PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Sean O'Donnell
Updated January
2009
Underlined, web-active titles are
links to PDF or HTML reprints of the papers.
In review:
Molina, Y., R. Harris & S.
O'Donnell. In review. Brain organization mirrors caste
determination, colony founding and nest architecture in paper wasps
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London-
Series B.
O'Donnell, S., A. Kumar & C.
Logan. In revision. Life zone and species differences in
Nearctic migrant bird attendance at army ant raids. Biotropica.
Molina, Y. & S. O'Donnell.
Submitted. Males Exhibit Novel Relationships of Dominance with
Nest Departure in the Social Paper Wasp Mischocyttarus
mastigophorus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Ethology.
Published:
70. O'Donnell, S., J. Lattke, S.
Powell, & M. Kaspari. In press. Species and site
differences in Neotropical army ant emigration behavior. Ecological
Entomology.
69. Kumar,
A., J.T. Longino, R.K. Colwell & S. O'Donnell. 2009. Elevational
patterns of diversity and abundance of eusocial paper wasps
(Vespidae) in Costa Rica. Biotropica (published
online).
68.
Kumar, A. & S. O'Donnell. 2009. Elevation and forest clearing
effects on foraging differ between surface and subterranean army ants
(Formicidae: Ecitoninae). Journal of Animal Ecology 78:
91-97.
67.
O'Donnell, S.2008. Book review of The Evolution of Social Wasps (by
James H. Hunt, 2007, Oxford University Press). Animal Behaviour 79:
2079-2080.
66. Molina,
Y. & S. O'Donnell. 2008. Worker reproductive competition affects
division of labour in a primitively social paperwasp. Insectes
Sociaux (published online)
65.
Molina, Y. & S. O'Donnell. 2008. A developmental test of the
dominance-nutrition hypothesis: Linking adult feeding, aggression,
and reproductive potential in the paperwasp Mischocyttarus
mastigophorus. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution (published
online)
64. Molina,
Y. & S. O'Donnell. 2008. Age, sex, and dominance-related mushroom
body plasticity in the paperwasp Mischocyttarus mastigophorus.
Developmental Neurobiology 68: 950-959.
63. Smith,
A.R., W.T. Wcislo, & S. O'Donnell. 2008. Body size shapes
caste expression, and cleptoparasitism reduces body size in the
facultatively eusocial bees, Megalopta (Hymenoptera:
Halictidae). Journal of Insect Behavior (published
online)
62.
O'Donnell, S. & S.J. Bulova. 2007. Worker connectivity: a
simulation model of variation in worker communication and its effects
on task performance. Insectes Sociaux 54:203-210.
61.
O'Donnell, S. & S.J. Bulova. 2007. Worker connectivity: a review
of the design of worker communication systems and their effects on
task performance in insect societies. Insectes Sociaux 54:
211-218.
60. Kumar,
A. & S. O'Donnell. 2007. Fragmentation and elevation effects on
bird-army ant interactions in Neotropical montane forest in Costa
Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 581-590.
59.
Molina, Y. & S. O'Donnell. 2007. Mushroom body volume is related
to social aggression and ovary development in the paperwasp
Polistes instabilis. Brain Behavior and Evolution 70:
137-144.
58. O'Donnell,
S., J. Lattke, S. Powell, & M. Kaspari. 2007. Army ants in four
forests: Geographic variation in raid rates and species abundance.
Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 580-586.
57. Smith,
A.R., W.T. Wcislo, & S. O'Donnell. 2007 (Published online).
Survival and productivity benefits to social nesting in the sweat bee
Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology.
56.
Gardner, K.E., R.L. Foster, & S. O'Donnell. 2007. Experimental
analysis of worker division of labor in bumblebee nest
thermoregulation (Bombus huntii, Hymenoptera: Apidae).
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 783-792.
55.
O'Donnell, S., N.A. Donlan, & T.A. Jones. 2007. Developmental and
dominance-associated differences in mushroom body structure in the
paper wasp Mischocyttarus mastigophorus. Journal of
Neurobiology 67: 39-46 (continued as Developmental
Neurobiology).
54.
O'Donnell, S. & A. Kumar. 2006. Microclimatic factors associated
with elevational changes in army ant density in tropical montane
forest. Ecological Entomology 31: 491-498.
53.
O'Donnell, S. 2006. Polybia wasp biting interactions recruit
foragers following experimental worker removals. Animal Behaviour 71:
709-715.
52.
O'Donnell, S., M. Kaspari, and J. Lattke. 2005. Extraordinary
Predation by the Neotropical Army Ant Cheliomyrmex andicola:
Implications for the Evolution of the Army Ant Syndrome. Biotropica
37: 706-709.
51.
Foster, R.L., A. Brunskill, D. Verdirame, & S. O'Donnell. 2004.
