Kirk

William D.J. Kirk

[publications on Thysanoptera]

1984

Ecologically selective coloured traps. Ecological Entomology 9: 35-41.

Ecological studies on Thrips imaginis Bagnall (Thysanoptera) in flowers of Echium plantagineum L. in Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 9: 9-18.

Pollen-feeding in thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Journal of Zoology, London 204: 107-117.

The ecology of thrips in flowers. Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge.

1985

Effect of some floral scents on host finding by thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Journal of Chemical Ecology 11: 35-43.

Pollen-feeding and the host specificity and fecundity of flower thrips (Thysanoptera). Ecological Entomology 10: 281-289.

Aggregation and mating of thrips in flowers of Calystegia sepium. Ecological Entomology 10: 433-440.

Egg-hatching in thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Journal of Zoology, London 207: 181-190.

Floral display in Vicia faba, and the distribution of a flower thrips, Kakothrips pisivorus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 38: 233-238.

1987

How much pollen can thrips destroy? Ecological Entomology 12: 31-40.

A key to the larvae of some common Australian flower thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera), with a host-plant survey. Australian Journal of Zoology 35: 173-185.

Effects of trap size and scent on catches of Thrips imaginis Bagnall (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26: 299-302.

1988

Assessing the effects of flower thrips. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 23: 295-300.

Thrips and pollination biology. In Dynamics of Insect-Plant Interaction. Eds. T.N. Ananthakrishnan & A. Raman. Chapter 10. pp. 129-135. Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.

1991

16 The size relationship between insects and their hosts. Ecological Entomology 16: 351-359.

1992

17 The size relationship between flower thrips and the flowers that they inhabit. Phytophaga 4: 65-72.

1993

Thrips and pollen. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 4: 251-258.

1994

The effects of density on the oviposition rate of flower thrips. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 178, 69-73.

1995

Feeding behavior and nutritional requirements. pp. 21-29 in Parker BL, Skinner M & Lewis T [eds] Thrips Biology and Management. Plenum Publishing Corp., New York.

1996

Body size and shape in host-specific flower thrips. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 57 (Suppl.): 47-56.

Thrips. Naturalists’ Handbooks 25: 1-70. Slough: The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.

1997

Feeding. Chapter 4, pp 119-174 in Lewis, T [ed] Thrips as Crop Pests. CAB International, Wallingford.

Distribution, abundance and population dynamics. Chapter 7. pp. 217-256. in Lewis, T [ed] Thrips as Crop Pests. CAB International, Wallingford.

1999

The oviposition behaviour of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). In Proceedings Sixth International Symposium on Thysanoptera, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, April 27-May 1, 1998. Ed. G. Vierbergen & Ý. Tunç. pp. 69-75. Akdeniz University, Antalya. [Kirk WDJ, MacDonald KM, Whittaker MS, Hamilton JGC & Jacobson R]

2002

Effects of alarm pheromone on landing and take-off by adult western flower thrips. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 103: 279-282. [MacDonald, KM, Hamilton, JGC, Jacobson, R & Kirk, WDJ]

The pest and vector from the West: Frankliniella occidentalis. Pp. 33-42 in Marullo R & Mound LA [eds] Thrips and Tospoviruses: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Thysanoptera. Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.

2003

The spread of western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 5: 301-310. [Kirk, WDJ & Terry I].

Analysis of anal droplets of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29(10): 2385-2389. [MacDonald KM, Hamilton JGC, Jacobson R, Kirk WDJ]

2004

Evidence for a male-produced sex pheromone in the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30(1): 167-174. [Kirk WDJ &Hamilton JGC]

The effect of photoperiod on walking, feeding, and oviposition in the western flower thrips. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 111(3): 209-214. [Whittaker MS &Kirk WDJ]

The effect of wavelength on take-off in the western flower thrips. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 39(1-3): 123-129. [O'Leary AT &Kirk WDJ]

The effects of sucrose and tannin on oviposition by the western flower thrips. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 39(1-3): 115-121. [Whittaker MS &Kirk WDJ]

The link between cereal thrips and thunderstorms. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 39: 131-136.

2005

Identification of a male-produced aggregation pheromone in the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31: 1369-1379. [Hamilton JGC, Hall DR & Kirk WDJ.]

2007

Can diel activity patterns in the western flower thrips be exploited as part of an IPM strategy? [Abstract] Journal of Insect Science 7(28): 15. [Holmes ND and Kirk WDJ]

Development of a laboratory bioassay to test flight responses to semiochemicals in the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis. . [Abstract] Journal of Insect Science 7(28): 10-11. [Dublon IAN, Hamilton JGC, Kirk WDJ]

Do thunderstorms affect the flight behavior of thrips? Journal of Insect Science [Abstract] Journal of Insect Science 7(28): 17.

The chemical language of thrips. [Abstract] Journal of Insect Science 7(28): 17.

2008

Quantification of the release rate of the aggregation pheromone of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), using solid-phase microextraction (SPME). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 43(2): 249-256. [Dublon IAN, Hamilton JGC, Kirk WDJ]

The structure of the male sternal glands of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 43(2): 257-266. [El-Ghariani IM and Kirk WDJ]

2010

A key to the second instar larvae of the Thripidae of the Western Palaearctic region (Thysanoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 153: 99-160. [Vierbergen G, Kucharczyk H, Kirk WDJ]

The aggregation pheromones of thrips. [Abstract]. Journal of Insect Science 10, 19-20.

2012

Fighting behaviour of male western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 47(1): 125-132. [Kirk WDJ and Olaniran OA]

Flower stage and position affect population estimates of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), in Strawberry. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 47(1): 133-139. [Kirk WDJ & Sampson C]

The pupation behaviour of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 47: 87-96. [Holmes ND, Bennison JA, Maulden KA, Kirk WDJ]

2013

A Male-Predominant Cuticular Hydrocarbon, 7-Methyltricosane, is used as a Contact Pheromone in the Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39(4): 559-568. [Olaniran OA, Sudhakar AVS, Drijfhout FP, Dublon IAN, Hall DR, Hamilton JGC, Kirk WDJ]