Frances Sze-Ling Chew
Professor
Ecology

Publications

Chew, F.S. 1975. Coevolution of Pierid Butterflies and Their Cruciferous Foodplants. Oecologia (Berl.) 20, 117-127. (Download PDF)

Watt, W.B., F.S. Chew, L.R.G. Snyder, A.G. Watt, and D.E. Rothschild. 1977. Population Structure of Pierid Butterflies. Oecologia (Berl.) 27, 1-22. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S. 1977. Coevolution of Pierid Butterflies and Their Cruciferous Foodplants. II. The Distribution of Eggs on Potential Foodplants. Evolution 31:568-579. (Download PDF)

Rodman, J.E., F.S. Chew. 1980. Phytochemical Correlates of Herbivory in a Community of Native and Naturalized Cruciferae. Biochemical systematic and Ecology 8: 43-50. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S. 1980. Foodplant Preferences of Pieris Caterpillars (Lepidoptera). Oecologia (Berl) 46, 347-353. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S. 1981. Coexistence & local extinction in two pierid butterflies. American Naturalist 118:655-72. (Download PDF)

Courtney, S.P. & F.S. Chew. 1987. Coexistence and host use by a large community of pierid butterflies: habitat is templet. Oecologia 71:210-220. (Download PDF)

Glenn, M.G, F.S. Chew & P.H. Williams. 1988. Influence of glucosinolate content of Brassica (Cruciferae) roots on growth of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytol 110, 217-225. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S. & S.P. Courtney. 1991. Plant apparency and evolutionary escape from insect herbivory. American Naturalist 138:729-50. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S. & S.M. Cohen. 1992. GeneWright, IBM curricular simulation of deterministic & stochastic population genetics. Exeter Software, Setauket, NY.

Chew, F.S. 1992. Peer interaction boosts science learning. Pp. 156-165 in A view from the Academy, Liberal Arts Professors on Excellent Teaching (ed. Thos. Warren). Univ. Press of America, Lanham, M.D. (Download PDF)

Puttick, G.M. & F.S. Chew. 1993. Peer interaction formats enhance problem solving in science classrooms. pp. 49-54 in Proceedings of the National Science Foundation Workshop on the Role of Faculty from the Scientific disciplines in the Undergraduate Education of Future Science and Mathematics Teachers, Day I, Thematic Panels, Instructional Innovation. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. (Download PDF)

Courant, AV, AE Holbrook, ED Van der Reijden, and F.S. Chew. 1994. Native pierine butterfly (Pieridae) adapting to naturalized crucifer? Journal of Lepidopterists' Society 48: 168-170. (Download PDF)

Renwick, J.A.A. & F.S. Chew. 1994. Oviposition in Lepidoptera. Annual Review of Entomology 39:377-400. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S. & J.A.A. Renwick. 1995. Hostplant choice in Pieris butterflies. pp. 214-238 in Chemical Ecology of Insects II (ed. R.T. Cardé & W.J. Bell), Chapman & Hall, NY. (Download PDF)

Courant, A.V. & F.S. Chew. 1995. Latent polyphenism and direct development in Pieris virginiensis. (Pieridae), Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49:84-87. (Download PDF)

Huang, X.P., J.A.A. Renwick, F.S. Chew. 1995. Oviposition stimulants and deterrents mediate acceptance of Alliaria petiolata by Pieris rapae and P. napi oleracea. Chemoecology 5/6:79-87. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S. 1995. From weeds to crops: changing habitats of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49:285-303. (Download PDF)

Mechaber, W.L., D. Marshall, R.A. Mechaber, R. Jobe, F. Chew. 1996. Mapping leaf surface landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA) 93: 4600-4603.
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Chew, F.S. 2000. Talking about race in a scientific context. Science and Engineering Ethics 6:485-494. (Download PDF)

Gibbons, L.E., Reed, J.M., Chew, F.S. 2002. Habitat requirements and local persistence of three damselfly species (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). J. Insect Conservation 6:47-55. (Download PDF)

Mierson, S. & F. Chew. 2005. Towards confidence and connection: key directions for female scientists.Pg. 333-334 in A Hand Up: Women Mentoring Women in Science. 2nd ed. (ed.D.Fort). Assn. Women in Science, Washington, D.C. (Download PDF)

Chew, F.S., & Watt, M.B. 2006. The Green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its pierine relatives, and the systematics dilemmas of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 88: 413-435. (Download PDF)

Agerbirk, N., C. Muller, C.E. Olsen, F.S. Chew. 2006. A common pathway for metabolism of 4-hydroxybenzylglucosinolate in Pieris and Anthocharis (Lepidoptera:Pieridae). Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 34: 189-198 (Download PDF)

Keeler, M.S., F.S. Chew, B.C. Goodale & J.M. Reed. 2006. Modelling the impacts of twoexotic invasive species on a native butterfly: top-down vs. bottom-up effects. J. Anim. Ecol. 75: 777-788 (Download PDF)

Clark, P.J., J.M. Reed, F.S. Chew. 2007. Effects of urbanization on butterfly species richness, guild structure, and rarity. Urban Ecosyst. 10:321-337. (Download PDF)

Keeler, M.S. and F.S. Chew. 2008. Escaping an evolutionary trap:
preference and performance of a native insect on an exotic invasive host. Oecologia 156:559-568. (Download PDF)

Agerbirk, N., C.E. Olsen, F.S. Chew, M. Orgaard. 2010. Variable Glucosinolate Profiles of Cardamine pratensis (Brassicaceae) with Equal Chromosome Numbers. J. of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58: 4693-4700. (Download PDF)

Agerbirk, N., F. S. Chew, C.E. Olsen, K. Jergensen. 2010. Leaf and Floral Parts Feeding by Orange Tip Butterfly Larvae Depends on Larval Position but Not on Glucosinolate Profile or Nitrogen Level. J. Chem. Ecol. 36: 1335-1345. (Download PDF)

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