Toward a Functional Trait Approach to Bee Ecology.

Autor: Ostwald MM; Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration University of California Santa Barbara California USA., Gonzalez VH; Undergraduate Biology Program and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas USA., Chang C; Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration University of California Santa Barbara California USA., Vitale N; Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Las Zonas Áridas, CONICET Mendoza Argentina., Lucia M; División Entomología, Laboratorio Anexo Museo de La Plata Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CONICET La Plata Argentina., Seltmann KC; Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration University of California Santa Barbara California USA.

Publikováno v: Ecology and evolution [Ecol Evol] 2024 Oct 18; Vol. 14 (10), pp. e70465. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 18 (Print Publication: 2024).

Individual Variation in Male Pheromone Production in Xylocopa sonorina Correlates with size and Gland Color.

Autor: Goffinet AJ; Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA., Darragh K; Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA., Saleh N; Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.; School of Natural Sciences, Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA, 93702, USA., Ostwald MM; Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA., Buchmann SL; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA., Ramirez SR; Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. sanram@ucdavis.edu.

Publikováno v: Journal of chemical ecology [J Chem Ecol] 2024 Feb; Vol. 50 (1-2), pp. 1-10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 18.

Body mass and cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, but not queen number, underlie worker desiccation resistance in a facultatively polygynous harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus).

Autor: Ostwald MM; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. ostwald.madeleine@gmail.com., Tretter S; Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany., Buellesbach J; Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany., Calixto JM; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Fewell JH; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Gadau J; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.; Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany., Baudier KM; School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.

Publikováno v: Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology [J Comp Physiol B] 2023 Jun; Vol. 193 (3), pp. 261-269. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 29.

Incipiently social carpenter bees (Xylocopa) host distinctive gut bacterial communities and display geographical structure as revealed by full-length PacBio 16S rRNA sequencing.

Autor: Handy MY; Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA., Sbardellati DL; Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA., Yu M; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA., Saleh NW; Entomology and Nematology Department, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Davie, Florida, USA., Ostwald MM; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA., Vannette RL; Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

Publikováno v: Molecular ecology [Mol Ecol] 2023 Mar; Vol. 32 (6), pp. 1530-1543. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 03.

Social consequences of energetically costly nest construction in a facultatively social bee.

Autor: Ostwald MM; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Fox TP; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Harrison JF; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Fewell JH; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.

Publikováno v: Proceedings. Biological sciences [Proc Biol Sci] 2021 Apr 28; Vol. 288 (1949), pp. 20210033. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 28.