Quental, T.B., Patten, M.M. and Pierce, N.E. (2007) Host plant specialization driven by sexual selection. American Naturalist 169: 830–836. pdf
Ramírez, SR, B Gravendeel, RB Singer, CR Marshall, NE Pierce (2007) Dating the origin of the Orchidaceae from a fossil orchid with its pollinator. Nature 448:1042-1045 link
Quek, S-P., Davies, S.J., Ashton, P. S., Itino, T. and N.E. 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. pdf
Kandul, N.P., Lukhtanov, V.A. and N.E. Pierce. 2007. Karyotype diversity and speciation in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Evolution 61: 546-558. pdf
Braby, M.F., N.E. Pierce, and R. Vila. 2007. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the subtribe Aporiina, with particular reference to Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): implications for the origin of Australian butterflies? Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 90: 413-440. pdf
Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2007. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an ‘out-of-Australia’ origin. Systematic Entomology 32: 2-25. pdf
Moreau, C.S., Bell, C.D., Vila, R, Archibald, S.B., and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Phylogeny of the Ants: Diversification in the Age of Angiosperms, Science 312 (5770): 101-104.
Braby, M.F., Vila, R. and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea): higher classification and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 147: 239-275. pdf
Eastwood, R. , Pierce, N.E., Kitching, R.L. and J.M. Hughes. 2006. Do ants enhance diversification in lycaenid butterflies? Phylogeographic evidence from a model myrmecophile, Jalmenus evagoras. Evolution 60: 315-327 pdf
Lohman, D.J., Q. Liao, N.E. Pierce. 2006. Chemical mimicry in a guild of aphid predators. Ecological Entomology 31: 1-11
Wahlberg, N, Braby, M.F., Brower, A.V.Z., de Jong, R., Lee, M., Nylin, S., Pierce, N.E., Sperling, F.A.H., Vila, R., Warren, A.D. and E. Zakharov. 2005. Phylogeny of butterflies and skippers: hidden support in molecular data sets revealed by combined analysis with morphological data. Proc. R. Soc. Series B. 272: 1577-1586.
Lukhtanov, V.A., Kandul, N.P., Plotkin, J.B., Dantchenko, A.V., Haig, D. and N.E. Pierce. 2005. Reinforcement of pre-zygotic isolation and karyotype evolution in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Nature. 436: 385-389 (cited by Science in their yearly round-up as one of the 10 breakthrough papers in evolutionary biology published in 2005: Science 310: 1878-1879)
Cui, J. Bahrami, A.K., Pringle, E.G., Hernandez-Guzman, G., Bender, C.L., Pierce, N.E. and F. M. Ausubel. 2005. Pseudomonas syringae manipulates systemic plant defence against pathogens and herbivores. PNAS 102: 1791-1796. pdf. News & Views, Nature Reviews Microbiology 3: 192. pdf Highlighted on Faculty of 1000
Als , T.D., Vila, R., Kandul, N.P., Nash, D.R., Yen, S.-H., Hsu, Y.-F., Mignault, A.A., Boomsma, J.J., and N.E. Pierce. 2004. The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in Large Blue butterflies. Nature 432: 386-390. pdf. News & Views: 293-284. pdf
Quek, S-P., Davies, S.J., Itino, T. and N.E. Pierce. 2004. Codiversification in an ant-plant mutualism: stem texture and the evolution of host use in Crematogaster (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) inhabitants of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae). Evolution 58: 554-570. pdf
Kandul, N.P., Coleman, J.W.S., Lukhtanov, V.A., Dantchenko, D.A., Sekercioglu. C., Haig, D. and N.E. Pierce. 2004. Phylogeny of Agrodiaetus Hübner 1822 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) inferred from mtDNA Sequences of COI and COII, and Nuclear Sequences of EF1-a: Karyotype diversification and species radiation. Systematic Biology 53: 1-21. pdf
Megens, H.J., van Moorsel, C.H.M., Piel, W.H., Pierce, N.E. and R. de Jong. 2004. Tempo of speciation in a butterfly genus from the Southeast Asian tropics, inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 1181-1196. pdf
Megens, H-J., Van Nes, W. J., Van Moorsel, C. H. M., Pierce, N. E., and R. De Jong. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the Oriental butterfly genus Arhopala (Lycaenidae, Theclinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Systematic Entomology 29: 115-131. pdf
Campbell, D.L. and N.E. Pierce. 2003. Phylogenetic relationship of the Riodinidae (Papilionoidea): Implications for the evolution of ant association. In: Butterflies as Model Systems, Boggs, C., Ehrlich P., and W.B. Watt (eds), Chicago University Press, pp. 395-408.
