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William Wcislo

Jernigan, Chris M., Roubik, David Ward, Wcislo, William T., and Riveros, Andre. 2014. "Color-dependent learning in restrained Africanized honey bees." Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 337–343. https://doi.org/10.1242/?jeb.091355.
McFrederick, Quinn S., Wcislo, William T., Hout, Michael C., and Mueller, Ulrich G. 2014. "Host species and developmental stage, but not host sociality, affects bacterial community structure in socially polymorphic bees." FEMS microbiology ecology, 88, (2) 398–406. https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12302.
Eberhard, William G., Wcislo, William T., and Stahnke, Adelheid. 2013. "Wege zum Minigehirn." Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 24–30.
Estrada, Catalina, Wcislo, William T., and Van Bael, Sunshine A. 2013. "Symbiotic fungi alter plant chemistry that discourages leaf-cutting ants." New Phytologist, 198 241–251. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12140.
Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes, Bruner, Gaspar, Gomez, Ernesto B., Nash, David R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos, and Wcislo, William T. 2013. "Dynamic Disease Management in Trachymyrmex Fungus-Growing Ants (Attini: Formicidae)." American Naturalist, 181, (4) 571–582. https://doi.org/10.1086/669664.
Kapheim, Karen M., Smith, Adam R., Nonacs, Peter, Wcislo, William T., and Wayne, Robert K. 2013. "Foundress polyphenism and the origins of eusociality in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae)." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67, (2) 331–340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1453-x.
Smith, Adam R., Kapheim, Karen M., Perez-Ortega, Betzi, Brent, Colin S., and Wcislo, William T. 2013. "Juvenile hormone levels reflect social opportunities in the facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)." Hormones and Behavior, 61, (1) 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.08.012.
Tierney, Simon M., Fischer, C. N., Rehan, S. M., Kapheim, Karen M., and Wcislo, William T. 2013. "Frequency of social nesting in the sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Halictidae) does not vary across a rainfall gradient, despite disparity in brood production and body size." Insectes Sociaux, 60, (2) 163–172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-012-0280-4.
Armitage, Sophie A. O., Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes, Wcislo, William T., and Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos. 2012. "An evaluation of the possible adaptive function of fungal brood covering by Attine ants." Evolution, 66, (6) 1966–1975. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01568.x.
Bruner, Gaspar, Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes, Touchon, Justin C., and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Eggs of the blind snake, Liotyphlops albirostris, are incubated in a nest of a lower fungus-growing ant, Apterostigma gonoides." Psyche, (532314) 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/532314.
Eberhard, William G. and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Límites de la miniaturización del cerebro." Investigación y Ciencia, 435 76–83.
Kapheim, Karen M., Smith, Adam R., Ihle, Kate E., Amdam, Gro V., Nonacs, Peter, and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Physiological variation as a mechanism for developmental caste-biasing in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, (1732) 1437–1446. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1652.
McFrederick, Quinn S., Wcislo, William T., Taylor, Douglas R., Ishak, Heather D., Dowd, Scot E., and Mueller, Ulrich G. 2012. "Environment or kin: whence do bees obtain acidophilic bacteria?" Molecular Ecology, 21, (7) 1754–1768. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05496.x.
Riveros, Andre J., Seid, Marc A., and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Evolution of brain size in class-based societies of fungus-growing ants (Attini)." Animal Behaviour, 83, (4) 1043–1049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.032.
Smith, Adam R., López Quintero, Isis J., Moreno Patiño, Jorge Enrique, Roubik, David Ward, and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Pollen use by Megalopta sweat bees in relation to resource availability in a tropical forest." Ecological Entomology, 37, (4) 309–317. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01367.x.
Tierney, Simon M., Sanjur, Oris I., Grajales, Grethel G., Santos, Leandro M., Bermingham, Eldredge, and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Photic niche invasions: phylogenetic history of the dim-light foraging augochlorine bees (Halictidae)." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, (1729) 794–803. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1355.
Van Bael, Sunshine A., Estrada, Catalina, Rehner, Stephen A., Santos, Janette F., and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Leaf endophyte load influences fungal garden development in leaf-cutting ants." BMC Ecology, 12 23.
Van Bael, Sunshine A., Seid, Marc A., and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Endophytic fungi increase the processing rate of leaves by leaf-cutting ants (Atta)." Ecological Entomology, 37, (4) 318–321. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01364.x.
Wcislo, Daniel O., Vargas, Gloria, Ihle, Kate E., and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Nest construction behavior by the orchid bee Euglossa hyacinthina." Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 29 15–20. https://doi.org/10.3897/JHR.29.4067.
Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Big brains, little bodies." Science, 338, (6113) 1419. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.338.6113.1419-b.
Baird, Emily, Kreiss, Eva, Wcislo, William T., Warrant, Eric, and Dacke, Marie. 2011. "Nocturnal insects use optic flow for flight control." Biology Letters, 7, (4) 499–501. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.1205.
Berry, Richard P., Wcislo, William T., and Warrant, Eric J. 2011. "Ocellar adaptations for dim light vision in a nocturnal bee." Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, (8) 1283–1293. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.050427.
Bittleston, L. S., Brockmann, F., Wcislo, William T., and Van Bael, Sunshine A. 2011. "Endophytic fungi reduce leaf-cutting ant damage to seedlings." Biology Letters, 7, (1) 30–32. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0456.
Eberhard, William G. and Wcislo, William T. 2011. "Grade Changes in Brain-Body Allometry: Morphological and Behavioural Correlates of Brain Size in Miniature Spiders, Insects and Other Invertebrates." In Spider Physiology and Behaviour. Casas, Jérome, editor. 155–214. Academic Press. 40
Herre, Edward Allen and Wcislo, William T. 2011. "In defence of inclusive fitness theory." Nature, 471, (7339) E8–E9. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09835.
Kapheim, Karen M., Bernal, Sandra P., Smith, Adam R., Nonacs, Peter, and Wcislo, William T. 2011. "Support for maternal manipulation of developmental nutrition in a facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae)." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65, (6) 1179–1190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-010-1131-9.
Quesada, Rosannette, Triana, Emilia, Vargas, Gloria, Douglass, John K., Seid, Marc A., Niven, Jeremy E., Eberhard, William G., and Wcislo, William T. 2011. "The allometry of CNS size and consequences of miniaturization in orb-weaving and cleptoparasitic spiders." Arthropod Structure & Development, 40, (6) 521–529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2011.07.002.
Seid, Marc A., Castillo, Armando, and Wcislo, William T. 2011. "The Allometry of Brain Miniaturization in Ants." Brain Behavior and Evolution, 77, (1) 5–13. https://doi.org/10.1159/000322530.
Van Bael, Sunshine A., Estrada, Catalina, and Wcislo, William T. 2011. "Fungal-fungal interactions in leaf-cutting ant agriculture." Psyche, 2011 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/617478.
Douglass, John and Wcislo, William T. 2010. "An inexpensive and portable microvolumeter for rapid evaluation of biological samples." BioTechniques, 49, (2) 566–572. https://doi.org/10.2144/000113464.
Fernandez-Marin, Hermogenes and Wcislo, William T. 2010. "Hormigas cultivadoras de hongos." Investigacion y Ciencia, 12–13.
Kanzaki, Natsumi, Giblin-Davis, Robin M., Wcislo, William T., Zeng, Yongsan, Ye, Weimin, Center, Barbara J., Esquivel, Alejandro, and Thomas, W. Kelley. 2010. "Acrostichus megaloptae n. sp (Nematoda: Diplogastridae), a phoretic associate of Megalopta spp. (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Central America." Nematology, 12 453–468. https://doi.org/10.1163/138855409X12559479585089.
Perez-Ortega, B., Fernandez-Marin, Hermogenes, Loiacono, M., Galgani, Paola, and Wcislo, William T. 2010. "Biological notes on a fungus-growing ant, Trachymyrmex cf. zeteki (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini) attacked by a diverse community of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae)." Insectes Sociaux, 57, (3) 317–322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-010-0086-1.
Santos, Leandro M., Tierney, Simon M., and Wcislo, William T. 2010. "Nest descriptions of Megalopta aegis (Vachal) and M. guimaraesi Santos & Silveira (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado." Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 54, (2) 332–334. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262010000200018.
Smith, Adam R., Seid, Marc A., Jiménez, Lissette C., and Wcislo, William T. 2010. "Socially induced brain development in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Halictidae)." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277, (1691) 2157–2163. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0269.
Biani, Natalia B., Mueller, Ulrich G., and Wcislo, William T. 2009. "Cleaner mites: Sanitary mutualism in the miniature ecosystem of Neotropical bee nests." American Naturalist, 173, (6) 841–847. https://doi.org/10.1086/598497.
Douglas, J. K., Tobin, W. F., and Wcislo, William T. 2009. "Abstract: A portable microvolumeter for studies of invertebrate brain-body scaling." Integrative and Comparative Biology, 49, (1) E–223.
Fernandez-Marin, Hermogenes, Zimmerman, Jess K., Nash, David R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos, and Wcislo, William T. 2009. "Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, (1665) 2263–2269. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0184.
Kapheim, Karen M., Pollinger, John P., Wcislo, William T., and Wayne, Robert K. 2009. "Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for a facultatively eusocial sweat bee (Megalopta genalis)." Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, (6) 1527–1529. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02693.x.
Riveros, Andre J., Hernández, Edgar J., and Wcislo, William T. 2009. "Nesting Biology of Euglossa dodsoni Moure (Hymenoptera: Euglossinae) in Panama." Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 82, (2) 210–214. https://doi.org/10.2317/JkES808.15.1.
Van Bael, Sunshine A., Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes, Valencia, Mariana C., Rojas, Enith I., Wcislo, William T., and Herre, Edward Allen. 2009. "Two fungal symbioses collide: endophytic fungi are not welcome in leaf-cutting ant gardens." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, (1666) 2419–2426. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0196.
Wcislo, William T. and Tierney, Simon M. 2009. "The evolution of communal behavior in bees and wasps: an alternative to eusociality." In Organization of insect societies from genome to sociocomplexity. Gadau, J. and Fewell, J., editors. 148–169. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Frederiksen, Rikard, Wcislo, William T., and Warrant, Eric J. 2008. "Visual reliability and information rate in the retina of a nocturnal bee." Current Biology, 18, (5) 349–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.057.
Tierney, Simon M., Gonzalez-Ojeda, Therany, and Wcislo, William T. 2008. "Biology of a nocturnal bee, Megalopta atra (Hymenoptera: Halictidae; Augochlorini), from the Panamanian highlands." Journal of Natural History, 42, (27-28) 1841–1847. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930802109124.
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