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Raymond Barbehenn

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Recent publications

Barbehenn R.V., C.P. Jones, A.E. Hagerman, M. Karonen and J.-P. Salminen. 2006. Ellagitannins have greater oxidative activities than condensed tannins and galloyl glucoses at high pH: potential impact on caterpillars.  J. Chem. Ecol. (in press).

Barbehenn R.V., C.P. Jones, M. Karonen and J.-P. Salminen. 2006. Tannin composition affects the oxidative activities of tree leaves. J. Chem. Ecol. (in press).

Barbehenn R.V. 2005. Grasshoppers efficiently process the bundle sheath cells in a C4 grass: implications for patterns of host plant utilization. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 116: 209-217.

 Barbehenn R., T. Dodick, U. Poopat and B. Spencer. 2005. Fenton-type reactions and iron concentrations in the midgut fluids of tree-feeding caterpillars. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 60: 32-43.

Barbehenn R.V., S. Cheek, A. Gasperut, E. Lister and R. Maben. 2005.  Phenolic compounds in red oak and sugar maple leaves have prooxidant activities in the midguts of Malacosoma disstria and Orgyia leucostigma caterpillars. J. Chem. Ecol. 31: 969-988.

Barbehenn R.V. and J. Stannard. 2004. Antioxidant defense of the midgut epithelium by the peritrophic envelope in caterpillars. J. Insect Physiol. 50: 783-790.

Barbehenn R.V., Z. Chen, D.N. Karowe and A. Spickard. 2004. C3 grasses have higher nutritional quality than C4 grasses under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biol. 10: 1565-1575.

Barbehenn R.V., D.N. Karowe and Z. Chen. 2004. Performance of a generalist grasshopper on a C3 and a C4 grass: compensation for the effects of elevated CO2 on plant nutritional quality. Oecologia 104: 96-103.

Barbehenn R.V., D.N. Karowe and A. Spickard. 2004. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on the nutritional ecology of C3 and C4 grass-feeding caterpillars. Oecologia 104: 86-95.

Barbehenn R.V., A.C. Walker and F. Uddin. 2003. Antioxidants in the midgut fluids of a tannin-tolerant and a tannin-sensitive caterpillar: effects of seasonal changes in tree leaves. J. Chem. Ecol.29: 1099-1116.

Barbehenn, R.V. and N.P. Kristensen. 2003. Digestive and excretory system. In N. P. Kristensen (ed.), Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies 2. Handbook of Zoology. 4 (36). De Gruyter , New York .

Barbehenn, R.V. 2003. Antioxidants in grasshoppers: higher levels defend the midgut tissues of a polyphagous species than a graminivorous species. J. Chem. Ecol. 29: 683-702.

Barbehenn, R.V., U. Poopat and B. Spencer. 2003. Semiquinone and ascorbyl radicals in the gut fluids of caterpillars measured with EPR spectrometry.  Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 33: 125-130.

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