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Research
Latest papers
Identification of Semiochemicals in the Feces of Stable Flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, that Attract Conspecific Flies.
Journal of chemical ecology · 2026 · senior author
Conspecific cueing or cooperative feeding?-Foraging stable flies are visually attracted to conspecific flies.
Medical and veterinary entomology · 2026 · senior author
Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg-derived bacterial semiochemicals.
Insect science · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $282,000
Distinct research opportunities in arthropod communication and immune ecology
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $860,000
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Multimodal Animal Communication Ecology
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $200,000
Mechanisms of communication and foraging in select insects - new research opportunities
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
111 publications.
Identification of Semiochemicals in the Feces of Stable Flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, that Attract Conspecific Flies.
Hung E, Gries R, Negraeff A, Goussiatiner N, Panesar H, Zamani P, Li C, Hui E, Davis-McGregor N, Vekariya M, Kirk S, Dexter B, Vaive S, Monfared A, Tam C, Lam R, Nguyen D, Gries G
Conspecific cueing or cooperative feeding?-Foraging stable flies are visually attracted to conspecific flies.
Hung E, Wong J, Negraeff A, Gould A, Gries G
Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg-derived bacterial semiochemicals.
Hung E, Gould A, Zaborniak S, Watson C, Gries R, Kaur S, Stephens K, Negraeff A, Lam R, Hui A, Zamani P, Monfared A, Gries G
Bacteria in stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) feces inform foraging decisions of conspecific flies.
Hung E, Negraeff A, Watson C, Gries R, Zamani P, Monfared A, Luke C, Gries G
Fate of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, in bed bugs after oral ingestion or intrathoracic injection.
Meraj S, Phung P, Gries R, Lowenberger C, Gries G
Acquisition of hop latent viroid from viroid-infected cannabis plants by rice root aphids and cannabis aphids.
Ong M, Munz J, Feng A, Yaqub S, Buirs L, Gries G
Glandular quinoline-derivates protect crustacean woodlice from spider predation.
Fischer A, Gries R, Roman-Torres CA, Devireddy A, Gries G
Identification and Seasonal Abundance of Web- and Air-Borne Sex Pheromone Components of Western Black Widow Spiders, Latrodectus hesperus.
Fischer A, Fischer AJ, Gries R, Hung E, Lau K, Monfared A, Gries G
Bimodal alarm signals modulate responses to monomodal alarm signals in Camponotus modoc carpenter ants.
Renyard A, Gries G
Nearctic female Agriotes pubescens and Palearctic female A. lineatus (Coleoptera: Elateridae) produce the same sex pheromone.
van Herk WG, Saguez J, Watson AC, Gries R, Gries G
Distinct research opportunities in arthropod communication and immune ecology
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
Keywords: spiders; chemical ecology; communication ecology; mechanisms of communication; immune pathways; antimicrobial peptides; bed bugs; pheromone; microbes; signaling
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Multimodal Animal Communication Ecology
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard GJ
Keywords: Animal communication ecology; infrared radiation; multimodal communication signals; Multimodal foraging cues; Olfaction; Pheromones; polarized light; Semiochemicals; Sound; Vision
Mechanisms of communication and foraging in select insects - new research opportunities
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Multimodal Animal Communication Ecology
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
Multi-modal communication signals in select sexual communication systems of insects and spiders
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Multimodal Animal Communication Ecology
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
Mechanisms of insect communication and host selection: new research opportunities
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
Novel attract & kill technology for control of pest insects
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Insect Communication Ecology
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Insect Communication Ecology
Principal investigators: Gries, Gerhard
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Gerhard Gries and Robert Britton: 10 shared papers
- Carl Lowenberger and Gerhard Gries: 6 shared papers
- Gerhard Gries and Jim Mattsson: 1 shared paper
- Gerhard Gries and Erika Plettner: 1 shared paper
- Gerhard Gries and Sherah VanLaerhoven: 1 shared paper
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
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