pitt, C., Bonnett, T.R., Yuen, M.M.S., Keeling, C.I., Bohlmann, J., and Huber, D.P.W. 2013. Disentangling detoxification: Gene expression analysis of feeding mountain pine beetle illu...

Gregory, T.R., Nathwani, P., Bonnett, T.R., and Huber, D.P.W. 2013. Sizing up arthropod genomes: an evaluation of the impact of environmental variation on genome size estimates by flow cytometry an...

McKee, F.R., Huber, D.P.W, Aukema, B.H. 2013. Comparisons of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) reproduction within a novel and traditional host: effects of insect natal history...

Keeling, C.I., Yuen, M.M.S., Liao N.Y., Docking, T.R., Chan, S.K., Taylor, G.A., Palmquist, D.L., Jackman, S.D., Nguyen, A., Li, M., Henderson, H., Janes, J.K., Zhao, Y., Pandoh, P., Moore, R., Spe...

Bonnett, T.R., Robert, J.A., Pitt, C., Fraser, J.D., Keeling, C.I., Bohlmann, J., Huber, D.P.W. 2012. Global and comparative proteomic profiling of overwintering and developing mountain pine beetle...

Fettig, C.J., McKelvey, S.R., Dabney, C.P., Fowler, D., Huber, D.P.W., Lait, C., Borden, J.H. 2012. Efficacy of “Verbenone Plus” for protecting ponderosa pine trees and stands from Dendroctonus bre...

Keeling, C.I., Henderson, H., Li, M., Yuen, M., Clark, E.L., Fraser, J.D., Huber, D.P.W., Liao, N.Y., Docking, T.R., Birol, I., Chan, S.K., Taylor, G.A., Palmquist, D., Jones, S.J.M., Bohlmann, J. ...

Clark, E.L., Huber, D.P.W., and Carroll, A.L. 2012. The legacy of attack: implications of high phloem resin monoterpene levels in lodgepole pines following mass attack by mountain pine beetle, Dend...

Fettig, C.J., McKelvey, S.R., Dabney, C.P., and Huber, D.P.W. 2012. Responses of Dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in behavioral assays: implications to development of a semiochem...

Ott, D.S., Yanchuk, A.D., Huber, D.P.W., and Wallin, K.F. 2011. Genetic variation of lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia, chemical and physical defenses that affect mountain pine beetle, ...

Wallis, C.M., Huber, D.P.W., and Lewis, K.J. 2011 Ecosystem, location, and climate effects on foliar secondary metabolites of lodgepole pine populations from central British Columbia. Journal of Ch...

Wallis, C.M., Reich, R.W., Lewis, K.J., and Huber, D.P.W. 2010. Lodgepole pine provenances differ in chemical defense capacities against foliage and stem diseases. Canadian Journal of Forest Resear...

Clark, E.L., Carroll, A.C., and Huber, D.P.W. 2010. Differences in lodgepole pine constitutive terpene profile across a geographic range in British Columbia and the correlation to historical attack...

Fettig, C.J., McKelvey, S.R., Dabney, C.P., Borys, R.R., and Huber, D.P.W. 2009. Response of Dendroctonus brevicomis to different release rates of nonhost angiosperm volatiles and verbenone in trap...

Huber, D.P.W., Aukema, B.H., Hodgkinson, R.S., and Lindgren B.S. 2009. Successful colonization, reproduction, and new generation emergence in live interior hybrid spruce, Picea engelmannii x glauca...

Graves, A.D., Holsten, E.H., Ascerno, M.E., Zogas, K., Hard, J.S., Huber, D.P.W., Blanchette, R., and Seybold, S.J. 2008. Protection of spruce from colonization by the bark beetle, Ips perturbatus,...

Fettig, C.J., Dabney, C.P., McKelvey, S.R., and Huber, D.P.W. 2008. Nonhost angiosperm volatiles and verbenone protect individual ponderosa pines from attack by western pine beetle and red turpenti...

Shepherd, W.P., Huber, D.P.W., Seybold, S.J., and Fettig, C.J. 2007. Antennal responses of the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), to stem volatiles of its pri...

Huber, D.P.W., Erickson, M.L., Leutenegger, C.W., Bohlmann, J., and Seybold, S.J. 2007. Isolation and extreme sex-specific expression of cytochrome P450 genes in the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus, ...

