Sara Hermann

Assistant Professor of Arthropod Ecology and Trophic Interactions

Sara Hermann

Huck Graduate Students

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory

M. L. Robinson, P. G. Hahn, B. D. Inouye, N. Underwood, S. R. Whitehead, K. C. Abbott, E. M. Bruna, N. I. Cacho, L. A. Dyer, L. Abdala-Roberts, W. J. Allen, J. F. Andrade, D. F. Angulo, D. Anjos, D Ansett, D. N. Anstett, R. Bagchi, S. Bagchi, M. Barbosa, S. Barrett, C. A. Baskett, E. Ben-Simchon, K. J. Bloodworth, K Blooworth, J. L. Bronstein, Y. M. Buckley, K. T. Burghardt, C. Bustos-Segura, E. S. Calixto, R. L. Carvalho, B. Castagneyrol, M. C. Chiuffo, D Cinoğlu, D. Cinolu, E. Cinto Mejía, M. C. Cock, R. Cogni, O. L. Cope, T. Cornelissen, D. R. Cortez, D. W. Crowder, C. Dallstream, W. Dáttilo, J. K. Davis, R. D. Dimarco, H. E. Dole, I. N. Egbon, M. Eisenring, A. Ejomah, B. D. Elderd, S. L. Hermann, M Endara, M Eubanks, M. F. Kersch-Becker, J. F. Tooker, S Everingham, K Farah, R Farias, A Fernandes, G Fernandes, M Ferrante, A Finn, G Florjancic, M Forister, Q Fox, E Frago, F França, A Getman-Pickering, Z Getman-Pickering, E Gianoli, B Gooden, M Gossner, K Greig, S Gripenberg, R Groenteman, P Grof-Tisza, N Haack, L Hahn, S Haq, A Helms, J Hennecke, S Hermann, L Holeski, S Holm, M Hutchinson, E Jackson, S Kagiya, A Kalske, M Kalwajtys, R Karban, R Kariyat, T Keasar, 2023, Science on p. 679–683

Chemical ecology in conservation biocontrol: new perspectives for plant protection

Jessica T. Kansman, Jorge L. Jaramillo, Jared G. Ali, Sara L. Hermann, 2023, Trends in Plant Science on p. 1166-1177

Smelling danger: Lady beetle odors affect aphid population abundance and feeding, but not movement between plants

Jessica T. Kansman, Colleen E. Nersten, Sara L. Hermann, 2023, Basic and Applied Ecology on p. 1-8

Using community science to identify predators of spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), in North America

Anne Johnson, Allison Cornell, Sara Hermann, Fang Zhu, Kelli Hoover, 2023, Bulletin of Entomological Research on p. 637-644

Both consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators impact mosquito populations and have implications for disease transmission

Marie C. Russell, Catherine M. Herzog, Zachary Gajewski, Chloe Ramsay, Fadoua El Moustaid, Michelle V. Evans, Trishna Desai, Nicole L. Gottdenker, Sara L. Hermann, Alison G. Power, Andrew C. McCall, 2022, eLife

Chemical Ecology and Predator–Prey Interactions: Understanding the Role of Chemistry on Complex, Trophic Relationships in a Changing World

Sara L. Hermann, Jennifer S. Thaler, 2021, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 819-821

Predation risk differentially affects aphid morphotypes: impacts on prey behavior, fecundity and transgenerational dispersal morphology

Sara L. Hermann, Sydney A. Bird, Danielle R. Ellis, Douglas A. Landis, 2021, Oecologia on p. 411-419

Predators of monarch butterfly eggs and neonate larvae are more diverse than previously recognised

Sara L. Hermann, Carissa Blackledge, Nathan L. Haan, Andrew T. Myers, Douglas A. Landis, 2019, Scientific Reports

The effect of predator presence on the behavioral sequence from host selection to reproduction in an invulnerable stage of insect prey

Sara L. Hermann, Jennifer S. Thaler, 2018, Oecologia on p. 945-952

A meta-analysis of non-consumptive predator effects in arthropods: the influence of organismal and environmental characteristics

Amanda L. Buchanan, Sara L. Hermann, Margaret Lund, Zsofia Szendrei, 2017, Oikos on p. 1233-1240

Most-Cited Papers

Prey perception of predation risk: volatile chemical cues mediate non-consumptive effects of a predator on a herbivorous insect

Sara L. Hermann, Jennifer S. Thaler, 2014, Oecologia on p. 669-676

Scaling up our understanding of non-consumptive effects in insect systems

Sara L. Hermann, Douglas A. Landis, 2017, Current Opinion in Insect Science on p. 54-60

Host genetic determinants of microbiota-dependent nutrition revealed by genome-wide analysis of Drosophila melanogaster

Adam J. Dobson, John M. Chaston, Peter D. Newell, Leanne Donahue, Sara L. Hermann, David R. Sannino, Stephanie Westmiller, Adam C.N. Wong, Andrew G. Clark, Brian P. Lazzaro, Angela E. Douglas, 2015, Nature Communications

Alightment of spotted wing drosophila (diptera: Drosophilidae) on odorless disks varying in color

D. M. Kirkpatrick, P. S. McGhee, S. L. Hermann, L. J. Gut, J. R. Miller, 2016, Environmental Entomology on p. 185-191

A meta-analysis of non-consumptive predator effects in arthropods: the influence of organismal and environmental characteristics

Amanda L. Buchanan, Sara L. Hermann, Margaret Lund, Zsofia Szendrei, 2017, Oikos on p. 1233-1240

The effect of predator presence on the behavioral sequence from host selection to reproduction in an invulnerable stage of insect prey

Sara L. Hermann, Jennifer S. Thaler, 2018, Oecologia on p. 945-952

Both consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators impact mosquito populations and have implications for disease transmission

Marie C. Russell, Catherine M. Herzog, Zachary Gajewski, Chloe Ramsay, Fadoua El Moustaid, Michelle V. Evans, Trishna Desai, Nicole L. Gottdenker, Sara L. Hermann, Alison G. Power, Andrew C. McCall, 2022, eLife

Predators of monarch butterfly eggs and neonate larvae are more diverse than previously recognised

Sara L. Hermann, Carissa Blackledge, Nathan L. Haan, Andrew T. Myers, Douglas A. Landis, 2019, Scientific Reports

Predation risk differentially affects aphid morphotypes: impacts on prey behavior, fecundity and transgenerational dispersal morphology

Sara L. Hermann, Sydney A. Bird, Danielle R. Ellis, Douglas A. Landis, 2021, Oecologia on p. 411-419

Thermally moderated firefly activity is delayed by precipitation extremes

Sara L. Hermann, Saisi Xue, Logan Rowe, Elizabeth Davidson-Lowe, Andrew Myers, Bahodir Eshchanov, Christie A. Bahlai, 2016, Royal Society Open Science