Recent Publications

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


Using insecticidal compounds to elucidate the potential role of neurotransmitters in Lepidoptera pupal ecdysis

| Scientific Reports
Author(s): Niranjana Krishnan, Cassandra Gorman, Jillian Stewart, Steven Bradbury, Russell Jurenka


Floral traits and their connection with pollinators and climate

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


Family-Level Diversity of Hymenopteran Parasitoid Communities in Agricultural Drainage Ditches and Implications for Biological Control

| Insects
Author(s): Shane Daniel Windsor, Alireza Shokoohi, Robert Salerno, William Lamp


A conserved sequence that sparked the field of evo-devo

| Developmental Biology
Author(s): Leslie Pick, Kristen Au


The “Ants of Cyprus” website: a dynamic, online awareness raising and conservation tool

| Biodiversity Data Journal
Author(s): Jakovos Demetriou, Christos Georgiadis, Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, Mathias Dillen, Quentin Groom, Evan Economo, Helen Roy, Angeliki Martinou


Successes and failures of conservation actions to halt global river biodiversity loss

| Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Author(s): Peter Haase, Daniela Cortés-Guzmán, Fengzhi He, Jonathan F. Jupke, Tinotenda Mangadze, Fernando M. Pelicice, Margaret A. Palmer, Robert J. Rolls, Ralf B. Schäfer, Ellen A. R. Welti, et. al


Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation

| Scientific Reports
Author(s): Etienne Bilgo, Brian Lovett, Abel Souro Millogo, Issiaka Sare, Edounou Jacques Gnambani, Raymond St. Leger, Abdoulaye Diabaté


A never-ending story: updated 3D cyber-taxonomic revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) for the Afrotropical region

| ZooKeys
Author(s): Francisco Hita Garcia, Kiko Gómez, Roberto A. Keller, Bernhard Schurian, Evan P. Economo


The role of life stage and season in critical thermal limits of carrion beetles

| Journal of Thermal Biology
Author(s): Chloe F. Garfinkel, Christy M. McCain


Chemically mediated plant–enemy interactions promote positive biodiversity effects on young tree growth

| Journal of Ecology
Author(s): Catherine Fahey, Karin T. Burghardt, Eric A. Griffin, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Melissa K. McCormick, Jamie Pullen, Brian E. Sedio, John D. Parker