Brian Sullivan
Research Entomologist
United States Department of Agriculture
Pacific Southwest Research Station
United States of America
Biography
Education: Ph.D. in Entomology, 1997 University of Georgia B.A. in Liberal Arts, 1990 St. John’s College Professional Experience Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service 2000—Current
Research Interest
Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) â— Manipulation with Pheromones and Other Odors â— Understanding Variability in SPB (and Bark Beetle) Responses to Pheromones and Other Odors â— Chemical Ecology and Systematics of Bark Beetles of North and Central America â— Bark Beetle Pest Species New to Science â— Other Threats of Forest Trees of the Southern US
Publications
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Nino-Dominguez, Alicia; Sullivan, Brian T.; Lopez-Urbina, Jose H.; Macias-Samano, Jorge E. 2016. Responses by Dendroctonus frontalis and Dendroctonus mesoamericanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Ssemiochemical lures in Chiapas, Mexico: possible roles of pheromones during joint host attacks.
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Shepherd, William P.; Sullivan, Brian T.; Mayfield, Albert (Bud); McDonald, Richard C. 2016. Olfactory responses of the hemlock woolly adelgid predator, Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), to natural and synthetic conifer volatiles.
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Sullivan, Brian T.; Brownie, Cavell; Barrett, JoAnne P. 2016. Intra-annual variation in responses by flying southern pine beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to pheromone component endo-brevicomin.
