Brian L. Fisher, M.Sc. - Publications

Affiliations: 
California Academy of Sciences California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States 
Area:
Ant ecology, taxonomy
Website:
http://research.calacademy.org/ent/staff/bfisher

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2024 Rasoarimalala NF, Ramiadantsoa T, Rakotonirina JC, Fisher BL. Linear Morphometry of Male Genitalia Distinguishes the Ant Genera and (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar. Insects. 15. PMID 39194810 DOI: 10.3390/insects15080605  0.331
2024 Abrego N, Furneaux B, Hardwick B, Somervuo P, Palorinne I, Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Andrew NR, Babiy UV, Bao T, Bazzano G, Bondarchuk SN, Bonebrake TC, Brennan GL, Bret-Harte S, Bässler C, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi. Nature. PMID 38987593 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07658-9  0.304
2024 Ovaskainen O, Abrego N, Furneaux B, Hardwick B, Somervuo P, Palorinne I, Andrew NR, Babiy UV, Bao T, Bazzano G, Bondarchuk SN, Bonebrake TC, Brennan GL, Bret-Harte S, Bässler C, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. Global Spore Sampling Project: A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA. Scientific Data. 11: 561. PMID 38816458 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03410-0  0.306
2022 Rakotonirina JC, Fisher BL. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zookeys. 1098: 1-180. PMID 36761078 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223  0.459
2022 Ralimanana H, Perrigo AL, Smith RJ, Borrell JS, Faurby S, Rajaonah MT, Randriamboavonjy T, Vorontsova MS, Cooke RSC, Phelps LN, Sayol F, Andela N, Andermann T, Andriamanohera AM, Andriambololonera S, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities. Science (New York, N.Y.). 378: eadf1466. PMID 36454830 DOI: 10.1126/science.adf1466  0.339
2022 Antonelli A, Smith RJ, Perrigo AL, Crottini A, Hackel J, Testo W, Farooq H, Torres Jiménez MF, Andela N, Andermann T, Andriamanohera AM, Andriambololonera S, Bachman SP, Bacon CD, Baker WJ, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use. Science (New York, N.Y.). 378: eabf0869. PMID 36454829 DOI: 10.1126/science.abf0869  0.48
2022 Kass JM, Guénard B, Dudley KL, Jenkins CN, Azuma F, Fisher BL, Parr CL, Gibb H, Longino JT, Ward PS, Chao A, Lubertazzi D, Weiser M, Jetz W, Guralnick R, et al. The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity. Science Advances. 8: eabp9908. PMID 35921404 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abp9908  0.321
2022 Buček A, Wang M, Šobotník J, Hellemans S, Sillam-Dussès D, Mizumoto N, Stiblík P, Clitheroe C, Lu T, González Plaza JJ, Mohagan A, Rafanomezantsoa JJ, Fisher B, Engel MS, Roisin Y, et al. Molecular phylogeny reveals the past transoceanic voyages of drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution. PMID 35511685 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac093  0.428
2022 Salata S, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malagasy Region. Peerj. 10: e13263. PMID 35497190 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13263  0.435
2022 Rasoamanana N, Fisher BL. A taxonomic revision of the Malagasy endemic subgenus Mayria of the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) based on qualitative morphology and quantitative morphometric analyses. Zookeys. 1081: 137-231. PMID 35087300 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1081.71872  0.482
2021 Esteves FA, Fisher BL.  gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zookeys. 1074: 83-173. PMID 34975267 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1074.75551  0.31
2021 Silva RR, Martello F, Feitosa RM, Silva OGM, do Prado LP, Brandão CRF, Zoppas de Albuquerque E, Morini MSC, Delabie JHC, Dos Santos Monteiro EC, Emanuel Oliveira Alves A, Wild AL, Christianini AV, Arnhold A, Casadei Ferreira A, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America. Ecology. e03580. PMID 34727372 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3580  0.757
2021 Csősz S, Loss AC, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Peerj. 9: e10900. PMID 33717685 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10900  0.463
2021 Salata S, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of Madagascan species of the Pheidole fervens species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Plos One. 16: e0244195. PMID 33406099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244195  0.424
