Laboratory of Chemical and Behavioural Ecology - Publikacijos

Batool, N., Abubakar, M., Noureldeen, A., Naqqash, M.N., Alghamdi, A., Al Dhafar, Z.M., Baakdah, F., Mozūraitis, R. 2024. Toxicity and sublethal effect of Chlorantraniliprole on multiple generations of Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae). Insects, 15 (11): art. no. 851. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15110851

Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Dobrynina, V., Orlovskytė, S. 2024. A phenomenon: What are the minuscule grey moths abundant in the dry season in the tropical dry forests of the Pacific Coast of Honduras? Insects, 15 (9): art. no. 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090641

Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Orlovskytė, S., Katinas, L. 2024. How high can trumpet moths occur: documentation of mountainous leaf-mining Tischeriidae, featuring a species from record-high elevations. Zootaxa, 5507 (2): 201–223. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5507.2.1

Sajjad, M., Sajjad, A., Chishti, G.A., Khan, E.U., Mozūraitis, R., Binyameen, M. 2024. Insect larvae as an alternate protein source in poultry feed improve the performance and meat quality of broilers. Animals, 14 (14): art. no. 2053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14142053

Abbas, M.G., Azeem, M., Bashir, M.U., Ali, F., Mozūratis, R., Binyameen, M. 2024. Chemical composition, repellent, and oviposition deterrent potential of wild plant essential oils against three mosquito species. Molecules, 29 (11): art. no. 2657. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112657

Čepulytė, R., Tiškevičiūtė, D., Osinska, E., Būda, V. 2024. Responses of two entomopathogenic nematode species from the genus Steinernema to ethanol and 1-nonene. Biological Control, 192: art. no. 105505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105505

Budrys, E., Orlovskytė, S., Budrienė, A. 2024. Ecological speciation without morphological differentiation? A new cryptic species of Diodontus Curtis (Hymenoptera, Pemphredonidae) from the centre of Europe. Insects, 15 (2): art. no. 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15020086

Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Orlovskytė, S., Dobrynina, V. 2024. Revealing a novel potential pest of plum trees in the Caucasus: A species resembling the European leaf-mining Stigmella plagicolella, Nepticulidae. 2024. Insects, 15 (3): art. no. 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15030198

Parveen, A., Abbas, M.G., Keefover-Ring, K., Binyameen, M., Mozūraitis, R., Azeem, M. 2024. Chemical composition of essential oils from natural populations of Artemisia scoparia collected at different altitudes: Antibacterial, mosquito repellent, and larvicidal effects. Molecules, 29 (6): art. no. 1359. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29061359

Stonis, J.R., Dobrynina, V., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Orlovskytė, S., Kalashian, M.Y. 2024. The first attempt to assess the taxonomic diversity of the Nepticulidae of Armenia resulted in the discovery of new species and cryptic taxa in the Caucasus. Diversity, 16 (1): art. no. 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16010060

Radžiutė, S., Orlovskytė, S., Būdienė, J., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Bumbulytė, G., Būda, V. 2023. Stored product pest Nemapogon variatella (Clemens): Identification of sex pheromone, putative antagonist and mitotype characterization. Journal of Applied Entomology, 147 (9): 857–867. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13178

Reverté, S., Milicic, M., Acanski, J., Andric, A., Aracil, A., Aubert, M., Balzan, M.V., Bartomeus, I., Bogusch, P., Bosch, J., Budrys, E., Cantú-Salazar, L., Castro, S., Cornalba, M., Demeter, I., Devalez, J., Dorchin, A., Dufrêne, E., Dordevic, A., Fisler, L., Fitzpatrick, U., Flaminio, S., Földesi, R., Gaspar, H., Genoud, D., Geslin, B., Ghisbain, G., Gilbert, F., Gogala, A., Grkovic, A., Heimburg, H., Herrera-Mesías, F., Jacobs, M., Milosavljevic, M.J., Janssen, K., Jensen, J.K., Jesovnik, A., Józan, Z., Karlis, G., Kasparek, M., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Kuhlmann, M., Le Divelec, R., Leclercq, N., Likov, L., Litman, J., Ljubomirov, T., Madsen, H.B., Marshall, L., Mazánek, L., Milic, D., Mignot, M., Mudri-Stojnic, S., Müller, A., Nedeljkovic, Z., Nikolic, P., Odegaard, F., Patiny, S., Paukkunen, J., Pennards, G., Pérez-Bañón, C., Perrard, A., Petanidou, T., Pettersson, L.B., Popov, G., Popov, S., Praz, C., Prokhorov, A., Quaranta, M., Radchenko, V.G., Radenkovic, S., Rasmont, P., Rasmussen, C., Reemer, M., Ricarte, A., Risch, S., Roberts, S.P.M., Rojo, S., Ropars, L., Rosa, P., Ruiz, C., Sentil, A., Shparyk, V., Smit, J., Sommaggio, D., Soon, V., Ssymank, A., Ståhls, G., Stavrinides, M., Straka, J., Tarlap, P., Terzo, M., Tomozii, B., Tot, T., van der Ent, L.J., van Steenis, J., van Steenis, W., Varnava, A.I., Vereecken, N.J., Veselic, S., Vesnic, A., Weigand, A., Wisniowski, B., Wood, T.J., Zimmermann, D., Michez, D., Vujic, A. 2023. National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 16 (6): 758–775. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680

Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Ravoitytė, B., Būdienė, J., Valys, A., Lukša, J., Servienė, E. 2023. Essential oils of Mentha arvensis and Cinnamomum cassia exhibit distinct antibacterial activity at different temperatures in vitro and on chicken skin. Foods, 12 (21): art. no. 3938. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12213938

Enge, S., Mérot, C., Mozūraitis, R., Apšegaitė, V., Bernatchez, L., Martens, G.A., Radžiutė, S., Pavia, H., Berdan, E.L. 2023. A supergene in seaweed flies modulates male traits and female perception. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 290 (2008): art. no. 20231494. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1494

Campos-Herrera, R., González-Trujillo, M.D., Vicente-Díez, I., Carpentero, E., Puelles, M., Vaquero, E., Čepulytė, R. 2023. Exploring entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in vineyards: Fine-tuning of application, target area, and timing. Crop Protection, 174: art. no. 106392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106392

Orlovskytė, S., Dobrynina, V., Stonis, J.R. 2023. Unexpected mitotype diversity of Simplimorpha promissa (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) in Ukraine and Armenia revealing a possible cryptic taxon. Zootaxa, 5336 (1): 113–124. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5336.1.5

Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Orlovskytė, S., Solis, M.A., Paulavičiūtė, B., Xu, J.S., Dai, X.H. 2023. Genera of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera): a review of the global fauna, with descriptions of new taxa. Zootaxa, 5333 (1): 1-131. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5333.1.1

Bumbulytė, G., Būdienė, J., Būda, V. 2023. Essential oils and their components control behaviour of yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) larvae. Insects, 14 (7): art. no. 636. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14070636

Budrys, E., Orlovskytė, S., Lazauskaitė, M., Budrienė, A. 2023. Ancistrocerus wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from the Centre of Europe: Phylogeny, cryptic species, neutral and non-neutral markers. Zoologica Scripta, 52 (5): 454-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12599

Olszewski, P., Budrys, E., Orlovskytė, S., Wisniowski, B., Ljubomirov, T. 2023. Nesting biology and phylogenetic relationships of the parasitoid-hunting wasp Lindenius pygmaeus armatus (Vander Linden, 1829) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Scientific Reports, 13 (1): 9664. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36019-1

Olszewski, P., Klejdysz, T., Miesikowski, M., Budrys, E. 2023. Nesting biology of Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit, 1934) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in Poland. European Zoological Journal, 90 (1): 313–319. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2197447

Ložienė, K., Maskolaitytė, V., Labokas, J., Būdienė, J., Vaičiulytė, V. 2023. Chemical composition of essential oils and local knowledge of Myrica gale in Lithuania. Plants, 12 (5): art. no. 1050. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051050

Haris, A., Azeem, M., Abbas, M.G., Mumtaz, M., Mozūraitis, R., Binyameen, M. 2023. Prolonged repellent activity of plant essential oils against dengue vector, Aedes aegypti. Molecules, 28 (3): art. no. 1351. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28031351

Ložienė, K., Būdienė, J., Vaitiekūnaitė, U., Pašakinskienė, I. 2023. Variations in yield, essential oil, and salicylates of Filipendula ulmaria inflorescences at different blooming stages. Plants, 12 (2): art. no. 300. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020300

