Recent Publications

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


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


Removing autumn leaves in residential yards reduces the spring emergence of overwintering insects

| Science of the Total Environment
Author(s): Ferlauto, M., Burghardt, K.T.


Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito

| Science
Author(s): Yuki Haba, PipPop Consortium‡, Petra Korlević, Erica McAlister, Mara K. N. Lawniczak, Molly Schumer, Noah H. Rose, Carolyn S. McBride, Matthew L. Aardema, Maria O. Afonso, et. al


Linking the multiple types of monitoring to the adaptive management cycle to support environmental flows

| Journal of Environmental Management
Author(s): Dai, X., Webb, J.A., Horne, A.C., Rumpff, L., Palmer, M.A.


A weather-driven mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions

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


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


Use of Beauveria Bassiana Mycoinsecticides Against Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma Delicatula) Adults, Nymphs, and Eggs in Semi-Natural Environments


Author(s): Emily Melissa Russavage, Emily J. Wallis, Melissa Benzinger McGlynn, Christopher B. Riley, Michael J. Raupp, Phil Lewis, Paula M. Shrewsbury


Global Conservation Prioritisation Approach Provides Credible Results at a Regional Scale

| Diversity and Distributions
Author(s): Roswell, M., Espíndola, A.


Floral traits and their connection with pollinators and climate

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


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


Polygenic response to selection by transgenic Bt-expressing crops in wild Helicoverpa zea and characterization of a major effect locus

| BMC Genomics
Author(s): Katherine L. Taylor, Jane Quackenbush, Cara Lamberty, Kelly A. Hamby, Megan L. Fritz


The evolution of complex Metarhizium-insect-plant interactions

| Fungal Biology
Author(s): Raymond J. St. Leger