2020 Boer P, Loss AC, Bakker F, Beentjes K, Fisher BL. Emery, 1898 (Formicidae, Hymenoptera): a cryptic globally introduced species. Zookeys. 979: 87-97. PMID 33192132 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.979.55342  0.443
2020 Salata S, Fisher BL. The ant genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar-taxonomic revision of the bessonii species-group. Zootaxa. 4843: zootaxa.4843.1.1. PMID 33056799 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4843.1.1  0.406
2020 Salata S, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar. Zookeys. 949: 1-185. PMID 32765176 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.949.51269  0.532
2020 Fischer G, Friedman NR, Huang JP, Narula N, Knowles LL, Fisher BL, Mikheyev AS, Economo EP. Socially Parasitic Ants Evolve a Mosaic of Host-Matching and Parasitic Morphological Traits. Current Biology : Cb. PMID 32707068 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2020.06.078  0.376
2020 Sharaf MR, Gotzek D, Guénard B, Fisher BL, Aldawood AS, Al Dhafer HM, Mohamed AA. Molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphological reassessments of thief ants identify a new potential case of biological invasions. Scientific Reports. 10: 12040. PMID 32694527 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-69029-4  0.552
2020 Salata S, Fisher BL. Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar - an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups. Zookeys. 905: 1-235. PMID 32063726 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.905.39592  0.54
2019 Van Itterbeeck J, Rakotomalala Andrianavalona IN, Rajemison FI, Rakotondrasoa JF, Ralantoarinaivo VR, Hugel S, Fisher BL. Diversity and Use of Edible Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets, and Katydids (Orthoptera) in Madagascar. Foods (Basel, Switzerland). 8. PMID 31835637 DOI: 10.3390/Foods8120666  0.451
2019 Borowiec ML, Rabeling C, Brady SG, Fisher BL, Schultz TR, Ward PS. Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 30738910 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2019.01.024  0.706
2018 Rakotonirina JC, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Mayria Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa. 4438: 1-58. PMID 30313155 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4438.1.1  0.407
2018 Azorsa F, Fisher BL. Taxonomy of the ant genus Westwood (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Malagasy Region. Zookeys. 1-149. PMID 29955209 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.767.21105  0.541
2018 Béhague J, Fisher BL, Péronnet R, Rajakumar R, Abouheif E, Molet M. Lack of interruption of the gene network underlying wing polyphenism in an early-branching ant genus. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution. PMID 29504672 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.B.22794  0.533
2018 Blaimer BB, Ward PS, Schultz TR, Fisher BL, Brady SG. Paleotropical Diversification Dominates the Evolution of the Hyperdiverse Ant Tribe Crematogastrini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Insect Systematics and Diversity. 2. DOI: 10.1093/Isd/Ixy013  0.771
2017 Rasoamanana N, Csősz S, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of imitating carpenter ants, Camponotus subgenus Myrmopytia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar, using morphometry and qualitative traits. Zookeys. 119-152. PMID 28769722 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.681.13187  0.566
2017 Peeters C, Foldi I, Matile-Ferrero D, Fisher BL. A mutualism without honeydew: what benefits for Melissotarsus emeryi ants and armored scale insects (Diaspididae)? Peerj. 5: e3599. PMID 28761787 DOI: 10.7717/Peerj.3599  0.378
2017 Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Liu C, Audisio TL, Alpert GD, Fisher BL, Economo EP. X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: An exploration and case study with two new Terataner (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar. Plos One. 12: e0172641. PMID 28328931 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0172641  0.516
2017 Rakotonirina JC, Csősz S, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa. 4238: zootaxa.4238.2.2. PMID 28264253 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4238.2.2  0.564
2017 Ben-Dov Y, Fisher B. The mutualism of Melissotarsus ants and armoured scale insects in Africa and Magadascar: distribution, host plants and biology Entomologia Hellenica. 19: 45. DOI: 10.12681/EH.11571  0.389
