Vincent A. Formica

Swarthmore College — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

14h-index733citations35works2.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(20), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(17), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(15), Forest Insect Ecology and Management(8), Avian ecology and behavior(4)

Publications35 total

Multilevel Selection in the Margins: A Review of Its Representation in Undergraduate Biology Textbooks
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A chromosome-level genome assembly of the forked fungus beetle <i>Bolitotherus cornutus</i>, a model system for studying social evolution in the wild
Journal of Heredity·2025
Age-dependent changes in reproductive behavior and success in a long-lived beetle (<i>Bolitotherus cornutus</i>)
Behavioral Ecology·2025· 1 cited
Male Mating Preference for Larger Females Does Not Vary Among Age Classes in the Long‐Lived Beetle <i>Bolitotherus cornutus</i>
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Site fidelity is associated with the social experience of forked fungus beetles (Bolitotherus cornutus)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2025Open Access
Population age structure shapes selection on social behaviour in a long-lived insect
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
The influence of resource patch condition and size on social interactions, reproductive behaviors, and oviposition in a fungivorous beetle
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Individual and Population Age Impact Social Behavior and Network Structure in a Long-Lived Insect
The American Naturalist·2023· 14 cited
Multilevel selection on social network traits differs between sexes in experimental populations of forked fungus beetles
Evolution·2022· 20 cited
Mycophagous beetle females do not behave competitively during intrasexual interactions in presence of a fungal resource
Ecology and Evolution·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Group composition of individual personalities alters social network structure in experimental populations of forked fungus beetles
Biology Letters·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Group and individual social network metrics are robust to changes in resource distribution in experimental populations of forked fungus beetles
Journal of Animal Ecology·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Phenotypic Assortment Changes the Landscape of Selection
Journal of Heredity·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Male competition reverses female preference for male chemical cues
Ecology and Evolution·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Social network position experiences more variable selection than weaponry in wild subpopulations of forked fungus beetles
Journal of Animal Ecology·2020· 26 citedOpen Access
Contest interactions and outcomes: relative body size and aggression independently predict contest status
Animal Behaviour·2019· 24 cited
Actuarial senescence in a dimorphic bird: different rates of ageing in morphs with discrete reproductive strategies
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2018· 11 citedOpen Access
Supplementary material from "Actuarial senescence in a dimorphic bird: different rates of ageing in morphs with discrete reproductive strategies"
Figshare·2018Open Access
Consistency of animal social networks after disturbance
Behavioral Ecology·2016· 62 citedOpen Access
Consistent patterns of male mate preference in the laboratory and field
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2016· 13 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Edmund D. Brodie(20), Phoebe Cook(7), Robin A. Costello(7), Corlett W. Wood(5), Elaina M. Tuttle(5), Lisa D Mitchem(5), R. Eileen Butterfield(4), Malcolm E. Augat(4), Rusty A. Gonser(4), Mollie E. Barnard(3), Corlett W. Wood(3), Hannah M. Donald(3), Kyle M. Benowitz(3), Steve F. Torok(3), Joel W. McGlothlin(2), Reena Debray(2), Melissa L. Grunst(2), Andrea S. Grunst(2), Marisa L. Korody(2), Adam M. Betuel(2)