Author

W. S. Leal

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Ecology· 1 Zoology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Assay:electrophysiology· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

A. P. Favaris· 2 shared J. M. S. Bento· 2 shared A. A. L. Pegoraro· 1 shared A. C. Tuler· 1 shared D. M. Magalhaes· 1 shared H. X. L. Volpe· 1 shared J. C. Darolt· 1 shared M. Carmo-Sousa· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2020-2023 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 38 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

2 shared papersZoology

A. P. Favaris

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

The greening-causing agent alters the behavioral and electrophysiological responses of the Asian citrus psyllid to a putative sex pheromone

H. X. L. Volpe, M. Carmo-Sousa, R. A. G. Luvizotto, R. de Freitas, V. Esperanca, J. C. Darolt, A. A. L. Pegoraro, D. M. Magalhaes, A. P. Favaris, N. A. Wulff, M. P. Miranda, J. M. S. Bento, W. S. Leal

The study shows that CLas infection in Asian citrus psyllids alters their behavioral and electrophysiological responses to acetic acid, a putative sex pheromone.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2023Zoology

(3S,6E)-Nerolidol-mediated rendezvous of Cyclocephalini beetles, Cyclocephala paraguayensis, in bottle gourd flowers

A. P. Favaris, A. C. Tuler, W. D. Silva, S. R. Rodrigues, W. S. Leal, J. M. S. Bento

This study identifies (3S,6E)-nerolidol as a key floral scent compound attracting Cyclocephala paraguayensis beetles to bottle gourd flowers, facilitating aggregation, mating, and feeding.

bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2020Ecology