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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. Fungus garden platforms improve hygiene during nest establishment in Acromyrmex ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini)
   Insectes Sociaux, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 64–69, 2007
2. Survival and productivity benefits to social nesting in the sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
   Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 1111–1120, 2007
3. Anatomical and physiological evidence for polarisation vision in the nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis
   Journal of Comparative Physiology A, vol. 193, no. 6, pp. 591–600, 2007
4. Social and ecological contexts of trophallaxis in facultatively social sweat bees, Megalopta genalis and M. ecuadoria (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
   Insectes Sociaux, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 220–225, 2006
5. Ocellar optics in nocturnal and diurnal bees and wasps
   Arthropod Structure & Development, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 293–305, 2006
6. Visual summation in night-flying sweat bees: A theoretical study
   Vision Research, vol. 46, no. 14, pp. 2298–2309, 2006
7. Active use of the metapleural glands by ants in controlling fungal infection
   Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 273, no. 1594, pp. 1689–1695, 2006
8. Light intensity limits foraging activity in nocturnal and crepuscular bees
   Behavioral Ecology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 63–72, 2005
9. Production of Minima Workers by Gynes of Atta colombica Guérin-Ménéville (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) that Lack a Fungal Pellet
   Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, vol. 78, no. 3, p. 290, 2005
10. Colony foundation, nest architecture and demography of a basal fungus-growing ant, Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
    Journal of Natural History, vol. 39, no. 20, pp. 1735–1743, 2005
11. Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps (Diapriidae) attack Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini)
    Naturwissenschaften, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 17–21, 2005
12. Neural organisation in the first optic ganglion of the nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis
    Cell and Tissue Research, vol. 318, no. 2, pp. 429–437, 2004
13. Nocturnal Vision and Landmark Orientation in a Tropical Halictid Bee
    Current Biology, vol. 14, no. 15, pp. 1309–1318, 2004
14. Use of Communal Nests by Male and Female Trachypus petiolatus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
    Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, vol. 77, no. 4, p. 323, 2004
15. Ecological traits and evolutionary sequence of nest establishment in fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini)
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 39–48, 2004
16. The evolution of nocturnal behaviour in sweat bees, Megalopta genalis and M. ecuadoria (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): an escape from competitors and enemies?
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 377–387, 2004
17. Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 381–410, 2003
18. Assured fitness returns favor sociality in a mass-provisioning sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 14–21, 2003
19. Nest-founding in Acromyrmex octospinosus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini): demography and putative prophylactic behaviors
    Insectes Sociaux, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 304–308, 2003
20. Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 641–663, 1999
21. Nesting biology of the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber (Attini, Formicidae)
    Insectes Sociaux, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 181–189, 1998
22. Social interactions and behavioral context in a largely solitary bee, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) figueresi (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
    Insectes Sociaux, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 199–208, 1997
23. Secondarily solitary: the evolutionary loss of social behavior
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 468–474, 1997
24. Parasitism rates in relation to nest site in bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
    Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 643–656, 1996
25. Sensilla numbers and antennal morphology of parasitic and non-parasitic bees (Hymenoptera : Apoidea)
    International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 63–81, 1995
26. Mating behaviour in the bees, Dieunomia heteropoda and Nomia tetrazonata , with a review of courtship in Nomiinae (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
    Journal of Natural History, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1015–1027, 1995
27. Sensory Capabilities, Information Processing, and Resource Specialization
    Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 69, no. 2, p. 187, 1994
28. Behavior and Phenology of a Specialist Bee (Dieunomia) and Sunflower (Helianthus) Pollen Availability
    Ecology, vol. 75, no. 5, p. 1406, 1994
29. Nesting biology of tropical solitary and social sweat bees,Lasioglossum (Dialictus) figueresi Wcislo andL. (D.) aeneiventre (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
    Insectes Sociaux, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 21–40, 1993
30. Attraction and learning in mate-finding by solitary bees, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) figueresi Wcislo and Nomia triangulifera Vachal (Hymenoptera : Halictidae)
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 139–148, 1992
31. Pre-copulatory courtship behavior in a solitary bee, Nomia triangulifera Vachal (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
    Apidologie, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 431–442, 1992
32. Natural history and behavior of a primitively social wasp,Auplopus semialatus, and its parasite,Irenangelus eberhardi (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
    Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 247–260, 1988
33. The role of learning in the mating biology of a sweat bee Lasioglossum zephyrum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 179–185, 1987