2017 Sharaf MR, Fisher BL, Collingwood CA, Aldawood AS. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species Journal of Natural History. 51: 317-378. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157  0.546
2016 Rakotonirina JC, Csősz S, Fisher BL. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus edmondi species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae): integrating qualitative morphology and multivariate morphometric analysis. Zookeys. 81-154. PMID 28050160 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.572.7177  0.513
2016 Gibb H, Dunn RR, Sanders NJ, Grossman BF, Photakis M, Abril S, Agosti D, Andersen AN, Angulo E, Armbrecht I, Arnan X, Baccaro FB, Bishop TR, Boulay R, Brühl C, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. A global database of ant species abundances. Ecology. PMID 27984661 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.1682  0.48
2016 Ward PS, Brady SG, Fisher BL, Schultz TR. Phylogenetic classifications are informative, stable, and pragmatic: the case for monophyletic taxa. Insectes Sociaux. 63: 489-492. PMID 27773940 DOI: 10.1007/S00040-016-0516-9  0.607
2016 Satria R, Sasaki O, Viet BT, Oguri E, Syoji K, Fisher BL, Yamane S, Eguchi K. Description of the first Oriental species of the ant genus Xymmer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa. 4168: 141-150. PMID 27701352 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4168.1.7  0.481
2016 Csősz S, Fisher BL. Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach. Zookeys. 125-59. PMID 27667950 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.616.9532  0.514
2016 Csősz S, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Nesomyrmex madecassus species-group using a quantitative morphometric approach. Zookeys. 105-30. PMID 27551199 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.603.8271  0.559
2016 Esteves FA, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region. Biodiversity Data Journal. e8032. PMID 27433124 DOI: 10.3897/Bdj.4.E8032  0.46
2016 Ward PS, Blaimer BB, Fisher BL. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa. 4072: 343-357. PMID 27395929 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4072.3.4  0.777
2016 Amorim DS, Santos CM, Krell FT, Dubois A, Nihei SS, Oliveira OM, Pont A, Song H, Verdade VK, Fachin DA, Klassa B, Lamas CJ, Oliveira SS, Carvalho CJ, Mello-Patiu CA, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. Timeless standards for species delimitation. Zootaxa. 4137: 121-128. PMID 27395746 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4137.1.9  0.741
2016 Csősz S, Fisher BL. Toward Objective, Morphology-Based Taxonomy: A Case Study on the Malagasy Nesomyrmex sikorai Species Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Plos One. 11: e0152454. PMID 27097219 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0152454  0.488
2016 Csősz S, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy members of the Nesomyrmex angulatus species group using the automated morphological species delineation protocol NC-PART-clustering. Peerj. 4: e1796. PMID 26989630 DOI: 10.7717/Peerj.1796  0.398
2016 Graham NR, Fisher BL, Girman DJ. Phylogeography in Response to Reproductive Strategies and Ecogeographic Isolation in Ant Species on Madagascar: Genus Mystrium (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Plos One. 11: e0146170. PMID 26800442 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0146170  0.542
2016 Ward PS, Blaimer BB, Fisher BL. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex Zootaxa. 4072: 343-357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4  0.736
2016 Ward PS, Fisher BL. Tales of dracula ants: The evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Systematic Entomology. 41: 683-693. DOI: 10.1111/Syen.12186  0.528
2016 Londe S, Molet M, Fisher BL, Monnin T. Reproductive and aggressive behaviours of queen–worker intercastes in the ant Mystrium rogeri and caste evolution Animal Behaviour. 120: 67-76. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2016.07.026  0.328
2015 Blaimer BB, Brady SG, Schultz TR, Lloyd MW, Fisher BL, Ward PS. Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 15: 271. PMID 26637372 DOI: 10.1186/S12862-015-0552-5  0.784
