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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, US

2024 to present | Associate Professor (Applied Ecology)
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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

2018-08-16 to 2024 | Assistant Professor (Applied Ecology)
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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

2013 to 2018 | Research Associate (Entomology)
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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

2012 to 2013 | Postdoctoral scholar (Entomology)
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American Scientist magazine: Research Triangle Park, NC, US

2011 to 2012 | Associate Editor
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Sigma Xi: Research Triangle Park, NC, US

2009 to 2011 | Programs Manager
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Education and qualifications (3)

North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

2008 | PhD (Entomology)
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University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: Milwaukee, WI, US

2003 | MS (Biological Sciences)
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Truman State University: Kirksville, MO, US

1999 | BA (Biology)
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Professional activities (14)

NCSU Urban Forest Committee: Raleigh, NC, US

2019 to present | Member
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NCSU Bee Campus Committee: Raleigh, NC, US

2019 to present | Chair
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Sigma Xi: Research Triangle Park, NC, US

2009 to present
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Entomological Society of America: Annapolis, MD, US

2008 to present
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Entomological Society of America: Annapolis, MD, US

2014 to 2021 | Book Reviews Editor (American Entomologist magazine)
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NC Entomological Society: Raleigh, NC, US

2017 to 2019 | Secretary
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Entomological Society of America: Annapolis, MD, US

2018 to 2018 | Guest Editor (Annals of the Entomological Society of America)
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PLAYA Summer Lake: Summer Lake, OR, US

2016 | Writing residency
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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

2009 | Graduate School Dissertation Award
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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

2009 | Kenneth R. Keller Award for Excellence in Doctoral Dissertation Research
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NC Entomological Society: Raleigh, NC, US

2008 | Outstanding PhD Student Award
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Entomological Society of America: Annapolis, MD, US

2007 | First-place poster in behavior and ecology
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US Department of Education: Washington, DC, US

2006 | GAANN Biotechnology Fellowship
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National Science Foundation: Alexandria, VA, US

2000 | Graduate Research Fellowship
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Funding (10)

Connectivity for a complex life cycle: Conserving the Crystal skipper butterfly in a coastal urban landscape

2023 to 2026 | Grant
National Science Foundation (Alexandria, US)
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Promoting a holistic approach to pollinating blueberries

2023 to 2025 | Grant
North Carolina Blueberry Council (NA, North Carolina, US)
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Uso de entornos urbanos para predecir los efectos del cambio climático en mutualismos en la Amazonía Peruana

2021 to 2022 | Grant
CONCYTEC (Lima, PE)
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Where is pollination in peril? Evaluating climatic risks to wild and managed bees and pollination services across the US

2020-08 to 2024-07 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (DC, DC, US)
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Collaborative research in the Peruvian Amazon to assess impacts of global change on tropical forests

2020-07 to 2021-06 | Grant
NCSU Office of International Programs (Raleigh, NC, US)
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Current practices and management options for the eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), an urban pest and pollinator

2020-03 to 2022-02 | Grant
Southern Region IPM Center (Raleigh, NC, US)
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An online pollinator garden planner to support insect-friendly landscaping

2019 to 2020 | Grant
NCSU Extension (Raleigh, NC, US)
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Effects of climate and atmospheric change on plant-pollinator interactions

2016 to 2017 | Grant
NCSU Research Innovation Seed Funding (Raleigh, NC, US)
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Pollinator education and outreach for county agents and Extension Master Gardeners

2015 to 2016 | Grant
NCSU Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development Seed Grant (Raleigh, NC, US)
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Can forests take the heat? Managing pests and ecosystem services in a warming climate

2013 to 2018 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (DC, DC, US)
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Works (44)

Land Use Change Consistently Reduces α- But Not β- and γ-Diversity of Bees

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70006
Contributors: Toby P. N. Tsang; A. A. Amado De Santis; Gabriela Armas-Quinonez; John S. Ascher; Eva Samanta Avila-Gomez; Andras Baldi; Kimberly M. Ballare; Mario V. Balzan; Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka; Svenja Baensch et al.
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As prey and pollinators, insects increase reproduction and allow for outcrossing in the carnivorous plant <i>Dionaea muscipula</i>

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
2024 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16279
Contributors: Laura E. Hamon; Elsa Youngsteadt; Rebecca E. Irwin; Clyde E. Sorenson
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Reaching new heights: Arboreal ant diversity in a North American temperate forest ecosystem

INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
2024 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12788
Contributors: Michelle Kirchner; Clyde Sorenson; Bonnie Blaimer; Elsa Youngsteadt
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Urbanization drives partner switching and loss of mutualism in an ant-plant symbiosis

