Recent Publications

A mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions in a patchy environment

| Ecological Modelling
Author(s): Suman Bhowmick, Patrick Irwin, Kristina Lopez, Megan Lindsay Fritz, Rebecca Lee Smith

Varroa mites escape the evolutionary trap of haplodiploidy

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Nurit Eliash, Tatsuya Endo, Xia Hua, Maeva A. Techer, Juliana Rangel, Huoqing Zheng, Evan P. Economo, Alexander S. Mikheyev

Selection in the City: The Supply of Trees to Baltimore’s Urban Forest

| Society & Natural Resources
Author(s): Nancy F. Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Karin T. Burghardt, Meghan L. Avolio

Predicting slug injury in corn and the role of carabid natural enemies in regulating slug populations

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Maria Cramer, Kelly Hamby

Contrasting temporal drivers of methane flux across land uses in freshwater wetlands

| Limnology and Oceanography
Author(s): Graham A. Stewart, Michael R. Williams, Gregory W. McCarty, Margaret A. Palmer

Climate and urbanization structure West Nile virus vector communities: Tools for surveillance under environmental change


Author(s): Benjamin P Gregory, Arielle Arsenault-Benoit, Patrick Irwin, Keith J Price, Bryn J Witmier, Matthew C Fitzpatrick, Megan L Fritz

Asymmetry and niche partitioning shape the infection dynamics of co-transmitted Wolbachia symbionts


Author(s): Megan W W. Jones, Pablo A. Stilwell, Amelia R. I. Lindsey

Environmental factors shaping generalist carabid beetle communities and populations of associated slug prey

| Environmental Entomology
Author(s): Thabu Mugala, David Owens, Scott McCluen, Kelly Hamby, Michael Crossley

Stage-specific divergence in larval thermal tolerance among populations of the Culex pipiens Assemblage

| Journal of medical entomology
Author(s): Benjamin P Gregory, Helle Aronson, Clément Vinauger, Chloé Lahondère, Megan L Fritz, Barry Alto

Comparison of Environmental DNA and Bulk DNA Metabarcoding for Assessing Terrestrial Arthropod Diversity Across Three Habitat Types on Guam

| Molecular Ecology Resources
Author(s): Pritam Banerjee, Samantha Al‐Bayer, Jerilyn Calaor, Sven Weber, Natalie R. Graham, Jeremy C. Andersen, Evan P. Economo, Susan Kennedy, Henrik Krehenwinkel, Rosemary G. Gillespie, et. al

Manual curation of chemosensory genes and antennal RNAseq reveals candidate genes associated with host preference in Culex pipiens assemblage members

| Genomics
Author(s): Theresa N. Menna, Sara Parker, Lauren Black, Joel Haftel, Katherine Bell, Anna Noreuil, Megan L. Fritz

Stage-specific divergence in larval thermal tolerance among populations of the
Culex pipiens
Assemblage

| Journal of medical entomology
Author(s): Benjamin P Gregory, Helle Aronson, Clément Vinauger, Chloé Lahondère, Megan L Fritz

Genome‐wide identification of olfactory receptor and odorant‐binding protein gene families and their roles in Heliothine chemosensory evolution

| Insect Molecular Biology
Author(s): Rong Guo, Boyang Ni, Megan L. Fritz

A maximum entropy perspective reveals deviations from steady state during active diversification


Author(s): Andrew J. Rominger, Katie Thai, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Daniel S. Gruner, John Harte

Neonicotinoid seed treatments do not consistently reduce insect feeding damage nor increase yields in Maryland soy

| Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Author(s): Kelsey J. McGurrin, Brendan A. Randall, John D. Parker, Karin T. Burghardt, Kimberly J. Komatsu

Testing tribe-specific macroevolutionary responses to palaeoenvironmental changes in ants, and the impact of taxon sampling on diversification analyses

| Royal Society Open Science
Author(s): Julie L. M. Campana, Corentin Jouault, Evan P. Economo, Fabien L. Condamine, Kevin Padian, Adriana Cecilia Mancuso

Segmentation gene expression and function in Vanessa cardui, an emerging model for Lepidoptera


Author(s): Ximena Gutierrez Ramos, Katie Reding, Leslie Pick

Spraying Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab2 Bt sweet corn has marginal benefit for Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) suppression

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Anders Huseth, Kelly Hamby, Shea Ill, Arthur Young, Brian Nault, John Mahas, Thomas Kuhar, Brian Currin, David Owens

Intermediate abundance promotes speciation when dispersal is limited


Author(s): Andrew J. Rominger, Daniel S. Gruner, Isaac Overcast, James L. Rosindell, Catherine E Wagner

Phylogenetic Diversity and Dispersion of Ants Worldwide: Geographic Variation and Climatic Correlates

| Global Ecology and Biogeography
Author(s): Hong Qian, Runxi Wang, Michael Kessler, Shenhua Qian, Jamie M. Kass, Evan P. Economo, Benoit Guénard

Fire frequency drives tradeoffs among conservation priorities in tallgrass prairie

| Fire Ecology
Author(s): Kathryn J. Bloodworth, Sally E. Koerner, Clare E. Kazanski, Marissa Ahlering, W. Alice Boyle, Sarah L. Gora, Peter Guiden, Robert Hamilton, Chris Helzer, Brian Obermeyer, et. al

Mixed effects of drought on species‐level traits and plant composition in the United States mixed‐grass prairie

| Journal of Ecology
Author(s): Kathryn J. Bloodworth, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Lauren M. Porensky, Kurt O. Reinhart, Kaysa Vaarre‐Lamoureux, Kevin R. Wilcox, Sally E. Koerner

Are we asking the right questions? A dive into the knowledge, attitudes, and practices literature on behavior change in tick bite prevention

| BMC Public Health
Author(s): Emily M. Mader, Joellen Lampman, Hopper Kendregan, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser, Megan L. Fritz, Laura C. Harrington, Amelia Greiner Safi

Molecular surveillance supports differing roles for
Culex pipiens
and
Culex restuans
(Diptera: Culicidae) in West Nile virus transmission in Chicago, Illinois

| Journal of medical entomology
Author(s): Benjamin Burgunder, Jian Yang, Johnny Uelmen, Rebecca Lee Smith, Jordan Palmer, Patrick Irwin, Megan L Fritz

Data from: Mixed effects of drought on species-level traits and plant composition in the United States mixed-grass prairie


Author(s): Kathryn Bloodworth, Kimberly Komatsu, Lauren Porensky, Kurt Reinhart, Kaysa Vaarre-Lamoureux, Kevin Wilcox, Sally Koerner