Bacterial Diversity in Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis geminata Ant Colonies Characterized by 16S amplicon 454 Pyrosequencing HD Ishak, R Plowes, R Sen, K Kellner, E Meyer, DA Estrada, SE Dowd, ... Microbial ecology 61, 821-831, 2011 | 214 | 2011 |
Specificity between Lactobacilli and Hymenopteran Hosts Is the Exception Rather than the Rule QS McFrederick, JJ Cannone, RR Gutell, K Kellner, RM Plowes, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 (6), 2013 | 94* | 2013 |
Imported fire ants near the edge of their range: disturbance and moisture determine prevalence and impact of an invasive social insect EG LeBrun, RM Plowes, LE Gilbert Journal of Animal Ecology 81 (4), 884-895, 2012 | 76 | 2012 |
Enhancing the Value and Sustainability of Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the 21st Century. NRC Panel National Academies Press, 2014 | 58 | 2014 |
Introducing phorid fly parasitoids of red imported fire ant workers from South America to Texas: outcomes vary by region and by Pseudacteon species released LE Gilbert, CL Barr, AA Calixto, JL Cook, BM Drees, EG Lebrun, ... Southwestern Entomologist 33 (1), 15-29, 2008 | 46 | 2008 |
The urban fire ant paradox: native fire ants persist in an urban refuge while invasive fire ants dominate natural habitats RM Plowes, JG Dunn, LE Gilbert Biological Invasions 9, 825-836, 2007 | 46 | 2007 |
Indirect competition facilitates widespread displacement of one naturalized parasitoid of imported fire ants by another EG LeBrun, RM Plowes, LE Gilbert Ecology 90 (5), 1184-1194, 2009 | 37 | 2009 |
A Review of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) That Parasitize Ants of the Solenopsis geminata Complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) RM Plowes, EG Lebrun, BV Brown, LE Gilbert Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102 (6), 937-958, 2009 | 35 | 2009 |
Dynamic expansion in recently introduced populations of fire ant parasitoids (Diptera: Phoridae) EG LeBrun, RM Plowes, LE Gilbert Biological Invasions 10, 989-999, 2008 | 33 | 2008 |
Introduction of the fire ant decapitating fly Pseudacteon obtusus in the United States: factors influencing establishment in Texas RM Plowes, EG LeBrun, LE Gilbert BioControl 56, 295-304, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
The introduction of the fire ant parasitoid Pseudacteon nocens in North America: challenges when establishing small populations RM Plowes, PJ Folgarait, LE Gilbert BioControl 57, 503-514, 2012 | 23 | 2012 |
The dilemma of Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus): a valued pasture grass and a highly invasive species AC Rhodes, RM Plowes, JA Goolsby, JF Gaskin, B Musyoka, ... Biological Invasions 23, 3653-3669, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
Myrmecomorba nylanderiae gen. et sp. nov., a microsporidian parasite of the tawny crazy ant Nylanderia fulva RM Plowes, JJ Becnel, EG LeBrun, DH Oi, SM Valles, NT Jones, ... Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 129, 45-56, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
Molecular diversity of the microsporidium Kneallhazia solenopsae reveals an expanded host range among fire ants in North America MS Ascunce, SM Valles, DH Oi, DW Shoemaker, R Plowes, L Gilbert, ... Journal of invertebrate pathology 105 (3), 279-288, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
The southern pacific lowland evergreen moist forest of the Osa region LE Gilbert, CA Christen, M Altrichter, JT Longino, PM Sherman, R Plowes, ... Costa Rican ecosystems, 360-411, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
Targeted grazing of an invasive grass improves outcomes for native plant communities and wildlife habitat AC Rhodes, J Rutledge, B DuPont, RM Plowes, LE Gilbert Rangeland Ecology & Management 75, 41-50, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
Ritualized aggressive behavior reveals distinct social structures in native and introduced range tawny crazy ants EG LeBrun, RM Plowes, PJ Folgarait, M Bollazzi, LE Gilbert PLoS One 14 (11), e0225597, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
Pathogen-mediated natural and manipulated population collapse in an invasive social insect EG LeBrun, M Jones, RM Plowes, LE Gilbert Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (14), e2114558119, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally MD Smith, KD Wilkins, MC Holdrege, P Wilfahrt, SL Collins, AK Knapp, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (4), e2309881120, 2024 | 10 | 2024 |
Guinea grass establishment in South Texas is driven by disturbance history and savanna structure AC Rhodes, RM Plowes, JR Lawson, LE Gilbert Rangeland Ecology & Management 83, 124-132, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |