Anderson K.E., S.L. Zeltzer, R.P. Overson and W.H. Clark. 2010. Identification of cryptic

         hosts for two inquiline parasites of the Seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex and

         new localities for P. anergismus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

         Southwestern Naturalist.  In Press.

Curry, M.M., D.E. Wheeler, K. Yang, and K.E. Anderson. 2010.  The potential for gene flow

          in a dependent lineage system of a Harvester ant: Fair meiosis in the F1 generation. 

          Journal of Heredity.  101:378-384

Anderson K.E. and W.H. Clark. 2010. Analysis of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera

         (EPT) richness and diversity of Sheep and Rattlesnake creeks, Elmore County, Idaho.

         Idaho Academy of Science. Accepted. 

Anderson K.E., C.R. Smith, T.A. Linksvayer, B.M. Mott,  J. Gadau, and J.H. Fewell. 2009.

         Modeling the maintenance of a dependent lineage system:  The influence of

         positive frequency-dependent selection on sex ratio. Evolution.  63:2142-2152.

Smith, C.R., K.E. Anderson, C.V. Tillberg, J. Gadau and A.V. Suarez. 2008.  Caste

         determination in a polymorphic social insect: nutritional, social, and genetic

         factors. American Naturalist.  172: 497–507.

Anderson, K.E., T.A. Linksvayer, and C.R. Smith. 2008.  The causes and consequences of

         genetic caste determination in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

         Myrmecological News 11:119-132. (invited review).

Anderson, K.E., S.J. Novak, and J.F. Smith.  2008. Populations composed entirely of hybrid

         colonies: Bidirectional hybridization and polyandry in Harvester ants. 

         Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 95:320-336.

Smith, C.R., C. Schoenick, K.E. Anderson, J. Gadau, and A.V. Suarez. 2007.  Potential and

         actual reproduction by different worker castes in queen-less and queen-right colonies 

         of Pogonomyrmex badius. Insectes Sociaux. 54:260-267.

Anderson, K.E., B. Hölldobler, B.M. Mott, J.H. Fewell, and J. Gadau.  2006.  Population-

         wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex. 

         Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 103:13433-13438.

Anderson, K.E., J. Gadau, B.M. Mott, A. Altimirano, R.A. Johnson, C. Strehl, and J.H. Fewell.

         2006.  Distribution and evolution of genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex

         seed-harvester ants. Ecology.  87:2171-2184.

Clark, R.M., K.E. Anderson, J. Gadau, and J.H. Fewell. 2006.  Behavioral regulation of

         genetic caste determination in a Pogonomyrmex population with dependent lineages.

         Ecology.  87:2201-2206.

Anderson, K.E., and A.C. Keyel. 2006.  Mating flight, metrosis and semi-claustrality in the

         seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex salinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

         Insectes  Sociaux.  53:92-96.

Harrison, J.F., J.H. Fewell, K.E. Anderson, and J. Loper. 2006.  Environmental physiology 

         of the invasion of the Americas by Africanized honeybees.

         Integrative and Comparative Biology.  46:1110-1122.

Anderson K.E., and J.C. Munger.  2003. Effect of temperature on brood relocation in 

         Pogonomyrmex salinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

         Western North American Naturalist 63:122-128.

Manuscripts in review or preparation:

Anderson K.E., D.E. Wheeler, K.Yang, and T.A. Linksvayer. 2010.  Dynamics of an ant-ant 

         obligate mutualism: Colony growth, density dependence and frequency dependence. 

         Molecular Ecology.  In review.

Anderson K.E., B. Eckholm, and G. DeGrandi-Hoffman. 2010.  A perspective on the 

         beneficial microbial communities of social insects, with an emphasis on the honeybee.

         (Apis mellifera).  In prep.

Anderson K.E., U. Basinger, B.M. Mott, N. Buck, and D.E. Wheeler. 2010.  Nutrient 

         acquisition and the symbiotic microbial community of the desert-adapted turtle ant

         Cephalotes rowheri according to 16S rDNA sequences.  In prep.

