Publications

Hu Y, Sanders JG, Łukasik P, D’Amelio K, Millar JS, Vann DR, Lan Y, Newton JA, Schotanus M, Kronauer DJC, et al. Herbivorous turtle ants obtain essential nutrients from a conserved nitrogen-recycling gut microbiome. Nature Communications. 2018;9 (964). turtle_ants.pdf

Espeland M, Breinholt J, Willmott KR, Warren AD, Vila R, Toussaint EFA, Maunsell SC, Kwaku AP, Talavera G, Eastwood R, et al. Comprehensive higher-level phylogeny of butterflies (Papilionoidea) inferred from genomic data. Current Biology. 2018;28 :770-778. Publisher's Version espeland_et_al_2018_-s2.0-s0960982218300940-main.pdf

Gilbert KJ, Nitta JH, Talavera G, Pierce NE. Keeping an eye on coloration: Ecological correlates of the evolution of pitcher traits in the genus Nepenthes(Caryophyllales). Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society. 2018;123 :321-337. gilbert_et_al_2018_blx142.pdf

Haney CH, Wiesmann CL, Shapiro LR, O’Sullivan LR, Khorasani S, Melnyk RA, Xiao L, Han J, Bush J, Carrillo J, et al. Rhizosphere-associated Pseudomonas induce systemic resistance to herbivores at the cost of susceptibility to bacterial pathogens. Molecular Ecology. 2018;27 :1833-1847. Publisher's Version haney_et_al-2018-molecular_ecology.pdf

Salzman S, Whitaker M, Pierce NE. Cycad-feeding insects share a core gut microbiome. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society. 2018;123 :728-738. Publisher's Version salzman_et_al_2018_bly017.pdf

Baker CCM, Martins DJ, Pelaez JN, Billen JPJ, Pringle A, Frederickson ME, Pierce NE. Distinctive fungal communities in an obligate African ant plant mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2017;284 (20162501). Publisher's Version

Sanders JG, Lukasik P, Frederickson ME, Pierce NE. Dramatic differences in gut bacterial densities help to explain the relationship between diet and habitat in rainforest ants. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 2017;57 :705-722.

Seltman KC, Cobb NS, Gall LF, Bartlett CR, Basham MA, Betancourt I, Bills C, Brandt B, Brown RL, Bundy C, et al. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa. 2017;4247 :73-77. Publisher's Version

Schär S, Vila R, Petrović A, Tomanović Ž, Pierce NE, Nash DR. Molecular substitution rate increases with latitude in butterflies: Evidence for a trans‐glacial latitudinal layering of populations?. Ecography. 2017.

Boyle JH, Martins DJ, Peleaz J, Musili PM, Kibet S, Ndung’u KN, Kenfack D, Pierce NE. Polygyny cannot explain the superior competitive ability of dominant ant associates in the African ant plant Acacia(Vachellia) drepanolobium. Ecology and Evolution. 2017;8 :1441-1450.

Wittwer B, Hefetz A, Simon T, Murphy LEK, Elgar MA, Pierce NE, Kocher SD. Solitary bees reduce investment in communication compared with their social relatives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 2017;114 :6569–6574. Publisher's Version

Boyle JH, Martins DJ, Peleaz J, Musili PM, Kibet S, Ndung’u KN, Kenfack D, Pierce NE. Polygyny cannot explain the superior competitive ability of dominant ant associates in the African ant plant Acacia(Vachellia) drepanolobium. Ecology and Evolution. 2017;8 :1441-1450. boyle_et_al_2017_ece3-8-1441.pdf

Sanders JG, Lukasik P, Frederickson ME, Pierce NE. Dramatic differences in gut bacterial densities help to explain the relationship between diet and habitat in rainforest ants. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 2017;57 :705-722. sanders_et_al_2017_icx088.pdf

Wittwer B, Hefetz A, Simon T, Murphy LEK, Elgar MA, Pierce NE, Kocher SD. Solitary bees reduce investment in communication compared with their social relatives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 2017;114 :6569–6574. Publisher's Version pnas-2017-wittwer-6569-74.pdf

Baker CCM, Martins DJ, Pelaez JN, Billen JPJ, Pringle A, Frederickson ME, Pierce NE. Distinctive fungal communities in an obligate African ant plant mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2017;284 (20162501). Publisher's Version 20162501.full_.pdf

Seltman KC, Cobb NS, Gall LF, Bartlett CR, Basham MA, Betancourt I, Bills C, Brandt B, Brown RL, Bundy C, et al. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa. 2017;4247 :73-77. Publisher's Version 19532-10628-1-pb.pdf

Schär S, Vila R, Petrović A, Tomanović Ž, Pierce NE, Nash DR. Molecular substitution rate increases with latitude in butterflies: Evidence for a trans‐glacial latitudinal layering of populations?. Ecography. 2017. sch-r_et_al-2016-ecography.pdf

Pohl S, Frederickson ME, Elgar MA, Pierce NE. Colony Diet Influences Ant Worker Foraging and Attendance of Myrmecophilous Lycaenid Caterpillars. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2016;4 (114). Publisher's Version

Bittleston LS, Pierce NE, Ellison AM, Pringle A. Convergence in Multispecies Interactions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2016;31 (4) :269-280.

Baker CCM, Bittleston LS, Sanders JG, Pierce NE. Dissecting host-associated communities with DNA barcodes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2016;371 (1702).