Kwapich Lab
University of Central Florida
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Kwapich CL, Ross L, Zayaz I, Johnston MA (accepted 2024, in press). A kleptoparasitic beetle larva (Hymenorus dorsalis) exploits vertical division of labor in nests of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius
Hölldobler B, Kwapich CL (2023). Die Gäste der Ameisen: Wie Myrmecophile mit ihren Wirten interagieren (German Edition). Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany. 487 pages. LINK ISBN 978-3-662-66526-8
Hölldobler B, Kwapich CL (2022). The Guests of Ants: How Myrmecophiles Interact With Their Hosts. Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 576 pages. LINK ISBN 9780674265516
Martyn TE, Kwapich CL, Kline A, Gornish E (2022). Granivorous ants prefer small and unprotected seeds: Implications for restoration in arid ecosystems. Restoration Ecology. e13759. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13759
Kwapich CL (2022). Do parasitic ant crickets (Myrmecophilidae) mimic ant gasters? Metaleptea. 42(1) 27. LINK
Lundgren EJ, Moeller K, Clyne M, Middleton O, Mahoney S, Kwapich CL (2022). Cicada nymphs dominate American black bear diet in a desert riparian area. Ecology and Evolution. E8577. PDF https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.8577
Kwapich CL (2021). Green anole (Anolis carolinensis) eggs associated with nest chambers of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus, Southeastern Naturalist, 20(4):119-124. PDF https://doi.org/10.1656/058.020.0409
Kwapich CL, Hölldobler B, (2019). Destruction of spiderwebs and rescue of ensnared nestmates by the granivorous desert ant Veromessor pergandei. The American Naturalist. PDF https://doi.org/10.1086/704338
Hölldobler B, Kwapich CL (2019) Behavior and exocrine glands in the myrmecophilous beetle Dinarda dentata (Gravenhorst, 1806) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210524. PDF https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210524
Hölldobler B, Kwapich CL, Haight K (2018). Behavior and exocrine glands of the myrmecophilous beetle Lomechusoides strumosus (Fabricius, 1775) (Formerly Lomechusa strumosa) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleochorinae). PLoS ONE.13(7): e0200309. LINK https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200309
Kwapich CL, Valentini G, Hölldobler, B (2018). Non-additive effects of body-size on nest architecture in a polymorphic ant species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 373:1753. PDF doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0235
Gibson AH, Kwapich CL, Lang M. (2018) Chapter 1: Concepts of Biological Individuality in the Early Twentieth Century. Multilevel Selection and the Theory of Evolution: Historical and Conceptual Issues. Book Chapter, edited by Jeler, Ciprian, Palgrave Pivot Publishing, XI:1-151, ISBN 978-3-319-78676-6
Hölldobler, B., Kwapich, C.L (2017). Amphotis marginata (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) a highwayman of the ant Lasius fuliginosus. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0180847. PDF https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180847
Kwapich, C.L., Gadau, J., Hölldobler, B. (2017). Ecological and genetic basis of annual worker production in a desert seed harvesting ant (Veromessor pergandei). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 71: 110. PDF https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2333-1
Tschinkel W.R., Kwapich, C.L. (2016). The Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, relies on germination to consume large seeds. PLoS ONE. PDF https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166907
Kwapich, C.L., Tschinkel, W.R. (2016). Limited flexibility and unusual longevity shape forager allocation in the Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Special Issue: Integrative Analysis of Division of Labor 10.1007/s00265-015-2039-1 PDF
Tschinkel, W.R., Rink, W.J., Kwapich, C.L. (2015). Sequential Subterranean Transport of Excavated Sand and Foraged Seeds in Nests of the Harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex badius. PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139922. PDF doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139922
Mason, K., Kwapich, C. L., Tschinkel W.R. (2015). Respiration, Worker Body Size, Tempo and Activity in Whole Colonies of Ants. Physiological Entomology DOI: 10.1111/phen.12099. PDF
Kwapich, C.L. (2014). The influence of demography, development and death on labor allocation in the Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius). Doctoral Dissertation. Retrieved from Florida State University digital repository, http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-9203
Gibson, A. H., Kwapich, C.L., Lang, M. (2013). The Roots of Multilevel Selection Theory: Concepts of Biological Individuality in the Early Twentieth Century. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 35:4. PDF
Rink, W.J., Dunbar, J.S., Tschinkel, W.R., Kwapich, C.L., Repp, A., Stanon, W., Thulman, D.K. (2013). Subterranean transport and deposition of quartz by ants in sandy sites relevant to age overestimation in optical luminescence dating. Journal of Archaeological Science. 40:4, 2217-2226. PDF
Kwapich, C.L., Tschinkel, W.R. (2013). Demography, demand, death and the seasonal allocation of labor in the Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 67, 2011–2027. PDF https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1611-9
Tschinkel, W.R., Murdock, T, King, J.R, Kwapich, C.L. (2012). Ant distribution in relation to ground water in north Florida pine flatwoods. Journal of Insect Science, 12:114. PDF
