• Riggins, J. J. 2006. Remote sensing: Application at multiple spatial scales. East Texas Forest Entomology Symposium, Nacogdoches, TX.

• Verble, RM. Ants: Are they important? Oral presentation at Southeastern Forest Entomological Conference fall meeting. Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. October 2006.
  

• Guldin, James M., and Fred M. Stephen. 2006. Upland oak-hickory forests and the red oak borer in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. N. Amer. For. Ins. Work Con. Asheville, NC. Oral presentation.

• Stephen, Fred M. 2006. Challenges to biological control. N. Amer. For. Ins. Work Con. Asheville, NC. Oral presentation.

• Theresa Dahl, Emerson Lacey, Jocelyn Millar, Lawrence Hanks and Fred Stephen. 2005. Semiochemicals of Enapholodes rufulus, the red oak borer. Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. Austin, TX.

• Riggins, J. J. and F. M. Stephen. 2006. Assessing forest health at the speed of light: applying remote sensing technology to a destructive forest insect. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN.

• Haavik, L., J. J. Riggins, R. Verble, and F. M. Stephen. 2006. Red oak borer research: A synopsis of current insights and future research interests. Arkansas Entomological Society, Fayetteville, AR.

• Riggins, J. J. and F. M. Stephen. 2006. Missing in action: The abrupt demise of a red oak borer outbreak in the Arkansas Ozarks. North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Asheville, NC.

• Haavik L.J. Drought: how does history matter? Paper presentation at the East Texas Forest Entomology Seminar. October 12-13, 2006. Nagodoches, TX

• Verble, RM. The Distribution and Abundance of Carpenter Ants in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Paper presented at Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA. July 2007.

• Haavik L.J. Tree-ring d13C and historic growth patterns as indicators of Northern red oak (Quercus rubra L. (Fagaceae)) susceptibility to red oak borer (Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)). Paper presentation at the University of Kansas, Division of Biological Sciences Honors Thesis Symposium. May 13, 2006. Lawrence, KS
  

• Haavik, L. Riggins, J. Verble, RM. Red Oak Borer: Current Research and Future Directions. Poster presented at Arkansas Entomological Society annual meeting. Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. October 2006.

• Dahl, Theresa M., Emerson Lacey, Jocelyn Millar, Lawrence Hanks, and Fred M. Stephen. 2006. Red oak borer semiochemicals: preliminary investigation of cues for mate location and recognition. N. Amer. For. Ins. Work Con. Asheville, NC. Poster presentation.

• Fierke, Melissa K., J. Brad Murphy, and Fred M. Stephen. 2006. Oak defenses against red oak borer. N. Amer. For. Ins. Work Con. Asheville, NC. Poster presentation.

• Galligan, Larry D., M. Brent Kelley, Allen L. Szalanski, and Fred M. Stephen. 2006. Molecular diagnostics of Enaphalodes rufulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). N. Amer. For. Ins. Work Con. Asheville, NC. Poster presentation.

• Kelley, M. Brent, and Fred M. Stephen. 2006. Red oak borer and Armillaria root rot contribute to oak mortality in Arkansas forests. N. Amer. For. Ins. Work Con. Asheville, NC. Poster presentation.

• Theresa Dahl, Emerson Lacey, Jocelyn Millar, Lawrence Hanks and Fred Stephen. 2006. Testing a Pheromone of Enaphalodes rufulus, the Red Oak Borer, in the Ozark National Forest. Entomological Society of America. Fort Lauderdale, FL.

• Riggins, John J., and Fred M. Stephen. 2006. Unsolved mysteries: investigating the abrupt rise and fall of red oak borer in the Arkansas Ozarks. N. Amer. For. Ins. Work Con. Asheville, NC. Poster presentation. 2nd place finish in PhD competition.

• V. L. Ware, F. L. Goggin, S. L. Hebert, and F. M. Stephen. 2005. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: Fort Lauderdale, FL
  Molecular detection of ant predation on red oak borer eggs and larvae.
• V. L. Ware, F. L. Goggin, and F. M. Stephen.2005.SOUTHERN FOREST INSECT WORK CONFERENCE: Austin, TX
  Use of molecular techniques to detect red oak borer remains in ants.
• V. L. Ware and F. M. Stephen. 2005. EAST TEXAS FOREST ENTOMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Nacogdoches, TX
  Intra- and Interspecific interactions
  of larval red oak borer: survival in the arena of peril.