Fraser, A.M., Tregenza, T., Wedell, N., Elgar, M.A., and N.E. Pierce. 2002. Oviposition preference and geographic specialization by the mrymecophilous butterfly Jalmenus evagoras (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in response to attendant ants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 1-10.
Cui,
J., Jander, G., Racki, L.R., Kim, P.D., Pierce, N.E., and F.M. Ausubel. 2002.
Signals involved in Arabidopsis resistance to Trichoplusia ni caterpillars
induced by virulent and avirulent strains of the phytopathogen Pseudomonas
syringae. Plant Physiology 129: 551-564.Abstract
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Pierce, N.E., Braby, M.F., Heath, A., Lohman, D.J., Mathew, J., Rand, D.B.,
and M.A. Travassos. 2002. The ecology and evolution of ant association in
the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Annual Review of Entomology 47: 733-771.Abstract
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Fraser, A.M., Axén, A.H., and N.E. Pierce. 2001. Assessing the quality
of different ant species as partners of a myrmecophilous butterfly. Oecologia
129: 452-460. Abstract
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Pierce,
N.E. 2001. Peeling the onion: symbioses between ants and blue butterflies.
In: Dugatkin, L.A. (ed.) Model systems in behavioral ecology, Princeton University
Press, Princeton, , pp. 41-56.
Pratt, S.C. and N.E. Pierce. 2001. The cavity-dwelling ant Leptothorax
curvispinosus uses nest geometry to discriminate among potential homes.Animal
Behaviour 62: 281-287.
Jander,
G., Cui, J., Nhan, E., Pierce, N.E. and F. Ausubel. 2001. The TASTY
locus on chromosome 1 of Arabidopsis thaliana affects feeding of the
insect herbivore, Trichoplusia ni. Plant Physiology 126: 890-898.
Abstract
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Hsu, R., Briscoe, A.D., Chang, B.S.W. and N.E. Pierce. 2001. Molecular evolution
of a long wavelength-sensitive opsin in mimetic Heliconius butterflies
(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
72: 435-449. Abstract
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Monteiro,
A. and N.E. Pierce. 2001. Phylogeny of Bicyclus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
inferred from COI, COII and EF-1alpha gene sequences. Molecular Phylogeny
and Evolution 18: 264 - 281. Abstract
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Yu, D.W., Wilson, H.B., and N.E. Pierce. 2001. Colonization trade-offs and
the interaction with environmental heterogeneity. Ecology 82: 1761-1771.Abstract
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Craig, C.L., Riekel, C., Herberstein, M.E., Weber, R.S., Kaplan, D., and N.E.
Pierce. 2000. Evidence for diet effects on the composition of silk proteins
produced by spiders. Molecular Biology and Evolution 124 (1999) 109–118
Campbell,
D.L., Brower, A.V.Z. and N.E. Pierce. 2000. Molecular evolution of the wingless
gene and its implications for the phylogenetic placement of the butterfly
family Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular Biology and Evolution
17: 684-696.
Hughes, L., Chang, B.S-W., Wagner, D., and N.E. Pierce. 2000. Effects of mating
history on ejaculate size, fecundity, longevity, and copulation duration in
the ant-tended lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. Behavioural
Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 119-128. Abstract
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Rand, D.B., Heath, A., Suderman, T., and N.E. Pierce. 2000. Phylogeny and
life history evolution of the genus Chrysoritis within the Aphnaeini
(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase
I sequences. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution 17: 85-96. Abstract
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Travassos, M.A., and N.E. Pierce. 2000. Acoustics, context and function of
vibrational signalling in a lycaenid butterfly-ant mutualism. Animal Behaviour
60: 13-26.
Craig, C.L., M. Hsu, D. Kaplan and N.E. Pierce.1999. A comparison of the composition
of silk proteins produced by spiders and insects International
Journal of Biological Macromolecules 7: 1904-1913
Abstract
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Kitching,
R., Sheermeyer, E., Jones, R. and N.E. Pierce (eds.). 1999. The Biology of
Australian Butterflies (Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Vol. 6); CSIRO
Press, Sydney, 395 pp.
Pierce, N.E. and D.R. Nash. 1999. The Imperial Blue, Jalmenus evagoras
(Lycaenidae), In: Kitching R., Sheermeyer, E., Jones, R. and N.E. Pierce (eds.).
The Biology of Australian Butterflies (Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera
Vol. 6); CSIRO Press, Sydney, pp. 277-316. pdf
Yu, D. and N.E. Pierce. 1998. A castration parasite in a putative ant-plant
mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 265:
375-382. Abstract
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Townson, S.M., Chang, B.S.W., Salcedo, E. Chadwell, L.V., Pierce, N.E. and S.G. Britt. 1998. Honeybee blue- and ultra-violet-sensitive opsins: cloning, heterologous expression in Drosophila and physiological characterization. Journal of Neuroscience 18: 2412-2422.
Axen,
A. and N.E. Pierce. 1998. Aggregation as a cost reducing strategy for lycaenid
larvae. Behavioral Ecology 9: 109-115.
Chang, B.S.W., Ayers, D., Smith, W.C. and N.E. Pierce. 1996. Cloning of the
gene encoding honeybee long-wavelength rhodopsin: a new class of insect long-wavelength
visual pigments. Gene 173: 215-219.
Costa, J.T., McDonald, J.H. and N.E. Pierce. 1996. The effect of ant association
on population genetic structure of the mutualistic butterfly, Jalmenus
evagoras (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society 58: 287-306. Abstract
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Costa, J.T. and N.E. Pierce. 1996. Social evolution in the Lepidoptera: ecological
context and communication in larval societies. In: Crespi, B.J.and J.C. Choe
(eds) Social competition and cooperation in insects and arachnids, Volume
II: Evolution of sociality pp. 407-442.
Evans, J.D. and N.E. Pierce. 1995. Effects of diet quality and queen number
on growth in leptothoracine ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal
of the New York Entomological Society 103: 91-99
Pierce,
N.E. 1995. Predatory and parasitic Lepidoptera: carnivores living on plants.
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49: 412-453.
Carlin, N.F., Gladstein, D.S., Berry, A.J. and N.E. Pierce. 1995. Absence
of kin discrimination in a soldier-producing aphid, Ceratovacuna japonica
(Hemiptera: Pemphigidae; Cerataphidini). Journal of the New York Entomological
Society 102: 287-298.
Fiedler, K., Seufert, P. Pierce, N.E., Pearson, J.G., and T. Baumgarten. 1995.
Exploitation of lycaenid-ant mutalisms by braconid parasitoids. Journal
of Research on the Lepidoptera 31: 153-168. Abstract
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Kane, M. and Pierce N.E. 1994. Diversity within diversity: molecular approaches
to studying microbial interactions with insects. In: Schierwater B, Streit
B, Wagner G and R DeSalle (eds) Molecular methods in ecology and evolution,
Birkhauser Verlag, pp.509-524.
Taylor, M.F.J., S.W. McKechnie, N.E. Pierce, and M. Kreitman. 1993. The lepidopteran
mitochondrial control region: structure and evolution. Molecular Biology
and Evolution 10: 1259-1272.
Baylis, M. and N.E. Pierce. 1992. Lack of compensation by final instar larvae
of the myrmecophilous lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras for the
loss of nutrients to ants. Physiological Entomology 17: 107-114.
Baylis M. and N.E.Pierce. 1992. The effects of ant mutualism on the foraging
and diet of lycaenid caterpillars. In: Stamp NE & Casey TM (eds) Caterpillars:
Ecological and Evolutionary Constraints on Foraging. Chapman and Hall, New
York, pp. 404-421.
Baylis, M. and N. E. Pierce. 1991. The effect of host plant quality on the
survival of larvae and oviposition behaviour of adults of an ant-tended lycaenid
butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. Ecological Entomology 16: 1-9.
Pierce N.E., Nash D.R., Baylis M. and E.R. Carper. 1991. Variation in the
attractiveness of lycaenid butterfly larvae to ants. In: Cutler D & Huxley
C (eds) Ant-plant interactions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 131-143.
Pierce N.E. 1989. Butterfly-ant mutualisms. In: Grubb PJ & Whittaker J
(eds.) Towards a more exact ecology, Blackwell, Oxford, pp 299-324.
Hill, C.J. and N.E. Pierce. 1989. The effect of adult diet on the biology
of butterflies. 1. The common imperial blue, Jalmenus evagoras.
Oecologia (Berl) 81: 249-257.
Elgar M.A. and N.E. Pierce. 1988. Mating success and fecundity in an ant-tended
lycaenid butterfly. In: Clutton-Brock TH (ed) Reproductive success: studies
of selection and adaptation in contrasting breeding systems. Chicago University
Press, Chicago, pp 59-75.
Smiley J.T., Atsatt P.R., and N.E. Pierce. 1988. Local distribution of the
lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras, in response to host ants and
plants. Oecologia (Berl)76: 416-422.
Pierce, N.E. 1987. The evolution and biogeography of associations between
lycaenid butterflies and ants. In: P.H. Harvey & L. Partridge (eds.) Oxford
Surveys in Evol Biol Vol. IV, pp 89-116.
Pierce, N.E., R.L. Kitching, R.C. Buckley, M.F.J. Taylor and K. Benbow. 1987.
Costs and benefits of cooperation between the Australian lycaenid butterfly,
Jalmenus evagoras and its attendant ants. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 21: 237-248.
Pierce, N.E. and W.R. Young. 1986. Lycaenid butterflies and ants: two-species
stable equilibria in mutualistic, commensal, and parasitic interactions. American
Naturalist.128: 216-227. pdf
Pierce, N.E. and S. Easteal. 1986. The selective advantage of attendant ants
for the larvae of a lycaenid butterfly, Glaucopsyche lygdamus. Jouranl
of Animal Ecology 55: 451-462. Abstract
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Pierce, N.E. and M.A. Elgar. 1985. The influence of ants on host plant selection
by Jalmenus evagoras, a myrmecophilous lycaenid butterfly. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 16: 209-222.
Pierce, N.E. 1985. Lycaenid butterflies and ants: selection for nitrogen fixing
and other protein rich food plants. American Naturalist. 125: 888-895.
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Pierce, N.E. 1984. Amplified species diversity: a case study of an Australian
lycaenid butterfly and its attendant ants. In: Vane Wright RI & Ackery
PR (eds) Biology of butterflies. XI Symp R Entomol Soc (Lond). Academic Press,
London, pp 197-200.
Pierce N.E. and P.S. Mead. 1981. Parasitoids as selective agents in the symbiosis
between lycaenid butterfly caterpillars and ants. Science 211: 1185-1187
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