ECOLOGY
2024 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4449
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Sara Guiti Prado; Alexandra Karlyz Duran Aquino; Joel Pena Valdeiglesias; Therany Gonzales Ojeda; Jorge Santiago Garate Quispe
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Bee species richness through time in an urbanizing landscape of the southeastern United States

Global Change Biology
2024-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17060
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
Part of ISSN: 1365-2486
Contributors: Selina A. Ruzi; Elsa Youngsteadt; April Hamblin; Jessica Kettenbach; Hannah K. Levenson; Danesha Seth Carley; Jaime Collazo; Rebecca Irwin
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Urbanization Shapes Insect Diversity

Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity
2023 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.4324/9781003016120-19
Contributors: Emily K. Meineke; Elsa Youngsteadt; Mia K. Lippey; Katherine C.R. Baldock
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Colony structure and redescription of males in the rarely collected arboreal ant, Aphaenogaster mariae Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
2023-11-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.125.1.77
Part of ISSN: 0013-8797
Contributors: Michelle Kirchner; Matthew Bertone; Bonnie B. Blaimer; Elsa Youngsteadt
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Urban pollination ecology

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
2023-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102221-044616
Part of ISSN: 1543-592X
Part of ISSN: 1545-2069
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Melina C. Keighron
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Larger pollen loads increase risk of heat stress in foraging bumblebees

Biology Letters
2023-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0581
Part of ISSN: 1744-957X
Contributors: Malia Naumchik; Elsa Youngsteadt
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Can behaviour and physiology mitigate effects of warming on ectotherms? A test in urban ants

Journal of Animal Ecology
2023-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13860
Part of ISSN: 0021-8790
Part of ISSN: 1365-2656
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Sara Prado; Kirsten Keleher; Michelle Kirchner
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Compact or sprawling cities: Has the sparing-sharing framework yielded an ecological verdict?

Current Landscape Ecology Reports
2023-02-13 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s40823-022-00081-8
Part of ISSN: 2364-494X
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Adam Terando; Jennifer Costanza; Jelena Vukomanovic
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Estimating bee abundance: can mark-recapture methods validate common sampling protocols?

Apidologie
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-022-00919-4
Part of ISSN: 0044-8435
Part of ISSN: 1297-9678
Contributors: Emma L. BRIGGS; Christopher BARANSKI; Olivia MÜNZER SCHAETZ; Gabriela GARRISON; Jaime A. COLLAZO; Elsa YOUNGSTEADT
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Ecology of urban climates: The need for landscape biophysics in cities

Urban Ecology: Its Nature and Challenges
2020 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978 1 78924 2607
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The Bees of North Carolina: An Identification Guide

2020 | Book
ISBN: 978-1-4696-5902-2
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The evolutionary ecology of mutualisms in urban landscapes

Urban Evolutionary Biology
2020-05-05 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198836841.003.0007
Contributors: Rebecca E. Irwin; Elsa Youngsteadt; Paige S. Warren; Judith L. Bronstein
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The Impact of Prescribed Burning on Native Bee Communities (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Longleaf Pine Savannas in the North Carolina Sandhills

Environmental Entomology
2020-02-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvz156
Part of ISSN: 0046-225X
Part of ISSN: 1938-2936
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Ecology in the Sixth Mass Extinction: Detecting and Understanding Rare Biotic Interactions

ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2019 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saz007
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe; Clyde E. Sorenson
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Failure of Pollen Transport Despite High Bee Visitation in an Endangered Dioecious Shrub

Annals of the Entomological Society of America
2019-05-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/say049
Part of ISSN: 0013-8746
Part of ISSN: 1938-2901
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Accurate near surface air temperature measurements are necessary to gauge large-scale ecological responses to global climate change

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2018 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3972
Contributors: Adam Terando; Elsa Youngsteadt; Emily Meineke; Sara Prado
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Construction of a Compact Low-Cost Radiation Shield for Air-Temperature Sensors in Ecological Field Studies

JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
2018 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3791/58273
Contributors: Adam J. Terando; Sara G. Prado; Elsa Youngsteadt
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Pollination Ecology and Morphology of Venus Flytrap in Sites of Varying Time Since Last Fire

ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2018 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/say032
Contributors: Laura E. Hamon; Elsa Youngsteadt; Rebecca E. Irwin; Clyde E. Sorenson
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Venus Flytrap Rarely Traps Its Pollinators

AMERICAN NATURALIST
2018 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1086/696124
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Rebecca E. Irwin; Alison Fowler; Matt Bertone; Sara June Giacomini; Michael Kunz; Dale Suiter; Clyde E. Sorenson
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Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density

Urban Ecosystems
2018 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-018-0731-4
Contributors: April L. Hamblin; Elsa Youngsteadt; Steven Frank
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Ad hoc instrumentation methods in ecological studies produce highly biased temperature measurements

Ecology and Evolution
2017 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3499
Contributors: Adam J. Terando; Elsa Youngsteadt; Emily K. Meineke; Sara G. Prado
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Higher immunocompetence is associated with higher genetic diversity in feral honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera)

CONSERVATION GENETICS
2017 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0942-x
Contributors: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe; R. Holden Appler; Elsa Youngsteadt; Robert Dunn; Steven Frank; David Tarpy
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Homogenizing an urban habitat mosaic: arthropod diversity declines in New York City parks after Super Storm Sandy

ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
2017 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1643
Contributors: Amy M. Savage; Elsa Youngsteadt; Andrew F. Ernst; Shelby A. Powers; Robert Dunn; Steven Frank
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Physiological thermal limits predict differential responses of bees to urban heat-island effects

Biology Letters
2017-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0125
Part of ISSN: 1744-9561
Part of ISSN: 1744-957X
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Forecasting the Effects of Heat and Pests on Urban Trees: Impervious Surface Thresholds and the ‘Pace-to-Plant’ Technique

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
2016 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2016.016
Contributors: Adam G. Dale; Elsa Youngsteadt; Steven D. Frank
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Insect Conservation and Urban Environments

American Entomologist
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ae/tmw067
Part of ISSN: 2155-9902
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt
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Responses of arthropod populations to warming depend on latitude: evidence from urban heat islands

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2016 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13550
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Andrew F. Ernst; Robert Dunn; Steven Frank
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Urban warming reduces aboveground carbon storage

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2016 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1574
Contributors: Emily Meineke; Elsa Youngsteadt; Robert Dunn; Steven Frank
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T. B. Mitchell: The Man BehindThe Bees of the Eastern United States

American Entomologist
2016-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ae/tmw023
Part of ISSN: 1046-2821
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Heather Moylett; Margarita M. López-Uribe; April Hamblin
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Urban stress is associated with variation in microbial species composition-but not richness-in Manhattan

ISME JOURNAL
2015 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.152
Contributors: Aspen T. Reese; Amy Savage; Elsa Youngsteadt; Krista L. McGuire; Adam Koling; Olivia Watkins; Steven Frank; Robert Dunn
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Urbanization Increases Pathogen Pressure on Feral and Managed Honey Bees

PLOS ONE
2015 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142031
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; R. Holden Appler; Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe; David Tarpy; Steven Frank; Fabio S. Nascimento
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Do cities simulate climate change? A comparison of herbivore response to urban and global warming

Global Change Biology
2015-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12692
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
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Habitat and species identity, not diversity, predict the extent of refuse consumption by urban arthropods

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2014 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12791
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Ryanna C. Henderson; Amy M. Savage; Andrew F. Ernst; Robert Dunn; Steven Frank
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Fine-scale heterogeneity across Manhattan's urban habitat mosaic is associated with variation in ant composition and richness

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2014-11-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12098
Part of ISSN: 1752-458X
Contributors: Amy M. Savage; Britné Hackett; Benoit Guénard; Elsa K. Youngsteadt; Robert R. Dunn; Karsten Schonrogge; Jerome Orivel
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Divergent Chemical Cues Elicit Seed Collecting by Ants in an Obligate Multi-Species Mutualism in Lowland Amazonia

PLOS ONE
2010 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015822
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Patricia Guerra Bustios; Coby Schal; Walter S. Leal
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Species-Specific Seed Dispersal in an Obligate Ant-Plant Mutualism

PLoS ONE
2009 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004335
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; Jeniffer Alvarez Baca; Jason Osborne; Coby Schal; Nigel E. Raine
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Characterization of 8 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the neotropical ant-garden ant, Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius)

CONSERVATION GENETICS
2008 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9705-z
Contributors: Warren Booth; Elsa Youngsteadt; Coby Schal; Edward L. Vargo
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Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the ant-garden ant, Crematogaster levior (Forel)

CONSERVATION GENETICS
2008 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9597-y
Contributors: Warren Booth; Elsa Youngsteadt; Coby Schal; Edward L. Vargo
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Seed odor mediates an obligate ant-plant mutualism in Amazonian rainforests

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008-03-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708643105
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
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Cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis and its maternal provisioning to embryos in the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata

JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
2005 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.03.008
Contributors: Elsa Youngsteadt; YL Fan; B Stay; Coby Schal
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The effects of ants on the entomophagous butterfly caterpillar Feniseca tarquinius, and the putative role of chemical camouflage in the Feniseca-ant interaction.

Journal of chemical ecology
2005-08-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-6079-2
PMID: 16132214
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Peer review (4 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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