2020

Justin Gaudon and S.M. Smith.  2020. Augmentation of Native North American Natural Enemies for Biological Control of the Introduced Emerald Ash Borer in Central Canada. BioControl 65: 71-79.
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Sivajanani Sivarajah, Sandy M. Smith and Sean C. Thomas. 2020. Evaluating the Ultraviolet Protection Factors of Urban Broadleaf and Conifer Trees in Public Spaces. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening: 51: 126679 (online May 2020). 

Graham Watt, Brian Stocks, Richard A. Fleming, and Sandy M. Smith.  2020. Stand Breakdown and Surface Fuel Accumulation due to Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) Defoliation in Ontario’s Boreal Mixed-wood Forest. Can. J. Forest Research (online April; https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0076).

Justin Gaudon, D.B. Lyons, G.C. Jones, J.D. Allison, and S.M. Smith.  2020. Evaluating Methods to Detect and Monitor North American Larval Parasitoids of the Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestiae).  Canadian Entomologist online; doi:10.4039/tce.2020.8.

Rhoda B. deJonge, I.M. Jones, R.S. Bourchier, and S.M. Smith.  Interpreting Host-Test Results for Classical Biological Control Candidates: Can the Study of Native Congeners Improve the Process? Biological Control 145: (accepted March 2020).
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Ian M. Jones, L.M. Seehausen, R.S. Bourchier, and S.M. Smith. 2020. The Effects of Photoperiod on Diapause Induction in Hypena opulenta (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), a Biological Control Agent Against Invasive Swallow-worts in North America. Environmental Entomology (accepted with revision March 2020).

Stuart W. Livingstone, M.W. Cadotte, S.M. Smith, R.S. Bourchier, K. Ryab, and A. Roberto.  2020. Eating Local: An Experimental Application of Hypena opulenta as a Biocontrol Agent for the Invasive Vine Vincetoxicum rossicum. Ecological Solutions & Evidence (accepted with revision April 2020).

Ian M. Jones, S.M. Smith, and R.S. Bourchier.  Establishment of the Biological Control Agent Aphalara itadori is Limited by Native Predators and Foliage Age. Journal of Applied Entomology (accepted May 2020).

2019

Helen R.P. Phillips, C.A. Guerra, M.L.C. Bartz et al (103 authors). 2019. Global Distribution of Earthworm Diversity. Science 366 (6464): 480-485.
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Carlos Merino, Sandy M Smith, Felicity J. Ni, and Adam Martin.  2019. Biogeography in Conservation: Tool to Explore the Past and Future of Species in a Changing World.  Network of Conservation Educators & Practitioners (NCEP). American Museum of Natural History 9: 55-94.

James W.N. Steenberg, A.A. Millward, D.J. Nowak, P.J. Robinson, and S.M. Smith.  2019. A Social-Ecological Analysis of Urban Tree Vulnerability for Publicly-Owned Trees in a Residential Neighborhood.  Arboriculture & Urban Forestry  45: 9-23.

Robert S. Bourchier, Naomi Cappuccino, Alicia Rochette, Jim des Rivières, Sandy M Smith, Lisa Tewksbury, and Richard Casagrande. 2019. Establishment of Hypena opulenta (Lep.: Erebidae) on Vincetoxicum rossicum in Ontario, Canada.  Biocontrol Science & Technology  29: 917-923.

M. Lukas Seehausen, C. Timm, I.M. Jones, R.S. Bourchier, and S. M. Smith. 2019. Reproductive Life-history Traits of the Classical Biological Control Agent Hypena opulenta (Lep.: Erebidae): Using Agent Biology to Support Post Release Monitoring and Establishment. Biological Control 135: 95-101​.

Rhoda B. deJonge, R.S. Bourchier, I.M. Jones, and S.M. Smith. 2019. Predicting the Outcome of a Potential Novel Association Between the Invasive Vincetoxicum rossicum and Native Western Chrysochus Beetles. Biological Invasions 21: 3169-3184.

2018

E. Wilson and S. M. Smith. 2018. Emerald Ash Borer: Our "Most Unwanted", Toronto's Experience. Forestry Journal. 289: 30-32.

