Dr. Doug Tallamy Professor and Chair Entomology and Wildlife Ecology 250 Townsend Hall Department of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716-2160 Telephone: (302) 831-1304 Fax: (302) 831-8889 Email: dtallamy@udel.edu Please visit my personal website for more information: http://copland.udel.edu/~dtallamy/

Education

• Ph.D. Entomology, University of Maryland, 1980
• M.S. Entomology, Rutgers University, 1976
• B.S. Biology, Allegheny College, 1973

Current Teaching Responsibilities

• ENWC 444, Conservation of Tropical Ecosystems, Winter
• ENWC 450, Debates in Conservation Biology, Winter
• ENWC 620, Behavioral Ecology, Spring
• ENWC 814, Advanced Ecology, Fall

Research Interests 

• Behavioral Ecology of Insects
• Sexual selection
• Conservation of biodiversity
• Impact of alien plants on native ecosystems
• Plant-insect interactions
• Cucurbitacin pharmacophagy
• Insect parental care

Current Graduate Students

• Jared Ali, M.S.
• Chris Phillips, M.S.
• Erin Reed, M.S.
• Christy Beal, Ph.D.
• Meg Ballard, Ph.D.

Recent Representative Publications

• Tallamy, D.W. and K.J. Shropshire. Submitted. Lepidopteran use of native and non-native ornamental plants. Conservation Biology. LInk to Supplemental Information
• Burghardt, K.T., D.W. Tallamy and W. G. Shriver. 2008. The impact of native plants on biodiversity in suburban landscapes. Conservation Biology, In Press.
• Tallamy, D.W. 2007. Bringing Nature Home: How Native plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens Timber Press. Portland, Oregon. http://bringingnaturehome.net
• Gillespie, J.J., Tallamy, D.W., Riley, E.G., Cognato, A.I. 2007. Molecular 
phylogeny of rootworms and related galerucine beetles (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae).  Zool. Scripta.  In press.
• Jennings , V. H. and D. W. Tallamy 2007. Composition and abundance of ground-dwelling Coleoptera in a fragmented and continuous forest. Environmental Entomology
• Beal, C. A. and D. W. Tallamy. 2006. New record of amphisexual care in an insect with exclusive paternal care: Rhynocoris tristis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) J. Ethology 24:305:307.
• Brodt, J., Tallamy, D.W., and J. Ali. 2005. Female choice by scent recognition in the spotted cucumber beetle. Ethology 112:1-7.
• Tallamy, D.W. 2005. Egg dumping in insects. Annual Review of Entomology 50:347-370.
• Tallamy, D.W., Hibbard, B.E., Clark, T.L., Gillespie, J.J. 2005. Western Corn Rootworm, Cucurbits, and Cucurbitacins. Pp 67-93, in Ecology and Management of Western Corn Rootworm ( Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte). Stefan Vidal, Uli Kuhlmann, and Rich Edwards (eds.), CAB International, Wallingford, United Kingdom.
• Tallamy, D. W., Walsh, E. and D. Peck. 2004. Revisiting paternal care in the assassin bug, Atopozeluspallens (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). J. Insect Behavior 17: 431-436.
• Tallamy, D. W. 2004. Do alien plants reduce insect biomass? Conservation Biology 18:1-4.
• Tallamy, D. W. and R. Iglay. 2004. Maternal care in Compseuta picta, an African lace bug (Heteroptera: Tingidae). J. Insect Behavior 17:247-249.
• Tallamy, D.W. 2004. Mate choice after intromission in Spotted Cucumber beetles. pp. 709-720 In Jolivet, P.H., Santiago-Blay, J.A., Schmitt, M. (Eds.), New Contributions to the Biology of Chrysomelidae, Boston. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Tallamy, D. W. and R. Iglay. 2004. Maternal care in Compseuta picta, an African lace bug (Heteroptera: Tingidae). J. Insect Behavior 17:247-249.
• Gillespie, J.J., Kjer, K.M., Riley, E.R., Tallamy, D.W. 2004. The evolution of cucurbitacin pharmacophagy in rootworms: insight from Luperini paraphyly. pp. 37-58 In Jolivet, P.H., Santiago-Blay, J.A., Schmitt, M. (Eds.), New Contributions to the Biology of Chrysomelidae, SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands.
• Gillespie, J.J., Kjer, K.M., Duckett, C.N., Tallamy, D.W. 2003. Convergent evolution of cucurbitacin-feeding and pharmacophagy in spatially isolated rootworm taxa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Galerucinae, Luperini). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 29:161-175.
• Tallamy, D.W. 2001. Evolution of exclusive paternal care in arthropods. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 46:139-165.
• Tallamy, D.W., B.E. Powell aand J.A. McClafferty.   In Press.   Male traits under cryptic female choice in the spotted cucumber beetle (Coleoptera: chysomelidae). Behav. Ecol.
• Tallamy, D.W., P.M. Gorski and J.K. Burzon. 2000. The fate of male-derived cucurbitacins in spotted cucumber beetle females. J. Chem. Ecol. 26:413-427. 
• Funk, D.H. and D.W. Tallamy. 2000. Courtship role reversal and deceptive signals in the long-tailed dance fly, Rhamphomyia longicauda.  Animal Behav, 59:411-421 
• Tallamy, D.W. 2000. Sexual selection and the evolution of exclusive paternal care in arthropods. Animal. Behav. 60:559-567.
• Tallamy, D.W. 2000. Maternal lace bugs: to care or not to care? Wings. Spring 2000:3-7.
• Tallamy, D.W. 2000. Physiological issues in host range expansion. pp.11-26, In R. Van Dreisch, T. Heard, A. McClay and R. Reardon (eds).  Proceedings of Session: Host-Specificity Testing of Exotic Arthropod Biological Control Agents – The Biological Basis for Improvement in Safety.  International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Bozeman, Montana. July 4-14, 1999.
  Halaweish, F.T., D.W. Tallamy, and E. Santana. 1999. Cucurbitacins: A role in cucumber beetle nutrition? J. Chem. Ecol. 25:(10)2373-2383
• Tallamy, D.W. and W.P. Brown. 1999. Semelparity and the evolution of maternal care in insects. Anim. Behav. 57:727-730.
• Tallamy, D.W. 1999. Child care among the insects. Scientific American. 280:50-55.
• Tallamy, D.W., C.A. Mullin and J.L. Frazier. 1999. An Alternative route to insect pharmacophagy: the loose receptor hypothesis. J. Chem. Ecol. 25:1987-1997.
• Agrawal, A.A., P.M. Gorski and D.W. Tallamy. 1999. Polymorphism in plant defense against herbivory: Constitutive and induces resistance in Cucumis sativus. J. Chem. Ecol. 25:2285-2304.