2024

Koenig, P. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2024). Acorn ant exhibits age-dependent induced defense in response to parasitic raids. Biology Letters 20: 20240335.
Koenig&Moreau_BiolLett_2024

Touchard, A., Robinson, S. D., Lalagüe, H., Ascoët, S., Billet, A. Dejean, A., Téné, N., Petitclerc, F., Troispoux, V., Treilhou, M., Bonnafé, E., Vetter, I., Vizueta, J., Moreau, C.S., Orivel, J. & Tysklind, N. (2024) Adaptive trade-offs between vertebrate defence and insect predation drive Amazonian ant venom evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291: 20242184.
Touchard_et_al._ProcB_2024

Flynn, P. J.  & Moreau, C. S. (2024). Viral diversity and co-evolutionary dynamics across the ant phylogeny. Molecular Ecology 2024:00 e17519.
Flynn&Moreau_MolEcol_2024

Suissa, J. S., Li, F.-W. & Moreau, C. S. (2024). Convergent evolution of fern nectaries facilitated independent recruitment of ant-bodyguards from flowering plants. Nature Communications 15: 4392.
Suissa_et_al._NatComm_2024

Koenig, P. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2024). Temnothorax longispinosus acorn ant colonies respond to parasitic raids by emigrating. Insectes Sociaux 71: 149-155.
Koenig&Moreau_InsectesSociaux_2024

Suissa, J. S., De La Cerda, G. Y., Graber, L. C., Jelley, C., Wickell, D., Phillips, H. R., Grinage, A. D., Moreau, C. S., Specht, C., Doyle, J. & Landis, J. B. (2024). Data driven guidelines for phylogenomic analysis using SNP data. Applications in Plant Sciences 2024: e11611.
Suissa_et_al._AppPlantSci_2024

Reese, C. M., Graber, L. C., Ramalho, M. O. & Moreau, C. S. (2024) The diversity of Wolbachia across the turtle ants (Cephalotes). Biology 13: e121.
Reese_et_al._Biology_2024

2023

Koenig, P. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2023). Testing optimal defense theory in a social insect: Increased raid risk is correlated with increased venom investment. Ecological Entomology 2023: 1-10.
Koenig&Moreau_EcolEnto_2023

Jelley, C. & Moreau, C. S. (2023). Aggressive behavior across ant lineages: Importance, quantification, and associations with trait evolution. Insectes Sociaux (2023).
Jelley&Moreau_InsectesSociaux_2023
Insectes Sociaux Highlight article (press)

Barkdull, M. & Moreau, C. S. (2023). Worker reproduction and caste polymorphism impact genome evolution and social genes across the ants. Genome Biology and Evolution 15(6): 1-24.
Barkdull&Moreau_GBE_2023

Béchade, B., Cabuslay, C. S., Hu, Y., Mendonea, C. M., Hassanpour, B., Lin, J. Y., Su, Y., Fiers, V. J., Anandarajan, D., Lu, R., Olson, C. J., Duplais, C., Rosen, G. L., Moreau, C. S., Aristilde, L., Wertz, J. T. & Russell, J. A. (2023). Physiological and evolutionary contexts of a new symbiotic species from the nitrogen-recycling gut community of turtle ants. The ISME Journal 2023: 1-14.
Béchade_et_al._ISME_2023

Barkdull, M., Miller, C. R., Pipken, M. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2023) Natural history collections: What they are and why we need them? Frontiers for Young Minds 11: Article 1048608.
Barkdull_et_al._FYM_2023

Nelsen, M. P., Moreau, C. S., Boyce, C. K. & Ree, R. H. (2023). Macroecological diversification of ants is linked to angiosperm evolution. Evolution Letters 7(2): 79-87.
Nelsen_et_al._EvolLett_2023

Booher, D. B., Gotelli, N. J., Nelsen, M. P., Ohyama, L., Deyrup, M., Moreau, C. S. & Suarez, A. V. (2023). Six decades of museum collections reveal disruption of native ant assemblages by introduced species. Current Biology 33:1-7.
Booher_et_al._CurrentBiology_2023

Ramalho, M. O. & Moreau, C. S. (2023). Untangling the complex interactions between turtle ants and their microbial partners. Animal Microbiome 5(1): 1-16.
Ramalho&Moreau_AnimalMicrobiome_2023

Webb, J., Graber, L., Ramalho, M. O. & Moreau, C. S. (2023). Investigating the diversity of Wolbachia across the spiny ants (Polyrhachis). Diversity 15(3): 348.
Webb_et_al._Diversity_2023

Chanson, A., Moreau, C. S. & Duplais, C. (2023). The impact of diet, nesting mode and host taxonomy in structuring microbial communities in Amazonian ants. Diversity 15(2): 126.
Chanson_et_al._2023_Diversity

