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Ali et al. Pavement ant extract is a chemotaxis repellent for C. elegans.
Madryzk M, Yang M, Vonshak M, Das B, Fiocca K, Gordon DM. Mutual deterrence at resources by the native Winter ant and the invasive Argentine ant.
Fiocca K, Batterton J, White H and O'Donnell S. Can cuticular compounds function as queen pheromones in independent-founding paper wasps? Chemical profile variation in Mischocyttarus pallidipectus.
2023
Alfonso et al. Argentine ant extract induces an osm-9 dependent chemotaxis response in C. elegans. microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.000745.
2022
Moskowitz NA, D’Agui R, Alvarez-Buylla A, Fiocca K, O’Connell LA. Poison frog dietary preference depends on prey type and alkaloid load. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276331.
Fiocca K, Congdon R & O’Donnell S. Body size correlations with female aggression and physiology suggest pre-adult effects on caste in an independent-founding eusocial paper wasp (Mischocyttarus pallidipectus, Hymenoptera Vespidae), Ethology Ecology & Evolution, DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2021.2024270
2021
O'Donnell S, Fiocca K, & R. Congdon. Social network analysis of male dominance in the paper wasp Mischocyttarus mastigophorus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Insect Behavior. DOI: 10.1007/s10905-021-09774-0.
2020
Fiocca K, Capobianco K, Fanwick E, Moynahan K, Congdon R, Zelanko P, Velinsky D, O'Donnell S. 2020. Reproductive physiology corresponds to adult nutrition and task performance in a Neotropical paper wasp: a test of dominance-nutrition hypothesis predictions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74:114.
Carver J*, Simpson A*, … Fiocca K*, … Lobo A, Ellison M. 2020. Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Nanographene Oxide to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance in Tetracycline-Resistant Escherichia coli. ACS Applied Nano Materials. *co-author.
2019
Barrett M*, Fiocca K*, Waddell E, McNair C, O'Donnell S, & Marenda DR. 2019. Larval mannitol diets increase mortality, prolong development, and decrease adult body sizes in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). Biology Open. 8, bio047084. doi:10.1242/bio.047084. *co-author
O'Donnell S, Bulova SJ, Deleon S, Barrett M, & Fiocca K. 2019. Distributed cognition in social brain evolution: brain structure differences between solitary and social wasps are independent of body size allometry. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01374-w
Fiocca K*, Barrett M*, Waddell E, McNair C, O'Donnell S, & Marenda DR. 2019. Mannitol ingestion causes concentration-dependent, sex-biased mortality in adults of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). PLoS ONE. 14(5): e0213760. *co-author
2018
O'Donnell S, Fiocca K, Campbell M, Bulova SJ, Zelanko P, & Velinsky D. 2018. Adult nutrition and reproductive physiology: a stable isotope analysis in a eusocial paper wasp (Mischocyttarus mastigophorus, Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72:86.
O’Donnell S, Bulova SJ, Barrett M, & Fiocca K. 2018. “Size constraints and sensory adaptations affect mosaic brain evolution in paper wasps (Vespidae: Epiponini)”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123(2):302-310.
2017
O’Donnell S, Bulova SJ, DeLeon S, Barrett M, & Fiocca K. 2017. “Caste-differences in the mushroom bodies of swarm-founding paper wasps: implications for brain plasticity and brain evolution (Vespidae, Epiponini)”. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 71:116.
O’Donnell S, Baudier K, Fiocca K, & Marenda DR. 2017. “Erythritol ingestion impairs adult reproduction and causes larval mortality in Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae)”. J Appl Entomol. 00:1-6.
Ali et al. Pavement ant extract is a chemotaxis repellent for C. elegans.
Madryzk M, Yang M, Vonshak M, Das B, Fiocca K, Gordon DM. Mutual deterrence at resources by the native Winter ant and the invasive Argentine ant.
Fiocca K, Batterton J, White H and O'Donnell S. Can cuticular compounds function as queen pheromones in independent-founding paper wasps? Chemical profile variation in Mischocyttarus pallidipectus.
2023
Alfonso et al. Argentine ant extract induces an osm-9 dependent chemotaxis response in C. elegans. microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.000745.
2022
Moskowitz NA, D’Agui R, Alvarez-Buylla A, Fiocca K, O’Connell LA. Poison frog dietary preference depends on prey type and alkaloid load. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276331.
Fiocca K, Congdon R & O’Donnell S. Body size correlations with female aggression and physiology suggest pre-adult effects on caste in an independent-founding eusocial paper wasp (Mischocyttarus pallidipectus, Hymenoptera Vespidae), Ethology Ecology & Evolution, DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2021.2024270
2021
O'Donnell S, Fiocca K, & R. Congdon. Social network analysis of male dominance in the paper wasp Mischocyttarus mastigophorus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Insect Behavior. DOI: 10.1007/s10905-021-09774-0.
2020
Fiocca K, Capobianco K, Fanwick E, Moynahan K, Congdon R, Zelanko P, Velinsky D, O'Donnell S. 2020. Reproductive physiology corresponds to adult nutrition and task performance in a Neotropical paper wasp: a test of dominance-nutrition hypothesis predictions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74:114.
Carver J*, Simpson A*, … Fiocca K*, … Lobo A, Ellison M. 2020. Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Nanographene Oxide to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance in Tetracycline-Resistant Escherichia coli. ACS Applied Nano Materials. *co-author.
2019
Barrett M*, Fiocca K*, Waddell E, McNair C, O'Donnell S, & Marenda DR. 2019. Larval mannitol diets increase mortality, prolong development, and decrease adult body sizes in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). Biology Open. 8, bio047084. doi:10.1242/bio.047084. *co-author
O'Donnell S, Bulova SJ, Deleon S, Barrett M, & Fiocca K. 2019. Distributed cognition in social brain evolution: brain structure differences between solitary and social wasps are independent of body size allometry. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01374-w
Fiocca K*, Barrett M*, Waddell E, McNair C, O'Donnell S, & Marenda DR. 2019. Mannitol ingestion causes concentration-dependent, sex-biased mortality in adults of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). PLoS ONE. 14(5): e0213760. *co-author
2018
O'Donnell S, Fiocca K, Campbell M, Bulova SJ, Zelanko P, & Velinsky D. 2018. Adult nutrition and reproductive physiology: a stable isotope analysis in a eusocial paper wasp (Mischocyttarus mastigophorus, Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72:86.
O’Donnell S, Bulova SJ, Barrett M, & Fiocca K. 2018. “Size constraints and sensory adaptations affect mosaic brain evolution in paper wasps (Vespidae: Epiponini)”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123(2):302-310.
2017
O’Donnell S, Bulova SJ, DeLeon S, Barrett M, & Fiocca K. 2017. “Caste-differences in the mushroom bodies of swarm-founding paper wasps: implications for brain plasticity and brain evolution (Vespidae, Epiponini)”. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 71:116.
O’Donnell S, Baudier K, Fiocca K, & Marenda DR. 2017. “Erythritol ingestion impairs adult reproduction and causes larval mortality in Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae)”. J Appl Entomol. 00:1-6.