Jules Silverman

McPherson, S., Wada-Katsumata, A., Hatano, E., Silverman, J., & Schal, C. (2022). Nutritional condition affects tergal gland secretion and courtship success of male cockroaches. PLOS ONE, 17(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271344

Wada-Katsumata, A., Hatano, E., McPherson, S., Silverman, J., & Schal, C. (2022). Rapid evolution of an adaptive taste polymorphism disrupts courtship behavior. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03415-8

McPherson, S., Wada-Katsumata, A., Hatano, E., Silverman, J., & Schal, C. (2021). Comparison of Diet Preferences of Laboratory-Reared and Apartment-Collected German Cockroaches. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 114(5), 2189–2197. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab139

Wada-Katsumata, A., Robertson, H. M., Silverman, J., & Schal, C. (2018). Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2018.00281

Jensen, K., & Silverman, J. (2018). Frequently mated males have higher protein preference in German cockroaches. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 29(6), 1453–1461. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary104

Silverman, J., & Buczkowski, G. (2016). Behaviours mediating ant invasions. Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour, 221–244.

Ko, A. E., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2016). Diet quality affects bait performance in German cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). Pest Management Science, 72(10), 1826–1836. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4295

Ko, A. E., Jensen, K., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2016). Effects of foraging distance on macronutrient balancing and performance in the German cockroach Blattella germanica. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(2), 304–311. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.146829

Ko, A. E., Bieman, D. N., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2016). Insecticide resistance and diminished secondary kill performance of bait formulations against German cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). Pest Management Science, 72(9), 1778–1784. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4211

Jensen, K., Ko, A. E., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2016). Insecticide resistance and nutrition interactively shape life-history parameters in German cockroaches. Scientific Reports, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28731

Jensen, K., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2015). Adaptive contraction of diet breadth affects sexual maturation and specific nutrient consumption in an extreme generalist omnivore. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(4), 906–916. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12617

Shik, J. Z., Kay, A. D., & Silverman, J. (2014). Aphid honeydew provides a nutritionally balanced resource for incipient Argentine ant mutualists. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 95, 33–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.06.008

Shik, J. Z., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2014). Diet specialization in an extreme omnivore: nutritional regulation in glucose-averse German cockroaches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(10), 2096–2105. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12458

Wada-Katsumata, A., Silverman, J., & Schal, C. (2013). Changes in Taste Neurons Support the Emergence of an Adaptive Behavior in Cockroaches. Science, 340(6135), 972–975. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1234854

Bednar, D. M., Shik, J. Z., & Silverman, J. (2013). Prey handling performance facilitates competitive dominance of an invasive over native keystone ant. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 24(6), 1312–1319. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art069

Rice, E. S., & Silverman, J. (2013). Propagule Pressure and Climate Contribute to the Displacement of Linepithema humile by Pachycondyla chinensis. PLOS ONE, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056281

Rice, E. S., & Silverman, J. (2013). Submissive behaviour and habituation facilitate entry into habitat occupied by an invasive ant. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 86(3), 497–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.006

Shik, J. Z., & Silverman, J. (2013). Towards a nutritional ecology of invasive establishment: aphid mutualists provide better fuel for incipient Argentine ant colonies than insect prey. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, 15(4), 829–836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-012-0330-x

Rice, E. S., Shik, J. Z., & Silverman, J. (2012). Effect of Scattered and Discrete Hydramethylnon Bait Placement on the Asian Needle Ant. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 105(5), 1751–1757. https://doi.org/10.1603/ec12207

Vasquez, G. M., Vargo, E. L., & Silverman, J. (2012). Fusion Between Southeastern United States Argentine Ant Colonies and Its Effect on Colony Size and Productivity. ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 105(2), 268–274. https://doi.org/10.1603/an11114

Wada-Katsumata, A., Silverman, J., & Schal, C. (2011). Differential Inputs from Chemosensory Appendages Mediate Feeding Responses to Glucose in Wild-Type and Glucose-Averse German Cockroaches, Blattella germanica. Chemical Senses, 36(7), 589–600. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjr023

Guenard, B., & Silverman, J. (2011). Tandem carrying, a new foraging strategy in ants: description, function, and adaptive significance relative to other described foraging strategies. Naturwissenschaften (Berlin, Germany), 98(8), 651–659. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-011-0814-z

Brightwell, R. J., & Silverman, J. (2011). The Argentine Ant Persists Through Unfavorable Winters Via a Mutualism Facilitated By a Native Tree. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 40(5), 1019–1026. https://doi.org/10.1603/en11038

Menke, S. B., Guenard, B., Sexton, J. O., Weiser, M. D., Dunn, R. R., & Silverman, J. (2011). Urban areas may serve as habitat and corridors for dry-adapted, heat tolerant species; an example from ants. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, 14(2), 135–163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-010-0150-7

Bednar, D. M., & Silverman, J. (2011). Use of termites, Reticulitermes virginicus, as a springboard in the invasive success of a predatory ant, Pachycondyla (=Brachyponera) chinensis. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 58(4), 459–467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-011-0163-0

Rowles, A. D., & Silverman, J. (2010). Argentine Ant Invasion Associated With Lob lolly Pines in the Southeastern United States: Minimal Impacts But Seasonally Sustained. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 39(4), 1141–1150. https://doi.org/10.1603/en10004

Brightwell, R. J., Bambara, S. B., & Silverman, J. (2010). Combined Effect of Hemipteran Control and Liquid Bait on Argentine Ant Populations. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 103(5), 1790–1796. https://doi.org/10.1603/ec10150

Powell, B. E., & Silverman, J. (2010). Impact of Linepithema humile and Tapinoma sessile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on three natural enemies of Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae). BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 54(3), 285–291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.05.013

