Andrea Lucky

Works (7)

Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:44

2014 journal article

Ecologists, educators, and writers collaborate with the public to assess backyard diversity in The School of Ants Project

ECOSPHERE, 5(7).

By: A. Lucky n, A. Savage n, L. Nichols n , C. Castracani *, L. Shell n, D. Grasso *, A. Mori *, R. Dunn n 

Contributors: A. Lucky n, A. Savage n, L. Nichols n , C. Castracani *, L. Shell n, D. Grasso *, A. Mori *, R. Dunn n 

author keywords: ants; citizen science; distribution; diversity; public participation in scientific research; urban ecosystems
TL;DR: Data from the School of Ants program indicate that ant diversity varies across wide geographic scales and that there can be high levels of native ant diversity where people live, and to address concerns about the validity of citizen scientist-derived data, a ground truthing trial was conducted that confirmed that trained and untrained volunteers were equally effective at collecting ants. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Tracing the Rise of Ants - Out of the Ground

PLOS ONE, 8(12).

By: A. Lucky n, M. Trautwein n, B. Guenard n, M. Weiser n & R. Dunn n 

Contributors: A. Lucky n, M. Trautwein n, B. Guenard n, M. Weiser n & R. Dunn n 

MeSH headings : Animals; Ants; Ecosystem; Evolution, Molecular; Hot Temperature; Phylogeny; Plant Leaves; Soil; Statistics as Topic
TL;DR: This work reconstructs the habitat transitions of crown-group ants through time, focusing on where they nest and forage (in the canopy, litter, or soil), and shows that in contrast to the current consensus based on verbal arguments that ants evolved in tropical leaf litter, the soil is supported as the ancestral stratum of all ants. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

A Jungle in There: Bacteria in Belly Buttons are Highly Diverse, but Predictable

PLoS ONE, 7(11), e47712.

By: J. Hulcr n, A. Latimer *, J. Henley *, N. Rountree n, N. Fierer *, A. Lucky n, M. Lowman *, R. Dunn n 

Contributors: J. Hulcr n, A. Latimer *, J. Henley *, N. Rountree n, N. Fierer *, A. Lucky n, M. Lowman *, R. Dunn n 

Ed(s): C. Moreau

MeSH headings : Archaea / genetics; Bacteria / genetics; Humans; Molecular Typing; Phylogeny; RNA, Archaeal / genetics; RNA, Bacterial / genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Umbilicus / microbiology
TL;DR: The hypothesis that “oligarchs” dominate diverse assemblages appears to be supported by human-associated bacteria, as shown in the analysis of bacteria and arachaea from the belly buttons of humans sampled within a nation-wide citizen science project. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Ants of North Carolina: An updated list (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa, (3552), 1–36.

By: B. Guenard, K. Mccaffrey, A. Lucky & R. Dunn 

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the spider ants, genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59(2), 281–292.

By: A. Lucky

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

shuffling leaf litter samples produces more accurate and precise snapshots of terrestrial arthropod community composition

Environmental Entomology, 40(6), 1523–1529.

By: B. Guenard & A. Lucky

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa, (2688), 1–67.

By: A. Lucky & P. Ward

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

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