Recent Publications

The evolution of cheaper workers facilitated larger societies and accelerated diversification in ants

| Science Advances
Author(s): Arthur Matte, Julian Katzke, Thomas van de Kamp, Benoit Guénard, Fumika Azuma, Evan Economo, Francisco Hita Garcia, Shubham Gautam


A Critical Perspective on the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry’s Adherence to Founding Principles — Opportunities for the Future

| Environmental toxicology and chemistry
Author(s): Barnett A Rattner, Annegaaike Leopold, Carys L Mitchelmore, Glenn W Suter, Mark S Johnson, Adriana C Bejarano, Lawrence A Kapustka, Niranjana Krishnan, Derek C G Muir, Beatrice O Opeolu, et. al


Heatwaves leave a legacy on a dominant understory grass in longleaf pine savanna

| Ecosphere
Author(s): Kathryn J. Bloodworth, Morgan Dyan Trimas Frost, Alyssa L. Young, Gabriell A. Allred, Daniel Araya, Zachary L. T. Bunch, Jessica M. Ford, Eliza A. Glass, Sarah L. Gora, Curtis E. Green, et. al


Compensatory action of different types of cis-regulatory elements buffers the striped expression of Drosophila pair-rule-genes

| Development
Author(s): Matthew D. Fischer, Kristen Au, Minh Lê, Patricia Graham, Leslie Pick


Microbial partners drive legume trait plasticity and tripartite interaction outcomes under combined stress environments


Author(s): Brendan A. Randall, Kimberly J. Komatsu, John D. Parker, Kelsey McGurrin, Sarah J. M. Alley, Chase T. Hearn, Karin T. Burghardt


Trap design and pheromone lure type influence Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) moth capture in sweet corn

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): John W Mahas, Christophe Duplais, Kelly Hamby, Galen Dively, Anders S Huseth, David Owens, Thomas Kuhar, Hélène Doughty, Brian Currin, Brian A Nault, et. al


Arthropod Pax Gene Evolution: A Role for Vanessa Cardui Twin of Eyeless in Eye Development

| Molecular Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Ximena Gutiérrez Ramos, Leslie Pick, Patricia Wittkopp


Establishment of key Asian larval parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the US Mid-Atlantic states

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Xingeng Wang, Kelly Hamby, Kathleen Demchak, Amanda Stout, David Biddinger, Karly Regan, Chia-Hua Lue, Kim A Hoelmer, Kent Daane


Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna

| Science
Author(s): Cong Liu, Eli Sarnat, Jo Ann Tan, Julia Janicki, John Deyrup, Masako Ogasawara, Miquel L. Grau, Lijun Qiu, Francisco Hita Garcia, Georg Fischer, et. al


Pumping Venom: Valvilli Architecture and Implications for Stinger Functionality


Author(s): Alexandre Casadei-Ferreira, Johan Billen, Sebastian Büsse, Julian Katzke, Riou Mizuno, Adrian Richter, Evan Economo


The evolution of novel mouthpart interlocking mechanisms in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

| Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Author(s): Adrian Richter, Roberto A Keller, Francisco Hita Garcia, Thomas van de Kamp, Evan P Economo


Plant functional trait expression and insect herbivore performance metrics in a rhizobial strain manipulation and drought and pest simulation greenhouse experiment


Author(s): Brendan Randall, Kimberly Komatsu, John Parker, Kelsey McGurrin, Sarah Alley, Chase Hearn, Karin Burghardt


Citizen-science Supplements Species Inventories and Reveals the Invasion of Monomorium exiguum and Pheidole parva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus

| Sociobiology
Author(s): Jakovos Demetriou, Lech Borowiec, Christos Georgiadis, Evan P. Economo, Helen E. Roy, Angeliki F. Martinou, Sebastian Salata


Forecasting alien species establishment and source regions: Quantitative assessment of potential ant invasions in Japan

| Ecological Applications
Author(s): Yazmín Zurápiti, Jamie M. Kass, Benoit Guénard, Evan P. Economo


Climate Change Can Exacerbate Ant Invasion Impacts by Unleashing Indoor Populations Into Outdoor Environments

| Diversity and Distributions
Author(s): Toby P. N. Tsang, Mark K. L. Wong, Marc W. Cadotte, Evan P. Economo, Benoit Guénard


Could malaria mosquitoes be controlled by periodic releases of transgenic mosquitocidalMetarhizium pingshaensefungus? A mathematical modeling approach


Author(s): Binod Pant, Etienne Bilgo, Arnaja Mitra, Salman Safdar, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Raymond St. Leger, Abba B. Gumel


A stepwise process for actionable environmental science research

| Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Author(s): Margaret A Palmer, James W Boyd


Emergence and Dynamics of Regional Species Pools

| Global Ecology and Biogeography
Author(s): Marta A. Jarzyna, Leo Ohyama, Evan P. Economo, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Rilquer Mascarenhas, Jordan G. Okie, Clara Qin, Daniel L. Rabosky, Phillip P. A. Staniczenko, Michael J. Hickerson, et. al


Recent approaches lead to a deeper understanding of diverse segmentation mechanisms in insects, with a focus on the pair-rule genes

| Current Opinion in Insect Science
Author(s): Katie Reding, Leslie Pick


Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory

| Communications Biology
Author(s): Rebecca A. Nelson, Lauren L. Sullivan, Erika I. Hersch-Green, Eric W. Seabloom, Elizabeth T. Borer, Pedro M. Tognetti, Peter B. Adler, Lori Biederman, Miguel N. Bugalho, Maria C. Caldeira, et. al


A Haplotype-resolved Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly and Annotation for the Leafcutter Ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus

| Genome Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Gaurav Agavekar, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Miyuki Suenaga, Miguel Pacheco-Leiva, Michael Hiller, Adrián A Pinto-Tomas, Eugene Myers, Evan P Economo, John Wang


Latitudinal Clines in Climate and Sleep Patterns Shape Disease Outcomes in Drosophila melanogaster Infected by Metarhizium anisopliae

| Ecology and Evolution
Author(s): Mintong Nan, Jonathan B. Wang, Michail Siokis, Raymond J. St. Leger


Floral traits and their connection with pollinators and climate

| Annals of Botany
Author(s): Shweta Basnett, Julia Krpan, Anahí Espíndola