Scott E. Solomon

Smithsonian Institution — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

16h-index873citations19works29.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(17), Plant and animal studies(14), Insect and Pesticide Research(7), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(4), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(2)

Publications19 total

The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture
Science·2024· 29 citedOpen Access
The molecular phylogenetics of <i>Trachymyrmex</i> Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher‐attine’ ant agriculture
Systematic Entomology·2019· 79 citedOpen Access
Phylogenetic patterns of ant–fungus associations indicate that farming strategies, not only a superior fungal cultivar, explain the ecological success of leafcutter ants
Molecular Ecology·2018· 101 cited
Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants
Molecular Ecology·2017· 73 cited
Social Media: The Fastest Growing Vulnerability to the Air Force Mission
2017
Shared <i>Escovopsis</i> parasites between leaf-cutting and non-leaf-cutting ants in the higher attine fungus-growing ant symbiosis
Royal Society Open Science·2015· 28 citedOpen Access
New Light on the Systematics of Fungi Associated with Attine Ant Gardens and the Description of Escovopsis kreiselii sp. nov.
PLoS ONE·2015· 31 citedOpen Access
Broad <scp> <i>E</i> </scp> <i>scovopsis</i> ‐inhibition activity of <scp> <i>P</i> </scp> <i>seudonocardia</i> associated with <scp> <i>T</i> </scp> <i>rachymyrmex</i> ants
Environmental Microbiology Reports·2013· 16 cited
Anti-<i>Candida</i>Properties of Urauchimycins from Actinobacteria Associated with<i>Trachymyrmex</i>Ants
BioMed Research International·2013· 24 citedOpen Access
Nesting Biology and Fungiculture of the Fungus-Growing Ant,<i>Mycetagroicus cerradensis</i>: New Light on the Origin of Higher Attine Agriculture
Journal of Insect Science·2011· 23 citedOpen Access
Frontier mutualism: coevolutionary patterns at the northern range limit of the leaf-cutter ant–fungus symbiosis
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2011· 49 cited
Evolution of cold-tolerant fungal symbionts permits winter fungiculture by leafcutter ants at the northern frontier of a tropical ant–fungus symbiosis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2011· 129 cited
Phylogeny of leafcutter ants in the genus Atta Fabricius (Formicidae: Attini) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2008· 65 cited
Paleodistributions and Comparative Molecular Phylogeography of Leafcutter Ants (Atta spp.) Provide New Insight into the Origins of Amazonian Diversity
PLoS ONE·2008· 112 citedOpen Access
Nuclear mitochondrial‐like sequences in ants: evidence from <i>Atta cephalotes</i> (Formicidae: Attini)
Insect Molecular Biology·2007· 58 cited
Biogeography and evolution of widespread leafcutting ants, Atta spp. (Formicidae, Attini)
2007· 2 cited
THE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) FAUNA OF COCOS ISLAND, COSTA RICA
Florida Entomologist·2005· 23 citedOpen Access
Nesting biology of the fungus growing ants Mycetarotes Emery (Attini, Formicidae)
Insectes Sociaux·2004· 31 cited
Pattern of anthocyanin pigment in indian collection of panicum miliare
1971

Frequent Co-authors

Ulrich G. Mueller(9), Maurício Bacci(9), André Rodrigues(8), Alexander S. Mikheyev(5), Heraldo L. Vasconcelos(5), Ted R. Schultz(5), Jeffrey Sosa‐Calvo(4), Heather D. Ishak(3), Christian Rabeling(3), Fernando C. Pagnocca(3), Lucas A. Meirelles(3), Joaquim Martins(2), Ulrich G. Mueller(2), April Wright(2), Sofia M. Bruschi(2), Cauê T. Lopes(2), Michael K. Cooper(2), Adriana Ortiz-Reyes(2), Stephen A. Rehner(2), Ana Carla O. Silva-Pinhati(2)