Gorneau, J. A., Rayor, L. S. Rheims, C. A., & Moreau, C. S. (2023) Molecular, morphological, and life history data to support research of huntsman spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae). Data in Brief 46: 108885.
Gorneau_et_al_DIB_2023

Hu, Y., D’Amelio, C. L., Béchade, B., Cabuslay, C. S., Łukasik, P., Sanders, J. G., Price, S., Fanwick, E., Powell, S., Moreau, C. S. & Russell, J. A. (2022). Partner fidelity and environmental filtering preserve stage-specific turtle ant gut symbioses for over 40 million years. Ecological Monographs 93(1): e1560.
Hu_et_al._Ecological_Monographs_2023

2022

Moreau, C. S., Darby, A. M., Demery, A.-J. C., Arcila Hernández, L. M. & Meaders, C. L. (2022). A framework for educating and empowering students by teaching about history and consequences of bias in STEM. Invited for a special DEI focused issue of Pathogens and Disease 80(1): 1-8.
Moreau_et_al._Pathogens&Disease_2022

Blanchard, B. D. & Moreau, C. S. (2022). Defensive spines are associated with large geographic range but not diversification in spiny ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Polyrhachis). Systematic Entomology 1-13.
BlanchardMoreau_2022_SystematicEntomology

Graber, L. C., Ramalho, M. O., Powell, S. & Moreau, C. S. (2022). Identifying the role of elevation, geography, and species identity in structuring turtle ant (Cephalotes Latreille, 1802) bacterial communities. Microbial Ecology 86: 1240-1253.
Graber_et_al._MicroEcol_2022

de Oliveira, A. A., de Carvalho, A. E., Ramalho, M. O., Moreau, C. S., Harakava, R. & Bueno, O. C. (2022). Exploring the diversity and potential interactions of bacterial and fungal endophytes associated with olive trees (Olea europaea) and their impact on herbivore preference. Microbiological Research 263: 127128.
de Oliveira_et_al._Mico_Res_2022

Price, S. L., Blanchard, B. D., Powell, S., Blaimer, B. B. & Moreau, C. S. (2022). Phylogenomics and fossil data inform the systematics and geographic range evolution of a diverse Neotropical ant lineage. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 9; 1–13.
Price_et_al._ISD_2022

Greer, J. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2022). Phylogenetic analysis and trait evolution of ant cocoons. Insect Systematics and Evolution 53: 60-77.
Greer&Moreau_ISE_2022

Gorneau, J. A., Rheims, C. A., Moreau, C. S. & Rayor, L. S. (2022) Huntsman spider phylogeny informs evolution of life history, egg sacs, and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 174: 107530.
Gorneau_et_al._2022_MPE

Moreau, C. S. & Pierce, N. E. (2022). Obituary Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021) – Naturalist, synthesizer and conservation champion. Invited obituary in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Moreau&Pierce_NatureE&E_2022

2021

Moreau, C. S. & Ware, J. L. (2021). Fund natural-history museums, not de-extinction. Nature 598: 32.
Moreau&Ware_Nature_2021

Duplais, C., Sarou-Kanian, V., Massiot, D., Hassan, A., Perrone, B., Estevez, Y., Wertz, J. T., Martineau, E., Farjon, J., Giraudeau, P. & Moreau, C. S. (2021). Gut bacteria are essential for normal cuticle development in herbivorous turtle ants. Nature Communications 12: 676.
Duplais_et_al-2021-Nature_Communications

Grewe, F., Kronforst, M. R., Pierce, N. E. & Moreau, C. S. (2021). Museum genomics reveals the Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was a distinct species driven to extinction. Biology Letters 17: 20210123.
Grewe_et_al.BiolLett_2021
New York Times article (press)
Newsweek article (press)
CNN article (press)

Flynn, P. J., D’Amelio, C., Sanders, J. G., Russell, J. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2021). Localization of bacterial communities within gut compartments across Cephalotes ants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87(8): e02803-20.
Flynn_et_al._AEM_2021

McKenzie, S. K., Winston, M. E., Grewe, F., Vargas-Asensio, G., Rodriguez, N., Rubin, B. E. R., Catalina, M., von Beeren, C., Moreau, C. S., Suen, G., Pinto-Tomás, A. A., & Kronauer, D. J. C. (2021). The genomic basis of army ant chemosensory adaptations. Molecular Ecology 30: 6627-6641.
McKenzie_et_al._MolEcol_2021

Chanson, A., Moreau, C. S. & Duplais, C. (2021). Assessing biosynthetic gene cluster diversity of specialized metabolites in the conserved gut symbionts of herbivorous turtle ants. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 678100.
Chanson_et_al._2021_FrontiersMicrobiology