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J. Gaudon, J.D. Allison, and S.M. Smith.  2018. Factors influencing the dispersal of a native parasitoid, Phasgonophora sulcata, attacking the emerald ash borer: Implications for biological  control. BioControl (online; doi.org/10.1007/ s10526-018-9900-x.: 1-11).

Sivajanani Sivarajah, Sandy M. Smith and Sean C. Thomas. 2018. Tree Cover and Species Composition Effects on Academic Performance of Primary School Students. Plos One, 13: 1-11. 

Graham A. Watt, Richard A. Fleming, Sandy M. Smith, Marie-Josée Fortin. 2018. Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) Defoliation Promotes Vertical Fuel Continuity in Ontario’s Boreal Mixedwood Forest. Forests. 9: 256.

R. W. James Dennis, Jay R. Malcolm, Sandy M. Smith and M. Isabel Bellocq. 2018. Response of Saproxylic Insect Communities to Logging History, Tree Species, Stage of Decay, and Wood Posture in the Central Nearctic Boreal Forest.  Journal of Forestry Research. 29: 1365-1377.

2017

R. B. deJonge, R. S. Bourchier and S. M. Smith. 2017. Initial Response by a Native Beetle, Chrysochus auratus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), to a Novel Introduced Host-Plant, Vincetoxicum rossicum (Gentianales: Apocynaceae). Environmental Entomology. 46: 617-625. 

M. Lukas Seehausen, Michel Cusson, Jacques Régnière, Maxence Bory, Don Stewart, Abdelmadjid Djoumad, Sandy M. Smith and Véronique Martel. 2017. High Temperatures Induces Downregulation of Polydnavirus Gene Transicription in Lepidopteran Host and Enhanes Accumulation of Host Immunity Gene Transcripts. Journal of Insect Physiology. 98: 126-133.

M. Lukas Seehausen, Jacques Régnière, Véronique Martel and Sandy M. Smith. 2017. Developmental and Reproductive Responses of the Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera: Totricidae) Parasitoid Tranosema rostrale (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) to Temperature. Journal of Insect Physiology. 98: 38-46.

M. Lukas Seehausen, Nigel V. Gale, Stefana Dranga, Virginia Hudson, Norman Liu, Jane michener, Emma Thurston, Charlene Williams, Sandy M. Smith and Sean C. Thomas. 2017. Is There a Positive Synergistic Effect of Biochar and Compost Soil Amendments on Plant Growth and Physiological Performance? Agronomy. 7: 1-16.

Amy Choi, Tara E. Sackett, Sandy M. Smith and M. Isabel Bellocq. 2017. Exotic Earthworm (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) Assemblages on a Landscape Scale in Central Canadian Woodlands: Importance of Region and Vegetation Type. ​Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47: 935-945.

2016

Lucas E. Roscoe, D. Barry Lyons and Sandy M. Smith. 2016. Observations on the Life-History Traits of North American Parasitoid Phasgonophora sulcata Westwood (Hymenoptera Chalcidiadae) Attacking Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Burprestidae) in ​Ontario, Canada. Canadian Entomologist​. 00: 1-13.

Lucas E. Roscoe, D. Barry Lyons, Krista L. Ryall, and Sandy M. Smith. 2016. Courtship Sequence and Evidence of Volatile Pheromones in Phasgonophora sulcata (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a North American Parasitoid of the Invasive Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Canadian Entomologist 148: 151-162.

M. Lukas Seehausen, Myriam Labrecque, Véronique Martel, Jacques Régnière, Amany Mansour, and Sandy M. Smith. 2016. Reproductive Biology and Behavior of Tranosema rostrale (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a Parasitoid of Low-Density Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera: Totricidae) Populations. Journal of Insect Behavior. 29: 500-514.

M. Lukas Seehausen, Jacques Régnière, Véronique Martel, and Sandy M. Smith. 2016. Seasonal Parasitism and Host Instar Preference by the Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera:  Totricidae) Larval Parasitoid Tranosema rostral (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Environmental Entomology. 45: 1123-1130.

Chris J. K. MacQuarrie, D. B. Lyons, M. Lukas Seehausen and Sandy M. Smith. 2016. A History of Biological Control in Canadian Forests, 1882-2014. Canadian Entomologist. 00: 1-31.

