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Barrows’ Homepage

Publications of E. M. Barrows and Colleagues

Books

Barrows, E. M. 1996. Animal Behavior Desk Reference. Improved reprint. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 672 pp.

Barrows, E. M. 2001. Animal Behavior Desk Reference. A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution. Second Edition. CRC Press LCC, Boca Raton, FL. 922 pp.

Barrows, E. M. 2006. Nature, Gardens, & Georgetown. Premier Edition. Xylocopa Press, Bethesda, MD. 112 pp. including 149 black-and-white illustrations, mostly original ones and some historical ones, primarily from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. ISBN 097860790-2. General subjects: biodiversity, conservation, gardens, history, local interest, nature.

Barrows, E. M. 2011. Animal Behavior Desk Reference. A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution. Third Edition. CRC Press LCC, Boca Raton, FL. 794 pp.

Websites

Barrows, E. M. and D. S. Kjar. 2005. Biodiversity Database of the Washington, D.C., Area (BDWA). Website. http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu (20 April 2005).

This is one of Earth’s very large biodiversity Websites. It has over 2,700 pages with thousands of images of organisms, nature sites, and other subjects; gets over 10,000 hits per month: gives full credit to photographers; etc. Year 2004 pages on BDWA are identified in a clickable list (arranged by month) on BDWA: http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu/searchfiles/infosearch.cfm?view=all&IDNumber=2560. Year 2005 pages are listed at: http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu/searchfiles/infosearch.cfm?view=all&IDNumber=2681.

Barrows, E. M. and D. S. Kjar. 2005. Arthropods of Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia: A Searchable Online Database (ADMWPD). Website. http://data.georgetown.edu/departments/biology/nps/dmwp.cfm (20 April 2005).

This Database includes over 1,000 species and morphospecies of Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve (= Dyke Marsh Preserve).

Barrows, E. M., D. S. Kjar, C. R. Bird, B. Q. Chung, T. Q. Chung, and M. R. Minor. 2005. Arthropods of the Washington, D.C., Area: A Searchable Online Database (AWDCAD). Website http://data.georgetown.edu/departments/biology/nps/ (20 April 2005)

This Database is part of a project that our Lab completed in 2004 called National Capital Region All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory First Step: The Arthropods (funded by the National Park Service). As time allows our Lab will add to the Database although our contract is finished. Most of the products of the entire project are online. You can start with this clickable page to access the products: http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu/files/informationfile.cfm?title=rocrintro .

Scientific Papers

1. Barrows, E. M. 1973. Soil-nesting by wood-inhabiting bees, Augocholora pura and Lasioglossum coeruleum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 46: 496 –499.

2. Barrows, E. M. 1974a. Some factors affecting the population size of the bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). Environmental Entomology 3: 929–932.

3. Barrows, E. M. 1974b. Aggregation behavior and response to sodium chloride in females of a solitary bee, Augochlora pura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Florida Entomologist 57: 189–193.

4. Barrows, E. M. and G. Gordh. 1974. Insect associates of the bagworm moth, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 47: 156–161.

5. Barrows, E. M. and T. P. Snyder. 1974. Halictine bee prey of Philanthus gibbosus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Entomological News 84: 314–316.

6. Barrows, E. M. 1975a. Occupancy by Hylaeus of subterranean halictid nests (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Psyche 82: 74–77.

7. Barrows, E. M. 1975b. Individually distinctive odors in an invertebrate. Behavioral Biology 15: 57–64.

8. Barrows, E. M. 1975c. Mating behavior in halictine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): III. Copulatory behavior and olfactory communication. Insectes Sociaux 22: 307–322.

9. Barrows, E. M., W. J. Bell, and C. D. Michener. 1975. Individual odor differences and their social functions in insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 72: 2824–2828.

10. Barrows, E. M. 1976a. Mating behavior in halictine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): I. Patrolling and age-specific behavior in males. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49: 105–119.

11. Barrows, E. M. 1976b. Sexual behavior in Hypositor fugitivus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Entomological News 87: 101–102.

12. Barrows, E. M. 1976c. Mating behavior in halictine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): II. Microterritorial and patrolling behavior of males of Lasioglossum rohweri. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 40: 377–389.