Gotelli, N. J., Booher, D. B., Urban, M. C., Ulrich, W., Suarez, A. V., Skelly, D. K., Russell, D. J., Rowe, R. J., Rothendler, M., Rios, N., Rehan, S. M., Ni, G., Moreau, C. S., Magurran, A. E., Jones, F. A. M., Graves, G. R., Fiera, C., Burkhardt, U. & Primack, R. B. (2021). Estimating species relative abundances from museum records. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 00: 1-13.
Gotelli_et_al._MEE_2021

Ramalho, M. O., Kim, Z., Wang, S. & Moreau, C. S. (2021). Wolbachia across social insects: Patterns and implications. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 114(2): 206-218.
Ramalho_et_al._2021_AnnalsEntSoc

2020

Moreau, C. S. (2020). Symbiosis among ants and microbes. Current Opinion in Insect Science 39:1-5.
Moreau_COIS_2020

Ramalho, M. O. & Moreau, C. S. (2020). The evolution and biogeography of Wolbachia in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity 12: 426.
Ramalho&Moreau_Diversity_2020

Ramalho, M. O., Martins, C. & Moreau, C. S. (2020) Myrmecology: Majority of females only within the colony. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi – Ciências Naturais 15(1): 17-26.
Ramalho_et_al._2020_WIS

Martins, C. & Moreau, C. S. (2020). Influence of host phylogeny, geographical location and seed harvesting diet on the bacterial community of globally distributed Pheidole ants. PeerJ 8:e8492.
Martins & Moreau PeerJ 2020

Ramalho, M. O., Gibson, J. C., Duplais, C., Orivel, J., Suarez, A. V. & Moreau, C. S. (2020). Development but not diet alters microbial communities in the Neotropical arboreal trap jaw ant Daceton armigerum: an exploratory study. Scientific Reports 10: 7350.
Ramalho_et_al-2020-Scientific_Reports

Blanchard, B. D., Nakamura, A., Cao, M. Chen, S. T. & Moreau, C. S. (2020). Spine and dine: Foraging behavior, competitive dynamics, and predator-prey interactions support the escape-and-radiate hypothesis in spiny ants. Ecology & Evolution 10: 5852-5863.
Blanchard_et_al._EcolEvol_2020

Birer, C., Moreau, C. S., Tysklind, N., Zinger, L. & Duplais, C. (2020). Disentangling the sources of ant cuticular microbiota of two Amazonian ant species sharing a common arboreal nest. Molecular Ecology 29(7): 1372-1385.
Birer_et_al._2020_MolEcol

Supriya, K., Price, T. D. & Moreau, C. S. (2020). Competition with insectivorous ants as a contributor to low songbird diversity at low elevations in the eastern Himalaya. Ecology & Evolution 10: 4280-4290.
Supriya_et_al._EcolEvol_2020

Moreau, C. S. (2020). “Intestinal symbionts” in Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Starr, C. K. (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
Moreau Intestinal Symbionts ESI 2020

Borowiec, M., Moreau, C. & Rabeling, C. (2020). “Ants: Phylogeny and Classification” in Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Starr, C. K. (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
Borowiec_et_al-2020 Ants – phylogeny and classification

Reeves, D. D., Price, S. L., Ramalho, M. O. & Moreau, C. S. (2020). The diversity and distribution of Wolbachia, Rhizobiales, and Ophiocordyceps within the widespread Neotropical turtle ant, Cephalotes atratus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Neotropical Entomology 49: 52–60.
Reeves_et_al._NeotropicalEntomology_2020

Marden, E., Abbott, R. J., Austerlitz, F. Ortiz-Barrientos, D., Baucom, R. S., Bongaerts, P., Bonin, A. Bonneaud, C., Browne, L., Buerkle, C. A., Caicedo, A. L., Cruzan, M. B., Davison, A., DeWoody, J. A., Drumbrell, A. J., Emerson, B. C., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Gillespie, R., Giraud, T., Hansen, M. M., Hodgins, K. A., Heuertz, M., Hirase, S., Hooper, R., Hohenlohe, P., Kan, N., C., Kelley, J. L., Kinzinger, A. P., McKenzie, V. J., Moreau, C. S., Nazareno, A. G., Pelletier, T. A., Pemberton, J. M., Qu, Y., Renaut, S., Riginos, C., Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, N., Rogers, S. M., Russell, J. A., Schoville, S. D., Shi, S., Smith, M., Sork, V. L., Stone, G. N., Taberlet, P., Videvall, E., Waits, L., Warschefsky, E., Wayne, R. K., Whibley, A., Willoughby, J., Yoder, J. B., Zinger, L., Sibbett, B., Narum, S. & Rieseberg, L. H. (2021). Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research. Molecular Ecology 30(5): 1103-1107.
Marden_et_al._2020_MolEcol

2019

Reeves, D. D. & Moreau, C. S. (2019). The evolution of foraging behavior in ants. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 77(2): 351-363.
Reeves & Moreau Arthropod Syst & Phylo 2019