Ralph, S., Oddy C., Cooper, D., Yueh, H., Jancsik, S., Kolosova, N., Philippe, R.N., Aeschliman, D., White, R., Huber, D., Ritland, C.E., Benoit, F., Rigby, T., Nantel, A., Butterfield, Y.S.N., Kir...

Seybold, S.J., Huber, D.P.W., Lee, J.C., Graves, A.D., and Bohlmann, J. 2006. Pine monoterpenes and pine bark beetles: a marriage of convenience for defense and chemical communication. Phytochemist...

Fettig, C.J., McKelvey, S.R., and Huber, D.P.W. 2005. Nonhost angiosperm volatiles and verbenone disrupt response of western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), to attrac...

Huber, D.P.W., Philippe, R.N., Goddard, K-A., Sturrock, R.N., and Bohlmann, J. 2005. Characterization of four terpene synthases from a methyl jasmonate-induced Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii (M...

Huber, D.P.W., Philippe, R.N., Madilao, L., Sturrock, R.N., and Bohlmann, J. 2005. Changes in anatomy and terpene chemistry in Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco, seedlings followin...

Huber, D.P.W., Ralph, S., and Bohlmann, J. 2004. Genomic hardwiring and phenotypic plasticity of terpenoid based defenses in conifers. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30:2399 – 2418. LINK

Huber, D.P.W. and Bohlmann, J. 2005. The role of terpene synthases in the direct and indirect defense of conifers against insect herbivory and fungal pathogens. In: Multigenic and Induced Systemic ...

Bohlmann, J., Martin, D., Miller, B., and Huber, D.P.W. 2004. Terpenoid synthases in conifers and poplars. In: Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. C. Walter and M. Carson (eds.). ...

Arimura, G-I., Huber, D.P.W., and Bohlmann, J. 2004. Forest tent caterpillars (Malacosoma disstria) induce local and systemic diurnal emissions of terpenoid volatiles in hybrid poplar (Populus tric...

Huber, D.P.W., and Bohlmann, J. 2004. Terpene synthases and the mediation of plant-insect ecological interactions by terpenoids: a mini-review. In: Plant Adaptation: Molecular Genetics and Ecology....

Huber, D.P.W., and Borden, J.H. 2003. Comparative behavioural responses of Dryocoetes confusus Swaine, Dendroctonus rufipennis(Kirby), and Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) t...

Borden, J.H., Chong, L.J., Earle, T.J., and Huber, D.P.W. 2003. Protection of lodgepole pine from attack by the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) using high dos...

Huber, D.P.W., Borden, J.H. and Stastny, M. 2001. Response of the pine engraver, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), to conophthorin and other angiosperm bark volatiles in the avoidance of non...

Huber, D.P.W. and Borden, J.H. 2001. Protection of lodgepole pines from mass attack by mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, with nonhost angiosperm volatiles and verbenone. Entomologia Ex...

Huber, D.P.W. 2001. Responses of five species of coniferophagous bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to angiosperm bark volatiles. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University. LINK

Huber, D.P.W. and Borden, J.H. 2001. Angiosperm bark volatiles disrupt response of Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae, to attractant-baited traps. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27: 217 – 2...

Borden, J.H., Chong, L.J., Gries, G., Gries, R., Huber, D.P.W., Pierce, H.D., Jr., and Wilson, I.M. 2001. Nonhost volatiles as repellents for conifer-infesting bark beetles. US Patent # 6217891. LINK

Huber, D.P.W., Borden, J.H., Gries, R., and Jeans-Williams N.L. 2000. Differential bioactivity of conophthorin on four species of North American bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). The Canadian ...

Huber, D.P.W., Gries, R., Borden, J.H., and Pierce, H.D., Jr. 2000. A survey of antennal responses by five species of coniferophagous bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to bark volatiles of six ...

Borden, J.H., Chong, L.J., Gries, G., Gries, R., Huber, D.P.W., Pierce, H.D., Jr., and Wilson, I.M. 2000. Nonhost volatiles as repellents for conifer-infesting bark beetles. US Patent # 6051612. LINK

Huber, D.P.W., Gries, R., Borden, J.H., and Pierce, H.D., Jr. 1999. Two pheromones of coniferophagous bark beetles found in the bark of non-host angiosperms. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 25: 805 – ...

Karkhoff-Schweizer, R.R., Huber, D.P.W., and Voordouw, G. 1995. Conservation of the genes for dissimilatory sulfite reductase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Archaeoglobus fulgidus allows their det...