2015 Londe S, Monnin T, Cornette R, Debat V, Fisher BL, Molet M. Phenotypic plasticity and modularity allow for the production of novel mosaic phenotypes in ants. Evodevo. 6: 36. PMID 26629324 DOI: 10.1186/S13227-015-0031-5  0.31
2015 Csősz S, Fisher BL. Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol. Zookeys. 19-59. PMID 26487823 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.526.6037  0.533
2015 Hita Garcia F, Fisher BL. Taxonomy of the hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) - first record of the T.setigerum species group and additions to the Malagasy species groups with an updated illustrated identification key. Zookeys. 121-53. PMID 26257564 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.512.9860  0.548
2015 Overson R, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region. Zookeys. 115-50. PMID 26155073 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.507.9303  0.435
2015 Garcia FH, Fisher BL. Taxonomy of the hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) – first record of the T. setigerum species group and additions to the Malagasy species groups with an updated illustrated identification key Zookeys. 2015: 121-153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.512.9860  0.415
2015 Ward PS, Brady SG, Fisher BL, Schultz TR. The evolution of myrmicine ants: Phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Systematic Entomology. 40: 61-81. DOI: 10.1111/Syen.12090  0.722
2015 Blaimer BB, Brady SG, Schultz TR, Fisher BL. Functional and phylogenetic approaches reveal the evolution of diversity in a hyper diverse biota Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/Ecog.01370  0.784
2014 Fischer G, Azorsa F, Fisher BL. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. Zookeys. 57-112. PMID 25197219 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.438.7922  0.384
2014 Rakotonirina JC, Fisher BL. Revision of the Malagasy ponerine ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 3836: 1-163. PMID 25081576 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3836.1.1  0.304
2014 LaPolla JS, Fisher BL. Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zookeys. 35-48. PMID 25061388 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.422.7779  0.536
2014 LaPolla JS, Fisher BL. Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group. Zookeys. 139-55. PMID 25009420 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.414.7542  0.554
2014 Hita Garcia F, Fisher BL. The hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region taxonomic revision of the T. naganum, T. plesiarum, T. schaufussii, and T. severini species groups. Zookeys. 1-170. PMID 25009414 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.413.7172  0.398
2014 Hölldobler B, Obermayer M, Plowes NJ, Fisher BL. New exocrine glands in ants: the hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Die Naturwissenschaften. 101: 527-32. PMID 24903680 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-014-1186-Y  0.325
2014 Hita Garcia F, Fisher BL. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group. Zookeys. 67-103. PMID 24899856 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.411.7260  0.4
2014 Brady SG, Fisher BL, Schultz TR, Ward PS. The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 14: 93. PMID 24886136 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-93  0.736
2014 Bolton B, Fisher BL. The Madagascan endemic myrmicine ants related to Eutetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy of the genera Eutetramorium Emery, Malagidris nom. n., Myrmisaraka gen. n., Royidris gen. n., and Vitsika gen. n. Zootaxa. 3791: 1-99. PMID 24869996 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3791.1.1  0.477
2014 Rocha LA, Aleixo A, Allen G, Almeda F, Baldwin CC, Barclay MV, Bates JM, Bauer AM, Benzoni F, Berns CM, Berumen ML, Blackburn DC, Blum S, Bolaños F, Bowie RC, ... ... Fisher BL, et al. Specimen collection: an essential tool. Science (New York, N.Y.). 344: 814-5. PMID 24855245 DOI: 10.1126/Science.344.6186.814  0.386
2014 Yoshimura M, Fisher BL. A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae). Zookeys. 1-99. PMID 24715784 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.394.6446  0.52
2014 Garcia FH, Fisher BL. Taxonomic revision of the cryptic ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in Madagascar Mitteilungen Aus Dem Museum Fur Naturkunde in Berlin - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 61: 65-76. DOI: 10.3897/Dez.61.7634  0.515