Pinheiro, H. T., Moreau, C. S., Daly, M. & Rocha, L. A. (2019). Will DNA barcoding meet taxonomic needs? Science 365(6456): 873-874.
Pinheiro et al. Science

Flynn, P. J. & Moreau, C. S. (2019). Assessing the diversity of endogenous viruses throughout ant genomes. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 1139.
Flynn & Moreau, Frontiers in Microbiology (PDF)

Supriya, K., Moreau, C. S., Sam, K. & Price, T. D. (2019). Global analysis of elevational gradients in arthropod abundance. Frontiers in Biogeography 11(2): e43104.
Supriya et al. Frontiers of Biogeography (PDF)

Rubin, B. E. R., Kautz, S., Wray, B. D. & Moreau, C. S. (2019). Dietary specialization in mutualistic acacia-ants affects abundance but not identity of host-associated bacteria. Molecular Ecology 28: 900-916.
Rubin, B. E. R. et al., Molecular Ecology (PDF)
Pringle, E. G., Molecular Ecology (Press)

Probst, R. S., Wray, B. D., Moreau, C. S. & Brandão, C. R. F. (2019). A phylogenetic analysis of the dirt ants, Basiceros Schulz (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Inferring life histories through morphological convergence. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(4): 1-12.
Probst et al., Insect Systematics and Diversity (PDF)

Rubenstein, D. R., Ågren, J. A., Carbone, L., Hoekstra, H. E., Elde, N. C., Kapheim, K. M., Keller, L., Moreau, C. S., Toth, A. L., Yeaman, S. & Hofmann, H. A. (2019). Coevolution of genome architecture and social behavior. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34(9): 844-855.
Rubenstein et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (PDF)

Kelly, M., Price, S. L., Ramalho, M. O. & Moreau, C. S. (2019). Diversity of Wolbachia associated with the giant turtle ant, Cephalotes atratus. Current Microbiology 76: 1330-1337.
Kelly et al. Current Microbiology 2019

Ramalho, M. O., Moreau, C. S. & Bueno, O. C. (2019). The potential role of environment in structuring the microbiota of Camponotus across parts of the body. Advances in Entomology 7(3): 47-70.
Ramalho et al., Advances in Entomology (PDF)

2018

Nelsen, M. P., Ree, R. H. & Moreau, C. S. (2018). Ant-plant interactions evolved through increasing interdependence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 115(48): 12253-12258.
Nelsen, M. P., Ree, R. H. & Moreau, C. S., PNAS (PDF)
How plants evolved to make ants their servants, Science Daily (Press)
How plants evolved to make ants their servants, Phys.org (Press)

Hu, Y., Łukasik, P., Sanders, J. G., D’Amelio, C. L., Millar, J. S., Vann, D. R., Lan, Y., Newton, J. A., Schotanus, M., Kronauer, D. J. C., Pierce, N. E., Moreau, C. S., Wertz, J. T., Engel, P. & Russell, J. A. (2018). Herbivorous turtle ants obtain essential nutrients from a highly conserved nitrogen-recycling gut microbiome. Nature Communications 9: 964.
Hu, Y. et al., Nature Communications (PDF)

Short, A. E. Z., Dikow, T. & Moreau, C. S. (2018). Entomological collections in the age of big data. Annual Review of Entomology 63: 513-530.
Short, A. E. Z., Dikow, T. & Moreau, C. S., Annual Review of Entomology (PDF)

Loreto, R. G., de Araújo, J. P. M., Kepler, R. M., Fleming, K. R., Moreau, C. S. & Hughes, D. P. (2018). Evidence for convergent evolution of host parasitic manipulation in response to environmental conditions. Evolution 72(10): 2144-2155.
Loreto, R. G. et al., Evolution (PDF)

Dennis, T. P. W., Flynn, P. J., Marciel de Souza, W., Singer, J. B., Moreau, C. S., Wilson, S. J. and Gifford, R. J. (2018). Insights into circovirus host range from the genomic fossil record. Journal of Virology 91(16): e00145-18.
Dennis, T. P. W. et al., Journal of Virology (PDF)

Parfrey, L. W., Moreau, C. S. & Russell, J. A. (2018). Introduction: The host-associated microbiome: Pattern, process, and function. Molecular Ecology 27: 1749-1765.
Parfrey, L. W., Moreau, C. S. & Russell, J. A., Molecular Ecology (PDF)

Ramalho, M. O., Vieira, A. S., Pereira, M. C., Moreau, C. S. & Bueno, O. C. (2018). Transovarian transmission of Blochmannia and Wolbachia endosymbionts in the Neotropical weaver ant Camponotus textor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Current Micobiology 75: 866-873.
Ramalho, M. O. et al., Current Microbiology (PDF)