13. Barrows, E. M. 1976. Nectar robbing and pollination of Lantana camara (Verbenaceae). Biotropica 8: 132–135.

14. Barrows, E. M. 1976. Sweat bees. Insect World Digest 3: 12–16.

15. Barrows, E. M., M. R. Chabot, C. D. Michener, and T. P. Synder. 1976. Foraging and mating behavior in Perdita texana (Hymenoptera: Andrendae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49: 275–278.

16. Gordh, G and E. M. Barrows. 1976. Uropoda phoretic on Ceratina (Acarina, Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49: 275–279.

17. Snyder, T. P., E. M. Barrows, and M. R. Chabot. 1976. Nests of Diadasia afflicta Cresson (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49: 200–203.

18. Barrows, E. M. 1977a. Floral maturation and insect visitors of Pachyptera hymenaea (Bignoniaceae). Biotropica 9: 133–134.

19. Barrows, E. M. 1977b. Male behavior in Evagetes subangulatus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 11: 77–80.

20. Hackney, J. M. and E. M. Barrows. 1977. Biological notes on Stenodynerus microstictus (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 67: 34–37.

21. Lanigan, P. J. and E. M. Barrows. 1977. Sexual behavior in Murgantia histrionica (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Psyche 84: 191–197.

22. Barrows, E. M. 1978a. Behavioural changes during recovery from injury in captive, juvenile mockingbirds. Avicultural Magazine 84: 191–197.

23. Barrows, E. M. 1978b. Male patrolling and sexual behavior in Andrena erigeniae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) with comparative notes. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 51: 798-805.

24. Barrows, E. M. and G. Gordh. 1978. Sexual behavior in the Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica , and comparative notes on sexual behavior of other scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Behavioral Biology 23: 341–354.

25. Boyle, H. and E. M. Barrows. 1978. Oviposition and host feeding behavior of Aphelinus asychis (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) on Schizaphis graminum (Homoptera: Aphidae) and some reactions of aphids to this parasite. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 441–455.

26. Barrows, E. M., P. L. Lebau, and C. E. Eckstein. 1978. Behavior at a nesting site and prey of Crabro cribrellifer (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 11: 175–176.

27. Alcock, J., E. M. Barrows, G. Gordh, L. J. Hubbard, C. Kirkendall, D. W. Pyle, T. L. Ponder, and F. G. Zalom. 1978. The ecology and evolution of male reproductive behaviour in bees and wasps. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 64: 293–326.

28. Barrows, E. M. 1979a. Life cycles, mating and color change in tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 33: 9–16.

29. Barrows, E. M. 1979b. Floral biology and arthropod associates of Lilium philadelphicum . Michigan Botanist 18: 109–116.

30. Barrows, E. M. 1979c. Polistes wasps (Vespidae) show interference competition with other insects for Kermes scale insect (Kermesidae) secretions. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81: 570–575.

31. Barrows, E. M. 1980a. Results of a survey of damage caused by the carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82: 44–47.

32. Barrows, E. M. 1980b. Robbing of exotic plants by introduced carpenter and honey bees in Hawaii with comparative notes. Biotropica 12: 23–29.

33. Ebbers, B. C. and E. M. Barrows. 1980. Individual ants specialize on particular aphid herds (Hymenoptera; Formicidae, Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82: 405–407.

34. LaPlaca Reese, C. S. and E. M. Barrows. 1980. Coevolution of Claytonia virginica (Portulacaceae) and its main native pollinator, Andrena erigeniae (Andrenidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82: 685–694.

35. Barrows, E. M., A. P. Acquavella, P. Juliette S. Weinstein, and R. E. Nosal. 1980. Response to novel food in captive, juvenile mockingbirds. Wilson Bulletin 92: 339–402.

36. Barrows, E. M. and M. E. Hooker. 1981. Parasitization of Mexican bean beetles in urban vegetable gardens. Environmental Entomology 10: 782–786.

37. Barrows, E. M. 1982. Observation, description, and quantification of behavior: A study of praying mantids. Pages 8–20 and 242–246 in J. R. and R. W. Matthews, eds., Behavioral Biology: Laboratory and Field Investigations with Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

38. Barrows, E. M. and M. E. Hooker. 1982. Parasitization of the Mexican bean beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Pediobius foveolatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in urban community vegetable gardens. Pages 272-274 in H. W. Kerr, Jr., and L. Knutson, eds., 1982, Research for Small Farms, USDA, ARS, Miscellaneous Publication, No. 1422, 301 pp.

39. Barrows, E. M. 1983. Male territoriality in the carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica virginica. Animal Behaviour 31: 806–813.