Reproductive physiology, dominance interactions, and division of
labour among bumble bee workers. Physiological Entomology 29:
327-334.
50.
O'Donnell, S. & S.N. Beshers. 2004. The role of male disease
susceptibility in the evolution of haplodiploid insect societies.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271:
979-983.
49.
O'Donnell, S., N.A. Donlan, & T.A. Jones. 2004. Mushroom body
structural plasticity is associated with temporal polyethism in
eusocial wasp workers. Neuroscience Letters 356:
159-162.
48. M.
Kaspari & S. ODonnell. 2003. High rates of army ant raids
in the Neotropics and implications for ant colony and community
structure. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5:933-939.
47.
O'Donnell, S. 2003. The development of biting interactions and task
performance in a tropical eusocial wasp. Behaviour 140:
255-267.
46. Smith,
A.R., W.T. Wcislo, & S. O'Donnell. 2003. Assured fitness returns
favor sociality in a mass-provisioning sweat bee, Megalopta
genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology.
45. Howard,
K.J., A.R. Smith, S. O'Donnell & R.L. Jeanne. 2002. Novel method
of swarm emigration by the epiponine wasp, Apoica pallens
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 14:
365-371.
44. Smith,
A.R., S. O'Donnell, & R.L. Jeanne. 2002. Evolution of swarm
communication in eusocial wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of
Insect Behavior 15: 751-764.
43.
O'Donnell, S. 2002. Caste. In: V. Resh and R.T. Cardé (eds)
Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. pp.
151-154. (Proof)
42.
O'Donnell, S. 2002. Colonies. In: V. Resh and R.T. Cardé (eds)
Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. pp.
239-242. (Proof)
41.
O'Donnell, S. and R.L. Jeanne. 2002. The nest as fortress: defensive
behavior of Polybia emaciata, a mud-nesting eusocial wasp. 5
pp. Journal of Insect Science, 2.3. Available online:
http://insectscience.org/2.3
40.
O'Donnell, S. & F.J. Joyce. 2001. Seasonality and colony
composition in the tropical eusocial wasp Mischocyttarus
mastigophorus Richards (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Biotropica. 33:
468-473.
39.
Markiewicz, D.A. & S. O'Donnell. 2001. Social dominance, task
performance and
nutrition:
implications for reproduction in eusocial wasps. Journal of
Comparative Physiology
A 187:
327-333.
38. Hunt,
J.H., S. O'Donnell, N. Chernoff, & C. Brownie. 2001. Observations
on two Neotropical
Swarm-founding Wasps, Agelaia yepocapa and A.
panamaensis (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae).
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98:
555-562.
37.
O'Donnell, S. 2001. Worker age, ovary development, and temporal
polyethism in the swarm-founding wasp Polybia occidentalis
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 14:
201-213.
36.
O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Foster. 2001. Thresholds of response in nest
thermoregulation by
worker
bumble bees, Bombus bifarius nearcticus (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
Ethology 107: 387-399.
35.
O'Donnell, S. 2001. Worker biting interactions and task performance
in a swarm-founding eusocial wasp (Polybia occidentalis,
Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behavioral Ecology12: 353-359.
34. Smith,
A.R., S. O'Donnell, & R.L. Jeanne. 2001. Correlated evolution of
colony defense
and social structure: a comparative analysis in eusocial wasps
(Hymenoptera:
Vespidae).
Evolutionary Ecology Research 3: 331-344.
33.
O'Donnell, S., M. Reichardt, & R.L. Foster. 2000. Individual and
colony factors in
bumble
bee division of labor (Bombus bifarius nearcticus Handl,
Hymenoptera: Apidae).
Insectes
Sociaux 47: 164-170.
32.
Kaspari, M., L. Alonso, & S. O'Donnell. 2000. Three energy
variables predict ant abundance
at a
geographical scale. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267:
485-489.
31. O'Donnell, S. 2000. Eusocial
wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae). In: N.M. Nadkarni and N.T. Wheelright
(eds) Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud
Forest. pp. 129-131 and p. 535. Oxford University Press.
30. O'Donnell, S. & F. Joyce.
2000. A dual mimicry complex involving eusocial wasps (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae). In: N.M. Nadkarni and N.T. Wheelright (eds) Monteverde:
Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest. pp. 131-132.
Oxford University Press.
29.
Kaspari, M., S. O'Donnell & J.R. Kercher. 2000. Energy, density,
and constraints to
species
richness: ant assemblages along a productivity gradient. The
American Naturalist
155: 280-293.
28.
O'Donnell, S. 1999. Book review of Parasites in Social Insects (by
Paul Schmid-Hempel,
1998,
Princeton University Press). Animal Behaviour 58:
453-454.