2014 Heinze J, Schrempf A, Rakotondrazafy H, Rakotondranaivo T, Fisher BL. Polygyny, Inbreeding, and Wingless Males in the Malagasy Ant Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Sociobiology. 61: 300-306. DOI: 10.13102/Sociobiology.V61I3.300-306  0.39
2014 Sharaf MR, Fisher BL, Aldawood AS. Notes on ants of the genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a key to species Sociobiology. 61: 293-299. DOI: 10.13102/Sociobiology.V61I3.293-299  0.516
2014 Helms JA, Peeters C, Fisher BL. Funnels, gas exchange and cliff jumping: natural history of the cliff dwelling ant Malagidris sofina Insectes Sociaux. 61: 357-365. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-014-0360-8  0.406
2013 Boudinot BE, Fisher BL. A taxonomic revision of the Meranoplus F. Smith of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with keys to species and diagnosis of the males. Zootaxa. 3635: 301-39. PMID 26097952 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3635.4.1  0.506
2013 Rakotonirina JC, Fisher BL. Revision of the Pachycondyla sikorae species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar. Zootaxa. 3683: 447-85. PMID 25250464 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3683.4.8  0.401
2013 Rakotonirina JC, Fisher BL. Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Malagasy region. Zootaxa. 3609: 101-41. PMID 24699577 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3609.2.1  0.464
2013 Blaimer BB, Fisher BL. How much variation can one ant species hold? Species delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-group in Madagascar. Plos One. 8: e68082. PMID 23874503 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0068082  0.779
2013 Garcia FH, Fisher BL. The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited - taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex. Zookeys. 77-99. PMID 23794889 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.299.5063  0.543
2013 Blaimer BB, Fisher BL. Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) European Journal of Taxonomy. 2013: 1-64. DOI: 10.5852/Ejt.2013.51  0.768
2013 Bouchet DC, Peeters C, Fisher BL, Molet M. Both female castes contribute to colony emigration in the polygynous ant Mystrium oberthueri Ecological Entomology. 38: 408-417. DOI: 10.1111/Een.12033  0.386
2012 Yoshimura M, Fisher BL. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. Plos One. 7: e33325. PMID 22496722 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0033325  0.353
2012 Garcia FH, Fisher BL. The ant genus tetramorium mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region-taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups Zootaxa. 1-85. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3592.1.1  0.455
2012 Garcia FH, Fisher BL. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region-taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups Zootaxa. 1-123. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3365.1.1  0.357
2012 Yoshimura M, Fisher BL. A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) Zootaxa. 1-31. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3341.1.1  0.445
2012 Bolton B, Fisher BL. Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa. 1-101. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3283.1.1  0.535
2011 Mindell DP, Fisher BL, Roopnarine P, Eisen J, Mace GM, Page RD, Pyle RL. Aggregating, tagging and integrating biodiversity research. Plos One. 6: e19491. PMID 21829594 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0019491  0.347
2011 Lapolla JS, Hawkes PG, Fisher BL. Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part I: Nylanderia in the Afrotropics Zootaxa. 10-36. DOI: 10.5281/Zenodo.33908  0.378
2011 Garcia FH, Fisher BL. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region-introduction, definition of species groups, and revision of the T. bicarinatum, T. obesum, T. sericeiventre and T. tosii species groups Zootaxa. 1-72. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3039.1.1  0.463
2011 Bolton B, Fisher BL. Taxonomy of afrotropical and west palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus hypoponera santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa. 1-118. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2843.1.1  0.551
2011 Yoshimura M, Fisher BL. A revision of male ants of the malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to genera of the subfamily Dolichoderinae Zootaxa. 1-34. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2794.1.1  0.344