Stefanie M. Hixson, Kruti Shukia, Lesley G. Campbell, Rebecca H. Hallett, Sandy M. Smith, Laurence Packer, and Michael T. Arts. 2016. Long-Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Have Developmental Effects on Crop Pest, the Cabbage White Butterfly Piers rapae. ​Plos One. 11.

Justin M. Gaudon, Laurel J. Haavik, Chris J. K. MacQuarrie, Sandy M. Smith and Jeremy D. Allison. 2016. Influence of Nematode Parasitism, Body Size, Temperature, and Diet Period on the Flight Capacity, Temperature, and Diet Period of Sirex noctilio​ F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Journal of Insect Behavior. 29: 301-314.

Dylan Craven et. al. 2016. The Unseen Invaders: Introduced Earthworms as Drivers of Change in Plant Communities in North American Forests (a Meta-Analysis). Global Change Biology. 23: 1065–1074.

Erica P. Barkley, Jay R. Malcolm, Sandy M. Smith, and M. Isabel Bellocq. 2016. Does Variable Stand Structure Associated with Multi-Cohort Forests Support Diversity of Ground Beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Communities in the Central Nearctic Boreal Forest? The Journal of Forest Research. 27: 1191-1202.

2015

M. Lukas Seehausen, Jacques Régnière, Véronique Martel, and Sandy M. Smith. 2015. Influence of Temperature on the Development of Tranosema rostale a Parasitoid of Endemic Spruce Budworm Populations. Entomological Society of Canada, Annual Meeting. Montreal.

 Louis Bernier and Sandy M. Smith. 2015. Pathogens and Pests in North American Forest Ecosystems. Chapter 16. IN: Peh, K.S-H, R.T. Corlett, Y. Bergeron (Eds).  Routledge Handbook in Forest Ecology.  Routledge Publishing. pp. 228-240. 

2014

Rajit Patankar, Michael M. Fuller, Sandy M. Smith, and Sean C. Thomas. 2014. The Distribution of a Host-Specific Canopy Parasite is Linked with Local Species Diversity in a Northern Temperate Forest. Journal of Vegetation Sciences. 25: 1015-1023.

Adam R. Martin, W. Eric Davies, Danijela Puric-Mladenovic, and Sandy M. Smith. 2014. Is Evidence-Based Conservation Applied in Urban Forestry? A Case Study from Toronto, Canada. Open Journal Forestry. 4: 28-33.

2013

K. Ryan, S. M. Smith, and J.J. Turgeon. 2013. Sirex noctilio Fabricius, (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Chapt.  In Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001–2012. pp. 263–268.

Kathleen Ryan, Peter de Groot, Sandy M. Smith, and Jean Turgeon. 2013. Seasonal Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Resinosis, a Symptom of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) Injury, on Boles of Pinus sylvestnis (Pinaceae). The Canadian Entomologist. 145: 117-122.

Minsheng You et.al. 2013. A Heterozygous Moth Genome Provides Insights into Herbivory and Detoxification.  Nature Genetics. 45: 220-227.

R. Sforza, C. Towney, D. Maguire, A Riquier, M. Augé, and S. M. Smith. Ecological Data Key to Building Successful Biocontrol Programs: A Case Study Using Chrysochus asclepiadeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Against Vincetoxicum spp. (Apocynaceae). Ecological and Evolutionary Processes. XIII Inter. Congress of Plant Biocontrol, Hawaii. Session 7

Tara E. Sackett, Sandy M. Smith, and Nathan Basiliko. 2013. Indirect and Direct Effects of Exotic Earthworms on Soil Nutrient and Carbon Pools in North American Temperate Forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 57: 459-467.

Ben Kuttner, Jay R. Malcolm, and Sandy M. Smith. 2013. Multi-Cohort Stand Structure in Boreal Forests of Northeastern Ontario: Relationships with Forest Age, Disturbance History and Deadwood Features. The Forestry Chronicle. 89: 290-303.

Rob S. Bourchier, Aaron Weed, Richard Casagrande, André Gassmann, Sandy Smith, and Naomi Cappuccino. 2013. Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench, V. rossicum (Kleopow) Barbar., Swallow-Worts, Dog-strangling Vine (Apocynaceae). Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001-2012. pp. 402-407.

