Spencer Taft

Variations in foliar monoterpenes across the range of jack pine reveal three widespread chemotypes: implications to host expansion of invasive mountain pine beetle

Spencer Taft, Ahmed Najar, Julie Godbout et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 2015 · 63 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +14

Rapid monoterpene induction promotes the susceptibility of a novel host pine to mountain pine beetle colonization but not to beetle-vectored fungi

Jonathan A. Cale, Marlena Muskens, Ahmed Najar et al. · Tree Physiology · 2017 · 39 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +17

Pheromone Production by an Invasive Bark Beetle Varies with Monoterpene Composition of its Naïve Host

Spencer Taft, Ahmed Najar, Nadir Erbilgin · Journal of Chemical Ecology · 2015 · 32 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +17

Mountain pine beetle (<i>Dendroctonus ponderosae</i>) can produce its aggregation pheromone and complete brood development in naïve red pine (<i>Pinus resinosa</i>) under laboratory conditions

Jonathan A. Cale, Spencer Taft, Ahmed Najar et al. · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 2015 · 20 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +17

Industrialization and food safety for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation: An analysis of chemical levels in shellfish in Burrard Inlet

Federico Andrade‐Rivas, Reza Afshari, Annalee Yassi et al. · Environmental Research · 2021 · 11 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +17