Professor and Chair Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
- Ph.D. Entomology, University of Maryland, 1980
- M.S. Entomology, Rutgers University, 1976
- B.S. Biology, Allegheny College, 1973
- ENWC 444, Conservation of Tropical Ecosystems, Winter
- ENWC 450, Debates in Conservation Biology, Winter
- ENWC 620, Behavioral Ecology, Spring
- ENWC 814, Advanced Ecology, Fall
- Behavioral Ecology of Insects
- Sexual selection
- Conservation of biodiversity
- Impact of alien plants on native ecosystems
- Plant-insect interactions
- Cucurbitacin pharmacophagy
- Insect parental care
- Jared Ali, M.S.
- Chris Phillips, M.S.
- Erin Reed, M.S.
- Christy Beal, Ph.D.
- Meg Ballard, Ph.D.
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.
Contact Information:
Dr. Doug Tallamy
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/