27.
O'Donnell, S. & F.J. Joyce. 1999. Dual mimicry in the dimorphic
eusocial wasp,
Mischocyttarus
mastigophorus Richards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
66:501-514. *This is a big
file- but worth it (nice color plates)
26.
Ranger, S. & S. O'Donnell. 1999. Genotypic effects on forager
behavior in the
Neotropical
stingless bee Partamona bilineata (Hymenoptera:
Meliponidae).
Naturwissenschaften
86: 187-190.
25.
O'Donnell, S. 1999. The function of male dominance in the eusocial
wasp Mischocyttarus
mastigophorus
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Ethology 105: 273-282.
24.
O'Donnell, S. 1998. Dominance and polyethism in the eusocial
wasp Mischocyttarus
mastigophorus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behavioral Ecology
and Sociobiology
43: 327-331.
23.
O'Donnell, S. 1998. Effects of experimental forager removals on
division of labour in the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes
instabilis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behaviour 135:
173-193.
22.
O'Donnell, S. 1998. Genetic effects on task performance, but not on
age polyethism, in
a
swarm-founding eusocial wasp. Animal Behaviour 55:
417-426.
21.
O'Donnell, S. 1998. Reproductive caste determination in eusocial
wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Annual Review of Entomology 43:
323-346.
20.
O'Donnell, S., J.H. Hunt, & R.L. Jeanne.1997. Gaster-flagging
during colony defense in Neotropical swarm-founding wasps
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Epiponini). Journal of the Kansas
Entomological Society 70:175-180.
19.
O'Donnell, S. 1997. How parasites can promote the expression of
social behaviour in their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London B 264: 689-694.
18.
O'Donnell, S. 1996. Reproductive potential and division of labor in
wasps: are queen and worker behavior alternative strategies? Ethology
Ecology and Evolution 8: 305-308.
17.
O'Donnell, S. 1996. RAPD markers suggest genotypic effects on forager
specialization in a eusocial wasp. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 38: 83-88.
16.
O'Donnell, S. 1996. Dragonflies (Gynacantha nervosa Rambur)
avoid wasps (Polybia aequatorialis Zavattari and
Mischocyttarus sp.) as prey. Journal of Insect Behavior 9:
159-162.
15. O'Donnell,
S. & R.L. Jeanne. 1995. Worker lipid stores decrease with
outside-nest task performance in wasps: implications for the
evolution of age polyethism. Experientia 51: 749-752.
14.
O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne. 1995. Implications of senescence
patterns for the evolution of age polyethism in eusocial insects.
Behavioral Ecology 6: 269-273.
13.
O'Donnell, S. 1995. Division of labor in post-emergence colonies of
the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes instabilis de Saussure
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 42: 17-29.
12. O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne.
1995. The roles of body size and dominance in division of labor among
workers of the eusocial wasp Polybia occidentalis. Journal of
the Kansas Entomological Society 68: 43-50.
11. O'Donnell,
S. 1995. Necrophagy by neotropical swarm-founding wasps (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae, Epiponini). Biotropica 27: 133-136.
10.
O'Donnell, S. 1994. Nestmate copulation in the Neotropical eusocial
wasp Polistes instabilis de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).
Psyche 101: 33-36.
9.
O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne. 1993. Methoprene accelerates age
polyethism in workers of a social wasp (Polybia occidentalis).
Physiological Entomology 18: 189-194.
8. O'Donnell, S. 1993. Interactions
of predaceous katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with Neotropical
social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): are wasps a defense mechanism
or prey? Entomological News 104: 39-42.
7. O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne.
1992. Life-long patterns of forager behaviour in a tropical
swarm-founding wasp: effects of specialization and activity level on
longevity. Animal Behaviour 44: 1021-1027.
6. O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne.
1992. Forager success increases with experience in Polybia
occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 39:
451-454.
5. O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne.
1992. The effects of colony characteristics on longevity and foraging
behavior of individual wasps (Polybia occidentalis,
Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Epiponini). Insectes Sociaux 39:
73-80.
4. O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne.
1991. Interspecific occupation of a tropical social wasp colony
(Polistes, Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Insect Behavior
4: 397-400.
3.
O'Donnell, S. & R.L. Jeanne. 1990. Forager specialization and the
control of nest repair in Polybia occidentalis Olivier
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27:
359-364.
2. O'Donnell,
S. & R.L. Jeanne. 1990. Notes on an army ant (Eciton
burchelli Westwood) raid of a social wasp nest (Agelaia
yepocapa Richards) in Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 6:
507-509.
1. O'Donnell, S. 1989. A comparison
of fruit removal by bats and birds from Piper hispidum Sw
(Piperaceae), a tropical second growth shrub. Brenesia 31:
25-32.