Search Results - "Wenzel, John W"

Above-ground biomass is driven by mass-ratio effects and stand structural attributes in a temperate deciduous forest by Fotis, Alexander T., Murphy, Stephen J., Ricart, Raleigh D., Krishnadas, Meghna, Whitacre, James, Wenzel, John W., Queenborough, Simon A., Comita, Liza S.

“…1. Forest ecosystems are critical for the global regulation of carbon (C), a substantial portion of which is stored in above-ground biomass (AGB). While it is…”
Get full text

Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era by Blackledge, Todd A, Scharff, Nikolaj, Coddington, Jonathan A, Szüts, Tamas, Wenzel, John W, Hayashi, Cheryl Y, Agnarsson, Ingi

“…The evolutionary diversification of spiders is attributed to spectacular innovations in silk. Spiders are unique in synthesizing many different kinds of silk,…”
Get full text

Forest disturbance and arthropods: Small‐scale canopy gaps drive invertebrate community structure and composition by Perry, Kayla I., Wallin, Kimberly F., Wenzel, John W., Herms, Daniel A.

“…In forest ecosystems, disturbances that cause tree mortality create canopy gaps, increase growth of understory vegetation, and alter the abiotic environment…”
Get full text

Forest disturbance and arthropods: small‐scale canopy and understory disturbances alter movement of mobile arthropods by Perry, Kayla I., Sivakoff, Frances S., Wallin, Kimberly F., Wenzel, John W., Herms, Daniel A.

“…Dispersal of ground‐dwelling arthropods is understudied in forest ecosystems, which hinders understanding of effects of disturbances on population dynamics…”
Get full text

The origin of photic behavior and the evolution of sexual communication in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) by Branham, Marc A, Wenzel, John W

“…Through a phylogenetic analysis using adult morphological characters, we show that the origin of bioluminescence in cantharoid beetles appears to predate the…”
Get full text

Mosaic pattern of genital divergence in three populations of Schistocerca lineata Scudder, 1899 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae) by SONG, HOJUN, WENZEL, JOHN W

“…Sexual selection theory predicts that genital structures in isolated populations are likely to diverge, but male genitalia are often species-specific, which…”
Get full text

Productivity, individual-level and colony-level flexibility, and organization of work as consequences of colony size by Karsai, I, Wenzel, J.W

“…In social insects, colony-level complexity may emerge from simple individual-level behaviors and interactions. Emergent global properties such as colony size,…”
Get full text

Marimbondos: systematics, biogeography, and evolution of social behaviour of neotropical swarm‐founding wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) by Noll, Fernando B., da Silva, Marjorie, Soleman, Raduan A., Lopes, Rogério B., Grandinete, Yuri C., Almeida, Eduardo A. B., Wenzel, John W., Carpenter, James M.

“…Neotropical swarm‐founding wasps are divided into 19 genera in the tribe Epiponini (Vespidae, Polistinae). They display extensive variation in several…”
Get full text

Species associations structured by environment and land-use history promote beta-diversity in a temperate forest by Murphy, Stephen J, Audino, Lívia D, Whitacre, James, Eck, Jenalle L, Wenzel, John W, Queenborough, Simon A, Comita, Liza S

“…Patterns of diversity and community composition in forests are controlled by a combination of environmental factors, historical events, and stochastic or…”
Get full text

Environment and past land use together predict functional diversity in a temperate forest by Krishnadas, Meghna, Beckman, Noelle G., Zuluaga, Juan Carlos Peñagos, Zhu, Yan, Whitacre, James, Wenzel, John W., Queenborough, Simon A., Comita, Liza S.

“…Environment and human land use both shape forest composition. Abiotic conditions sift tree species from a regional pool via functional traits that influence…”
Get full text

Citizen science data reveals the cryptic migration of the Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus in Brazil by DeGroote, Lucas W., Hingst‐Zaher, Erika, Moreira‐Lima, Luciano, Whitacre, James V., Slyder, Jacob B., Wenzel, John W.

“…The Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus is abundant, charismatic and generally considered to be sedentary across its range. Using citizen science data from eBird…”
Get full text

Post-windthrow salvage logging increases seedling and understory diversity with little impact on composition immediately after logging by Slyder, Jacob B., Wenzel, John W., Royo, Alejandro A., Spicer, Michelle Elise, Carson, Walter P.

“…Salvage logging after forest disturbances is a controversial but common practice, yet it remains relatively poorly studied, particularly after windstorms…”
Get full text

When food fights back: Cebid primate strategies of larval paper wasp predation and the high‐energy yield of high‐risk foraging by Barnett, Adrian A., Stone, Anita I., Shaw, Peter, Ronchi‐Teles, Beatriz, Santos‐Barnett, Tereza, Pimenta, Natalia C., Kinap, Natalia M., Spironello, Wilson R., Bitencourt, Aparecida, Penhorwood, Gemma, Umeed, Rebecca N., Oliveira, Tadeu G., Bezerra, Bruna M., Boyle, Sarah A., Ross, Caroline, Wenzel, John W.

“…Optimal foraging theory predicts that well‐defended potential foods should be exploited only when energy pay‐offs are great. Although stinging hymenopteran…”
Get full text

Review: Allee effects in social species by Angulo, Elena, Luque, Gloria M., Gregory, Stephen D., Wenzel, John W., Bessa‐Gomes, Carmen, Berec, Ludek, Courchamp, Franck, Aubry, Lise

“…Allee effects have important implications for many aspects of basic and applied ecology. The benefits of aggregation of conspecific individuals are central to…”
Get full text

Augmented Reality Brings the Real World into Natural History Dioramas with Data Visualizations and Bioacoustics at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History by Harrington, Maria C. R., Tatzgern, Markus, Langer, Tom, Wenzel, John W.

“…This paper introduces the AR Perpetual Garden App and highlights reasons why it is unique and important in its use of immersive, augmented reality for informal…”
Get full text

Characterizing Movement of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods with a Novel Mark-Capture Method Using Fluorescent Powder by Perry, Kayla I., Wallin, Kimberly F., Wenzel, John W., Herms, Daniel A.

“…A major knowledge gap exists in understanding dispersal potential of ground-dwelling arthropods, especially in forest ecosystems. Movement of the…”
Get full text

Phylogeny of bird-grasshopper subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism by Song, Hojun, Wenzel, John W

“…Locust phase polyphenism is an extreme form of density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in which solitary and cryptic grasshoppers can transform into gregarious…”
Get full text

Caste in the swarming wasps: 'queenless' societies in highly social insects by NOLL, FERNANDO B, WENZEL, JOHN W

“…Morphometric data for 30 species of swarming wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini) are presented, representing all currently recognized genera. Data are…”
Get full text

The Effects of a Tornado Disturbance and a Salvaged Timber Extraction on the Seed-Rain and Recruitment Community of an Eastern Temperate Deciduous Forest by Curtze, Alexander C, Carlo, Tomás A, Wenzel, John W

“…Understanding forest-regeneration pathways following salvage-logging operations and windthrow disturbances is a step towards the sustainable management of…”
Get full text

Built by Animals: The Natural History of Animal Architecture . By Mike Hansell. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $29.95. viii + 268 p.; ill.; index. 978‐0‐19‐920556‐1. 2007 by Wenzel, John W.

Get full text