List of works - Seirian Sumner

A Novel Method of Assessing Dominance Hierarchies Shows Nuance, Linearity and Stability in the Dinosaur AntDinoponera quadriceps

scholarly article by Daniel P. Grainger et al published 14 July 2014 in Ethology

A century of social wasp occupancy trends from natural history collections: spatiotemporal resolutions have little effect on model performance

scientific article

A molecular concept of caste in insect societies.

scientific article published on 26 November 2017

Actions speak louder than words in socially foraging human groups

scientific article published on November 2011

Altruism in a volatile world

scientific article published on 7 March 2018

Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

scientific article published in March 2004

Bee-Ing positive about wasp-negative media reporting: the opinions of scientists and their influence on the media

scientific article published in 2024

Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes.

scientific article

Colony genetic structure in a facultatively eusocial hover wasp

scientific article published in 2006

Colony size predicts division of labour in attine ants

scientific article

Contrasting responses of native ant communities to invasion by an ant invader, Linepithema humile

article by Adam J. M. Devenish et al published 3 April 2021 in Biological Invasions

DNA barcodes and new primers for nature's pest controllers: the social wasps

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology

scientific article

Detection and Replication of Moku Virus in Honey Bees and Social Wasps

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Differential gene expression and phenotypic plasticity in behavioural castes of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis.

scientific article published in January 2006

Differential gene expression in queen-worker caste determination in bumble-bees

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Diminishing returns drive altruists to help extended family

scientific article

Ecological constraints on independent nesting in facultatively eusocial hover wasps

scientific article published in 1998

Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps

scientific article

Effects of habitat composition and landscape structure on worker foraging distances of five bumble bee species

scientific article published in April 2016

Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite

article

Evidence of a novel immune responsive protein in the Hymenoptera

scientific article published on 7 October 2011

Evolutionary and Ecological Pressures Shaping Social Wasps Collective Defenses

scientific article

Extensive local gene duplication and functional divergence among paralogs in Atlantic salmon

scientific article

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of common and declining bumble bees across an agricultural landscape

scientific article

Genetic toolkit for sociality predicts castes across the spectrum of social complexity in wasps

preprint

Group size, queuing and helping decisions in facultatively eusocial hover wasps

scientific article

High indirect fitness benefits for helpers across the nesting cycle in the tropical paper wasp Polistes canadensis

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

High reproductive skew in the Neotropical paper wasp Polistes lanio

article by Robin J. Southon et al published August 2020 in Insectes Sociaux

High reproductive skew in tropical hover wasps

scientific article published in January 2002

Hormone mediated dispersal and sexual maturation in males of the social paper wasp Polistes lanio

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Infection by the castrating parasitic nematode Sphaerularia bombi changes gene expression in Bombus terrestris bumblebee queens

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Inquiline social parasites as tools to unlock the secrets of insect sociality

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Invasive ants take and squander native seeds: implications for native plant communities

scientific article

Little effect of seasonal constraints on population genetic structure in eusocial paper wasps.

scientific article

Long live the wasp: adult longevity in captive colonies of the eusocial paper wasp Polistes canadensis (L.).

scientific article

Mapping species distributions in 2 weeks using citizen science

scientific article

Marketing insects: can exploiting a commercial framework help promote undervalued insect species?

scientific article

Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies

scientific article

Multi-level social organization and nest-drifting behaviour in a eusocial insect

scientific article

Neurogenomic Signatures of Successes and Failures in Life-History Transitions in a Key Insect Pollinator.

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Paper Wasps (Polistes)

Pathways to immunity: temporal dynamics of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) immune response against a trypanosomal gut parasite

scientific article published on 25 May 2011

Patterns of longevity across a sociality gradient in vespid wasps.

scientific article

Patterns of reproductive differentiation and reproductive plasticity in the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Performance of human groups in social foraging: the role of communication in consensus decision making

scientific article

Polyphenism in social insects: insights from a transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression in the life stages of the key pollinator, Bombus terrestris

scientific article

Queen succession conflict in the paper wasp Polistes dominula is mitigated by age-based convention

article by Benjamin A. Taylor et al published 20 May 2020 in Behavioral Ecology

Radio-tagging technology reveals extreme nest-drifting behavior in a eusocial insect

scientific article published in January 2007

Reproductive constraints, direct fitness and indirect fitness benefits explain helping behaviour in the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis

scientific article published on 3 February 2010

Sentinel dominance status influences forager use of social information

scientific article

Shifting behaviour: epigenetic reprogramming in eusocial insects

scientific article published on 17 March 2012

Signal detection: applying analysis methods from psychology to animal behaviour

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of caste in a major transition in evolution

Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of castes in vespid wasps

scientific article published in 2023

Social density processes regulate the functioning and performance of foraging human teams

scientific article

Social evolution: reincarnation, free-riding and inexplicable modes of reproduction

scientific article

Social parasitism and the molecular basis of phenotypic evolution

scientific article

Social wasps are effective biocontrol agents of key lepidopteran crop pests

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Social wasps as models to study the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers

scientific article published in June 2003

The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: a test of Emery?s rule

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization ⬇️

scientific article

The importance of genomic novelty in social evolution

scientific article published in January 2014

The molecular basis of socially mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp

scientific article

The molecular basis of socially-mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp

scientific article

Transcriptome analyses of primitively eusocial wasps reveal novel insights into the evolution of sociality and the origin of alternative phenotypes

scientific article (publication date: 26 February 2013)

WASPnest: a worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior

scientific article published in 2018

Why we love bees and hate wasps

scientific article

Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

scientific article

‘Citizen identification’: online learning supports highly accurate species identification for insect‐focussed citizen science

scientific article

List of works by Seirian Sumner

A Novel Method of Assessing Dominance Hierarchies Shows Nuance, Linearity and Stability in the Dinosaur AntDinoponera quadriceps

A century of social wasp occupancy trends from natural history collections: spatiotemporal resolutions have little effect on model performance

A molecular concept of caste in insect societies.

Actions speak louder than words in socially foraging human groups

Altruism in a volatile world

Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

Bee-Ing positive about wasp-negative media reporting: the opinions of scientists and their influence on the media

Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes.

Colony genetic structure in a facultatively eusocial hover wasp

Colony size predicts division of labour in attine ants

Contrasting responses of native ant communities to invasion by an ant invader, Linepithema humile

DNA barcodes and new primers for nature's pest controllers: the social wasps

Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology

Detection and Replication of Moku Virus in Honey Bees and Social Wasps

Differential gene expression and phenotypic plasticity in behavioural castes of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis.

Differential gene expression in queen-worker caste determination in bumble-bees

Diminishing returns drive altruists to help extended family

Ecological constraints on independent nesting in facultatively eusocial hover wasps

Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps

Effects of habitat composition and landscape structure on worker foraging distances of five bumble bee species

Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite

Evidence of a novel immune responsive protein in the Hymenoptera

Evolutionary and Ecological Pressures Shaping Social Wasps Collective Defenses

Extensive local gene duplication and functional divergence among paralogs in Atlantic salmon

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of common and declining bumble bees across an agricultural landscape

Genetic toolkit for sociality predicts castes across the spectrum of social complexity in wasps

Group size, queuing and helping decisions in facultatively eusocial hover wasps

High indirect fitness benefits for helpers across the nesting cycle in the tropical paper wasp Polistes canadensis

High reproductive skew in the Neotropical paper wasp Polistes lanio

High reproductive skew in tropical hover wasps

Hormone mediated dispersal and sexual maturation in males of the social paper wasp Polistes lanio

Infection by the castrating parasitic nematode Sphaerularia bombi changes gene expression in Bombus terrestris bumblebee queens

Inquiline social parasites as tools to unlock the secrets of insect sociality

Invasive ants take and squander native seeds: implications for native plant communities

Little effect of seasonal constraints on population genetic structure in eusocial paper wasps.

Long live the wasp: adult longevity in captive colonies of the eusocial paper wasp Polistes canadensis (L.).

Mapping species distributions in 2 weeks using citizen science

Marketing insects: can exploiting a commercial framework help promote undervalued insect species?

Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies

Multi-level social organization and nest-drifting behaviour in a eusocial insect

Neurogenomic Signatures of Successes and Failures in Life-History Transitions in a Key Insect Pollinator.

Paper Wasps (Polistes)

Pathways to immunity: temporal dynamics of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) immune response against a trypanosomal gut parasite

Patterns of longevity across a sociality gradient in vespid wasps.

Patterns of reproductive differentiation and reproductive plasticity in the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality

Performance of human groups in social foraging: the role of communication in consensus decision making

Polyphenism in social insects: insights from a transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression in the life stages of the key pollinator, Bombus terrestris

Queen succession conflict in the paper wasp Polistes dominula is mitigated by age-based convention

Radio-tagging technology reveals extreme nest-drifting behavior in a eusocial insect

Reproductive constraints, direct fitness and indirect fitness benefits explain helping behaviour in the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis

Sentinel dominance status influences forager use of social information

Shifting behaviour: epigenetic reprogramming in eusocial insects

Signal detection: applying analysis methods from psychology to animal behaviour

Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of caste in a major transition in evolution

Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of castes in vespid wasps

Social density processes regulate the functioning and performance of foraging human teams

Social evolution: reincarnation, free-riding and inexplicable modes of reproduction

Social parasitism and the molecular basis of phenotypic evolution

Social wasps are effective biocontrol agents of key lepidopteran crop pests

Social wasps as models to study the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality

The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers

The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: a test of Emery?s rule

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization ⬇️

The importance of genomic novelty in social evolution

The molecular basis of socially mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp

The molecular basis of socially-mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp

Transcriptome analyses of primitively eusocial wasps reveal novel insights into the evolution of sociality and the origin of alternative phenotypes

WASPnest: a worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior

Why we love bees and hate wasps

Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

‘Citizen identification’: online learning supports highly accurate species identification for insect‐focussed citizen science