Abbas, M.G., Haris, A., Binyameen, M., Nazir, A., Mozūratis, R , Azeem, M. 2023. Chemical composition, larvicidal and repellent activities of wild plant essential oils against Aedes aegypti. Biology, 12 (1): art. no. 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12010008

Iqbal, S., Khan, F.A., Haris, A., Mozūraitis, R., Binyameen, M., Azeem, M. 2023. Essential oils of four wild plants inhibit the blood seeking behaviour of female Aedes aegytpi. Experimental Parasitology, 244: art. no. 108424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2022.108424

Olszewski, P., Bogusch, P., Hebda, G., Budrys, E. 2022. Nesting behaviour and description of mature larva of Lindenius albilabris (Fabricius, 1793) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). European Zoological Journal, 89 (1): 1040–1048. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2105962

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Virbickas, T., Lukša, J., Servienė, E., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Kesminas, V. 2022. Gut microbiome of wild Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr. Microbial Ecology, 84 (4): 1294–1298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01910-9

Hajkazemian, M., Hill, S.R., Mozūraitis, R., Ranford-Cartwright, L., Emami, S.N., Ignell, R. 2022. Mosquito host-seeking diel rhythm and chemosensory gene expression is affected by age and Plasmodium stages. Scientific Reports, 12 (1): art. no. 18814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23529-7

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Aleknavičius, D., Apšegaitė, V., Būda, V. 2022. Response of parasitic wasp Cotesia glomerata L. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to cabbage plants of two varieties: Olfactory spectra of males and females. Journal of Economic Entomology, 115 (5): 1464–1471. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac135

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Būda, V., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Būdienė, J., Aleknavicius, D., Mozūraitis, R. 2022. Sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides and fruit flies Rhagoletis batava: Search for volatile semiochemicals involved in pest attraction. Horticulturae, 8 (2): art. no. 179. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8020179

Būda, V., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Čepulytė, R., Bumbulytė, G., Mozūraitis, R. 2022. Electroantennographic and behavioural responses of European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi, to the volatile organic compounds from sour cherry, Prunus cerasus, fruit. Insects, 13(2): 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020114

Azeem, M., Zaman, T., Abbasi, A.M., Abid, M., Mozūraitis, R., Alwahibi, M.S., Elshikh, M.S. (2022) Pesticidal potential of some wild plant essential oils against grain pests Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) and Aspergillus flavus (Link, 1809). Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 15 (1): art. no. 103482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103482

Žalnierius, T., Šveikauskas, V., Aphalo, P.J., Gavelienė, V., Būda, V., Jurkonienė, S. (2022) Gibberellic acid (GA(3)) applied to flowering Heracleum sosnowskyi decreases seed viability even if seed development is not inhibited. Plants, 11 (3): art. no. 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030314

Mozūraitis, R., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Aleknavičius, D., Budienė, J., Stanevičienė, R., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Servienė, E., Būda, V. (2022) Volatiles produced by yeasts related to Prunus avium and P. cerasus fruits and their potentials to modulate the behaviour of the pest Rhagoletis cerasi fruit flies. Journal of Fungi, 8 (2); art. no. 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020095

Čepulytė, R., Būda, V. (2022) Toward chemical ecology of plant-parasitic nematodes: Kairomones, pheromones, and other behaviorally active chemical compounds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 70 (5); 1367–1390. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c04833

Kumar, S., Ahmad, R., Saeed, S., Azeem, M., Mozūraitis, R., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Zhu, G.P. (2022) Chemical composition of fresh leaves headspace aroma and essential oils of four Coriander cultivars. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: art. no. 820644. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.820644

Aleknavičius, D., Lukša, J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Servienė, E. (2022) The bacterial microbiota of edible insects Acheta domesticus and Gryllus assimilis revealed by high content analysis. Foods, 11 (8): art. no. 1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11081073

Hajkazemian, M., Bosse, C., Mozūraitis, R., Emami, S.N. (2021) Battleground midgut: The cost to the mosquito for hosting the malaria parasite. Biology of the Cell, 113 (2): 79–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/boc.202000039

Nedveckytė, I., Pečiulytė, D., Būda, V. (2021) Fungi associated with horse-chestnut leaf miner moth Cameraria ohridella mortality. Forests, 12 (1): art. no. 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12010058

