Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University

The Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice

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Graduate Student Publications

Partial list of peer reviewed papers from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with graduate student authors. The graduate student author is listed in bold font.

Van Allen, B. G. and P. Bhavsar. (in press) Natal habitat effects drive density-dependent scaling of dispersal decisions. Oikos
N. L. Rasmussen, B. Van Allen, V.H.W. Rudolf (in press) Linking phenological shifts to species interactions through size-mediated priority effects. Journal of Animal Ecology
V.H.W. Rudolf, N. L. Rasmussen, C.J. Dibble, B.G. Van Allen 2014. Resolving the roles of body size and species identity in driving functional differences among consumers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281:1781
Carrillo, J, McDermott, D, and Siemann, E. 2014. Loss of specificity: native but not invasive populations of Triadica sebifera vary in tolerance to different herbivores. Oecologia 174:863-871
Razafindratsima, OH, Jones, TA and AE Dunham. 2014. Patterns of movement and seed dispersal by three lemur species. American Journal of Primatology 76:84-96.
Dunham, AE, Maitner, B, Razafindratsima, OH, Simmons, MC, and Roy, CL. 2013. Body size and sexual size dimorphism in primates; influence of climate and net primary productivity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26:2312-2320.
Yang, Q, J Carrillo, HY Jin, L Shang, SM Hovick, S Nijjer, CA Gabler, B Li, and E Siemann. (2013) Plant-soil biota interactions of an invasive species in its native and introduced ranges: Implications for invasion success. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 65:78-85.
Gabler CA, and E. Siemann 2013. Timing of favorable conditions, competition and fertility interact to govern recruitment of invasive Chinese tallow tree in stressful environments. PLoS ONE 8(8): e71446. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071446
Wang Y, Carrillo J, Siemann E, Wheeler GS, Zhu L, Gu X,and J. Ding. 2013. Specificity of extrafloral nectar induction by herbivores differs among native and invasive populations of tallow tree. Ann Bot. 112(4):751-6. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct129.
Horn KC, Eubanks MD,and E. Siemann. 2013. The effect of diet and opponentsSize on aggressive interactions involving Caribbean crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva). PLoS ONE 8(6): e66912. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066912
Rudolf, V.H.W. and N.L. Rasmussen. 2013. Population structure determines functional differences among species and ecosystem processes. Nature Communications 4:2318 doi:10.1038/ncomms3318
Van Allen, B.G and Rudolf, V.H.W. 2013. Ghosts of habitats past: environmental carry-over effects drive population dynamics in novel habitat. Am Nat 181:596-608.
Rudolf, V.H.W. and N.L. Rasmussen. 2013. Ontogenetic functional diversity: Size-structure of a keystone predator alters functioning of a complex ecosystem. Ecology 94:1046-1056.
Gabler, C.A. and E. Siemann. 2013. Rapid ontogenetic niche expansions in invasive Chinese tallow tree permit establishment in unfavourable but variable environments and can be exploited to streamline restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology 50: 748-756 doi: 10..1111/1365-2664.12071.
Razafindratsima, OH, Mehtani, S, Dunham, AE. 2013. Extinctions, traits and phylogenetic community structure: insights from primate assemblages in Madagascar. Ecography 36:47-56.
Simakov,O, Marletaz, F,Cho, S-J, Edsinger-Gonzales, E, Havlak, P, Hellsten, U, Kuo, D-H, Larsson, T, Lv, J, Detlev, A, Savage, R, Osoegawa, K, de Jong, P, Grimwood, J, Chapman, JA, Shapiro, H, Aerts,A, Otillar, PP, Terry,AY, Boore, JL, Grigoriev, IV, Lindberg, DR, Seaver, EC, Weisblat, DA, Putnam, NH, and DS Rokhsar. 2012. Insights into bilaterian evolution from three spiralian genomes. Nature doi:10.1038/nature11696
Wundrow, EJ, Carrillo, J, Gabler, CA, Horn, KC, and E Siemann 2012. Facilitation and competition among invasive plants: A field experiment with alligatorweed and water hyacinth. PLOS ONE 7(10):e48444 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048444
Gabler, C.A. and E. Siemann. 2012. Environmental variability and ontogenetic niche shifts in exotic plants may govern reinvasion pressure in restorations of invaded ecosystems. Restoration Ecology 20(5):545-550
Carrillo, J., Wang, Y., Ding, J., and E. Siemann. 2012. Induction of extrafloral nectar depends on herbivore type in invasive and native Chinese tallow seedlings. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13: 449-457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.07.006
Huang, W. Carrillo, J., Ding, J., and E. Siemann. 2012. Invader partitions ecological and evolutionary responses to above- and belowground herbivory. Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1964.1
Huang, W., Carrillo, J., Ding J. and E. Siemann. 2012. Interactive effects of herbivory and competition intensity determine invasive plant performance. Oecologia, 170: 373-382. doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2328-6
Chamberlain, S., Hovick, S., Dibble, C., Van Allen, B., Maitner, B., Ahern, J., Bell-Dereske, L., Rasmussen, N., Carillo, J., Meza-Lope, M., Roy, C., Siemann, E., Lajeunesse, M., and Whitney, K.D. 2012. Does phylogeny matter? Assessing the impact of phylogenetic information in ecological meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 15: 627-636.
