peer-reviewed publications
*student author
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.
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.
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
Senula, S.F., Scavetta, J.T., Banta, J.A., Mueller, U.G., Seal, J.N., Kellner, K. 2019 Potential Distribution of Six North American Higher-Attine Fungus-Farming Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species. Journal of Insect Science, 19, 1-11.
Smith, C.C., Weber, J.N., Mikheyev, A.S., Roces, F., Bollazzi, M., Kellner, K., Seal, J., Mueller, U.G., 2019. Landscape genomics of an obligate mutualism: concordant and discordant population structures between the leafcutter-ant Atta texana and its two main fungal symbiont types. Molecular Ecology 28, 2831-2845.
Kellner, K., Kardish, M.R., Seal, J.N., Linksvayer, T.A., & Mueller, U.G. (2017) Symbiont-mediated host-parasite dynamics in a fungus-gardening ant. Microbial Ecology, 76, 530-543. pdf
DeMilto, A.M.*, Rouquette, M., Mueller, U.G., Kellner, K. & Seal, J.N. (2017) Effects of substrate, ant and fungal species on plant fiber degradation in a fungus-gardening ant symbiosis. Journal of Insect Physiology, 98, 301–308. pdf
Tschinkel, W.R. & Seal, J.N. (2016) Bioturbation by the fungus-gardening ant, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. PLoS ONE, 11. view
Seal, J.N., Brown, L., Ontiveros, C., 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. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Mueller, U.G. (2014) Instability of novel ant-fungal associations constrains horizontal exchange of fungal symbionts. Evolutionary Ecology, 28, 157–176. pdf
Seal, J.N., Schiott, M. & Mueller, U.G. (2014) Ant-fungus species combinations engineer physiological activity of fungus gardens. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 2540–2547. pdf
Shik, J.Z., Santos, J.C., Seal, J.N., Kay, A., Mueller, U.G. & Kaspari, M. (2014) Metabolism and the rise of fungus cultivation by ants. The American Naturalist, 184, 364–373. pdf
Kellner, K., Seal, J.N. & Heinze, J. (2013b) Sex at the margins: Parthenogenesis vs. facultative and obligate sex in a Neotropical ant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, 108–117. pdf
Seal, J.N., Gus, J. & Mueller, U.G. (2012) Fungus-gardening ants prefer native fungal species: Do ants control their crops? Behavioral Ecology, 23, 1250–1256.
Seal, J.N., Kellner, K., Trindl, A. & Heinze, J. (2011) Phylogeography of the parthenogenic ant Platythyrea punctata: Highly successful colonization of the West Indies by a poor disperser. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 868–882. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2010) Distribution of the fungus-gardening ant (Trachymyrmex septentrionalis) during and after a record drought. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 3, 134–142. pdf
Seal, J.N. (2009) Scaling of body weight and fat content in fungus-gardening ant queens: Does this explain why leaf-cutting ants found claustrally? Insectes Sociaux, 56, 135–141. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2008) Food limitation in the fungus-gardening ant, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Ecological Entomology, 33, 597–607. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2007a) Co-evolution and the superorganism: Switching cultivars does not alter the performance of fungus-gardening ant colonies. Functional Ecology, 21, 988–997. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2007b) Complexity in an obligate mutualism: Do fungus-gardening ants know what makes their garden grow? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, 1151–1160. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2007c) Energetics of newly-mated queens and colony founding in the fungus-gardening ants Cyphomyrmex rimosus and Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Physiological Entomology, 32, 8–15. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2006) Colony productivity of the fungus-gardening ant Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Florida pine forest. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99, 673–682. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Hunt, J.H. (2004) Food supplementation affects colony-level life history traits in the annual social wasp Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux, 51, 239–242. pdf
Seal, J.N. (2002) Does Polistes instabilis de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) investment predict nest defense? Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 75, 335–338. pdf
Matthews, A.E., Kellner, K., Seal, J.N., 2021. Male-biased dispersal in a fungus-gardening ant symbiosis. Ecology and Evolution 11, 2307-2320.
