Naomi E. Pierce
Sidney A. and John H. Hessel Professor of Biology
Curator of Lepidoptera in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows
Phone: 617-495-2576
E-mail:
Office: 426 MCZ Labs, 26 Oxford St
Lab Website: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pierce/
Behavioral ecology and evolution, focusing on species interactions such as insect/host plant associations and symbioses between insects and other organisms; life history evolution and systematics of Lepidoptera
Recent Publications
Russell, JA, B Goldman-Huertas, CS Moreau, L Baldo, JK Stahlut, JH Werren and NE Pierce (2009). Host specificity and geographic isolation among Wolbachia symbionts from ants and lycaenid butterflies. Evolution 63: 624-640
Hughes, DP, NE Pierce and JJ Boomsma (2008). Social insect symbionts: evolution in homeostatic fortresses. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 672-677
Whiteman, NK and NE Pierce (2008). Delicious poison: genetics of Drosophila host plant preference. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 473-478
Ramírez, SR, B Gravendeel, RB Singer, CR Marshall and NE Pierce (2007). Dating the origin of the Orchidaceae from a fossil orchid with its pollinator. Nature 448: 1042-1045
Kandul, NP, VA Lukhtanov and NE Pierce (2007). Karyotypic diversity and speciation in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Evolution 61: 546-558
Quental, TB, MM Patten and NE Pierce (2007). Host plant specialization driven by sexual selection. American Naturalist 169: 830-836
Quek, S-P, SJ Davies, PS Ashton, T Itino and NE Pierce (2007). The geography of diversification in mutualistic ants: a gene's-eye view into the Neogene history of Sundaland rain forests. Molecular Ecology 16: 2045-2062
Moreau, CS, CD Bell, R Vila, SB Archibald and NE Pierce (2006). Phylogeny of the ants: Diversification in the age of angiosperms, Science 312: 101-104
Eastwood, R, NE Pierce, RL Kitching and JM Hughes (2006). Do ants enhance diversification in lycaenid butterflies? Phylogeographic evidence from a model myrmecophile, Jalmenus evagoras. Evolution 60: 315-327
Courses Taught
OEB 57. Animal Behavior
OEB 155r. Biology of Insects
OEB 174r. Topics in Behavioral Ecology
OEB 334. Behavioral Ecology