Carrillo, J, Wang, Y, Ding, J, Klootwyk, K, and Siemann, E 2012. Decreased indirect defense in the invasive tree, Triadica sebifera. Plant Ecology 231:945-954. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0055-z .
Van Allen, B., Dunham, AE, Asquith, C., and Rudolf, VHW. 2012. Life history predicts risk of species decline in a stochastic world. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279:2691-2697.
Razafindratsima, OH, Mehtani, S, and Dunham, A. 2012. Extinctions, traits and phylogenetic community structure: insights from primate assemblages in Madagascar. Ecography 35:1-10.
Chamberlain, S.C. and J. A. Rudgers. 2012. How do plants balance multiple mutualists? Correlations among traits for attracting protective bodyguards and pollinators in cotton (Gossypium). Evolutionary Ecology 26:65-77.
Carrillo, J., Danielson-Francois, A., Siemann, E., and Meffert, L. 2012. Male-biased sex ratio increases female egg laying and fitness in the housefly, Musca domestica. Ethology 30: 247-254. DOI: 10.1007/s10164-011-0317-6
Maitner, B. S., Rudgers, J. A., Dunham, A. E. and Whitney, K. D. (2012), Patterns of bird invasion are consistent with environmental filtering. Ecography, 35: 614–623. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07176.x
Wang Y, Huang W, Siemann E, Zou JW, Wheeler GS, Carrillo J, and Ding JQ. 2011. Lower resistance and higher tolerance of invasive host plants: biocontrol agents reach high densities but exert weak control. Ecological Applications 21:729-738.
Savage, A. M., and K. D. Whitney. 2011. Mutualistic, trait-mediated indirect interactions in invasions: a highly invasive ant has unique behavioral responses to plant nectar. Ecosphere 2(9):106. 2011 OTS Outstanding Student Paper
Ying Song, Stefan Endepols, Nicole Klemann, Dania Richter, Franz- Rainer Matuschka, Ching-Hua Shih, Michael W. Nachman, and Michael H. Kohn. 2011. Adaptive introgression of anticoagulant rodent poison resistance by hybridization between Old World mice. Current Biology 21:1296-1301.
Douglas, TE, Kronforst, MR, Queller DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2011. Genetic diversity in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum: population differentiation and cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution In press.
Castillo, DI, Queler, DC and Strassmann, JE. 2011. Cell condition, competition, and chimerism in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Ethology Ecology & Evolution DOI: 10.1080/03949370 .2011.568526
Holland, JN, SA Chamberlain, and TEX Miller. 2011. Consequences of ants and extrafloral nectar for a pollinating seed-consuming mutualism: ant satiation, floral distraction, or plant defense? Oikos 120 (3): 381-388
Davitt AJ, C Chen and JA Rudgers. 2011. Understanding context-dependency in plant-microbe symbiosis: The influence of abiotic and biotic contexts on host fitness and the rate of symbiont transmission. Environmental and Experimental Botany 71 (2) 137-145.
Savage AM, Johnson, SD, Whitney KD,and JA Rudgers. 2011. Do invasive ants respond more strongly to carbohydrate availability than co-occurring non-invasive ants? A test along an active Anoplolepis gracilipes invasion front. Austral Ecology 36 (3): 310-319.
