Elsa Youngsteadt

Hamon, L. E., Youngsteadt, E., Irwin, R. E., & Sorenson, C. E. (2024). As prey and pollinators, insects increase reproduction and allow for outcrossing in the carnivorous plant <i>Dionaea muscipula. American Journal of Botany, 111(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16279

Kirchner, M., Sorenson, C., Blaimer, B. B., & Youngsteadt, E. (2024). Reaching new heights: Arboreal ant diversity in a North American temperate forest ecosystem. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12788

Youngsteadt, E., Prado, S. G., Duran Aquino, A. K., Peña Valdeiglesias, J., Gonzales Ojeda, T., & Garate Quispe, J. S. (2024). Urbanization drives partner switching and loss of mutualism in an ant–plant symbiosis. Ecology, 105(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4449

Ruzi, S. A., Youngsteadt, E., Cherveny, A. H., Kettenbach, J., Levenson, H. K., Carley, D. S., … Irwin, R. E. (2023). Bee species richness through time in an urbanizing landscape of the southeastern <scp>United States. Global Change Biology, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17060

Youngsteadt, E., Prado, S. G., Keleher, K. J., & Kirchner, M. (2023). Can behaviour and physiology mitigate effects of warming on ectotherms? A test in urban ants. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(3), 568–579. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13860

Kirchner, M., Bertone, M., Blaimer, B. B., & Youngsteadt, E. (2023). Colony Structure and Redescription of Males in the Rarely Collected Arboreal Ant, Aphaenogaster mariae Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 125(1), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.125.1.77

Youngsteadt, E., Terando, A., Costanza, J., & Vukomanovic, J. (2023). Compact or Sprawling Cities: Has the Sparing-Sharing Framework Yielded an Ecological Verdict? Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 8(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40823-022-00081-8

Naumchik, M., & Youngsteadt, E. (2023). Larger pollen loads increase risk of heat stress in foraging bumblebees. Biology Letters, 19(5). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0581

Youngsteadt, E., & Keighron, M. C. (2023). Urban Pollination Ecology. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 54(1), 21–42. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102221-044616

Meineke, E. K., Youngsteadt, E., Lippey, M. K., & Baldock, K. C. R. (2023). Urbanization Shapes Insect Diversity. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016120-19

Briggs, E. L., Baranski, C., Münzer Schaetz, O., Garrison, G., Collazo, J. A., & Youngsteadt, E. (2022). Estimating bee abundance: can mark-recapture methods validate common sampling protocols? Apidologie, 53(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-022-00919-4

Youngsteadt, E., & Favre, M. (2022). How To Manage a Successful Bee Hotel (NC Cooperative Extension No. AG-915). Raleigh, NC: NC Cooperative Extension.

Youngsteadt, E., & Terando, A. J. (2020). Ecology of urban climates: The need for landscape biophysics in cities. In P. Barbosa (Ed.), Urban Ecology: Its Nature and Challenges. Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Youngsteadt, E., & Terando, A. J. (2020). Ecology of urban climates: the need for landscape biophysics in cities. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789242607.0144

Levenson, H., & Youngsteadt, E. (2020). The Bees of North Carolina: An Identification Guide. Raleigh, NC: NC Cooperative Extension Service.

Irwin, R. E., Youngsteadt, E., Warren, P. S., & Bronstein, J. L. (2020). The Evolutionary Ecology of Mutualisms in Urban Landscapes. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198836841.003.0007

Youngsteadt, E., Lopez-Uribe, M. M., & Sorenson, C. E. (2019, May). Ecology in the Sixth Mass Extinction: Detecting and Understanding Rare Biotic Interactions. ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Vol. 112, pp. 119–121. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz007

Moylett, H., Youngsteadt, E., & Sorenson, C. (2019). The Impact of Prescribed Burning on Native Bee Communities (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Longleaf Pine Savannas in the North Carolina Sandhills. Environmental Entomology, 49(1), 211–219. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz156

Levenson, H., & Youngsteadt, E. (2019). The bees of North Carolina : an identification guide. Raleigh, North Carolina: NC State Extension.

Terando, A., Youngsteadt, E., Meineke, E., & Prado, S. (2018, June). Accurate near surface air temperature measurements are necessary to gauge large-scale ecological responses to global climate change. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3972

Terando, A. J., Prado, S. G., & Youngsteadt, E. (2018). Construction of a Compact Low-Cost Radiation Shield for Air-Temperature Sensors in Ecological Field Studies. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 11(141). https://doi.org/10.3791/58273

Youngsteadt, E., & Sorenson, C. E. (2018). Failure of Pollen Transport Despite High Bee Visitation in an Endangered Dioecious Shrub. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 112(3), 169–179. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/say049

Hamon, L. E., Youngsteadt, E., Irwin, R. E., & Sorenson, C. E. (2018). Pollination Ecology and Morphology of Venus Flytrap in Sites of Varying Time Since Last Fire. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 112(3), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/say032

Youngsteadt, E., Irwin, R. E., Fowler, A., Bertone, M. A., Giacomini, S. J., Kunz, M., … Sorenson, C. E. (2018). Venus Flytrap Rarely Traps Its Pollinators. The American Naturalist, 191(4), 539–546. https://doi.org/10.1086/696124