2012

K. Ryan, P. de Groot, C. Davis, and S. M. Smith. 2012. Effect of Two Bark Beetle-Vectored Fungi on the On-Host Search and Oviposition Behavior of the Introduced Woodwasp Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) on Pinus sylvestris Trees and Logs. Journal of Insect Behavior. 25: 453-466.

K. Ryan, P. De Groot, R. W. Nott, S. Drabble, I. Ochoa, C. Davis, S. M. Smith, and J. J. Turgeon. 2012. Natural Enemies Associated with Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and S. nigricornis in Ontario, Canada. Environmental Entomology. 41: 289-297.

K. Ryan, Peter de Groot, and Sandy M. Smith. 2012. Evidence of Interaction Between Sirex noctilio and Other Species Inhabiting the Bole of Pinus. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 14: 187-195. 

Laura L. Timms, Steven C. Walker, and Sandy M. Smith. 2012. Establishment and Dominance of an Introduced Herbivore has Limited Impact on Native Host-Parasitoid Food Webs. Biological Invasions. 14: 229–244.

Sandy M. Smith. 2012. Masters of Forest Conservation Special Papers. The Forestry Chronicle. 88: 99-100.

Sandy M. Smith, Nurul Islam and M. Isabel Bellocq. 2012. Effects of Single-Tree Selection Harvesting on Hymenopteran and Saproxylic Insect Assemblages in the Canopy and Understory of Northern Temperate Forests. Journal of Forestry Research. 23: 275−284.

Tara E. Sackett, Sandy M. Smith, and Nathan Basiliko. 2012. Exotic Earthworm Distribution in a Mixed-Use Northern Temperate Forest Region: Influence of Disturbance Type, Development Age, and Soils. The Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 42: 375–381.

Rajit Patankar, Frédéric Beaulieu, Sandy M. Smith, and Sean C. Thomas. 2012. The Life History of a Gall-Inducing Mite: Summer Phenology, Predation and Influence of Gall Morphology in a Sugar Maple Canopy. Agricultural and Forest Entomology​. 14: 251-259.

R. C. Johns, J. Boone, J. J. Leggo, S. Smith, D. Carleton and D. T. Quiring. 2012. Temporal and Spatial Variations in Microclimate Influence the Larval Foraging Behaviors and Performance of a Conifer-Feeding Sawfly. Environmental Entomology. 41: 594-602.

R. F. C. Chaundry-Smart, S. M. Smith, J. R. Malcolm, and M. I. Bellocq. 2012. Comparison of Moth Communities Following Clear-Cutting and Wildfire Disturbance in the Southern Boreal Forest.  Forest Ecology and Management. 270: 273-281.

Stacey Bowman and Sandy M. Smith. 2012. A Management Strategy for Emerald Ash Borer in St. Lawrence Islands National Park. The Forestry Chronicle. 88: 124-130.

2011

Laura L. Timms and Sandy M. Smith. 2011. Effects of Gypsy Moth Establishment and Dominance in Native Caterpillar Communities of Northern Oak Forests. The Canadian Entomologist. 143: 479-503.

Kathleen Ryan, Jean-Marc Moncalvo, Peter de Groot and Sandy M. Smith. 2011. Interactions Between the Fungal Symbiont of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and Two Bark Beetle-Vectored Fungi. The Canadian Entomologist. 143: 224-235.

Rajit Patankar, Sean C. Thomas, and Sandy M. Smith. 2011. A Gall-Inducing Arthropod Drives Declines in Canopy Tree Photosynthesis. Oecologia. 167: 701-709.

Dorothy Maguire, René Sforza, and Sandy M. Smith. 2011. Impact of Herbivory on Performance of Vincetoxicum spp., Invasive Weeds in North America. Biological Invasions. 13: 1229-1240.

2010

Sean C. Thomas, Agnieszka J. Sztaba, and Sandy M. Smith. 2010. Herbivory Patterns in Mature Sugar Maple: Variation with Vertical Canopy Strata and Tree Ontogeny. Ecological Entomology. 35: 1-8.

Sandy M. Smith. 2010. Disturbing the Disturbed: Using Biological Control to Recover our Invaded Forests. Toronto Field Naturalist. 572:5.

Rajit Patankar, Sean C. Thomas and Sandy M. Smith. 2010.  A Gall Forming Mite Drives Drastic Declines in Canopy Tree Photosynthesis.  Proceedings Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. COS-86:2.