2017

Moreau, C. S. & Rubin, B. E. R. (2017). Diversity and persistence of the gut microbiome of the giant Neotropical bullet ant. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57(4): 682-689.
Moreau, C. S. & Rubin, B. E. R., Integrative and Comparative Biology (PDF)

Drew, J. A., Moreau, C. S. & Stiassny, M. L. J. (2017). Digitization of museum collections improves diversity in biodiversity science and education. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 1789-1790.
Drew, J. A., Moreau, C. S. & Stiassny, M. L. J., Nature Ecology and Evolution (PDF)

Ramalho, M. O., Bueno, O. C. & Moreau, C. S. (2017). Species-specific signatures of the microbiome from Camponotus and Colobopsis ants across developmental stages. PLOS ONE 12(11): e0187461.
Ramalho, M. O., Bueno, O. C. & Moreau, C. S., PLOS ONE (PDF)

Moreau, C. S. & Wray, B. D. (2017). An empirical test of reduced-representation genomics to infer species-level phylogenies for two ant groups. In an invited issue of Insect Systematics and Diversity 1(2): 1-8.
Moreau, C. S. & Wray, B. D., Insect Systematics and Diversity (PDF)

Kamhi, J. F., Arganda, S., Moreau, C. S. & Traniello, J. F. A. (2017). Origins of aminergic regulation of behavior in complex insect social systems. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 11:74.
Kamhi, J. F., Arganda, S., Moreau, C. S. & Traniello, J. F. A., Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience (PDF)

Yao, L., Li, H., Martin, R. D., Moreau, C. S. & Malhi, R. S. (2017). Tracing the phylogeographic history of Southeast Asian long-tailed macaques through mitogenomes of museum specimens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 116: 227-238.
Yao, L., Li, H., Martin, R. D., Moreau, C. S. & Malhi, R. S., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (PDF)

Ramalho, M. O., Bueno, O. C. & Moreau, C. S. (2017). Microbial composition of spiny ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Polyrhachis) across their geographic range. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 96.
Ramalho, M. O., Bueno, O. C. & Moreau, C. S., BMC Evolutionary Biology (PDF)

Pringle, E. G. & Moreau, C. S. (2017). Community analysis of microbial sharing and specialization in a Costa Rican ant-plant-hemipteran symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162770.
Pringle, E. G. & Moreau, C. S., Proceedings of the Royal Society B (PDF)

Blanchard, B. D. & Moreau, C. S. (2017). Defensive traits exhibit an evolutionary trade-off and drive diversification in ants. Evolution 71-2: 315-328.
Blanchard, B. D. & Moreau, C. S., Evolution (PDF)
Benjamin Blanchard, UChicago Medicine (Press)
Jeremy Rehm, Evolution (Press)

Winston, M. E., Kronauer, D. & Moreau, C. S. (2017). Early and dynamic colonization of Central America drives speciation in Neotropical army ants. Molecular Ecology 26: 859-870.
Winston, M. E., Kronauer, D. & Moreau, C. S., Molecular Ecology (PDF)
Carrie Arnold, Nature.com (Press)
Ian Graber-Stiehl, Discover Magazine (Press)
Ant genomics help reshape biological history of the Americas, Science Daily (Press)
Ant genomics help reshape biological history of the Americas, Phys.org (Press)
Seán G. Brady, Wiley Online Library (Press)

Russell, J. A, Sanders, J. G. & Moreau, C. S. (2017). Hotspots for symbiosis: Function, evolution, and specificity of ant-microbe associations from trunk to tips of the ant phylogeny (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 24: 43-69.
Russell, J. A, Sanders, J. G. & Moreau, C. S., Myrmecological News (PDF)

Winston, M. E., Thompson, A., Trujillo, G., Burchill, A. & Moreau, C. S. (2017). Novel approach to heritability detection suggests robustness to paternal genotype in a complex morphological trait. Ecology and Evolution 7(12): 4179-4191.
Winston, M. E. et al., Ecology and Evolution (PDF)

Łukasik, P., Newton, J. A., Sanders, J. G., Hu, Y., Moreau, C. S., Kronauer, D. J. C., O’Donnell, S., Koga, R., & Russell, J. A. (2017). The structured diversity of specialized gut symbionts of the New World army ants. Molecular Ecology 26(14): 3808-3825.
Łukasik, P. et al., Molecular Ecology (PDF)

2016

Rubin, B. E. R. & Moreau, C. S. (2016). Comparative genomics reveals convergent rates of evolution in ant-plant mutualisms. Nature Communications 7: 12679.
Rubin, B. E. R. & Moreau, C. S., Nature Communications (PDF)
Elizabeth Pennisi, ScienceMag.org (Press)
Ian Johnston, Independent (Press)
Ant genomics declare ‘checkmate’ to red king theory: Long-standing scientific theory challenged, Science Daily (Press)
Staff reporter, GenomeWeb (Press)
Kate Horowitz, Mental Floss (Press)

