invasivespecies.ucsd.eduInvasive Social Insects
Current and Recent Research in the Holway Lab
Graduate Students
Katherine LeVan (2013, degree expected) (website)
Thesis Research: Effect of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) invasion on arthropod food webs and community structure
Erin Wilson (2009, degree expected)
Thesis Research: Ecological effects of a social wasp invasion on Hawaiian arthropods
» Wilson EE, Mullen LM, Holway DA (2009) Life history plasticity magnifies ecological effects of a social wasp invasion. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA In press.
» Eckles MA, Wilson EE, Holway DA, Nieh JC (2008) Yellowjackets (Vespula pensylvanica) thermoregulate in response to changes in protein concentration. Naturwissenschaften 95: 787-792.
» Wilson EE, Holway DA, Nieh JC (2006) Cold anesthesia decreases foraging recruitment in the New World bumblebee, Bombus occidentalis. J Apic Res 45: 169-172.
» Eckles MA, Wilson EE, Holway DA, Nieh JC (2008) Yellowjackets (Vespula pensylvanica) thermoregulate in response to changes in protein concentration. Naturwissenschaften 95: 787-792.
» Wilson EE, Holway DA, Nieh JC (2006) Cold anesthesia decreases foraging recruitment in the New World bumblebee, Bombus occidentalis. J Apic Res 45: 169-172.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Ho Jung Yoo (2007-) (website)
Masters Students
Michelle Kizner (2010 degree expected)
Past lab members
Graduate Students
Sean Menke (2007) (website)
Thesis Research: Predicting Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) invasions at multiple spatial scales: the relative importance of abiotic and biotic factors
» Menke SB, Holway DA, Fisher RN, Jetz W (2009) Characterizing and predicting species distributions across environments and scales: Argentine ant occurrences in the eye of the beholder. Global Ecol Biogeogr 18: 50-63.
» Menke SB, Fisher RN, Jetz W, Holway DA (2007) Biotic and abiotic controls of Argentine ant invasion success at local and landscape scales. Ecology 88: 3164-3173.
» Menke SB, Holway DA (2006) Abiotic factors control invasion by Argentine ants at the community scale. J Animal Ecol 75 (2): 368-376.
» Menke SB, Fisher RN, Jetz W, Holway DA (2007) Biotic and abiotic controls of Argentine ant invasion success at local and landscape scales. Ecology 88: 3164-3173.
» Menke SB, Holway DA (2006) Abiotic factors control invasion by Argentine ants at the community scale. J Animal Ecol 75 (2): 368-376.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Ed LeBrun (2003-2005)
» LeBrun, EG, Tillberg CV, Suarez AV, Folgarait P, Smith CR, Holway DA (2007) A study of competition between fire ants and Argentine ants in their native range. Ecology 88: 63-75.
Melissa Thomas (2002-2004) (website)
» Thomas ML, Payne-Makrisa CM, Suarez AV, Tsutsui ND, Holway DA (2007) Contact between supercolonies elevates aggression in Argentine ants. Ins Soc 54: 225-233.
» Thomas ML, Payne-Makrisa CM, Suarez AV, et al. (2006) When supercolonies collide: territorial aggression in an invasive and unicolonial social insect. Mol Ecol 15 (14): 4303-4315.
» Thomas ML, Dixson A, Coggins V, et al. (2005) Food availability and brood number do not influence intraspecific aggression in Argentine ants. Ins Soc 52 (2): 108-113.
» Thomas ML, Holway DA (2005) Condition-specific competition between invasive Argentine ants and Australian Iridomyrmex. J Animal Ecol 74: 532-542.
» Thomas ML, Tsutsui ND, Holway DA (2005) Intraspecific comeptetion influencecs the symmetry and intensity of aggression in the Argentine ant. Behav Ecol 16: 472-481.
» Thomas ML, Payne-Makrisa CM, Suarez AV, et al. (2006) When supercolonies collide: territorial aggression in an invasive and unicolonial social insect. Mol Ecol 15 (14): 4303-4315.
» Thomas ML, Dixson A, Coggins V, et al. (2005) Food availability and brood number do not influence intraspecific aggression in Argentine ants. Ins Soc 52 (2): 108-113.
» Thomas ML, Holway DA (2005) Condition-specific competition between invasive Argentine ants and Australian Iridomyrmex. J Animal Ecol 74: 532-542.
» Thomas ML, Tsutsui ND, Holway DA (2005) Intraspecific comeptetion influencecs the symmetry and intensity of aggression in the Argentine ant. Behav Ecol 16: 472-481.
Pablo Schilman (2002-2004)
» Schilman PE, Lighton JRB, Holway DA (2007). Water balance in the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) compared with five common native ant species from southern California. Physiol Entomol 32: 1-7.
» Schilman PE, Roces F (2006) Foraging energetics of a nectar-feeding ant: metabolic expenditure as a function of food-source profitability. J Exper Biol 209 (20): 4091-4101.
» Schilman PE, Lighton JRB, Holway DA (2005) Respiratory and cuticular water loss in insects with continuous gas exchange: comparison across five ant species. J of Insect Physiol 51: 1295-1305.
» Lighton JRB, Schilman PE, Holway DA (2004) The hyperoxic switch: assessing respiratory water loss rates in tracheate arthropods with continuous gas exchange. J of Exper Biol 207: 4463-4471.
» Schilman PE, Roces F (2006) Foraging energetics of a nectar-feeding ant: metabolic expenditure as a function of food-source profitability. J Exper Biol 209 (20): 4091-4101.
» Schilman PE, Lighton JRB, Holway DA (2005) Respiratory and cuticular water loss in insects with continuous gas exchange: comparison across five ant species. J of Insect Physiol 51: 1295-1305.
» Lighton JRB, Schilman PE, Holway DA (2004) The hyperoxic switch: assessing respiratory water loss rates in tracheate arthropods with continuous gas exchange. J of Exper Biol 207: 4463-4471.
Senior Thesis Students
Christine Young (2009)
Masters Students
Cheng Chou (2009)
John Ludka (2008)
Crystal Grover (2007)
» Grover CD, Dayton KC, Menke SB, Holway DA (2008) Effects of aphids on foliar foraging by Argentine ants and the resulting effects on other arthropods. Ecol Entomol 33: 101-106.
» Grover CD, Kay AD, Monson JA, Marsh TC, Holway DA (2007) Linking nutrition and behavioral dominance: carbohydrate scarcity limits aggression and activity in Argentine ants. Proc Roy Soc Series B 274: 2951-2957.
» Grover CD, Kay AD, Monson JA, Marsh TC, Holway DA (2007) Linking nutrition and behavioral dominance: carbohydrate scarcity limits aggression and activity in Argentine ants. Proc Roy Soc Series B 274: 2951-2957.
Stephanie Glenn (2005)
» Glenn, S. & D.A. Holway. 2008. Consumption of introduced prey by native predators: Argentine ants and pit-building ant lions. Biol Invasions 10: 273-280.
Jennifer Zee (2003) (website) (blogspot)
» Zee J, Holway DA (2006) Nest raiding by an invasive and unicolonial social insect. Insectes Sociaux 53: 161-167.