William E. Snyder
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest
The relationship between biodiversity and biological control; community ecology; predator-prey interactions; sustainable agriculture.
Education
- Ph. D. University of Kentucky, Entomology, May 1999
- M. S. Clemson University, Zoology (Ecology), August 1995
- B. A. University of Delaware, Biology, January 1992
Representative Publications
Finke, DL and WE Snyder. 2008. Niche partitioning increases resource exploitation by diverse communities. Science 321:1488-1490.
Straub, CS and WE Snyder. 2008. Increasing enemy biodiversity strengthens herbivore suppression on two plant species. Ecology 89:1605-1615.
Straub, CS, DL Finke and WE Snyder. 2008. Are the conservation of natural enemy biodiversity and biological control compatible goals? Biological Control 45:225-237.
Snyder, WE and EW Evans. 2006. Ecological effects of invasive, arthropod generalist predators. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 37:95-122.
Snyder, WE, GB Snyder, DL Finke and CS Straub. 2006. Predator biodiversity strengthens herbivore suppression. Ecology Letters 9:789-796.
Prasad, RP and WE Snyder. 2006. Diverse trait-mediated indirect interactions in a multi-predator, multi-prey community. Ecology 87:1131-1137.
Prasad, RP and WE Snyder. 2006. Polyphagy complicates conservation biological control that targets generalist predators. Journal of Applied Ecology 43:343-352.
Straub, CS and WE Snyder. 2006. Species identity dominates the relationship between predator biodiversity and herbivore suppression. Ecology 82:277-282.
Prischmann, DA, DG James, LC Wright, RD Teneyck and WE Snyder. 2005. Effects of chlorpyriphos and sulfur on spider mites and their natural enemies. Biological Control 33:324-334.
Koss, AM, AS Jensen, A Schreiber, KS Pike and WE Snyder. 2005. A comparison of predator and pest communities in Washington potato fields treated with broad-spectrum, selective or organic insecticides. Environmental Entomology 34:87-95.
Ives, AR, BJ Cardinale and WE Snyder. 2005. A synthesis of subdisciplines: predator-prey interactions, and biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Ecology Letters 8:102-116.
Snyder, WE, and AR Ives. 2003. Interactions between specialist and generalist natural enemies: parasitoids, predators, and pea aphid biocontrol. Ecology 84:91-107.
Snyder, WE, and AR Ives. 2001. Generalist predators disrupt biological control by a specialist parasitoid. Ecology 82:705-716.
Snyder, WE, and DH Wise. 2001. Contrasting trophic cascades generated by a community of generalist predators. Ecology 82:1571-1583.
Snyder, WE, DW Tonkyn, and DA Kluepfel. 1999. Transmission of a genetically engineered rhizobacterium by grasshoppers in the laboratory and in the field. Ecological Applications 9: 245-253.
Positions Held:
2005 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Washington State University
2000 - 2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Washington State University
1999 - 2000: USDA Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin - Madison (Mentor: Anthony Ives)
Grants:
2008-2012 -- PI (Mike Strand, Univ. of Georgia, is co-PI), USDA-NRI Integrative Biology of Arthropods and Nematodes, “Scared sick? Predator-pathogen complementarity and biological control”, $449,900
2008-2011 -- PI (with 5 co-PIs), USDA-WSARE, “Combining trap cropping and natural-chemical lures to attract and kill crucifer flea beetles”, $191,868
2004-2009 -- PI (co-authored with Cory Straub), USDA-NRI Integrative Biology of Arthropods and Nematodes, “Natural enemy biodiversity and the biocontrol of aphids”, $441,000
2004-2008 -- PI (with 7 co-PIs), USDA-WSARE, “Augmentation and conservation of insect-attacking nematodes and fungi to improve insect control in Pacific Northwest potatoes”, $138,922
Recent Presentations:
2009
International Symposium on the Biological Control of Arthropods, Christchurch, New Zealand, in the symposium “Biological control in diverse communities”
International IPM Symposium, Portland, OR, in the symposia “Green manures, biofumigants, and their effect on plant pathogens and plant pests” and “IPM at the landscape level” (2 talks)
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas
Department of Biology, University of Windsor
2008
National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, in the symposium “Global impact of biological invasions”
International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa in the symposia “Multiple natural-enemy interactions in natural and managed systems” and “Multitrophic interactions under global change”
Pacific Branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America, in the symposium “Natural enemy diversity effects: Mechanisms and applications for biocontrol”
Department of Entomology, Cornell University
2007
National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, in the symposium “Lady beetle linkages: Connections of the Coccinellidae”
USDA-NRI Entomology and Nematology PD Workshop, Ventura, CA, February 2007
2006
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids, Antibes, French Riviera, France, September 2006
Pacific Branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America, in the symposium “Agroecology in context: insects and plants in production and conservation”
2005
Student Choice Speaker, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
Keynote speaker, International Symposium on the Biological Control of Aphids and Coccids, Tsuruoka, Japan, in the symposium “Intraguild Predation: A Tribute to Gary Polis”
2nd International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods in Davos, Switzerland, in the symposium “Role of generalist predators in biological control”
Keynote speaker, National Meeting of the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Tokyo, Japan in the symposium “Community-level dynamics in pest management”
Department of Entomology, University of Florida
Pacific Branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America, in the symposium “The role of diversity in agroecosystem function”
Department of Entomology
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6382
Office: FSHN 264
Phone: 509-335-3724
E-Mail: wesnyder@wsu.edu
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