Diana Pilson University of Nebraska dpilson1@unl.edu

Pilson, D. and H.R. Prendeville. 2004. Ecological effects of transgenic crops and the escape of transgenes into wild populations. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics (in prep).

Pilson, D. and N. Pleskac. Evaluating the importance of interspecific competition among seed herbivores of wild sunflower (Helianthus annuus). (in prep).

Pilson, D., A.A. Snow, L.H. Rieseberg, H.M. Alexander. 2004. A protocol for evaluating the ecological risks associated with gene flow from transgenic crops into their wild relatives: the case of cultivated sunflower and wild Helianthus annuus. In Introgression from Genetically Modified Plants into Wild Relatives, H.C.M. den Nijs, D. Bartsch, J. Sweet, editors. Pp. 219-233. Oxfordshire, UK: CAB International.

Snow, A.A., D. Pilson, L.H. Rieseberg, M.J. Paulsen, N. Pleskac, M.R. Reagon, D.E. Wolf, S.M Selbo. 2003. A Bt transgene reduces herbivory and enhances fecundity in wild sunflowers. Ecological Applications 13(2): 279-286.

Pilson, D. and K.L. Decker. 2002. Compensation for herbivory in wild sunflower: response to simulated damage by the head-clipping weevil. Ecology 83:3097- 3107.

Pilson, D. 2000. The evolution of plant response to herbivory: simultaneously considering resistance and tolerance in Brassica rapa. Evolutionary Ecology 14(4-6):457-489.

Pilson, D. 2000. Herbivory and natural selection on flowering phenology in wild sunflower, Helianthus annuus. Oecologia 122(1): 72-82.

Decker, K.L. and D. Pilson. 2000. Biased sex ratios in the dioecious annual Croton texensis (Euphorbiaceae) are not due to environmental sex determination. Am J Bot 87(2): 221-229.

Pilson, D. 1999. Plant hybrid zones and insect host range expansion. Ecology 80(2):407-415.

Newman, D. and D. Pilson. 1997. Increased probability of extinction due to decreased genetic effective population size: Experimental populations of Clarkia pulchella. Evolution 51:354-362.

Pilson, D. 1996. Two herbivores and constraints on selection for resistance in Brassica rapa. Evolution 50:1492-1500.

Pilson, D. and M.D. Rausher. 1995. Clumped distribution patterns in goldenrod aphids: genetic and ecological mechanisms. Ecol Entomol 20:75-83.

Pilson, D. 1992. Insect distribution patterns and the evolution of host use. In The Ecology and Evolution of Plant Resistance, R.S. Fritz and E.L. Simms, editors. Pp. 120-139. University of Chicago Press.

Pilson, D. 1992. Relative resistance of goldenrod to aphid attack: changes through the growing season. Evolution 46:1230-1236.

Pilson, D. 1992. Aphid distribution and the evolution of goldenrod resistance. Evolution 46:1358-1372.

Pilson, D. and M.D. Rausher. 1988. Clutch size adjustment in a swallowtail butterfly. Nature 333:361-363.