40. Barrows, E. M. 1983. Cypripedium flowers entrap adult Thymelicus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in Northern Michigan. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 37: 265–268.

41. Barrows, E. M., J. De Filippo, and M. Tavallali. 1983. A survey of urban gardener knowledge of arthropods in their gardens. Pages 107–126 in G. W. Frankie and C. S. Koehler, eds., Urban Entomology: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Praeger Press, New York, NY. 493 pp.

42. Lazri, B. and E. M. Barrows. 1984. Flower visiting and pollen transport by the Imported Cabbage Butterfly in a highly disturbed habitat. Environmental Entomology 13: 574–578.

43. Barrows, E. M. 1984. Perch sites and food of adult Chinese mantids (Dictyoptera: Mantidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86: 898–901.

44. Cohen, N. Y., E. M. Barrows, and R. E. Webb. 1984. The greenhouse whitefly, its entrapment by sticky yellow boards, and tomato yield in suburban yard-gardens. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 74: 14–18.

45. Barrows, E. M. 1984. A symposium emphasizing animal behavior held at Georgetown University, Fall, 1983. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 74: 29–30.

46. Venables, B. A., and E. M. Barrows. 1985. Skippers: Pollinators or nectar thieves? Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39: 299–312.

47. Barrows, E. M. 1986. A hornet, paper wasps, and yellowjackets (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in suburban habitats of the Washington, D.C., Area. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88: 237–243.

48. Barrows, E. M., G. B. Chapman, J. E. Zenel, and A. S. Blake. 1986. Ultrastructure of the Dufour's gland of the horn-faced bee, Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59: 480–493.

49. Chapman, G. B., and E. M. Barrows. 1986. Ultrastructural features of the cells of Dufour's gland and associated structures in the carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 79: 1008–1018.

50. Smith, D. R. and E. M. Barrows. 1987. Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) in urban environments in the Washington, D.C. Area. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 147–156.

51. Hooker, M. E., E. M. Barrows, and S. W. Ahmed. 1987. Adult longevity as affected by adult size, sex, and maintenance in isolation or groups in the parasite Pediobius foveolatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80: 655–659.

52. Barrows, E. M. 1989. Flower number, plant size, and plant vigor in a Florida population of the globally endangered Pot-of-gold Lily, Lilium iridollae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 79: 118–122.

53. Hooker, M. E. and E. M. Barrows. 1989. Clutch sizes and sex ratios in Pediobius foveolatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), primary parasites of Epilachna varivestis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 82: 460–465.

54. LaGoy, P. K. and E. M. Barrows. 1989. Effects of larval sex and host species on pupal-case attachment sites in the bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 468–472.

55. Wu, Y., E. H. Lee, and E. M. Barrows. 1989. Effects of SO2 on the Mexican Bean Beetle. Acta Ecologica Sinica 9: 336–340.

56. Wu Y., E. H. Lee, and E. M. Barrows. 1990. The effects of ozone on feeding and growth of the Mexican bean beetle larvae. Acta Entomologica Sinica 33: 161–165.

57. Barrows, E. M. 1990. Sex ratio, parasitism, and hosts of an Everglades population of Prochalia pygmea (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). Florida Entomologist 73: 672–673.

58. Barrows, E. M. 1991. Host plants, flight period, and distribution of a precinctive Florida moth Argyrotaenia amatana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Florida Entomologist 74: 152–153.

59. Siegel, F. R., J. A. N. Barrows, and E. M. Barrows. 1991. Biochemical prospecting for gold-bearing quartz veins of the Piedmont, Great Falls, Maryland. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 41: 275–289.

60. Hooker, M. E. and E. M. Barrows. 1992. Clutch-size reduction and host discrimination in a secondarily parasitizing, gregarious endoparasitic wasp, Pediobius foveolatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85: 207–213.

61. Smith, M. P. and E. M. Barrows. 1992. Effects of larval case size and host plant species on case internal temperature in the bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93: 834–838.

62. Barrows, E. M., S. S. Wolf, & D. M. Lynch. 1994. Diflubenzuron effect on yellowjacket (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) worker numbers in a central Appalachian broadleaf forest. Journal of Economic Entomology 87: 1488–1493.

63. Smith, D. R. and E. M. Barrows. 1995. Rhadinoceraea n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from West Virginia, a second species on Zigadenus (Liliaceae). Entomological News 106: 237–240.