Kalla, SE, Queller, DC, Lasagni, A and Strassmann, JE 2011. Kin discrimination and possible cryptic species in the social amoeba Polysphondylium violaceum. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11:31
Brock, D A, Douglas, TE, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2011. Primitive agriculture in a social amoeba. Nature 469, 393-396
Crawford KM, JM Land, and JA Rudgers. 2010. Fungal endophytes of native grasses decrease insect herbivore preference and performance. Oecologia. 164(2):431-444.
Davitt AJ, M Stansberry, and JA Rudgers. 2010. Do the costs and benefits of fungal endophyte symbiosis vary with light availability? New Phytol. 188(3):824-834.
Kuzdzal-Fick, JJ, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2010. An invitation to die: initiators of sociality in a social amoeba. Biol. Lett. 6:800-802.
Rudgers, JA, AJ Davitt, K Clay, PE Gundel, and M Omacini. 2010. Searching for evidence against the mutualistic nature of hereditary symbioses: a comment on Faeth. Am Nat. 176(1):99-103.
Rudgers, JA, AM Savage, MA Rúa 2010. Geographic variation in a facultative mutualism: consequences for local arthropod composition and diversity. Oecologia 163(4):985-96
Chamberlain, SA, JR Kilpatrick, and JN Holland. 2010. Do extrafloral nectar resources, species abundances, and body sizes contribute to the structure of ant-plant mutualistic networks? Oecologia 164: 741-750.
Holland, JN, SA Chamberlain, and KC Horn. 2010. Temporal variation in extrafloral nectar secretion by reproductive tissues of the senita cactus, Pachycereus schottii (Cactaceae), in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 74: 712-714.
Saxer, G, Brock, DA, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2010. Cheating does not explain selective differences at high and low relatedness in a social amoeba. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:76
Huang, W, Siemann, E, Wheeler, WS, Zou, J, Carrillo, J, and Ding, J. 2010. Resource allocation to defence and growth are driven by different responses to generalist and specialist herbivory in an invasive plant. J Ecol 98:1157-1167.
Horn, KC and JN Holland. 2010. Discrimination among floral resources by an obligately pollinating seed-eating moth: host-marking signals and pollination and florivory cues. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12: 119-129.
Diaz, JC, Y Song, A Moore*, JN Borchert and MH Kohn. 2010. Analysis of vkorc1 polymorphisms in Norway rats using the roof rat as outgroup. BMC Genetics 11:43
Beuchat,J, S Li, C Shindo, MH Kohn, and CS Hardtke. 2010. A hyperactive QTL allele of Arabidopsis BRX contributes to natural variation in root growth vigor. PNAS 107: (18) 8475-8480.
Li, S, C-H Shih and MH Kohn. 2010. Functional and evolutionary correlates of gene constellations in the Drosophila melanogaster genome that deviate from the stereotypical gene architecture. BMC Genomics 11:322
Whitney, K. D., JR Ahern, L. G. Campbell, L. P. Albert, and M. S. King. 2010. Patterns of hybridization in plants. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics12: 175-182.
Nijjer, S., W.E. Rogers, and E. Siemann. 2010. Impacts of fertilization on mycorrhizal allocation and effectiveness in Western Gulf Coast grasslands. American Midland Naturalist 163: 124-133.
Crawford, K. M. and K. D. Whitney. 2010. Population genetic diversity influences colonization success. Molecular Ecology 19:1253-1263.
Siemann, E., J Carrillo, C. Gabler, R. Zipp, and W.E. Rogers.2009. Experimental test of the impacts of feral hogs on forest dynamics and processes in the southeastern US. Forest Ecology and Management. 258: 546-553.
Zou, J., Rogers, W.E., and Siemann, E. 2009. Plasticity of Sapium sebiferum seedling growth to light and water resources: Inter- and intraspecific comparisons. Basic and Applied Ecology 10:79-88.
Khare, A, Santorelli, L, Strassmann, JE, Queller, DC, Kuspa, A, and Shaulsky, G. 2009. Cheater-resistance is not futile. Nature 461:980-982.
Whitney, K.D., J.R. Ahern & L.G. Campbell. 2009. Hybridization-prone plant families do not generate more invasive species. Biological Invasions 11: 1205-1215.
