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. O’Donnell. 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.