Hamblin, A. L., Youngsteadt, E., & Frank, S. D. (2018). Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density. Urban Ecosystems, 21(3), 419–428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-018-0731-4

Terando, A. J., Youngsteadt, E., Meineke, E. K., & Prado, S. G. (2017). Ad hoc instrumentation methods in ecological studies produce highly biased temperature measurements. Ecology and Evolution, 7(23), 9890–9904. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3499

Lopez-Uribe, M. M., Appler, R. H., Youngsteadt, E., Dunn, R. R., Frank, S. D., & Tarpy, D. R. (2017). Higher immunocompetence is associated with higher genetic diversity in feral honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera). CONSERVATION GENETICS, 18(3), 659–666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-017-0942-x

Savage, A. M., Youngsteadt, E., Ernst, A. F., Powers, S. A., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2018). Homogenizing an urban habitat mosaic: arthropod diversity declines in New York City parks after Super Storm Sandy. Ecological Applications, 28(1), 225–236. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1643

Hamblin, A. L., Youngsteadt, E., Lopez-Uribe, M. M., & Frank, S. D. (2017). Physiological thermal limits predict differential responses of bees to urban heat-island effects. BIOLOGY LETTERS, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0125

Dale, A. G., Youngsteadt, E., & Frank, S. D. (2016). Forecasting the Effects of Heat and Pests on Urban Trees: Impervious Surface Thresholds and the ‘Pace-to-Plant’ Technique. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 42(3), 181–191. https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2016.016

Youngsteadt, E. (2016). Insect Conservation and Urban Environments. American Entomologist, 62(3), E2–E3. https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmw067

Youngsteadt, E., Ernst, A. F., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2017). Responses of arthropod populations to warming depend on latitude: evidence from urban heat islands. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 23(4), 1436–1447. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13550

Youngsteadt, E., Moylett, H., López-Uribe, M. M., & Hamblin, A. (2016). T. B. Mitchell: The Man BehindThe Bees of the Eastern United States. American Entomologist, 62(3), 157–162. https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmw023

Meineke, E., Youngsteadt, E., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2016). Urban warming reduces aboveground carbon storage. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1840), 20161574. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1574

Reese, A. T., Savage, A., Youngsteadt, E., McGuire, K. L., Koling, A., Watkins, O., … Dunn, R. R. (2016). Urban stress is associated with variation in microbial species composition-but not richness-in Manhattan. ISME JOURNAL, 10(3), 751–760. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.152

Youngsteadt, E., Appler, R. H., Lopez-Uribe, M. M., Tarpy, D. R., & Frank, S. D. (2015). Urbanization Increases Pathogen Pressure on Feral and Managed Honey Bees. PLOS ONE, 10(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142031

Youngsteadt, E., Dale, A. G., Terando, A. J., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2015). Do cities simulate climate change? A comparison of herbivore response to urban and global warming. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 21(1), 97–105. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12692

Savage, A. M., Hackett, B., Guenard, B., Youngsteadt, E. K., & Dunn, R. R. (2015). Fine-scale heterogeneity across Manhattan's urban habitat mosaic is associated with variation in ant composition and richness. INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY, 8(3), 216–228. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12098

Youngsteadt, E., Henderson, R. C., Savage, A. M., Ernst, A. F., Dunn, R. R., & Frank, S. D. (2015). Habitat and species identity, not diversity, predict the extent of refuse consumption by urban arthropods. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 21(3), 1103–1115. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12791

Youngsteadt, E., Guerra Bustios, P., & Schal, C. (2010). Divergent Chemical Cues Elicit Seed Collecting by Ants in an Obligate Multi-Species Mutualism in Lowland Amazonia. PLoS ONE, 5(12), e15822. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015822

Youngsteadt, E., Baca, J. A., Osborne, J., & Schal, C. (2009). Species-Specific Seed Dispersal in an Obligate Ant-Plant Mutualism. PLoS ONE, 4(2), e4335. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004335

Booth, W., Youngsteadt, E., Schal, C., & Vargo, E. L. (2009). Characterization of 8 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the neotropical ant-garden ant, Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius). CONSERVATION GENETICS, 10(5), 1401–1403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-008-9705-z

Booth, W., Youngsteadt, E., Schal, C., & Vargo, E. L. (2009). Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the ant-garden ant, Crematogaster levior (Forel). CONSERVATION GENETICS, 10(3), 639–641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-008-9597-y

Youngsteadt, E., Nojima, S., Haberlein, C., Schulz, S., & Schal, C. (2008). Seed odor mediates an obligate ant-plant mutualism in Amazonian rainforests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(12), 4571–4575. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0708643105

Youngsteadt, E., Fan, Y. L., Stay, B., & Schal, C. (2005). Cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis and its maternal provisioning to embryos in the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 51(7), 803–809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.03.008

Youngsteadt, E., & Devries, P. J. (2005). The effects of ants on the entomophagous butterfly caterpillar Feniseca tarquinius, and the putative role of chemical camouflage in the Feniseca-Ant interaction. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 31(9), 2091–2109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-6079-2