Whitney, K.D., and C. A. Gabler. 2008. Rapid evolution in introduced species, 'invasive traits' and recipient communities: challenges for predicting invasive potential. Diversity and Distributions 14: 569-580. supplemental appendix
Chamberlain, S.C. and J.N. Holland. 2009. Quantitative synthesis of context dependency in ant-plant protection mutualisms. Ecology 90: 2384-2392. pdf
Gilbert, OM, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2009. Discovery of a large clonal patch of a social amoeba: implications for social evolution. Mol. Ecol. 18: 1273-1281.
Holland, J.N., S.C. Chamberlain, A.M. Waguespack, and A.S. Kinyo. 2009. Effects of pollen load and donor diversity on variation in seed and fruit size in a columnar cactus, Pachycereus schottii (Cactaceae). International Journal of Plant Science 170: 467-475. pdf
Chamberlain, S.C. and J.N. Holland. 2009. Body size predicts degree in ant-plant mutualistic networks. Functional Ecology 23: 196-202. pdf
Holland, J.N., S.C. Chamberlain, and K. Horn. 2009. Optimal defence theory predicts investment in extrafloral nectar resources in an ant-plant mutualism. Journal of Ecology 97: 89-96. pdf
Helanterä, H, Strassmann, JE, Carrillo, J, Queller, DC. 2009. Unicolonial ants: where do they come from, what are they, and where are they going? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24:341-349
Cotoneschi, C, Dani, FR, Cervo, R, Scala, C, Strassmann, JE, Queller, DC, Turillazzi, S. 2009. Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) larvae show different cuticular patterns according to their sex: Workers seem not use this chemical information. Chemical Senses 34: 195-202.
Afkhami, M. A. and J. A. Rudgers 2009. Endophyte-mediated resistance to herbivores depends on herbivore identity in the wild grass, Festuca subverticillata Environmental Entomology 38: 1086-1095
Savage, A. M., J. A. Rudgers, and K. D. Whitney 2009. Elevated dominance of extrafloral nectary-bearing plants is associated with increased abundances of an invasive ant and reduced native ant richness. Diversity and Distributions 15: 751-761
Rudgers, J A., M. E. Afkhami, M. A. Rua, A. J. Davitt, S. Hammer, and V. M. Huguet (2009) A fungus among us: Broad patterns of endophyte distribution in the grasses. Ecology 90:1531-1539PDF
Stevison, LS and MH Kohn. (2009). Divergence population genetic analysis of hybridization between rhesus and cynomolgus macaques. Molecular Ecology 18 (11): 2457-2475.
Zou, J., Siemann, E. and Rogers, W.E.,. 2008. Decreased resistance and increased tolerance to native herbivores of the invasive plant Sapium sebiferum. Ecography 31:663-671.
Jack, CN, Ridgeway, JG, Mehdiabadi, NJ, Jones, EI, Edwards, TA, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2008. Segregate or cooperate- a study of the interaction between two species of Dictyostelium. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:293.
Rua, MA, NiIjjer, S, Johnson, A, Rogers, WE, and Siemann, E. 2008. Experimental approaches to test allelopathy: A case study using the invader Sapium sebiferum. Allelopathy Journal 22:1-13.
Santorelli, LA, Thompson, CRL, Villegas, E, Svetz, J, Dinh, C, Parikh, A, Sucgang, R, Kuspa, A, Strassmann, JE, Queller, DC and Shaulsky, G. 2008. Facultative cheater mutants reveal the genetic complexity of cooperation in social amoebae. Nature 451:1107-1110.
Afkhami, M. E. and J. A. Rudgers (2008). Symbiosis lost: Imperfect vertical transmission of fungal endophytes in grasses. American Naturalist 172:405-416.
Chamberlain, S.A. and J.N. Holland. 2008. Density-mediated, context-dependent consumer-resource interactions between ants and extrafloral nectar plants. Ecology 89:1364-1374.
Cervo R, Dani FR, Cotoneschi C, Scala C, Lotti I, Starssmann JE, Queller DC, and Turillazzi S. 2008. Why are larvae of the social parasite wasp Polistes sulcifer not removed from the host nest? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol 62:1319-1331.
Laurie S. Stevison and Michael H. Kohn. (2008) - Determining genetic background in captive stocks of cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Journal of Medical Primatology 37:311-317.