Burchill, A. T. & Moreau, C. S. (2016). Colony size evolution in ants: Macroevolutionary trends. Insectes Sociaux 63(2): 291-298.
Burchill, A. T. & Moreau, C. S., Insectes Sociaux (PDF)
Marianne Peso, Colony size evolution in ants, Insectes Sociaux (Press)
Marianne Peso, Ant colonies, group size, and rock ‘n’ roll, Insectes Sociaux (Press)
International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Insectes Sociaux (Press)

Mezger, D. & Moreau, C. S. (2016). Out of South-East Asia: Phylogeny and biogeography of the spiny ant genus Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41: 369-378.
Mezger, D. & Moreau, C. S., Systematic Entomology (PDF)

Holley, J. C., Moreau, C. S., Laird, J. G. & Suarez, A. V. (2016). Subcaste-specific evolution of head size in the ant genus Pheidole. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118(3): 472-485.
Holley, J. C. et al., Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (PDF)

Johnson, R. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2016). A new ant genus from southern Argentina and southern Chile, Patagonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4139(1): 1-31.
Johnson, R. A. & Moreau, C. S., Zootaxa (PDF)

2015

Moreau, C. S., Hugall, A. F., McDonald, K. R., Jamieson, B. G. M., & Moritz, C. (2015). An ancient divide in a contiguous rainforest: Endemic earthworms in the Australian wet tropics. PLOS ONE 10(9): e0136943.
Moreau, C. S. et al., PLOS ONE (PDF)

NESCent Working Group on the Evolutionary Biology of the Built Environment, Martin, L. J., Adams, R. I., Bateman, A., Bik, H. M., Hawks, J., Hird, S. M., Hughes, D., Kembel, S. W., Kinney, K., Kolokotronis, S.-O., Levy, G., McClain, C., Meadow, J. F., Medina, R. F., Mhuireach, G., Moreau, C. S., Munshi-South, J., Nichols, L. M., Palmer, C., Popova, L., Schal, C., Täubel, M., Trautwein, M., Ugalde, J. & Dunn, R. R. (2015). Evolution of the indoor biome. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30 (4): 223-232.
Martin, L. J. et al., Trends in Ecology and Evolution (PDF)
Carl Zimmer, The New York Times (Press)

Robson, S. K. A., Kohout, R. J., Beckenbach, A. T. & Moreau, C. S. (2015). Evolutionary transitions of complex labile traits: Silk weaving and arboreal nesting in Polyrhachis ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 449-458.
Robson, S. K. A. et al., Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (PDF)
James Cook University, Science Daily (Press)

Leavitt, S. D., Moreau, C. S. & Lumbsch, H. T. (2015). “The dynamic discipline of species delimitation: Progress towards effectively recognizing species boundaries in natural populations” in Upreti, D. K., Divakar, P. K., Shukla, V., & Bajpai, R. (Eds.) Recent Advances in Lichenology Volume 2. Springer Press, Berlin, Germany, pp. 11-44.
Leavitt, S. D., Moreau, C. S. & Lumbsch, H. T., Recent Advances in Lichenology (PDF)

2014

Moreau, C. S., Deyrup, M. A. & Davis, L. R. (2014). Ants of the Florida Keys: Species accounts, biogeography, and conservation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Science 14: e295.
Moreau, C. S., Deyrup, M. A. & Davis, L. R., Journal of Insect Science (PDF)

Moreau, C. S. (2014). A practical guide to DNA extraction, PCR, and gene-based DNA sequencing in insects. Halteres 5: 32-42.
Moreau, C. S., Halteres (PDF)

Rubin, B. E. R., Sanders, J. G., Hampton-Marcell, J., Owens, S., Gilbert, J. A. & Moreau, C. S. (2014). DNA extraction protocols cause differences in 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing efficiency but not in community profile composition or structure. MicrobiologyOpen 3(6): 910-921.
Rubin, B. E. R. et al., MicrobiologyOpen (PDF)

Wills, B. D., Moreau, C. S., Wray, B. D., Hoffmann, B. D. & Suarez, A. V. (2014). Body size variation and caste ratios in geographically distinct populations of the invasive big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 423-438.
Wills, B. D. et al., Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (PDF)

Muscedere, M. L., Gronenberg, W., Moreau, C. S. & Traniello, J. F. A. (2014) Investment in higher order central processing regions is not constrained by brain size in social insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20140217.
Muscedere, M. L. et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B (PDF)

Winston, M. E., Hampton Marcel, J., Zarraonaindia,, I., Owens, S. M., Moreau, C. S., Gilbert, J. A., Hartsel, J., Kennedy, S. J., & Gibbons, S. M. (2014) Understanding cultivar-specificity and soil determinants of the Cannabis microbiome. PLOS ONE 9(6): e99641.
Winston, M. E. et al., PLOS ONE (PDF)

