Gordon R. Stairs

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 945 citations indexed

About

Gordon R. Stairs is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon R. Stairs has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 945 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Insect Science, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Gordon R. Stairs's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (20 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (19 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (10 papers). Gordon R. Stairs is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (20 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (19 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (10 papers). Gordon R. Stairs collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Gordon R. Stairs's co-authors include R. D. Mitchell, Donald J. Witt, Walter C. Rothenbuhler, Jovan M. Kulinčević, Malcolm J. Fraser, F. T. Bird, Margaretta Allietta, John D. Briggs, Dwight E. Lynn and Tresa S. Fraser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gordon R. Stairs

46 papers receiving 794 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gordon R. Stairs United States	14	347	329	317	246	172	49	945
A. J. Cain United Kingdom	19	567 1.6×	454 1.4×	80 0.3×	396 1.6×	134 0.8×	48	1.3k
Olivia Judson United Kingdom	11	262 0.8×	178 0.5×	232 0.7×	420 1.7×	213 1.2×	14	1.2k
Terry A. Wheeler Canada	16	478 1.4×	463 1.4×	152 0.5×	485 2.0×	313 1.8×	103	1.3k
G. Amato United States	14	216 0.6×	139 0.4×	299 0.9×	150 0.6×	96 0.6×	19	845
Olga Pavlovsky United States	24	194 0.6×	485 1.5×	246 0.8×	534 2.2×	310 1.8×	42	1.4k
B. D. H. Latter Australia	20	185 0.5×	130 0.4×	169 0.5×	336 1.4×	259 1.5×	53	1.4k
Michel Veuille France	27	364 1.0×	369 1.1×	481 1.5×	534 2.2×	211 1.2×	68	1.7k
J. Maynard Smith United Kingdom	6	251 0.7×	149 0.5×	89 0.3×	423 1.7×	89 0.5×	10	958
Hassan Ali Dawah United Kingdom	12	310 0.9×	544 1.7×	161 0.5×	720 2.9×	381 2.2×	39	1.3k
Valerio Scali Italy	22	292 0.8×	365 1.1×	392 1.2×	660 2.7×	548 3.2×	105	1.7k

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Stairs, Gordon R.. (1990). Effects of Galleria mellonella nuclear polyhedrosis virus passaged once in Manduca sexta on growth and survival of young M. sexta larvae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 56(1). 139–141. 4 indexed citations

Stairs, Gordon R.. (1988). Forest insects: Principles and practice of population management. Crop Protection. 7(2). 143–143. 6 indexed citations

Stairs, Gordon R., et al.. (1985). Bioenergetics of the western spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with comments on endotherm and ectotherm population energetics. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 63(6). 1330–1338. 5 indexed citations

Stairs, Gordon R.. (1985). Predation on Overwintering Codling Moth Populations by Birds. Ornis Scandinavica. 16(4). 323–323. 7 indexed citations

Stairs, Gordon R., et al.. (1984). Response of the Western Spruce Budworm,Choristoneura occidentalis(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), to Temperature: The Stochastic Nature of Developmental Rates and Diapause Termination. Environmental Entomology. 13(6). 1549–1556. 4 indexed citations

Stairs, Gordon R., et al.. (1984). Response of the Western Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to Temperature and Humidity: Developmental Rates and Survivorship. Environmental Entomology. 13(2). 611–618. 8 indexed citations

Fraser, Malcolm J. & Gordon R. Stairs. (1982). Susceptibility of Trichoplusia ni, Heliothis zea (Noctuidae), and Manduca sexta (Sphingidae) to a nuclear polyhedrosis virus from Galleria mellonella (Pyralidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 40(2). 255–259. 10 indexed citations

Stairs, Gordon R., Tresa S. Fraser, & Malcolm J. Fraser. (1981). Changes in growth and virulence of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus from Choristoneura fumiferana after passage in Trichoplusia ni and Galleria mellonella. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 38(2). 230–235. 12 indexed citations

Stairs, Gordon R., et al.. (1976). Effects of Dissemination of Low Dosage Levels of a Granulosis Virus in Populations of the Codling Moth1. Journal of Economic Entomology. 69(5). 583–586. 15 indexed citations

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Witt, Donald J. & Gordon R. Stairs. (1976). Effects of different temperatures on Tipula iridescent virus infection in Galleria mellonella larvae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 28(1). 151–152. 5 indexed citations

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Witt, Donald J. & Gordon R. Stairs. (1975). The effects of ultraviolet irradiation on a Baculovirus infecting Galleria mellonella. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 26(3). 321–327. 20 indexed citations

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Stairs, Gordon R. & Dwight E. Lynn. (1974). Infection of the hickory tussock moth, Halisidota caryae, by a nuclear-polyhedrosis virus of Autographa californica grown in Trichoplusia ni cell cultures. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 24(3). 376–377. 8 indexed citations

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Collins, William, et al.. (1974). Interaction of Nuclear-Polyhedrosis Virus, Ddt, Rotenone and Peanut Oil inGalleria mellonella1Larvae. Environmental Entomology. 3(3). 567–569. 4 indexed citations

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Kulinčević, Jovan M., Walter C. Rothenbuhler, & Gordon R. Stairs. (1973). The effect of presence of a queen upon outbreak of a hairless-black syndrome in the honey bee. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 21(3). 241–247. 16 indexed citations

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Stairs, Gordon R.. (1970). The development of nuclear-polyhedrosis virus in ligatured larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 15(1). 60–62. 7 indexed citations

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Kulinčević, Jovan M., Gordon R. Stairs, & Walter C. Rothenbuhler. (1969). A disease of the honey bee causing behavioral changes and mortality. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 14(1). 13–17. 14 indexed citations

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Stairs, Gordon R.. (1965). THE EFFECT OF METAMORPHOSIS ON NUCLEAR-POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS INFECTION IN CERTAIN LEPIDOPTERA. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 11(3). 509–512. 24 indexed citations

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Stairs, Gordon R.. (1965). Quantitative differences in susceptibility to nuclear-polyhedrosis virus among larval Instars of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria (Hübner). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 7(4). 427–429. 38 indexed citations

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Stairs, Gordon R.. (1964). Selection of a strain of insect granulosis virus producing only cubic inclusion bodies. Virology. 24(3). 520–521. 26 indexed citations

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Stairs, Gordon R. & F. T. Bird. (1960). Unusual parasitism of the Spruce budworm.. 16(4). 1 indexed citations

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