Johnson, S. D., K. C. Horn, A. M. Savage, S. Windhager, M. T. Simmons, and J. A. Rudgers 2008. Timing of prescribed burns affects abundance and composition of arthropods in the Texas Hill Country. Southwestern Naturalist 53:137-145.
Zou, J., Rogers, W.E., and Siemann, E. . 2008. Increased competitive ability and herbivory tolerance of the invasive plant Sapium sebiferum. Biological Invasions 10:291-302.
Nijjer, S., Rogers, W.E., Lee,C.A., and Siemann, E.. 2008. The effects of soil biota and fertilization on the success of Sapium sebiferum Applied Soil Ecology 38:1-11.
Nijjer, S., Rogers, W.E., and Siemann,E. 2007 Negative plant-soil feedbacks reduce the long-term success of an invasive tree. Proc R Soc B 274:2621-2627.
Zou, J., Rogers, W. E., and Siemann, E. 2007 Differences in morphological and physiological traits between native and invasive populations of Sapium sebiferum. Functional Ecology 21:721-730.
Cotoneschi, C, Scognamiglio, F, Scala, C, Cervo, R, Strassmann, JE, and Turillazzi, T. 2007. Larval sex identification in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Insect. Soc. 54:132-135.
McConnell, R, Middlemist, S, Scala, C, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2007. An unusually low microsatellite mutation rate in Dictyostelium discoideum, an organism with unusually abundant microsatellites. Genetics. 177:1499-1507
Hartley, M.K., Rogers, W.E., Siemann, E., and Grace, J. 2007. Responses of prairie arthropod communities to fire and fertilizer: balancing plant and arthropod conservation. Am. Midl. Nat. 157:92–105.
Gilbert, OM, Foster, K., Mehdiabadi, NJ, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2007. High relatedness maintains multicellular cooperation in a social amoeba by controlling cheater mutants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104:8913-8917.
Kuzdzal-Fick, JJ, Foster, KR.; Queller, DC., and Strassmann, J. 2007. Exploiting new terrain: an advantage to sociality in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. Behavioral Ecology. 18: 433-437.
Mehdiabadi, NJ, Jack, CN, Farnham, TT, Platt, TG, Kalla, SE, Shaulsky, G, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2006. Kin preference in a social microbe. Nature. 442: 881-882
Zou J, Rogers WE, Dewalt SJ, Siemann E. 2006. The effect of Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) ecotype on soil-plant system carbon and nitrogen processes. Oecologia. 150: 272-281.
Donahue, C, Rogers WE and Siemann E. 2006. Restoring an invaded prairie by mulching live Sapium sebiferum (chinese tallow trees): Effects of mulch on sapium seed germination. Natural Areas J 26:244-253.
Jha, S, Casey-Ford, RG, Pedersen, JS, Platt, TG, Cervo, R, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2006. The queen is not a pacemaker in the small-colony wasps Polistes instabilis and P. dominulus. Animal Behaviour 71:197-1203.
Castillo D, Switz, G, Foster, K.R., Strassmann, J.S., and Queller DC. 2005. A cost to chimerism in Dictyostelium discoideum on natural substrates. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 263-271
Fanelli D, Henshaw M, Cervo R, Turillazzi S, Queller DC, and Strassmann JE. 2005. The social parasite wasp Polistes atrimandibularis does not form host races. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18(5):1362-7.
Donahue, C., W.E. Rogers and E. Siemann. 2004. Effects of temperature and mulch depth on Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) seed germination (15 pages, 1 figure, Texas Journal of Science [Big Thicket Science Conference Special Issue])
Nijjer,N, W.E. Rogers and E. Siemann. 2004. The effect of mycorrhizae on the growth of five native tree species and the invasive Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum) (17 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, Texas Journal of Science [Big Thicket Science Conference Special Issue])
Arevalo E, Zhu Y, Carpenter JM, and Strassmann JE. 2004. The phylogeny of the social wasp subfamily Polistinae: evidence from microsatellite flanking sequences, mitochondrial COI sequence, and morphological characters. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4:8
Dani FR, Foster KR , Zacchi F, Seppä P, Massolo A, Carelli A, Arevalo E, Queller DC, Strassmann JE, and Turillazzi S. 2004. Can cuticular lipids provide sufficient information for within colony nepotism in wasps? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 271: 745-753
Hartley, M.K., S.J. DeWalt, W.E. Rogers and E. Siemann. 2004. Characterization of arthropod assemblage supported by the Chinese Tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum). (21 pages, 4 tables, 1 figure, Texas Journal of Science [Big Thicket Science Conference Special Issue])
Strassmann, J. E., Fortunato, A., Cervo, C., Turillazzi, S., Damon, J. M., and Queller, D.C. 2004. The cost of queen loss in the social wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77:343-355.