Budrienė, A., Budrys, E., Orlovskytė, S. (2021) A bilateral gynandromorph of Discoelius dufourii (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Zethinae): morphology and mating behaviour. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 81: 23-41. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.81.61550

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Garbaras, A., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskienė, L., Remeikis, V. (2021) Stable isotopes reveal the dominant species to have the widest trophic niche of three syntopic Microtus voles. Animals, 11 (6): art. no. 1814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061814

Stanevičienė, R., Lukša, J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Ravoitytė, B., Losinska-Sičiūnienė, R., Mozūraitis, R., Servienė, E. (2021) Mycobiota in the carposphere of sour and sweet cherries and antagonistic features of potential biocontrol yeasts. Microorganisms, 9 (7): art. no. 1423. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071423

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Garbaras, A., Stirkė, V., Balčiauskienė, L., Remeikis, V. (2021) Isotopic niche of syntopic granivores in commercial orchards and meadows. Animals, 11 (8): art. no. 2375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082375

Campos-Herrera, R., Vicente-Diez, I., Blanco-Perez, R., Chelkha, M., Gonzalez-Trujillo, M.D., Puelles, M., Čepulite, R., Pou, A. (2021) Positioning entomopathogenic nematodes for the future viticulture: exploring their use against biotic threats and as bioindicators of soil health. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 45 (5): 335–346. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-2106-40

Stromsky, V.E., Hajkazemian, M., Vaisbourd, E., Mozūraitis, R., Emami, S.N. (2021) Plasmodium metabolite HMBPP stimulates feeding of main mosquito vectors on blood and artificial toxic sources. Communications Biology, 4 (1): art. no. 1161. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02689-8

Mozūraitis, R., Aleknavičius, D., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Stanevičienė, R., Emami, S.N., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Servienė, E., Būda, V. (2020) Hippophae rhamnoides berry related Pichia kudriavzevii yeast volatiles modify behaviour of Rhagoletis batava flies. Journal of Advanced Research, 21: 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2019.08.001

Būda, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Stamm, P., Schulz, S., Aleknavičius, D., Mozūraitis, R. (2020) Male-Produced (-)-delta-Heptalactone, Pheromone of Fruit Fly Rhagoletis batava (Diptera: Tephritidae), a Sea Buckthorn Berries Pest. Insects, 11 (2): art. no. 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11020138

Lukša, J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Stanevičienė, R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Ravoitytė, B., Aleknavičius, D., Būda, V., Mozūraitis, R., Servienė, E. (2020) Fungal microbiota of sea buckthorn berries at two ripening stages and volatile profiling of potential biocontrol yeasts. Microorganisms, 8 (3): art. no. 456. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030456

Ložienė, K., Labokas, J., Vaičiulytė, V., Švedienė, J., Raudonienė, V., Paškevičius, A., Šveistytė, L., Apšegaitė, V. (2020) Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of fruit essential oils of Myrica gale, a neglected non-wood forest product. Baltic Forestry, 26 (1): art. no. 423. https://doi.org/10.46490/BF423

Druzhinina, O., Kublitskiy, Y., Stančikaitė, M., Nazarova, L., Syrykh, L., Gedminienė, L.,Uogintas, D., Skipitytė, R., Arslanov, K., Vaikutienė, G., Kulkova, M., Subetto, D. (2020) The Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the SE Baltic region: a new approach based on chironomid, geochemical and isotopic data from Kamyshovoye Lake, Russia. Boreas, 49 (3): 544–561. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12438

Mozūraitis, R., Hajkazemian, M., Zawada, J.W., Szymczak, J., Palsson, K., Sekar, V., Biryukova, I., Friedlander, M.R., Koekemoer, L.L., Baird, J.K., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Emami, S.N. (2020) Male swarming aggregation pheromones increase female attraction and mating success among multiple African malaria vector mosquito species. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4 (10): 13951–1401. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1264-9

Whitmore, K.M., Dupras, T.L., Williams, L.J., Skipitytė, R., Schultz, J.J., Jankauskas, R. (2019) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope inter- and intra-individual dietary reconstruction from the late 14th to early 18th century site of Alytus, Lithuania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 168 (2): 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23742

Aleknavičius, D., Būda, V. (2019) Trapping peculiarities, flight and mating dynamics of sea buckhorn fruit fly (Rhagoletis batava) in Lithuania. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture. 106 (1): 81-86. https://doi.org/10.13080/z-a.2019.106.011

Koryznienė, D., Jurkonienė, S., Žalnierius, T., Gavelienė, V., Jankovska-Bortkevič, E., Bareikienė, N., Būda, V. (2019) Heracleum sosnowskyi seed development under the effect of exogenous application of GA(3). PEERJ. 7: art. no. e6906. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6906

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Balčiauskienė, L., Jasiulionis, M. (2019) Resource partitioning confirmed by isotopic signatures allows small mammals to share seasonally flooded meadows. Ecology and Evolution. 9 (9): 5479-5489. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5144

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Budrienė, A., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Budrys, E. (2019) Illumina-based 16S metagenomic analysis of the indigenous gut microbiota of cavity-nesting bee Megachile centuncularis: a comparison with the cavity-nesting wasp Ancistrocerus antilope. Journal of Apicultural Research. 58 (4): 587-590. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2019.1614734

Budrys, E., Budrienė, A., Orlovskytė, S., Soon, V. (2019) Two new species of Diodontus (Hymenoptera: Pemphredonidae) from the western Mediterranean and their phylogenetic relationships. Canadian Entomologist. 151 (5): 558-583. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2019.46

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Apšegaitė, V., Būda, V. (2019) The choice between flowers of closely related plant species by generalist pollinator: identification of relevant VOCs. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 13 (5): 735-743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-019-09702-2

Mozūraitis, R., Murtazina, R., Zurita, J., Pei, Y.X., Ilag, L., Wiklund, C., Karlson, A.K.B. (2019) Anti-aphrodisiac pheromone, a renewable signal in adult butterflies. Scientific Reports. 9: art. no. 14262. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50838-1

Norton, M., Baldi, A., Būda, V., Carli, B., Cudlin, P., Jones, M.B., Korhola, A., Michalski, R., Novo, F., Oszlanyi, J., Santos, F.D., Schink, B., Shepherd, J., Vet, L., Walloe, L., Wijkman, A. (2019) Serious mismatches continue between science and policy in forest bioenergy. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 11 (11): 1256-1263. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12643

Azeem, M., Zaman, T., Tahir, M., Haris, A., Iqbal, Z., Binyameen, M., Nazir, A., Shad, S.A., Majeed, S., Mozūraitis, R. (2019) Chemical composition and repellent activity of native plants essential against dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Industrial Crops and Products. 140: art. no. 111609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111609

Emami, S.N., Hajkazemian, M., Mozūraitis, R. (2019) Can Plasmodium’s tricks for enhancing its transmission be turned against the parasite? New hopes for vector control. Pathogens and Global Health, 113 (8): 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2019.1703398

Fors, L., Mozūraitis, R., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Verschut, T.A., Hamback, PA. (2018) Selection by parasitoid females among closely related hosts based on volatiles: Identifying relevant chemical cues. Ecology and Evolution 8 (6): 3219-3228. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3877

Balčiauskas, L., Skipitytė, R., Jasiulionis, M., Balčiauskienė, L., Remeikis, V. (2018) Immediate increase in isotopic enrichment in small mammals following the expansion of a great cormorant colony. Biogeosciences. 15 (2): 3883-3891. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3883-2018

Vaananen, S., Paukkunen, J., Soon, V., Budrys, E. (2018) Occurrence and biology of Pseudogonalos hahnii (Spinola, 1840) (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) in Fennoscandia and the Baltic states. Entomologica Fennica. 29 (2): 86-96.

Emami, S.N., Lindberg, B.G., Hua, S., Hill, S.R., Mozūraitis, R., Lehm, P., Birgersson, G., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Ignell, R., Faye, I. (2017) A key malaria metabolite modulates vector blood seeking, feeding, and susceptibility to infection. Science. 355 (6329): 1076-1080. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah4563

Verschut, T.A., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Apšegaitė, V., Mozūraitis, R., Hamback, P.A. (2017) Natal origin affects host preference and larval performance relationships in a tritrophic system. Ecology and Evolution. 7 (7): 2079-2090. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2826

Vaikutienė, G., Skipitytė, R., Mažeika, J., Martma, T., Garbaras, A., Barisevičiūtė, R., Remeikis, V. (2017) Environmental changes induced by human activities in the Northern Curonian Lagoon (Eastern Baltic): diatoms and stable isotope data. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences. 66 (2): 93-108. https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2017.07