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.
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
Senula, S.F., Scavetta, J.T., Banta, J.A., Mueller, U.G., Seal, J.N., Kellner, K. 2019 Potential Distribution of Six North American Higher-Attine Fungus-Farming Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species. Journal of Insect Science, 19, 1-11.
Smith, C.C., Weber, J.N., Mikheyev, A.S., Roces, F., Bollazzi, M., Kellner, K., Seal, J., Mueller, U.G., 2019. Landscape genomics of an obligate mutualism: concordant and discordant population structures between the leafcutter-ant Atta texana and its two main fungal symbiont types. Molecular Ecology 28, 2831-2845.
Kellner, K., Kardish, M.R., Seal, J.N., Linksvayer, T.A., & Mueller, U.G. (2017) Symbiont-mediated host-parasite dynamics in a fungus-gardening ant. Microbial Ecology, 76, 530-543. pdf
DeMilto, A.M.*, Rouquette, M., Mueller, U.G., Kellner, K. & Seal, J.N. (2017) Effects of substrate, ant and fungal species on plant fiber degradation in a fungus-gardening ant symbiosis. Journal of Insect Physiology, 98, 301–308. pdf
Tschinkel, W.R. & Seal, J.N. (2016) Bioturbation by the fungus-gardening ant, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. PLoS ONE, 11. view
Seal, J.N., Brown, L., Ontiveros, C., 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. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Mueller, U.G. (2014) Instability of novel ant-fungal associations constrains horizontal exchange of fungal symbionts. Evolutionary Ecology, 28, 157–176. pdf
Seal, J.N., Schiott, M. & Mueller, U.G. (2014) Ant-fungus species combinations engineer physiological activity of fungus gardens. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 2540–2547. pdf
Shik, J.Z., Santos, J.C., Seal, J.N., Kay, A., Mueller, U.G. & Kaspari, M. (2014) Metabolism and the rise of fungus cultivation by ants. The American Naturalist, 184, 364–373. pdf
Kellner, K., Seal, J.N. & Heinze, J. (2013b) Sex at the margins: Parthenogenesis vs. facultative and obligate sex in a Neotropical ant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, 108–117. pdf
Seal, J.N., Gus, J. & Mueller, U.G. (2012) Fungus-gardening ants prefer native fungal species: Do ants control their crops? Behavioral Ecology, 23, 1250–1256.
Seal, J.N., Kellner, K., Trindl, A. & Heinze, J. (2011) Phylogeography of the parthenogenic ant Platythyrea punctata: Highly successful colonization of the West Indies by a poor disperser. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 868–882. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2010) Distribution of the fungus-gardening ant (Trachymyrmex septentrionalis) during and after a record drought. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 3, 134–142. pdf
Seal, J.N. (2009) Scaling of body weight and fat content in fungus-gardening ant queens: Does this explain why leaf-cutting ants found claustrally? Insectes Sociaux, 56, 135–141. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2008) Food limitation in the fungus-gardening ant, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Ecological Entomology, 33, 597–607. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2007a) Co-evolution and the superorganism: Switching cultivars does not alter the performance of fungus-gardening ant colonies. Functional Ecology, 21, 988–997. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2007b) Complexity in an obligate mutualism: Do fungus-gardening ants know what makes their garden grow? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, 1151–1160. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2007c) Energetics of newly-mated queens and colony founding in the fungus-gardening ants Cyphomyrmex rimosus and Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Physiological Entomology, 32, 8–15. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Tschinkel, W.R. (2006) Colony productivity of the fungus-gardening ant Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Florida pine forest. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99, 673–682. pdf
Seal, J.N. & Hunt, J.H. (2004) Food supplementation affects colony-level life history traits in the annual social wasp Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux, 51, 239–242. pdf
Seal, J.N. (2002) Does Polistes instabilis de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) investment predict nest defense? Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 75, 335–338. pdf