Paul P. Feeny

Professor

Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
E451A Corson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone - Office: (607) 254-4288
Fax: (607) 255-8088
E-mail: ppf1@cornell.edu

 

Publications (since 1990)

2007 Berenbaum, M., and P. Feeny.  Chemical mediation of host-plant specialization—the papilionid paradigm.  InSpecialization, Speciation and Radiation: the Evolutionary Biology of Herbivorous Insects (Kelley J. Tilmon,  Ed.).  University of California Press, Berkeley (in press).
  Traw, M. B. and P. Feeny.  Glucosinolates and trichomes track tissue value in two sympatric mustards.  Ecology (in press).
2006 Murphy, S. M. and P. Feeny.  Chemical facilitation of a naturally occurring host shift by Papilio machaon butterflies (Papilionidae).  Ecological Monographs 76l:399-414.
  Omura, H., K. Honda, and P. Feeny.  From terpenoids to aliphatic acids: Further evidence for late-instar switch in osmeterial defense as a characteristic trait of swallowtail butterflies in the tribe Papilionini.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 32(9):1999-2012.
2005 Heinz, C. A. and P. Feeny.  Effects of contact chemistry and host plant experience in the oviposition behaviour of the eastern black swallowtail Butterfly.  Animal Behaviour 69:107–115.
  Brooks, J. S. and P. Feeny.  Intraspecific host choice by Papilio polyxenes:  Correlations with Daucus carota leaf-surface chemistry.  Journal of Chemical Ecology (in revision).
  Murphy, S. M., and P. Feeny.  Ancestral and novel host plants of Papilio machaon swallowtail butterflies share oviposition stimulants.  Ecology (in press).
  Omura, H., Honda, K., and P. Feeny.  From terpenoids to aliphatic acids: further evidence for late-instar switch in osmeterial defense as a characteristic trait of swallowtail butterflies in the tribe Papilionini.  Journal of Chemical Ecology (in press).
2004 Brooks, J. S., and P. Feeny. Seasonal variation in Daucus carota leaf-surface and leaf-tissue chemical profiles.  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 32: 769-782.
2003 Haribal, M. and P. Feeny. Combined roles of contact stimulant and deterrents in assessment of host-plant quality by ovipositing zebra swallowtail butterflies. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 653-670.
  Heinz, C. A., and P. Feeny. Effects of contact chemistry and host-plant experience in the oviposition behaviour of the eastern black swallowtail butterfly. Animal Behaviour (in press).
  Brooks, J. S., and P. Feeny. Seasonal variation in Daucus carota leaf-surface and leaf-tissue profiles. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (in press).
  Brooks, J. S. and P. Feeny. Intraspecific host choice by Papilio polyxenes: Correlations with Daucus carota leaf-surface chemistry. Journal of Chemical Ecology (in revision).
  Traw, M. B., and P. P. Feeny. Tissue value predicts trichome allocation in two sympatric mustards. Oecologia (submitted).
2002 Feeny, P. and T. Hartmann (eds.). Report of the Advisory Board on the activities of the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena for the period 1997-2001. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Munich, 19 pp.
2001  Feeny, P. P. (ed.). Report of the Advisory Board on the activities of the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena for the period 1998-2000. Submitted to the President of the Max-Planck Institute Society, Munich, 18 pp.
2000 Sime, K. R., P. P. Feeny, and M. Haribal. Sequestration of aristolochic acids by the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor (L.): Evidence and ecological implications. Chemoecology 10:169-178.
1999  Carter, M. and P. Feeny. Host plant chemistry influences oviposition choice of the spicebush swallowtail butterfly. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25:1999-2009.
  Carter, M., P. Feeny, and M. Haribal. An oviposition stimulant for spicebush swallowtail butterfly, Papilio troilus, from leaves of Sassafras albidum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25(6):1233-1245.
1998 Carter, M., K. Sachdev-Gupta, and P. Feeny. Tyramine in the leaves of wild parsnip: An oviposition stimulant for the black swallowtail butterfly. Journal of Chemical Ecology.
Haribal, M. and P. Feeny. Oviposition stimulant for the zebra swallowtail butterfly, Eurytides marcellus, from the foliage of pawpaw, Asimina triloba. Chemoecology 8:99-110.
Haribal, M., P. Feeny, and C. C. Lester. Caffeoylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid derivative from Asimina triloba. Phytochemistry 49:103-108.
1996 Brooks, J. S., E. H. Williams, and P. Feeny. Quantification of contact oviposition stimulants for black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes, on the leaf surfaces of wild carrot, Daucus carota. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:2341-2357.
1995 Baur, R. and P. Feeny. Comparative electrophysiological analysis of plant odor perception in females of three Papilio species. Chemoecology 5/6:26-36.
Feeny, P. Ecological opportunism and chemical constraints on the host associations of swallowtail butterflies. In Swallowtail butterflies: Their ecology and evolutionary biology, J. M. Scriber, Y. Tsubaki, and R. C. Lederhouse, eds., pp. 9-15. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, Fla.
Sperling, F. A. H. and P. Feeny. Umbellifer and composite feeding in Papilio: Phylogenetic frameworks and constraints on caterpillars. In Swallowtail butterflies: Their ecology and evolutionary biology, J. M. Scriber, Y. Tsubaki, and R. C. Lederhouse, eds., pp. 299-306. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, Fla.
1993 Baur, R., P. Feeny, and E. Städler. Oviposition stimulants for the black swallowtail butterfly: Identification of electrophysiologically active compounds in carrot volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology 19:919-937.
Nishida, R., J. D. Weintraub, P. Feeny, and H. Fukami. Aristolochic acids from Thottea spp. (Aristolochiaceae) and the osmeterial secretions of Thottea-feeding triodine swallowtail larvae (Papilionidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 19:1587-1594.
Sachdev-Gupta, K., P. Feeny, and M. Carter. Contact oviposition stimulants for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor, from an Aristolochia host plant: Synerigism between inositols, aristolochic acids and a monogalactosyl diglyceride. Chemoecology 4:19-28.
1992 Baur, R. and P. Feeny. Comparison of electroantennogram responses by the black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes, to volatiles from two host-plant species. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, S. B. J. Menken, J. H. Visser, and P. Harrewijn, eds., pp. 122-124. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Feeny, P. The evolution of chemical ecology: Contributions from the study of herbivorous insects. In Herbivores: Their interactions with secondary plant metabolites, 2nd edition, vol. 2: Evolutionary and ecological processes, A. Rosenthal and M. Berenbaum, eds., pp. 1-44, G. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.
Papaj, D. R., P. Feeny, K. Sachdev-Gupta, and L. Rosenberry. D-(+)-pinitol, an oviposition stimulant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18:799-815.
1991 Feeny, P. Chemical constraints on the evolution of swallowtail butterflies. In Plant-animal interactions: Evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions, P. W. Price, T. M. Lewinsohn, G. W. Fernandes, and W. W. Benson, eds., pp. 315-339. J. Wiley and Sons, New York.
Roessingh, P., E. Städler, R. Schöni, and P. Feeny. Tarsal contact chemoreceptors of the black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes: Responses to phytochemicals from host- and non-host plants. Physiological Entomology 16:485-495.
1990 Feeny, P. Theories of plant chemical defense: A brief historical survey. Symposia Biologica Hungarica 39:163-175.


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