Mozūraitis, R., Kutra, J.,Borg-Karlson, A.K., Būda, V. (2017) Dynamics of putative sex pheromone components during heat periods in estrus-induced cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 100 (9): 7686-7695. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-12376

Barisevičiūtė, R., Skipitytė, R., Pukienė, R., Lapeikaitė, I., Kakaras, I., Remeikis, V. (2017) Climatic sensitivity of delta C-13 in tree rings of Quercus robur L., Populus tremula L. and Pinus sylvestris L. in Vilnius region (eastern Lithuania). Dendrobiology. 78: 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.12657/denbio.078.001

Turčinavičienė J., Radzevičiūtė R., Budrienė A., Budrys E. (2016) Species identification and genetic differentiation of European cavity-nesting wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Pompilidae, Crabronidae) inferred from DNA barcoding data. Mitochondrial DNA. 27 (1): 476-482. https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2014.905827

Mozūraitis R., Radžiutė S., Apšegaitė V., Cravcenco A., Būda V., Nylin S. (2016) Volatiles released from foliar extract of host plant enhance landing rates of gravid Polygonia c-album females, but do not stimulate oviposition. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 158 (3): 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12405

Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Apšegaitė V., Radžiutė S., Mozūraitis R., Būda V., Pečiulytė D. (2016) Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of Ips typographus (L.) to trans-4-thujanol-a host tree volatile compound. Annals of Forest Science. 73 (2): 247-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-015-0494-5

Balčiauskas L., Skipitytė R., Jasiulionis M., Trakimas G., Balčiauskienė L., Remeikis V. (2016) The impact of Great Cormorants on biogenic pollution of land ecosystems: Stable isotope signatures in small mammals. Science of the Total Environment. 565: 376-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.185

Orlovskytė S., Budrys E., Budrienė A., Radzevičiūtė R., Soon V. (2016) Sibling species in the Chrysis ignita complex: molecular, morphological and trophic differentiation of Baltic species, with a description of two new cryptic species (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 771-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12190

Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė V., Radžiutė S., Čepulytė-Rakauskienė R., Apšegaitė V., Būda V. (2016) A three-year survey of honey bee viruses in Lithuania. Journal of Apicultural Research. 55 (2): 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2016.1211389

Būda V., Apšegaitė V., Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Butkienė R., Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D. (2016) Response of moth Plodia interpunctella to volatiles of fungus-infected and uninfected wheat grain. Journal of Stored Products Research. 69: 152-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2016.08.001

Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė V., Radžiutė S., Nedveckytė I., Būda V. (2016) Honey bee infection caused by Nosema spp. in Lithuania. Journal of Apicultural Science. 60 (2): 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2016-0019

Fors, L., Liblikas, I., Andersson, P., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Cabezas, N., Mozūraitis, R., Hamback, P.A. (2015) Chemical communication and host search in Galerucella leaf beetles. Chemoecology. 25 (1): 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-014-0174-1

Roos, J., Bejai, S., Mozūraitis, R., Dixelius, C. (2015) Susceptibility to Verticillium longisporum is linked to monoterpene production by TPS23/27 in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 81 (4): 572-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12752

Zernitskaya V., Stančikaitė M., Vlasov B., Šeirienė V., Kisielienė D., Gryguc G., Skipitytė R. (2015) Vegetation pattern and sedimentation changes in the context of the Lateglacial climatic events: case study of Staroje Lake (Eastern Belarus). Quaternary International. 386: 70-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.045

Būda V., Čepulytė-Rakauskienė R. (2015) The effects of α-solanine and zinc sulphate on the behaviour of potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensisand G. pallida. Nematology. 17 (9): 1105-1111. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00002927

Campos-Herrera R., Pùža V., Jaffuel G., Blanco-Pérez R., Čepulytė-Rakauskienė R., Turlings T. (2015) Unraveling the intraguild competition between Oscheius spp. nematodes and entomopathogenic nematodes: Implications for their natural distribution in Swiss agricultural soils. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 132: 216-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2015.10.007

Pūtys Ž., Ložys L., Būda V. (2015) Respiratory response to the chemical cues of injured conspecifi cs and histology of skin in round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 45 (4): 411-415. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2015.45.4.10

Soon, V., Budrys, E., Orlovskytė, S., Paukkunen, J., Ødegaard, F., Ljubomirov, T., Saarma, U. (2014) Testing the validity of Northern European species in the Chrysis ignita species group (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with DNA Barcoding. Zootaxa. 3786 (3): 301-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.4

Pitts, R. J., Mozūraitis, R., Gauvin-Bialecki, A., Lemperiere, G. (2014) The roles of kairomones, synomones and pheromones in the chemically-mediated behaviour of male mosquitoes. Acta Tropica. 132 (Suppl.): S26-S34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.005

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Būda, V. (2014) Microsporidian parasites of honey bees Nosema ceranae and N. apis in Lithuania : supplementary data on occurrence along Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research. 53 (3): 374-376. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.53.3.04

Budrienė, A., Budrys, E., Nevronytė, Ž. (2013) Sexual size dimorphism in the ontogeny of the solitary predatory wasp Symmorphus allobrogus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Comptes rendus biologies. 336 (2): 57–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2013.03.001

Radžiutė, S., Būda, V. (2013) Host feeding experience affects host plant odour preference of the polyphagous leafminer Liriomyza bryoniae. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata. 146 (2): 286–292. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12028

Mozūraitis, R., Būda, V. (2013) Intra- and interspecific activities of semiochemicals from the sex pheromone gland of the Welsh clearwing, Synanthedon scoliaeformis. Journal of chemical ecology. 39 (8): 1066–1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0301-4

Būda, V., Mozūraitis, R., Kutra, Jonas, Borg-Karlson, A.K. (2012) p-Cresol : a sex pheromone component identified from the estrous urine of mares. Journal of chemical ecology. 38 (7): p. 811–813. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0138-2

Mozūraitis, R., Murtazina, R., Nylin, S., Borg-Karlson, A.-K. (2012) Nonvolatile chemical cues affect host-plant ranking by gravid Polygonia c-album females. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung = A journal of biosciences. C. 67 (1–2): 93–102. https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2012-1-212

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Karalius, V. (2012) Habitat requirements of the endangered beetle Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1796) (Coleoptera: Boridae). Insect conservation and diversity. 5 (3): 186–191. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00149.x

Mozūraitis, R., Būda, V., Kutra, J., Borg-Karlson, A.K. (2012) p- and m- Cresols esmitted from estrous urine are reliable volatile chemical markers of ovulation in mares. Animal reproduction science. 130 (1–2): 51–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.12.008

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Radžiutė, S., Stunžėnas, V., Būda, V. (2012) Erwinia typographi sp. nov., isolated from bark beetle (Ips typographus) gut. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 62 (4): 942–948. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.030304-0

Budrys, E., Budrienė, A. (2012) Adaptability of prey handling effort in relation to prey size in predatory wasps (Hymenoptera: Eumeninae). Annales zoologici Fennici. 49 (1–2): 58–68. https://doi.org/10.5735/086.049.0106

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Būda, V., Bagdonaitė, E. (2012) Three wild Lithuanian strawberry species and their pollinators. Plant systematics and evolution. 298 (4): 819–826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-012-0593-9

Būda, V., Čepulytė-Rakauskienė, R. (2011) The effect of linalool on second-stage juveniles of the potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida. Journal of nematology. 43 (3-4): 149-151.

Mozūraitis, R., Būda, V. and Borg-Karlson, A.-K. (2010) Optimization of solid-phase microextraction sampling for analysis of volatile compounds emitted from oestrous urine of mares. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung – A journal of biosciences C. 65 (1–2): 127–133. https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2010-1-220

Hammen, V. C., Biesmeijer, J. C., Bommarco, R., Budrys, E. Christensen, T. R., Fronzek, S., Grabaum, R., Jaksic, P., Klotz, S., Kramarz, P., Kröel-Dulay, G., Kühn, I., Mirtl, M., Moora, M., Petanidou, T., Potts, S. G., Rortais, A., Schulze, C. H., Steffan (2010) Establishment of a cross-European field site network in the ALARM project for assessing large-scale changes in biodiversity. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 164 (1–4): 337–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-0896-7

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Vaitkevičienė, G., Venskutonytė, S. and Būda, V. (2010) Honey bee foraging in spring oilseed rape crops under high ambient temperature conditions. Žemdirbystė 97 (1): 61–70