Caralyn Zehnder

Teaching Activities

Selected Publications

Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University
2475 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2475

Caralyn Zehnder

TITLE: 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

EDUCATION:

2002-2006 Ph.D. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia

1995-1999 B.S. (honors) Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Plant-Insect Interactions, Aphid-vectored plant viruses, pest management and insect population dynamics.
 
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

2006	Instructor: University of Georgia Plant-Animal Interactions: ECOL 4520 (3 credits).
2002-2006	Guest Lecturer: University of Georgia Guest lectures in Population and Community Ecology Guest lectures in General Ecology.
1999-2001	Peace Corps Volunteer, High School Teacher, Western Samoa Organized curriculum, designed biology laboratories, taught senior level biology, sophomore general science and math, and freshman general science and math.
1999	Intern Supervisor, The Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor, NJ Taught and supervised 30 undergraduate research interns, assisted in the design and execution of summer research projects.
1998-1999	Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania State University Taught labs for introductory biology and population/community biology.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Underline indicates undergraduate co-author

Zehnder, C.B., Hunter, M.D. 2007. Nitrogen deposition and variation in the population growth of insect herbivores. Ecological Entomology. In press. Accepted August 17, 2007.

Zehnder, C.B., Hunter, M.D. 2007. Interspecific variation within the genus Asclepias in response to herbivory by a phloem-feeding insect herbivore. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 2044-2053

Zehnder, C.B., Hunter, M.D. 2007. A comparison of maternal effects and current environment on vital rates of Aphis nerii, the milkweed-oleander aphid. Ecological Entomology. 32: 172-180

Zehnder, C.B., Parris, M.A., Hunter, M.D. 2007. Effects of maternal age and environment on offspring vital rates in Aphis nerii, the Oleander aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Environmental Entomology 36: (4) 910-917

Rowe, C.L., W.A. Hopkins, C. Zehnder, J.D. Congdon. 2001. Metabolic costs incurred by crayfish (Procambarus acutus) in a trace element polluted habitat: Mounting evidence of a general, across-taxa response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 129: 275-283.

In review

Zehnder, C.B., Stodola, K., Cooper, R.J., Hunter, M.D. Spatial heterogeneity interacts with foliar quality and predation pressure in structuring red oak, Quercus rubra, arthropod communities. Submitted to Ecology

Zehnder, C.B., Hunter, M.D. More is not necessarily better: The impact of limiting and excessive nutrients on herbivore population growth rates. Submitted to Ecology Letters

In prep

Zehnder, C.B., Eubanks, M.D. When invasion biology meets disease ecology: Interactions between invasive species and insect-vectored plant pathogens. To be submitted to Ecology Letters.

Zehnder, C.B., Egetter, D.J., Joyce, B.L., Hunter, M.D. Seasonal and altitudinal variation in striped maple foliar chemistry and impacts on arthropod communities. To be submitted to Environmental Entomology.