• M.K. Fierke, F.M. Stephen. 2005. Oak defenses against a wood-boring insect. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• F.M Stephen, M.K. Fierke and Colleagues. 2005. Red oak borer research. Forestry and Wildlife Field Day. Savoy, AR.
• M.K. Fierke, F.M. Stephen. 2005. Oak chemical defenses against a wood-boring insect. 49th Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. Austin, TX.
• M.K. Fierke, F.M. Stephen. 2005. Estimating red oak borer populations associated with an oak decline event in the Ozark Mountains. East Texas Forest Entomology Conference. Nacagdoches, TX.
• M.K. Fierke, F.M. Stephen. 2005. An unprecedented red oak borer outbreak in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Univ. of Arkansas Gamma Sigma Delta Student Oral Presentation Competition. Fayetteville, AR.
• M.K. Fierke, F.M. Stephen. 2005. Impacts of an unprecedented red oak borer outbreak on Arkansas Forests. Annual Meeting of Arkansas Chapter of American Fisheries Society, The Wildlife Society and Forestry Society. Russellville, AR.
• M.K. Fierke, F.M. Stephen. 2005. Red oak borer and its impacts on Arkansas woodlands.24th Annual Horticulture Industries Show. Fort Smith AR.

• Fierke, M., 2005 Gamma Sigma Delta Student Oral Presentation Competition. An Unprecedented
  Red Oak Borer Outbreak in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
• Fierke, M., Annual Meeting of Arkansas Fisheries Society, The Wildlife Society and Forestry Society, Russellville, AR (2005). Impacts of an Unprecedented Red Oak Borer Outbreak on Arkansas Forests.
• Fierke, M., 24th Annual Horticulture Industries Show, Fort Smith AR (2005). Red Oak Borer and Its Impacts on Arkansas Woodlands
• Brent Kelley and Fred Stephen. 2005. Influence of Armillaria on Red Oak Borer Population Densities. East Texas Forest Insect Work Conference. Nacodogches, TX.
• Brent Kelley and Fred Stephen. 2005. Red oak borer and Armillaria root rot contribute to oak mortality in the Ozarks. Entomological Society of America. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• Brent Kelley and Fred Stephen. 2005. Red oak borer and Armillaria contribute to oak mortality in the Ozarks. Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. Austin, TX.

• Riggins, J. J. and F. M. Stephen. 2005. A splitting headache: red oak borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) population estimation in the Ozark National Forest, Arkansas, U.S.A. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

• D. Kinney and F.M. Stephen. (2005). A Rapid Estimation Procedure for Red Oak BorerEnaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). SEB-ESA Poster, Tunica, MS.

• Kelley, B. and F.M. Stephen. 2005. Influence of Armillaria on Red Oak Borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Within Tree Population Densities. SEB-ESA Poster. Tunica, MS.

• Fierke, M. 2004. “A Remarkable and Unprecedented Red Oak Borer Outbreak in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas”. Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. Also presented modified versions of this talk at the 2004 Arkansas Chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas and at the UofA Ecomunch Biology seminar series. (Abstract)

• Kelley, B. 2004. “Distribution Of Armillaria (Fr.:Fr.)Staude With Respect To Red Oak Borer Infestations Of The Arkansas Ozarks”. Arkansas Chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

• Lucio, L. 2004. “A Model for Prediction of Tree Damage Caused by Red Oak Borer”. Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. Tampa, Fl. Also presented modified versions of this talk at the 2004 Arkansas Chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

• Stephen, F.M. and R.N. Coulson. 2004. Impacts of Insects on Forest Landscapes: Implications for Forest Health Management. Invited presentation in a Symposium: "Ecological Management of Global Forests In A Changing World", T.D. Paine and M.K. Nod Organizers. International Congress of Entomology, August 2004. Brisbane, Australia.

• Stephen, F.M., D.J. Crook, M.K. Fierke, D.L. Kinney, L.D. Lucio, V.B. Salisbury and W.F. Limp. 2004. Investigations to understand the causes and course of the current red oak borer epidemic. Invited Presentation. AFRC-CES Symposium. May 2004. Little Rock, AR.

