His area of research has the broad aim of increasing our understanding of the biodiversity of a biodiversity hotspot, the Southeastern Coastal Plain of North America. In particular, we are describing and quantifying the biodiversity and genetic diversity of ants and fungal and bacterial symbionts.
Selected References
Seal, J., Matthews, A., McDanield, G., McFarland, E., & Kellner, K. (2024). Phylogeography of the imperiled Comanche Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex comanche). Insectes Sociaux. doi:10.1007/s00040-024-00981-4
Bringhurst, B., Allert, M., Greenwold, M., Kellner, K., & Seal, J. N. (2022). Environments and hosts structure the bacterial microbiomes of fungus-gardening ants and their symbiotic fungus gardens. Microbial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02138-x.
Beigel, K., Matthews, A.E., Kellner, K., Pawlik, C., Greenwold, M. & Seal, J.N. (2021) Cophylogenetic analyses of ant-fungal specificity: 'One to one with some exceptions'. Molecular Ecology, 30, 5605–5620.
Matthews, A.E., Kellner, K., Seal, J.N., 2021. Male-biased dispersal in a fungus-gardening ant symbiosis. Ecology and Evolution 11, 2307-2320.
Luiso, J., Kellner, K., Matthews, A.E., Mueller, U.G., Seal, J.N., 2020. High diversity and multiple invasions to North America by fungi grown by the northern-most Trachymyrmex and Mycetomoellerius ant species. Fungal Ecology 44, 100878.
Matthews, A.E., Rowan, C., Stone, C., Kellner, K., Seal, J.N., 2020. Development, characterization, and cross-amplification of polymorphic microsatellite markers for North American Trachymyrmex and Mycetomoellerius ants. BMC Research Notes 13, 173.
Seal, J.N., Thiebaud, J., Mueller, U.G., 2015. Gone to Texas: comparative phylogeography of two Trachymyrmex species along the southeastern coastal plain of North America. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114, 689-698.
Selected References
Seal, J., Matthews, A., McDanield, G., McFarland, E., & Kellner, K. (2024). Phylogeography of the imperiled Comanche Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex comanche). Insectes Sociaux. doi:10.1007/s00040-024-00981-4
Bringhurst, B., Allert, M., Greenwold, M., Kellner, K., & Seal, J. N. (2022). Environments and hosts structure the bacterial microbiomes of fungus-gardening ants and their symbiotic fungus gardens. Microbial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02138-x.
Beigel, K., Matthews, A.E., Kellner, K., Pawlik, C., Greenwold, M. & Seal, J.N. (2021) Cophylogenetic analyses of ant-fungal specificity: 'One to one with some exceptions'. Molecular Ecology, 30, 5605–5620.
Matthews, A.E., Kellner, K., Seal, J.N., 2021. Male-biased dispersal in a fungus-gardening ant symbiosis. Ecology and Evolution 11, 2307-2320.
Luiso, J., Kellner, K., Matthews, A.E., Mueller, U.G., Seal, J.N., 2020. High diversity and multiple invasions to North America by fungi grown by the northern-most Trachymyrmex and Mycetomoellerius ant species. Fungal Ecology 44, 100878.
Matthews, A.E., Rowan, C., Stone, C., Kellner, K., Seal, J.N., 2020. Development, characterization, and cross-amplification of polymorphic microsatellite markers for North American Trachymyrmex and Mycetomoellerius ants. BMC Research Notes 13, 173.
Seal, J.N., Thiebaud, J., Mueller, U.G., 2015. Gone to Texas: comparative phylogeography of two Trachymyrmex species along the southeastern coastal plain of North America. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114, 689-698.
Where we work: the Southeastern Coastal Plain of North America
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Nest tumulus of a Trachymyrmex septentrionalis nests in a north Florida longleaf pine forest.
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