Caleb Wilson
Assistant professor of urban landscape entomology
Professional Biography
In my lab we research sustainable insect pest management in urban trees, shrubs, and turfgrass. Current projects seek to understand how arthropod natural enemies can be conserved and recruited to manage scale insect pests in landscape trees.
Scholars@UK
Spatiotemporal variability and functional redundancy obscure effects of urbanization on strawberry pollinators
Schulte, K. D., Wilson, C. J., Tawril, A. & Jamieson, M. A., Jan 2025, In: Ecosphere. 16, 1, e70133.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Land Use Change Consistently Reduces α- But Not β- and γ-Diversity of Bees
Tsang, T. P. N., De Santis, A. A. A., Armas-Quiñonez, G., Ascher, J. S., Ávila-Gómez, E. S., Báldi, A., Ballare, K. M., Balzan, M. V., Banaszak-Cibicka, W., Bänsch, S., Basset, Y., Bates, A. J., Baumann, J. M., Beal-Neves, M., Bennett, A., Bezerra, A. D. M., Blochtein, B., Bommarco, R., Brosi, B. & Burkle, L. A. & 124 others, , Jan 1 2025, In: Global Change Biology. 31, 1, p. e70006Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ongoing regeneration of ash and co-occurring species 20 years following invasion by emerald ash borer
Wilson, C. J., Labbate, L., Petrice, T. R., Poland, T. M. & McCullough, D. G., Mar 15 2025, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 580, 122546.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tree species richness and ash density have variable effects on emerald ash borer biological control by woodpeckers and parasitoid wasps in post-invasion white ash stands
Wilson, C. J., Petrice, T. R., Poland, T. M. & McCullough, D. G., Aug 1 2024, In: Environmental Entomology. 53, 4, p. 544-560 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ecology and management of the crapemyrtle aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on crapemyrtle (Myrtales: Lythraceae) in the southern United States
Wilson, C. J. & Bertone, M. A., 2024, In: Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 15, 1, pmae003.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Scale insects contribute to spider conservation in urban trees and shrubs
Wilson, C. J. & Frank, S. D., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 27, 3, p. 479-492 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effects of urbanization on bee communities depends on floral resource availability and bee functional traits
Wilson, C. J. & Jamieson, M. A., Dec 1 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 12, e0225852.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Scale Insects Support Natural Enemies in Both Landscape Trees and Shrubs BelowThem
Wilson, C. J. & Frank, S. D., Dec 1 2022, In: Environmental Entomology. 51, 6, p. 1094-1105 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tree species richness around urban red maples reduces pest density but does not enhance biological control
Wilson, C. J., Backe, K. M., Just, M. G., Lahr, E. C., Nagle, A. M., Long, L. C., Dale, A. G. & Frank, S. D., Oct 2023, In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 88, 128093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Urban tree pests can support biological control services in landscape shrubs
Wilson, C. J. & Frank, S. D., Aug 2023, In: BioControl. 68, 4, p. 375-386 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Geographic biases in bee research limits understanding of species distribution and response to anthropogenic disturbance
Jamieson, M. A., Carper, A. L., Wilson, C. J., Scott, V. L. & Gibbs, J., 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, JUN, 194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Revisiting the particular role of host shifts in initiating insect speciation
Forbes, A. A., Devine, S. N., Hippee, A. C., Tvedte, E. S., Ward, A. K. G., Widmayer, H. A. & Wilson, C. J., May 2017, In: Evolution. 71, 5, p. 1126-1137 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Does urbanization favour exotic bee species? Implications for the conservation of native bees in cities
Fitch, G., Wilson, C. J., Glaum, P., Vaidya, C., Simao, M. C. & Jamieson, M. A., Dec 1 2019, In: Biology Letters. 15, 12, 20190574.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ability of Ant Exclusion via Basal Trunk Insecticide Sprays and Insecticidal Baits to Sustainably Manage Soft Scale Insect Infestations in Urban Landscape Trees
Wilson, C. (PI)
1/1/25 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project