• Stephen, F.M. 2004. "Oak forests in peril: Ecology of red oak borer and assessment of the current epidemic in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri." Invited Seminar. April 2004. Warnell School of Forestry, University of Georgia.

• Ware V. 2004. "Red Oak Borer Associates: Predators and Competitors." UofA Entomology Seminar Series.

• Fierke, M., Kinney, D., Salisbury, V., Crook, D., and F. Stephen. "Population Levels and Sampling Methods for Red Oak Borer Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". ESA Poster. Salt Lake City, November 14-17, 2004.

• Kelley, B., Fierke, M., Kinney, D., and F. Stephen. "Estimating Numbers of Red Oak Borer (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) from Heartwood Galleries in Dead Oak Trees". ESA Poster. Salt Lake City, November 14-17, 2004.

• Lucio,L.D., F. Limp, and F.M. Stephen. (2004) Assessing and Predicting the Impact of the Red Oak Borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Epidemic Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).Forest Health Monitoring Working Group Meeting, 2004. AFRC-CES Symposium. Little Rock, AR, 2004. (Poster Presentation) View the poster.

• Lucio,L.D., F. Limp, and F.M. Stephen. (2004) Comparison of landscape attributes to level of tree damage determined by a rapid estimation procedure for red oak borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). ESA Poster. Salt Lake City, November 14-17, 2004.

• Ware, V. 2004. "Red Oak Borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Larval Mortality Resulting from Intraguild Predation." ESA Poster. Salt Lake City, November 14-17, 2004. (Abstract)

Vanessa's poster was entered in Student Competition Display Presentations, Section Cd. Behavior and Ecology and won first place in her section.

• Crook, D. J., D. L. Kinney, V. Salisbury and F. M. Stephen. 2003. Life table analysis of the Red Oak Borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH. (Abstract)

• Fierke, Melissa, Dana Kinney, Leah Lucio and Fred Stephen. 2003. "Stand Aspect and Tree Mortality Associated with Red Oak Borer Using a Rapid Estimation Procedure". Presentation at Southern Forest Insect Work Conference, New Orleans, LA. July 31, 2003.

• Kinney, Dana, Melissa Fierke and Fred Stephen. 2003. "A Rapid Estimation Procedure for Assessing Infestation History of Red Oak Borer" . Presentation at Southern Forest Insect Work Conference, New Orleans, LA. July 31, 2003.

• Lucio, Leah D. , Fred M. Stephen, and C. Fred Limp (2003) Does a landscape determine the fate of its trees? Predicting outbreaks of red oak borer using geographic information systems. Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH.(Oral Presentation) (Abstract)

• Fierke, M.K., D. L. Kinney, D. J. Crook and F. M. Stephen. 2003. Flight and Landing Behavior of Red Oak Borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Poster. 2003. Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH. 2003. AFRC-CES Symposium, Little Rock, AR. (Abstract)

• Fierke, M. , Stephen Wingard, Damon Crook & Fred Stephen. (2003) Flight and host selection studies on the red oak borer Enaphalodes rufulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).Poster, Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH. (Abstract)

• Kelley,Brent, M. Fierke, D. L. Kinney and F. M. Stephen. 2003.Stand Aspect as an Estimator of Tree Susceptibility to Red Oak Borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Induced Mortality. Poster, Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH. AFRC-CES Symposium. Little Rock, AR. (Abstract)

• Kinney, D. L., Vaughn Salisbury, D. J. Crook, M. Fierke, W. F. Limp and F. M. Stephen. 2003. Intensive, Extensive and Rapid Techniques for Estimating Within-tree Population Densities of Red Oak Borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Poster, Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH. AFRC-CES Symposium. Little Rock, AR. (Abstract)

• Meyers, J. M., D. C. Steinkraus, F. M. Stephen, D. L. Kinney & D. J. Crook. 2003. Natural Enemies of Red Oak Borers, Enaphalodes rufulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), in Northwest Arkansas. Poster, Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH. (Abstract)

• Prabhakar, S. , B. Oppert, R. Speirs, D. Crook & F Stephen. (2003) Food digestion in larval red oak borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). 79th Annual Meeting of the Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society (CSES) at the Dane Jansen Foundation Theatre & Conference Center Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. April 19th, 2003. (1st place poster presentation). (Abstract)

• Prabhakar S. , B. Oppert, D. J. Crook, and F. M. Stephen (2003) Food digestion in different larval stages of the red oak borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Poster, Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH.(Abstract)

• Wingard, S. , A.L. Szalanski, and Fred Stephen. (2003) Populations genetics of Red Oak Borer, Enaphalodes Rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Poster, Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Cinncinnati, OH.