64. Barrows, E. M. 1995. Chapter 8. Pollinating insects – Native species. Pages 66–76 in R. C. Reardon, ed. Effects of Diflubenzuron on Non-target Organisms in Broadleaf Forested Watersheds in the Northeast. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. F-HM-NC-05-95. 174 pp.

65. Griffith, M. B., E. M. Barrows, and S. A. Perry. 1996. Effects of aerial application of diflubenzuron on the emergence and flight of adult aquatic insects (Plecoptera, Trichoptera). Journal of Economic Entomology 89: 442–446.

66. Griffith, M. B., E. M. Barrows, and S. A. Perry. 1998. Lateral dispersal of adult aquatic insects (Plecoptera, Trichoptera) following emergence from headwater streams in forested Appalachian catchments. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91: 195–201.

67. Schiestl, F. P., and E. M. Barrows. 1999. Queen-and-forager size correlations and forager size increase during flight seasons in Bombus affinis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 101: 880–886.

68. Butler, L., V. Kondo, E. M. Barrows, and E. C. Townsend. 1999. Effects of weather conditions and trap types on sampling for richness and abundance of forest Macrolepidoptera. Environmental Entomology 28: 795–811.

69. Cicero, M. R., and E. M. Barrows. 2000. Milesiine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in a central Appalachian broadleaf forest: Abundances, flight periods, and diflubenzuron. Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 102: 50–57.

70. Griffith, M. B., E. M. Barrows, and S. A. Perry. 2000. Effect of diflubenzuron on flight of adult aquatic insects (Plecoptera, Trichoptera) following emergence during the second year after aerial application. Journal of Economic Entomology 93: 1695–1700.

71. Chapman, G. B., E. J. Buerkle, E. M. Barrows, R. E. Davis, and E. L. Dally. 2001. A light and transmission electron microscope study of a black locust tree, Robinia pseudoacacia L., affected with witches’–broom, and classification of the associated phytoplasma. Journal of Phytopathology 149: 589–597.

72. Kalhorn, K. D., E. M. Barrows, and W. E. LaBerge. 2003. Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) Diversity in an Appalachian Shale Barrens. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 455–468.

73. Kjar, D. S. and E. M. Barrows. 2004. Arthropod Community Heterogeneity in a Mid-Atlantic Forest Highly Invaded by Alien Organisms. Banisteria 24: 26–37. (About Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, VA)

74. Barrows, Edward M., Anne M. Mcintyre, and Oliver S. Flint, Jr. 2005. Alderfly (Neuroptera: Sialidae) Flight Periods, Sex Ratios, and Habitat Use in a Virginia Freshwater Tidal Marsh, Low Forest, and Their Ecotones Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 107: 693–699.

75. Barrows, Edward M. 2006. Butterfly Diversity in a Suburban Yard in Eastern United States Compared to Regional Diversity. News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 48: 84–87, 90.

76. Barrows, E. M., S. B. Arsenault, and N. P. Grenier. 2008. Firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Flight Periods, Sex Ratios, and Habitat Frequencies in a United States Mid-atlantic Freshwater Tidal Marsh, Low Forest, and Their Ecotone. Banisteria 31: 47–52

77. Barrows, E. M., and O. S. Flint, Jr. 2009. Mecopteran (Mecoptera: Bittacidae, Meropeidae, Panorpidae) Flight Periods, Sex Ratios, and Habitat Frequencies in an United States Mid-Atlantic Freshwater Tidal Marsh, Low Forest, and Their Ecotone. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 82: 223–230.

78. Barrows, E. M., A. F. Howard, and B. W. Steury. 2011. Phenology, Insect Associates, and Fruiting of Valeriana pauciflora Michaux (Valerianaceae) in the Potomac River Gorge Area of Maryland and Virginia, United States. Marilandica 2 (2): 6–10.

79. Barrows, E. M., A. F. Howard, and B. W. Steury. 2012. Fruit Production and Phenology of Phacelia covillei S. Watson (Hydrophyllaceae) in the Potomac Gorge Area of Maryland and Virginia. Marilandica 3(1): In press.

Book Review

Barrows, E. M. 2010. In this time of myriad human needs, you want to save insects? BioScience 60: 390–391. (Review of New, T. R. 2009. Insect Species Conservation. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 272 pp.) http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/full/10.1525/bio.2010.60.5.10

(updated May 2012)