Corresponding Author *, Undergraduate Students ^U, Master’s  student authors ^†, Ph.D student authors ^‡

 

Nelsen, J. ^‡*, S. Philpott, K. Mathis (2026) “Ant Relationships with floral and extrafloral microbes.” Myrmecological News. 36: 121-135.

Stevens, D. ^‡*, K. Mathis, N. Meyer (2025) “The importance of considering the plastic expression of phenotypes when determining evolutionary relationships” Bioessays. 47(8):e70033.

Hincher, M. ^†, J. Carlton ^U, S. Wheeler ^U, M . DelCogliano ^U, K. Mathis, J. Tabima* (2025) “Ubiquity and diversity of Basidiobolus (Zoopagomycota: Entomophthorales) across anuran species inhabiting an urbanization gradient.” Mycologia. 117(2): 222-234.

Dinell, H., K. Mathis, J. Bronstein (2024) “Biosphere 2 Reexamined: Species Composition Within a Human-Constructed Ecosystem” Southwestern Naturalist. 68(2): 150-155.

Harris, B.^†, D. Stevens ^‡, K. Mathis* (2024) “The effect of urbanization and temperature on thermal tolerance, foraging performance, and competition in cavity dwelling ants” Ecology & Evolution. 14:e10923

Sankovitz M., M. Rivera, T. Manjarress, K. Mathis (2024) “The role of ant-mediated biological interactions in agroecosystems” Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Saee02.

Curry, A. ^†, D. Stevens ^‡, J. Nelsen^‡, K. Mathis* (2023) “The effects of land use change on ant communities in New England” Insect Conservation & Biodiversity 1-7.

Stevens, D. ^‡*, M. Graham, C. Bardjis^U, S. Foster, J. Baker, K. Mathis (2023) “Evolution of chemical-cue-mediated antipredator behavior in threespine stickleback populations experiencing northern pike predation” Biological Invasions 25: 1561-1577.

Stevens, D. ^‡*, M. Wund, K. Mathis (2023) “Integrating environmental complexity and the plasticity first hypothesis to study responses to human-altered habitats” Animal Behavior 200: 273:284.

Anastasio, O. ^†, K. Mathis*, M. Rivera (2021) “Impacts of invasive ant-hemipteran interactions, edge effects, and habitat complexities on the spatial distribution of ants” Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 310: 107299.

Mathis, K.*, J. Bronstein (2020) “Our current understanding of commensalism.” Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 51:167-89.

Vandermeer, J.*,  I. Armbrecht, A. de la Mora, K. Ennis, G. Fitch, D. Gonthier, Z. Hajian-Forooshani, H. Hsieh, A. Iverson, D. Jackson, S. Jha, E. Jiménez-Soto, G. Lopez-Bautista, A. Larsen, K. Li, H. Liere, A. MacDonald, L. Marin, K. Mathis, I. Monagan, J. R Morris, T. Ong, G. Pardee, I. Rivera-Salinas, C. Vaiyda, K. Williams-Guillen, S. Yitbarek, S. Uno, A. Zemenick, S. Philpott, I. Perfecto (2019) “The community ecology of herbivore regulation in an agroecosystem: lessons from complex systems” Bioscience 69:974-996.

Mathis, K.*, N. Tsutsui (2016) “Dead Ant Walking:  A beetle predator benefits ants by preferentially consuming parasitized individuals.”  Proceedings of the Royal Society: B. 238: 20161281.

Mathis, K.*, S. Ramirez, S. Philpott (2016) “Variation in spatial scale of competing polydomous twig-nesting ants in coffee agroecosystems.” Insectes Sociaux 63: 447-456.

Mathis, K.*, N. Tsutsui. (2016) “Cuticular hydrocarbon cues are used for host acceptance by Pseudacteon spp. phorid flies that attack Azteca sericeasur ants.” Journal of Chemical Ecology 42: 286-293.

Mathis, K.*, K. Eldredge (2014) “Descriptions of two new species of Myrmedonota Cameron (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Mexico with comments on the genus taxonomy and behavior.” Zootaxa 3768(1): 095-100.

Mathis, K.*, S. Philpott (2012) “Current Understanding and Future Prospects of Host Selection, Acceptance, Discrimination and Regulation of Phorid Fly Parasitoids that attack Ants” Psyche. 2012: 1-9.

Smith, C.*, E. Abouheif, R. Benton, E. Cash, V. Croset, C. Currie, E. Elhaik, C. Elsik, M. J. Favé, V. Fernandes, J. Gadau, J. Gibson, D. Graur, K. Grubbs, D Hagen, M. Helmkampf, J. A. Holley, C. Holt, H. Hu, A. S. I. Viniegra, B. Johnson, R. Johnson, A. Khila, J. Kim, J. Laird, K. Mathis, J. Moeller, M. Munoz-Torres, M. Murphy, R. Nakamura, S. Nigam, R. Overson, J. Placek, R. Rajakumar, J. Reese, H. Robertson, C. Smith, A. Suarez, G. Suen, E. Suhr, S. Tao, C. Torres, E. van Wilgenburg, L. Viljakainen, K. Walden, A. Wild, M. Yandell, J. Yorke, A. Zimin, N. Tsutsui. (2011) “The Draft Genome of the Globally Widespread and Invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108: 5673-5678.

Smith, C.*, C. Smith, H. Robertson, M. Helmkampf, A. Zimin, M. Yandell, C. Holt, H. Hu, E. Abouheif, R. Benton, E. Cash, V. Croset, C. Currie, E. Elhaik, C. Elsik, M. J. Favé, V. Fernandes, J. Gibson, D. Graur, W. Gronenberg, K. Grubbs, D. Hagen, A. S. I. Viniegra, B. Johnson, R. Johnson, A. Khila, J. Kim, K. Mathis, M. Muñoz-Torres, M. Murphy, J. Mustard, R. Nakamura, O. Niehuis, S. Nigam, R. Overson, J. Placek, R. Rajakumar, J. Reese, G. Suen, S. Tao, C. Torres, N. Tsutsui, L. Viljakainen, F. Wolschin, J. Gadau. (2011) “A draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108: 5667-5672.

Mathis, K.*, S. Philpott, R. Moreira. (2011) “Parasite lost: Chemical and visual cues used by Pseudacteon in search of Azteca instabilis” Journal of Insect Behavior. 24: 186-199.