Dr. Andrew John Storer

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Michigan Technological University
School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science
Forest Insect Ecology
Assistant Professor
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Mailing Address

1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (906) 487-3470
Fax: (906) 487-2915
storer@mtu.edu

Qualifications

M.A., University of Oxford, 1993.
D.Phil., University of Oxford, England, Forest Entomology, 1993.
B.A., University of Oxford, Pure and Applied Biology, 1986.

Expertise and Research Interests

Forest insect ecology;
Insect/pathogen/tree interactions;
Urban forest entomology;
Integrated pest management;
Interactions among fire/insects/pathogens in forests;
Exotic forest pests.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Entomology, Forestry and Woodlands.

Memberships

Entomological Society of America
Entomological Society of Canada
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society of American Foresters

Previous Positions

1998-2001, Assistant Research Entomologist, University of California, Berkeley, Natural Resources, College of, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, Insect Biology Division
1992-1997, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, Natural Resources, College of, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, Insect Biology Division
1990-1991, Teacher, Oundle School, Biology
1988-1989, Wiener-Anspach Research Fellowship, University of Brussels
1986-1991, Graduate Student, University of Oxford, Department of Zoology
1984-1986, Forestry Consultant, Crichton-Maitland and Co, Hereford, England

Publications

  • Bonello P., A. J. Storer, T. R. Gordon, D. L. Wood, W. Heller, Systemic Effects of Heterobasidion annosum on Ferulic Acid Glucoside and Lignin of Presymptomatic Ponderosa Pine Phloem, and Potential Effects on Bark-Beetle-Associated Fungi, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29, 1167-1182, 2003
  • McNee W.R., P. Bonello, A. J. Storer, D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, Feeding Response of Ips paraconfusus to Phloem and Phloem Metabolites of Heterobasidion annosum–Inoculated Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29, 1183-1202, 2003
  • Wikler, K, A.J. Storer, W. Newman, T.R. Gordon and D.L.Wood, The dynamics of an introduced pathogen in a native Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) forest, Forest Ecology and Management, 179, 209-221, 2003
  • Wood, D.L., T.W. Koerber, R.F. Scharpf and A.J. Storer, Pests of the Native California Conifers, California Natural History Series, University of California Press, 2003
  • Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood and T.R. Gordon, Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood and T.R. Gordon Effects of pitch canker pathogen on gallery excavation and oviposition by Ips paraconfusus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), The Canadian Entomologist, 134, 519-528, 2002
  • McNee, W.R., D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer and T.R. Gordon., Insect and pathogen survival in intact and chipped Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) branches infected with the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum, The Canadian Entomologist, 134, 47-58, 2002
  • Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood and T.R. Gordon, The epidemiology of pitch canker of Monterey pine in California, Forest Science, 48, 694-700, 2002
  • McPherson, B.A., D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, N.M. Kelly and R.B. Standiford, McPherson, B.A., D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, N.M. Kelly and R.B. Standiford Sudden Oak Death: Disease Trends in Marin County Plots after One Year, Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Report, PSW-GTR-184, 751-764, 2002
  • Gordon, T.R., A.J. Storer and D.L. Wood, The Pitch Canker Epidemic in California, Plant Disease, 85, 1128-1139, 2001
  • Bonello, P., T.R. Gordon and A.J. Storer, Systemic induced resistance in Monterey pine, Forest Pathology, 31, 99-106, 2001
  • Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood, T.R. Gordon, and W.J. Libby, Native Monterey pine forest restoration in the presence of an exotic pathogen on the Monterey Peninsula, Journal of Forestry, 99(5), 14-18, 2001
  • Bonello, P., W.R. McNee, A.J. Storer, D. L. Wood and T. R. Gordon, Role of olfactory stimuli in host location by twig beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Ecological Entomology, 26, 8-15, 2001
  • McNee, W.R., D.L. Wood and A.J. Storer, Pre-emergence feeding in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Environmental Entomology, 29, 495-501, 2000
  • Storer, A.J., P. Bonello, T.R. Gordon and D.L. Wood, Evidence of resistance to the pitch canker pathogen (Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini) in native stands of Monterey pine (Pinus radiata), Forest Science, 45, 500-505, 1999
  • Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood and T.R. Gordon, Modification of co-evolved insect-plant interactions by an exotic plant pathogen, Ecological Entomology, 24, 238-243, 1999
  • Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood, K. Wikler and T.R. Gordon, Association between a native spittlebug (Homoptera: Cercopidae) on Monterey pine and an introduced tree pathogen which causes pitch canker disease, The Canadian Entomologist, 130, 783-792, 1998
  • Gordon, T.R., K.R. Wikler, S.L. Clark, D. Okamoto, A.J. Storer, and P. Bonello, Resistance to pitch canker disease, caused by Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini, in Monterey pine (Pinus radiata D. Don.), Plant Pathology, 47, 706-711, 1998
  • Gordon, T.R., D. Okamoto, A.J. Storer, and D.L. Wood, Susceptibility of five landscape pines to pitch canker disease, caused by Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini, Hortscience, 33, 868-871, 1998
  • Storer, A.J., T.R. Gordon and S.L. Clark, Association of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini with Monterey pine seeds and seedlings in California, Plant Pathology, 47, 649-656, 1998
  • Storer, A.J., T.R. Gordon, D.L. Wood and P. Bonello, Current and future impacts of pitch canker disease of pines, Journal of Forestry, 10(12), 21-26, 1997
  • McPheron, L.J., S.J. Seybold, A.J. Storer, D.L. Wood, K.Q. Lindahl Jr., T. Ohtusuka and I. Kubo, Effects of enantiomeric blend of verbenone on the response of Ips paraconfusus Lanier to naturally produced aggregation pheromone in the laboratory, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 23, 2825-2839, 1997
  • Storer, A.J., D. Wainhouse and M.R. Speight, The effect of larval aggregation behaviour on larval growth of the spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans Kug, Ecological Entomology, 22, 109-115, 1997
  • Hoover, K., D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, J.W. Fox, and W.E. Bros., Transmission of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini to Monterey pine, Pinus radiata, by cone- and twig-infesting beetles, The Canadian Entomologist, 128, 981-994, 1996
  • Storer, A.J., and M.R. Speight, Relationships between Dendroctonus micans Kug (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and differences in the biochemistry of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) phloem caused by mechanical wounding, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 22, 559-573, 1996
  • Warren, C.E., D.L. Wood, S.J. Seybold, A.J. Storer and W.E. Bros, The olfactory response of Ips plastographus maritimus Lanier (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to insect and host associated volatiles in the laboratory, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 22, 2299-2316, 1996
  • Gordon, T.R., A.J. Storer and D. Okamoto, Population structure of the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini, in California, Mycological Research, 100, 850-854, 1996
  • Storer, A.J., P.L. Dallara, D.L. Wood and T.R. Gordon, Pitch canker in California: Geographic and host range expansion, California Agriculture, 48, 9-13, 1994

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