Brightwell, R. J., & Silverman, J. (2010). Invasive Argentine ants reduce fitness of red maple via a mutualism with an endemic coccid. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, 12(7), 2051–2057. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9607-0

Menke, S. B., Booth, W., Dunn, R. R., Schal, C., Vargo, E. L., & Silverman, J. (2010). Is It Easy to Be Urban? Convergent Success in Urban Habitats among Lineages of a Widespread Native Ant. PLoS ONE, 5(2), e9194. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009194

Brightwell, R. J., Labadie, P. E., & Silverman, J. (2010). Northward Expansion of the Invasive Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Eastern United States is Constrained by Winter Soil Temperatures. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 39(5), 1659–1665. https://doi.org/10.1603/en09345

Powell, B. E., & Silverman, J. (2010). Population growth of Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the presence of Linepithema humile and Tapinoma sessile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Environmental Entomology, 39(5), 1492–1499.

Rowles, A. D., & Silverman, J. (2009). Carbohydrate supply limits invasion of natural communities by Argentine ants. OECOLOGIA, 161(1), 161–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1368-z

Vasquez, G. M., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2009). Colony Fusion in Argentine Ants is Guided by Worker and Queen Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profile Similarity. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 35(8), 922–932. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-009-9656-y

Brightwell, R. J., & Silverman, J. (2009). Effects of Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Denial on Local Argentine Ant Distribution and Boric Acid Bait Performance. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 102(3), 1170–1174. https://doi.org/10.1603/029.102.0340

Vasquez, G. M., Schal, C., & Silverman, J. (2008). Cuticular hydrocarbons as queen adoption cues in the invasive Argentine ant. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 211(8), 1249–1256. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.017301

Vasquez, G. M., & Silverman, J. (2008). Intraspecific aggression and colony fusion in the Argentine ant. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 75, 583–593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.019

Vasquez, G. M., & Silverman, J. (2008). Queen acceptance and the complexity of nestmate discrimination in the Argentine ant. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY, 62(4), 537–548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0478-z

Silverman, J., & Brightwell, R. J. (2008). The Argentine ant: Challenges in managing an invasive unicolonial pest. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 53, pp. 231–252. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093450

Brightwell, R. J., & Silverman, J. (2007). Argentine ant foraging activity and interspecific competition in complete vs. queenless and broodless colonies. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 54(4), 329–333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0950-9

Buczkowski, G., & Silverman, J. (2006). Geographical variation in Argentine ant aggression behaviour mediated by environmentally derived nestmate recognition cues. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 71, 327–335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.012

Silverman, J., Sorenson, C. E., & Waldvogel, M. G. (2006). Trap-mulching Argentine ants. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99(5), 1757–1760. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/99.5.1757

Buczkowski, G., & Silverman, J. (2005). Context-dependent nestmate discrimination and the effect of action thresholds on exogenous cue recognition in the Argentine ant. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 69, 741–749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.027

Buczkowski, G., Kumar, R., Suib, S. L., & Silverman, J. (2005). Diet-related modification of cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, diminishes intercolony aggression. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 31(4), 829–843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-3547-7

Alder, P., & Silverman, J. (2005). Effects of interspecific competition between two urban ant species, Linepithema humile and Monomorium minimum, on toxic bait performance. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 98(2), 493–501. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/98.2.493

Alder, P., & Silverman, J. (2004). A  comparison of monitoring methods used to detect changes in Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) populations. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology, 21(3), 142–149.

Buczkowski, G., Vargo, E. L., & Silverman, J. (2004). The diminutive supercolony: the Argentine ants of the southeastern United States. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 13(8), 2235–2242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02261.x

Meissner, H. E., & Silverman, J. (2003). Effect of aromatic cedar mulch on Argentine ant (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) foraging activity and nest establishment. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 96(3), 850–855. https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-96.3.850

Roulston, T. H., Buczkowski, G., & Silverman, J. (2003). Nestmate discrimination in ants: effect of bioassay on aggressive behavior. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 50(2), 151–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-003-0624-1

Silverman, J., & Roulston, T. H. (2003). Retrieval of granular bait by the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera : Formicidae): Effect of clumped versus scattered dispersion patterns. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 96(3), 871–874. https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-96.3.871

Roulston, T. H., & Silverman, J. (2002). The effect of food size and dispersion pattern on retrieval rate by the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera : formicidae). JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR, 15(5), 633–648. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020791705673

Silverman, J., & Roulston, T. H. (2001). Acceptance and intake of gel and liquid sucrose compositions by the argentine ant (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 94(2), 511–515. https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.511

Silverman, J., & Liang, D. (2001). Colony disassociation following diet partitioning in a unicolonial ant. Naturwissenschaften (Berlin, Germany), 88(2), 73–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140000198

Meissner, H. E., & Silverman, J. (2001). Effects of aromatic cedar mulch on the Argentine ant and the odorous house ant (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 94(6), 1526–1531. https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1526

Liang, D., Blomquist, G. J., & Silverman, J. (2001). Hydrocarbon-released nestmate aggression in the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, following encounters with insect prey. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 129(4), 871–882. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-4959(01)00404-3

Liang, D., & Silverman, J. (2000). "You are what you eat": Diet modifies cuticular hydrocarbons and nestmate recognition in the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 87(9), 412–416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140050752

Silverman, J., & Nsimba, B. (2000). Soil-free collection of Argentine ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) based on food-directed brood and queen movement. FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST, 83(1), 10–16. https://doi.org/10.2307/3496222

Silverman, J., & Liang, D. S. (1999). Effect of fipronil on bait formulation-based aversion in the German cockroach (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 92(4), 886–889. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/92.4.886