Mott B.M., J. Gadau, and K.E. Anderson. 2010.  Phylogeography of Pogonomyrmex

         barbatus and P. rugosus harvester ants:  Evidence for a complex regional history of

         ancient vicariance, recent expansion in arid-adapted insects, and implications for the

         success of cryptic hybrid lineages with genetic caste determination.  In prep.

Mott B.M., K.E. Anderson, and J. Gadau. 2010. Mating frequency and caste-specific 

         patriline diversity in three lineages of Pogonomyrmex barbatus.  In prep.

Selected presentations at scientific meetings:

Anderson K.E. 2010.  Microbial ecology of social insects with an emphasis on the Honey bee.  Northwest Corner Beekeepers Conference, Hood River OR.  (invited)

Anderson K.E. 2010.  Genetics, genomics, and microbial ecology of social insects. Pesticide-Pollinator Workshop, Alfred State College, NY.  (invited)

Anderson, K.E. 2009.  The complex microbial communities of honeybee colonies:  A model system for functional metagenomics. NIH-IRACDA Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Anderson, K.E. C.R. Smith, and T.A. Linksvayer. 2009.  Modeling the maintenance of a dependent lineage system: The influence of positive frequency dependent selection on sex ratio.  Society for the Study of Evolution. Moscow, ID.

Anderson, K.E. 2008.  Dependent lineage Pogonomyrmex; Lineage frequencies and system dynamics. North American Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Camp Guajataca, Puerto Rico.

Mott, B.M., K.E. Anderson and J. Gadau. 2008.  How do costs from a loss of phenotypic plasticity affect mating behavior and population lineage frequencies?  American Genetics Association’s Annual Symposium on Behavioral Genetics, Raleigh, NC.  

Smith, C.R., K.E. Anderson, J. Gadau and A.V. Suarez. 2007. G x E:  caste determination

in an ant society.  Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Burlington, VT.

Anderson K.E., J. Gadau, and J.H. Fewell. 2006.  The consequences of polyandry for colony organization:  Obligate polyandry and genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex.

The 15th Annual IUSSI Congress, Washington, D.C.

Anderson, K.E., R.A. Johnson J. Gadau & J.H. Fewell 2004.  Origin and maintenance of   genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants.  52nd Annual meeting of the Entomological Society, Salt Lake City, UT.

Anderson, K.E., R.A. Johnson J. Gadau & J.H. Fewell 2004.  Widespread genetic caste     determination in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants.

International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Tempe, AZ.

Anderson, K.E. and J.C. Munger.  2003.  Morphological and molecular variation across a    mosaic hybrid zone.  Tenth Annual Poster Hexapodium, Tuscon, AZ,

Keyel, S.A. and K.E. Anderson.  2003.  Nuptial flight, dispersal, and metrosis in the seed- harvester ant Pogonomyrmex salinus.  Animal Behavior Society, Boise, ID.

Anderson, K.E., J.F. Smith. S.J. Novak, and J.C. Munger.  2003.  Hybrid behavior and      physiology in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants.  Animal Behavior Society, Annual Meeting, Boise ID.

Altamirano, A., K.E. Anderson, R.A. Johnson, and J.H. Fewell.  2003.  RFLP and RAPD Analysis of Pogonomyrmex rugosus and P. barbatus across a Broad Hybrid Zone.  Tenth Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium.

Anderson, K.E. and J.F. Smith. 2000. Hybridization in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants: Genetic evidence for a mosaic hybrid zone.  Society for the Study of Evolution, Bloomington, IN.

GRADUATE COMMITTEES:

2010- present, PhD committee, University of Arizona, Student:  Pedro Augusto da Pos Rodrigues Research:  The microbial contribution to ant nutritional ecology:  Endosymbiosis in Camponotus, and the gut microbes of Cephalotes.

2007- present,  PhD committee, University of Arizona, Student:  Bruce J. Eckholm.

Research:  The adaptive significance of polyandry in honey bees and the impact of polyandry on bee-pollinated agro-ecosystems. 

2006-present, MS committee, Arizona State University:  Student: Brendon M. Mott.