Size constraints and sensory adaptations affect mosaic brain evolution in paper wasps (Vespidae: Epiponini)

Development and evolution of brain allometry in wasps (Vespidae): size, ecology and sociality

(2017) Sean O’Donnell et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Social complexity, diet, and brain evolution: modeling the effects of colony size, worker size, brain size, and foraging behavior on colony fitness in ants

(2015) Ofer Feinerman et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Reproductive status, endocrine physiology and chemical signaling in the Neotropical, swarm-founding eusocial wasp Polybia micans

(2014) H. C. Kelstrup et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mosaic and Concerted Evolution in the Visual System of Birds

(2014) Cristián Gutiérrez-Ibáñez et al.   PLoS One

A test of neuroecological predictions using paperwasp caste differences in brain structure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

(2013) Sean O’Donnell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Brain Size and Visual Environment Predict Species Differences in Paper Wasp Sensory Processing Brain Regions (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae)

(2013) Sean O'Donnell et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Artificial Selection on Relative Brain Size in the Guppy Reveals Costs and Benefits of Evolving a Larger Brain

(2013) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Miniaturization of Nervous Systems and Neurons

(2012) Jeremy E. Niven et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Are smaller animals behaviourally limited? Lack of clear constraints in miniature spiders

(2011) William G. Eberhard   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The allometry of CNS size and consequences of miniaturization in orb-weaving and cleptoparasitic spiders

(2011) Rosannette Quesada et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

The Allometry of Brain Miniaturization in Ants

(2011) Marc A. Seid et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Comparative analysis of constraints and caste differences in brain investment among social paper wasps

(2011) S. O'Donnell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Seeing in the dark: vision and visual behaviour in nocturnal bees and wasps

(2008) E. J. Warrant   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Energy limitation as a selective pressure on the evolution of sensory systems

(2008) J. E. Niven et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY