Andrew Suarez
Description
- Title: Professor
- Group: Selective Theranostic Agents and Systems for Multiscale Photoacoustic Imaging
- Status: Beckman Affiliate Faculty
- Home: Animal Biology
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Honors
University Scholar, UIUC, 2010-2012
Perry Adkisson Distinguished Speaker, Texas A&M University, 2012
Publications
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2016
- Larabee, FJ, BL Fisher, CA Schmidt, P Matos-Maravi, M Janda & AV Suarez. (2016) Molecular phylogenetics and diversification of trap-jaw ants in the genera Anochetus and Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103:143-154. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.024.
- Belcher, AK, MR Berenbaum & AV Suarez. (2016) Urbana house ants 2.0: Revisiting M.R. Smith’s 1926 survey of house-infesting ants in central Illinois after 87 years. American Entomologist 62:182- 193. doi:10.1093/ae/tmw041.
- Holley, JC, CM Moreau, J Laird & AV Suarez. (2016) Subcaste-specific evolution of head size in the ant genus Pheidole. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118:472-485.
- O’Fallon, S, AV Suarez & AA Smith. (2016) A comparaitve analysis of rapid antennation behavior in four species of Odontomachus trap-jaw ants. Insectes Sociaux 63:265-270. doi:10.1007/s00040- 016-0462-6.
- Smith, AA, JG Millar, LM Hanks & AV Suarez. (2016) Comparative analysis of fertility signals and sex-specific cuticular chemical profiles of Odontomachus trap-jaw ants. Journal of Experimental Biology 219:419-430. doi:10.1242/jeb.128850.
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2015
- Smith, C.R.; Helms Cahan, S.; Kemena, C.; Brady, S.G.; Yang, W.; Bornberg-Bauer, E.; Eriksson, T.; Gadau, J.; Helmpkampf, M.; Gotzek, D.; Miyakawa, M.O.; Suarez, A.V.; Mikheyev, A., How do genomes create novel phenotypes? Insights from the loss of the worker caste in ant social parasites, Molecular Biology and Evolution 2015, 32, 2919-2931.
- Wills, BD, CD Chong, SM Wilder, MD Eubanks, DA Holway & AV Suarez. (2015) Effects of nutrition on investment in worker number, size, and condition in a polymorphic social insect. PLoS ONE 10: e0132440. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132440
- Hanisch, PE, L Calcaterra, M LePonce, R Achury, AV Suarez, RR Silva & C. Paris. (2015). Checklist of ground-dwelling ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iguazu National Park with a comparison to regional ant faunas. Sociobiology 62: 213-227. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.213- 227
- Larabee, FJ & AV Suarez. (2015) Mandible-powered escape jumps in trap-jaw ants increase survival rates in predator-prey encounters. PLoS ONE 10: e0124871. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124871
- Gotzek, D, HJ Axen, AV Suarez, S Helms-Cahan & D Shoemaker. (2015) Global invasion history of the tropical fire ant: a stowaway on the first global trade routes. Molecular Ecology 24: 374-388. doi:10.1111/mec.13040
- Smith, AA, JC Millar & AV Suarez. (2015) A social insect fertility signal is dependent on chemical context. Biology Letters 11: 2014097. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0947
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2014
- Wills, BD, CS Moreau, BD Wray, BD Hoffmann & AV Suarez. (2014) Body size variation and caste ratios in geographically distinct populations of the invasive big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 423-438
- Scholes, DR, AV Suarez, AA Smith, JS Johnston & KN Paige. (2014) Patterns of endopolyploidy and organ function in the giant ant Dinoponera australis. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 37: 113- 126
- Larabee, FJ & AV Suarez. (2014) The evolution and functional morphology of trap-jaw ants. Myrmecological News 20: 25-36
- Tillberg, CV, B Edmonds, A Freauff, P Hanisch, C Paris, CR Smith, ND Tsutsui, BD Wills, SE Wittman & AV Suarez. (2014) Foraging and nesting ecology of Dinoponera australis. Biotropica 46: 229-237
- Smith, AA, W Vanderpool, JG Millar, LM Hanks & AV Suarez. (2014) Conserved male-specific cuticular hydrocarbon patterns in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus. Chemoecology 24: 29- 34
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2013
- Smith, AA, J Millar, L Hanks & AV Suarez. (2013) A conserved fertility signal despite population variation in the cuticular hydrocarbon phenotype of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 3917-3924
- Scholes, DR, AV Suarez & KN Paige. (2013) Can endopolyploidy explain size variation within and between castes in ants? Ecology and Evolution 3: 2128-2137. doi:10.1002/ece3.623
- Wilder, SM, TR Barnum, DA Holway, AV Suarez & MD Eubanks. (2013) Introduced fire ants can exclude native ants from critical mutualist-provided resources. Oecologia 172: 197-205
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2012
- Suarez, AV & EL Suhr. (2012) Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on "supercolonies": a commentary on Moffett. Behavioral Ecology 23: 937-938
- Phillips, BL & AV Suarez. (2012) The role of behavioural variation in the invasion of new areas. pp. 190-200 (Chapter 14) in Behavioural responses to a changing world: mechanisms and consequences. Canolin, U & BM Wong Eds. Oxford University Press
- Smith, AA, JG Millar, LM Hanks, & AV Suarez. (2012) Experimental evidence that workers recognize reproductives through cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant Odontomachus brunneus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 1267-1276
- Huang, D, R Zhang, KC Kim, & AV Suarez. (2012) Spatial pattern and determinants of the first detection locations of invasive alien species in mainland China. PLoS ONE 7: e31734. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031734
- Berg-Binder, MC & AV Suarez. (2012) Testing the directed dispersal hypothesis: are native ant mounds (Formica sp.) favorable microhabitats for an invasive plant? Oecologia 169: 763-772
Press
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2007
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