Office: 37 Briggs Hall Phone: (530) 754-8682 Email: mlerickson@ucdavis.edu Fax: (530) 754-8682

Melissa L. Erickson Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Education: M.Sc. Entomology, University of California, Davis B.Sc. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson Research Interests: Molecular basis of insect olfaction

Publications:

• Symondson, W. O. C.; Glen, D. M.; Erickson, M. L.; Liddell, J. E.; Langdon, C.J. (2000) "Do earthworms help to sustain the slug predator Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) within crops? Investigations using monoclonal antibodies". Molecular Ecology 9(9): 1279- 1292.




• Symondson, W. O. C.; Erickson, M. L.; Liddell, J. E. (1999) "Development of a monoclonal antibody for the detection and quantification of predation on slugs within the Arion hortensis agg. (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Biological Control 16(3): 274-282.




• Symondson, W. O. C.; Erickson, M. L.; Liddell, J. E. (1999) "Development of a monoclonal antibody for the detection and quantification of predation on slugs within the Arion hortensis agg. (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Biological Control 16(3): 274-282.




• Symondson, W. O. C.; Erickson, M. L.; Liddell, J. E. (1997) "Species- specific detection of predation by coleoptera on the Milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Biocontrol Science and Technology 7(3): 457-465.




• Hagler, James R.; Naranjo, Steven E.; Erickson, Melissa L.; Machtley, Scott A.; Wright, Sally F.(1997) "Immunological examinations of species variability in predator gut content assays: Effect of predator:Prey protein ratio on immunoassay sensitivity". Biological Control 9(2): 120- 128.