Hu, Y., Łukasik, P., Moreau, C. S. & Russell, J. A. (2014) Correlates of gut community composition across an ant species (Cephalotes varians) elucidate causes and consequences of symbiotic variability. Molecular Ecology 23: 1284-1300.
Hu, Y., Łukasik, P., Moreau, C. S. & Russell, J. A., Molecular Ecology (PDF)

2013

Moreau, C. S. & Bell, C. D. (2013). Testing the museum versus cradle biological diversity hypothesis: Phylogeny, diversification, and ancestral biogeographic range evolution of the ants. Evolution 67(8): 2240-2257.
Moreau, C. S. & Bell, C. D., Evolution (PDF)
Microbial Datasets (Data file & trees)
Lucas Laursen, Nature.com (Press)
Ant family tree constructed: Confirms date of evolutionary origin, underscores importance of Neotropics, Science Daily (Press)

Kautz S., Rubin B. E. R. & Moreau C. S. (2013). Bacterial infections across the ants: Frequency and prevalence of Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Asaia. Invited paper for a special issue of “Ants and their Parasites” in Psyche 2013: e936341.
Kautz S., Rubin B. E. R. & Moreau C. S., Psyche (Press)

Johnson, R. A., Overson, R. P. & Moreau, C. S. (2013). A new species of seed-harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex hoelldobleri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from the Mohave and Sonoran deserts of North America. Zootaxa 3646(3): 201-227.
Johnson, R. A., Overson, R. P. & Moreau, C. S., Zootaxa (PDF)

Moreau, C. S., Wray, B. D., Czekanski-Moir, J. E., & Rubin, B. E. R. (2013). DNA preservation: A test of commonly used preservatives for insects. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 81-86.
Moreau, C. S. et al., Invertebrate Systematics (PDF)

Kautz S., Rubin B. E. R., Russell, J. A. & Moreau C. S. (2013). Surveying the microbiome of ants: Comparing 454 pyrosequencing with traditional methods to uncover bacterial diversity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79(2): 525-534.
Kautz S. et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology (PDF)

2012

Russell, J. A., Funaro, C. F., Giraldo, Y. M., Goldman-Huertas, B., Suh, D., Kronauer, D. J. C., Moreau, C. S., & Pierce, N. E. (2012). A veritable menagerie of heritable bacteria from ants, butterflies, and beyond: Broad molecular surveys and a systematic review. PLOS ONE: 7(12): e51027.
Russell, J. A. et al., PLOS ONE (PDF)

Kautz, S., Ballhorn, D. J., Kroiß, J., Pauls, S. U., Moreau, C. S., Eilmus, S., Strohm, E. & Heil, M. (2012). Host plant use by competing acacia-ants: Mutualists monopolize while parasites share hosts. PLOS ONE 7(5): e37691.
Kautz, S. et al., PLOS ONE (PDF)

Rubin, B. E. R., Ree, R. H. & Moreau, C. S. (2012). Inferring phylogenies from RAD sequence data. PLOS ONE 7(4) e33394.
Rubin, B. E. R., Ree, R. H. & Moreau, C. S., PLOS ONE (PDF)

Anderson, K. E., Russell, J. A., Moreau, C. S., Kautz, S., Sullam, K., Hu, Y., Basinger, U., Mott, B. M., Buck, N. & Wheeler, D. E. (2012). Highly similar microbial communities are shared among related and trophically similar ant species. Molecular Ecology 21: 2282-2296. [Cover image]
Anderson, K. E. et al., Molecular Ecology (PDF)
Michael, P. & Panagiotis, S., Molecular Ecology (Press)

2011

Sarnat, E. M. & Moreau, C. S. (2011). Biogeography and morphological evolution in a Pacific island ant radiation. Molecular Ecology 20: 114-130.
Sarnat, E. M. & Moreau, C. S., Molecular Ecology (PDF)

Moreau, C. S. & Bell, C. D. (2011). Fossil cross-validation of the dated ant phylogeny (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Americana 117(3): 127-133.
Moreau, C. S. & Bell, C. D., Entomologica Americana (PDF)

Moreau, C. S. (2011). What do molecular clocks tell us about the evolution of ants? (Invited Instant Symposium review) American Entomologist 57(1): 52-53.
Moreau, C. S., Symposium Review, American Entomologist (PDF)

Funaro, C. F., Kronauer, D. J. C., Moreau, C. S., Goldman-Huertas, B., Pierce, N. E. & Russell, J. A. (2011). Army ants harbor host-specific clades of Entomoplasmatales bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77(1): 346-350. [Cover image]
Funaro, C. F. et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology (PDF)