2011 Jenkins CN, Sanders NJ, Andersen AN, Arnan X, Brühl CA, Cerda X, Ellison AM, Fisher BL, Fitzpatrick MC, Gotelli NJ, Gove AD, Guénard B, Lattke JE, Lessard JP, Mcglynn TP, et al. Global diversity in light of climate change: The case of ants Diversity and Distributions. 17: 652-662. DOI: 10.1111/J.1472-4642.2011.00770.X  0.389
2010 Ward PS, Brady SG, Fisher BL, Schultz TR. Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference. Systematic Biology. 59: 342-62. PMID 20525640 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syq012  0.725
2010 Weiser MD, Sanders NJ, Agosti D, Andersen AN, Ellison AM, Fisher BL, Gibb H, Gotelli NJ, Gove AD, Gross K, Guénard B, Janda M, Kaspari M, Lessard JP, Longino JT, et al. Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships. Biology Letters. 6: 769-72. PMID 20462885 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2010.0151  0.488
2010 Dejean A, Fisher BL, Corbara B, Rarevohitra R, Randrianaivo R, Rajemison B, Leponce M. Spatial distribution of dominant arboreal ants in a malagasy coastal rainforest: gaps and presence of an invasive species. Plos One. 5: e9319. PMID 20174474 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0009319  0.552
2010 Irwin MT, Wright PC, Birkinshaw C, Fisher BL, Gardner CJ, Glos J, Goodman SM, Loiselle P, Rabeson P, Raharison JL, Raherilalao MJ, Rakotondravony D, Raselimanana A, Ratsimbazafy J, Sparks JS, et al. Patterns of species change in anthropogenically disturbed forests of Madagascar Biological Conservation. 143: 2351-2362. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2010.01.023  0.526
2009 Smith MA, Fisher BL. Invasions, DNA barcodes, and rapid biodiversity assessment using ants of Mauritius. Frontiers in Zoology. 6: 31. PMID 20003263 DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-6-31  0.431
2009 Dunn RR, Agosti D, Andersen AN, Arnan X, Bruhl CA, Cerdá X, Ellison AM, Fisher BL, Fitzpatrick MC, Gibb H, Gotelli NJ, Gove AD, Guenard B, Janda M, Kaspari M, et al. Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness. Ecology Letters. 12: 324-33. PMID 19292793 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2009.01291.X  0.459
2009 Fisher BL. Two new dolichoderine ant genera from madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and ravavy gen. n. (hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa. 37-52. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2118.1.3  0.468
2009 Molet M, Fisher BL, Ito F, Peeters C. Shift from independent to dependent colony foundation and evolution of 'multi-purpose' ergatoid queens in mystrium ants (subfamily Amblyoponinae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 98: 198-207. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2009.01257.X  0.451
2008 Fisher BL, Smith MA. A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus mayr and Odontomachus latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Plos One. 3: e1787. PMID 18509544 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0001787  0.436
2008 Kremen C, Cameron A, Moilanen A, Phillips SJ, Thomas CD, Beentje H, Dransfield J, Fisher BL, Glaw F, Good TC, Harper GJ, Hijmans RJ, Lees DC, Louis E, Nussbaum RA, et al. Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in Madagascar with high-resolution planning tools. Science (New York, N.Y.). 320: 222-6. PMID 18403708 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1155193  0.371
2008 Bolton B, Fisher BL. Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa. 1-37. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1929.1.1  0.545
2008 Bolton B, Fisher BL. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa. 35-52. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1892.1.3  0.537
2008 Bolton B, Fisher BL. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa. 53-61. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1827.1.3  0.49
2008 Allnutt TF, Ferrier S, Manion G, Powell GVN, Ricketts TH, Fisher BL, Harper GJ, Irwin ME, Kremen C, Labat J, Lees DC, Pearce TA, Rakotondrainibe F. A method for quantifying biodiversity loss and its application to a 50-year record of deforestation across Madagascar Conservation Letters. 1: 173-181. DOI: 10.1111/J.1755-263X.2008.00027.X  0.385
2008 Yanoviak SP, Fisher BL, Alonso A. Arboreal ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a central African forest African Journal of Ecology. 46: 60-66. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2028.2007.00810.X  0.452