Cervo R, Stemmer C, Castle W,.Queller DC, and Strassmann J. 2004. Social parasitism of Polistes dominulus by Polistes nimphus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) Insectes Sociaux 51: 101-108
Platt, T. Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E.. 2004. Aggression and worker control of caste fate in a multiple-queen wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus Animal Behaviour 67:1-10.
Tóth, E. Queller, D. C., Dollin, A., and Strassmann, J. E. 2004. Conflict over male parentage in stingless bees. Insectes Sociaux 51:1-11.
Tóth, E., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 2003. Queens, not workers produce the males in the stingless bee, Schwarziana quadripunctata quadripunctata Animal Behaviour 66:359-368
Landi, M., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S., and Strassmann, J. E.. 2003. Low relatedness and frequent queen turnover in the stenogastrine wasp Eustenogaster fraterna favor the life insurance over the haplodiploid hypothesis for the origin of eusociality. Insectes Sociaux 50:262-267.
Queller, DC, Foster, KR, Fortunato, A, and Strassmann, JE. 2003. Cooperation and conflict in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. In: Kikuchi, T., Kubo, T., & Higashi, S. Social Insects and Sociogenetics (pps 173-200). Hokkaido University Press. Sapporo, Japan. (WARNING! 6 Mb File).
Fortunato, A, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2003. A linear dominance hierarchy among clones in chimeras of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16: 438-445.
Fortunato, A, Strassmann, JE, Santorelli, L, and Queller, DC. 2003. Co-occurrence in nature of different clones of the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Molecular Ecology 12: 1031-1038.
Foster, KR., Fortunato, A, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2002. The costs and benefits of being a chimera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 269: 2357-2362.
Tóth, E., Queller, D.C., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., and Strassmann, J.L. 2002. Genetic and behavioral conflict over male production between workers and queens of the stingless bee, Paratrigona subnuda. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53:1-8.
Tóth, E., Strassmann, J.E., Nogueira-Neto, P., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., and Queller, D. C. 2002. Male production in stingless bees: variable outcomes of queen- worker conflict. Molecular Ecology 11:2661-2667.
Henshaw M.T., Queller D.C., and Strassmann J.E. 2001. Control of male production in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybioides tabidus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15:262-268.
Henshaw, M. T., Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 2001. Swarm-founding in the Polistine wasps: the importance of finding many microsatellite loci in studies of adaptation. Molecular Ecology 10: 185-191.
Strassmann, JE, Zhu, Y, and Queller, DC. 2000 Altruism and social cheating in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Nature 408:965-967.
Zhu, Y. Strassmann, J. E., and Queller D. C. 2000. Insertions, substitutions, and the origin of microsatellites. Genetical Research 76:227-236.
Zhu, Y. , Landi, M., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S., and Strassmann, J. E. 2000. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for primitively eusocial Stenogastrine wasps. Molecular Ecology 9:2203-2205.
Henshaw, M. T. 2000. Microsatellite loci for the social wasp Polistes dominulus and their application in other social wasps. Molecular Ecology 9: 2155-2157.
Henshaw, M. T., Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 2000. The independent origin of a queen number bottleneck that promotes cooperation in the African swarm-founding wasp, Polybioides tabidus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48: 478-483.
Henshaw, M. Strassmann, J. E. Quach, S., and Queller D. C. 2000 Male production in Parachartergus colobopterus, a neotropical, swarm-founding wasp. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 12:161-174
Queller, D. C., Zacchi, F., Cervo, R., Turillazzi, S., Henshaw, M., Santorelli, L., and Strassmann, J. E. 2000. Unrelated helpers in a social insect. Nature 405:784-787.
Zhu, Y., Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 2000. A phylogenetic perspective on sequence evolution in microsatellite loci. Journal of Molecular Evolution 50:324-338.

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