Kautz, S. & Moreau, C. S. (2011). Creating Encyclopedia of Life’s species pages for ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): What we have done and what remains to be done. Myrmecological News 14: 69-72.
Kautz, S. & Moreau, C. S., Myrmecological News (PDF)

2010

Moreau, C. S. (2010). Book review of “Anthill” by E.O. Wilson. American Entomologist 56(4): 252.
Moreau, C. S., Book Review, American Entomologist (PDF)

2009

Russell, J. A.,+, Moreau, C. S.+, Goldman-Huertas, B., Fujiwara, M., Lohman, D. J. & Pierce, N. E. (2009). Bacterial gut symbionts are tightly linked with the evolution of herbivory in ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 106(50): 21236-21241. [+ co-first authors]
Russell, J. A. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PDF)
This Week in PNAS, GenomeWeb (PRESS)

Moreau, C. S. (2009). Inferring ant evolution in the age of molecular data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12: 201-210.
Moreau, C. S., Myrmecological News (PDF)

Russell, J. A., Goldman-Huertas, B., Moreau, C. S., Baldo, L., Stahlhut, J. K., Werren, J. H. & Pierce, N. E. (2009). Specialization and geographic isolation among Wolbachia from ants and Lycaenid butterflies. Evolution 63(3): 624-640.
Russell, J. A. et al., Evolution (PDF)

2008

Moreau, C. S. (2008). Unraveling the evolutionary history of the “hyperdiverse” ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(1): 224-239.
Moreau, C. S., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (PDF)
Molecular & Microbial Datasets (Data file & trees)

Canfield, M. R., Greene, E., Moreau, C. S. & Pierce, N. E. (2008). Exploring phenotypic plasticity in emerald moths: A phylogeny of the genus Nemoria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(2): 477-487.
Canfield, M. R. et al., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (PDF)

Moreau, C. S. (2008). Book review of B. L. Fisher and S. P. Cover “Ants of North America: A guide to the genera”. Quarterly Review of Biology 83(2): 223.
Moreau, C. S., Quarterly Review of Biology (Press)

Dejean, A., Moreau, C. S., Kenne, M. & Leponce, M. (2008). The raiding success of Pheidole megacephala on other ants in both its native and introduced ranges. Comptes Rendus Biologies 331: 631-635.
Dejean, A., Moreau, C. S., Kenne, M. & Leponce, M., Comptes Rendus Biologies (PDF)

2007

Dejean, A., Kenne, M. & Moreau, C. S. (2007). Predatory abilities favour the success of the ant Pheidole megacephala in an introduced area. Journal of Applied Entomology 131(9-10): 625-629.
Dejean, A., Kenne, M. & Moreau, C. S., Journal of Applied Entomology (PDF)

Dejean, A., Moreau, C. S., Uzac, P., Le Breton, J. & Kenne, M. (2007). The predatory behavior of Pheidole megacephala. Comptes Rendus Biologies 330: 701-709.
Dejean, A. et al., Comptes Rendus Biologies (PDF)

2006

Moreau, C. S., Bell, C. D., Vila, R., Archibald, S. B. & Pierce, N. P. (2006). Phylogeny of the ants: Diversification in the age of angiosperms. Science 312(5770): 101–104. [Cover image]
Moreau, C. S. et al., Science (PDF)
Molecular Datasets (Data file & trees)
Science Watch (Press)
National Science Foundation, Science Daily (Press)
Henry Fountain, The New York Times (Press)
Science Cover (Press)

Archibald, S. B., Cover, S. P. & Moreau, C. S. (2006). Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and history of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(3): 487–523.
Archibald, S. B., Cover, S. P. & Moreau, C. S., Annals of the Entomological Society of America (PDF)

Blackburn, D. C. & Moreau, C. S. (2006). Ontogenetic diet change in the arthroleptid frog Schoutedenella xenodactyloides. Journal of Herpetology 40(3): 388-394.
Blackburn, D. C. & Moreau, C. S., Journal of Herpetology (PDF)

2005

Dejean, A., Le Breton, J., Suzzoni, J. P., Orivell, J. & Saux-Moreau, C.^⌘ (2005). Influence of interspecific competition on the recruitment behavior and liquid food transport in the tramp species Pheidole megacephala. Naturwissenschaften 92(7): 324–327.
Dejean, A. et al., Naturwissenschaften (PDF)

2004

Saux, C.^⌘, Fisher, B. L. & Spicer, G. S. (2004). Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33(2): 457–468.
Saux, C., Fisher, B. L. & Spicer, G. S., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (PDF)

2003

Saux, C.^⌘, Simon, C. M. & Spicer, G. S. (2003). Phylogeny of the dragonfly and damselfly order Odonata as inferred by mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96(6): 693–699.
Saux, C., Simon, C. M. & Spicer, G. S., Annals of the Entomological Society of America (PDF)

⌘ Previous name(s). All future publications will be under the name Moreau.