2008 Clarke KM, Fisher BL, Lebuhn G. The influence of urban park characteristics on ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) communities Urban Ecosystems. 11: 317-334. DOI: 10.1007/S11252-008-0065-8  0.413
2008 Yanoviak SP, Fisher BL, Alonso A. Directed aerial descent behavior in African canopy ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Insect Behavior. 21: 164-171. DOI: 10.1007/S10905-008-9116-5  0.454
2007 Molet M, Peeters C, Fisher BL. Winged queens replaced by reproductives smaller than workers in Mystrium ants. Die Naturwissenschaften. 94: 280-7. PMID 17165079 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-006-0190-2  0.315
2007 Yoshimura M, Fisher BL. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae Zootaxa. 21-40. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1654.1.2  0.368
2007 Fisher BL, Bolton B. The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 Zootaxa. 65-68. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1427.1.5  0.424
2007 Molet M, Peeters C, Fisher BL. Permanent loss of wings in queens of the ant Odontomachus coquereli from Madagascar Insectes Sociaux. 54: 183-188. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-007-0930-0  0.378
2006 Brady SG, Schultz TR, Fisher BL, Ward PS. Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103: 18172-7. PMID 17079492 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0605858103  0.71
2006 Clark VC, Rakotomalala V, Ramilijaona O, Abrell L, Fisher BL. Individual variation in alkaloid content of poison frogs of Madagascar (Mantella; Mantellidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32: 2219-33. PMID 17013661 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-006-9144-6  0.439
2006 Underwood EC, Fisher BL. The role of ants in conservation monitoring: If, when, and how Biological Conservation. 132: 166-182. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2006.03.022  0.403
2005 Smith MA, Fisher BL, Hebert PD. DNA barcoding for effective biodiversity assessment of a hyperdiverse arthropod group: the ants of Madagascar. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 360: 1825-34. PMID 16214741 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2005.1714  0.396
2005 Clark VC, Raxworthy CJ, Rakotomalala V, Sierwald P, Fisher BL. Convergent evolution of chemical defense in poison frogs and arthropod prey between Madagascar and the Neotropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 11617-22. PMID 16087888 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0503502102  0.401
2004 Saux C, Fisher BL, Spicer GS. Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33: 457-68. PMID 15336679 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2004.06.017  0.506
2002 Fisher BL, Robertson HG. Comparison and origin of forest and grassland ant assemblages in the high plateau of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Biotropica. 34: 155-167. DOI: 10.1646/0006-3606(2002)034[0155:Caoofa]2.0.Co;2  0.449
1999 Fisher BL. Improving inventory efficiency: A case study of leaf-litter ant diversity in Madagascar Ecological Applications. 9: 714-731. DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0714:Iieacs]2.0.Co;2  0.526
1998 Fisher BL. Insect behavior and ecology in conservation: Preserving functional species interactions Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 91: 155-158. DOI: 10.1093/Aesa/91.2.155  0.452
1997 Fisher BL. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Natural History. 31: 269-302. DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770141  0.524
1997 Fisher BL. A comparison of ant assemblages (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on serpentine and non-serpentine soils in northern California Insectes Sociaux. 44: 23-33. DOI: 10.1007/S000400050027  0.536
1993 Molofsky J, Fisher BL. Habitat and Predation Effects on Seedling Survival and Growth in Shade‐Tolerant Tropical Trees Ecology. 74: 261-265. DOI: 10.2307/1939522  0.495
1992 Fisher BL. Facultative ant association benefits a Neotropical orchid Journal of Tropical Ecology. 8: 109-114. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400006179  0.365
1990 Fisher BL, da Silveira Lobo Sternberg L, Price D. Variation in the use of orchid extrafloral nectar by ants. Oecologia. 83: 263-6. PMID 22160122 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00317763  0.361
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