• Crook, D.J., F. Stephen, V. Salisbury & D. Kinney (2002) Biology and Sampling of red oak borer populations in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. Upland Oak Ecology Symposium. Oct 7-10, 2002 Fayetteville AR. (Oral presentation)

• Stephen, F., D. J. Crook & F. Limp (2002) Issues in the development of a monitoring protocol for the red oak borer epidemic in the Ozark mountains. Southern Forest Insect Work Conference, Roanoke, VA, Aug 30-31 2002. (Oral presentation)

• Crook,D. J., L. D. Lucio, S. W. Wingard, D. L. Kinney, V.B Salisbury & F. M. Stephen (2002) Oak forests in peril- Studies assessing the red oak borer epidemic in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. ESA Nov 17-20, 2002. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Poster presentation)

• Crook, D. J. , L. Lucio, S. Wingard, D. Kinney, V. Salisbury & F. Stephen (2002) Studies assessing the red oak borer epidemic in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. Southern Forest Insect Work Conference, Roanoke, VA, Aug 30-31 2002. (Poster presentation).

• Kinney,D.L., V.B. Salisbury, A. Mauromoustakos, and F.M. Stephen (2002) Development of a sampling method for estimating within-tree populations of red oak borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). ESA Nov 17-20, 2002. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Poster presentation.

• Lucio,L.D. , F. Limp, and F.M. Stephen. (2002)Assessing and predicting the impact of oak decline and the red oak borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) epidemic using Geographic Information System (GIS). ESA Nov 17-20, 2002. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Poster presentation).

• Salisbury,V. B. , D. L. Kinney, L. D. Lucio, S. W. Wingard, D. J. Crook & F. M. Stephen (2002) Spatial distribution of within tree populations of red oak borer (Enaphalodes rufulus) (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). ESA Nov 17-20, 2002. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Poster presentation). (Abstract)

Vanessa Ware's (M.S.) Thesis was titled "Intraguild Predation, Ant Predation, and Associates of the Red Oak Borer, Enaphalodes Rufulus" View the (PDF)

Vanessa is originally from Iowa, and received her undergraduate degree at Iowa State University in entomology with a minor in music. In her free time, she enjoys volleyball, running, and playing piano.

Vanessa is working on her Ph.D. with Dan Herms at Ohio State University.

Tracy Dahl (M.S.) Her research interest was on ROB adult chemical ecology. She collaborated with researchers at the University of Riverside and the University of Illinois to study ROB contact chemoreception. Read her thesis.

Tracy is from South Dakota and recieved her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Minnesota. Outside of research, she enjoys running marathons, camping, and being with friends. Tracy works for Pioneer Seed Company out of Iowa.

Brent Kelley's (Program Technician I and M.S.) M.S. research focused on species composition and distribution of Armillaria within red oak borer-infested plots. Armillaria is a root rot fungus, also known as shoestring fungus that, depending on the species present, can cause tree mortality. He worked on determining the number of red oak borers associated with tree mortality and correlating numbers to Armillaria present.

Brent is from Bald Knob, Arkansas. He recieved his undergraduate in botany from the University of Arkansas and his masters in Forest Entomology from the University of Arkansas. In September 2005, Brent took a job with Audobon in Little Rock, AR.

Melissa Fierke (Post Doctoral Associate) Primary research was focused on tree/insect interactions and tree defenses. Other interests were looking at stand variables related to red oak borer populations, tree age and vigor, stand aspect, tree and understory species composition and basic biology e.g. flight, beetle attraction.

Melissa is originally from NW Arkansas. She received her environmental chemistry and environmental biology undergraduate degrees from Arkansas Tech University, masters degrees in fisheries & wildlife and environmental science from Oregon State University, and her doctorate here at the U of A. She is a pretty serious bike and was racing in the sport women category of the 2004 Arkansas Mountain Bike series.

Melissa is now an Assistant Professor in Forest Entomology in the Environmental and Forest Biology department at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), http://www.esf.edu/EFB/faculty/fierke.htm