Sean O'Donnell, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
1982-1986 Biology Saint Joseph's University, Merion Station, PA, United States 
 1986-1987 Tropical ecology University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 
 1987-1993 Entomology and Zoology University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI 
 1993-1996 Animal Behavior and entomology University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 
 1996-2011 Psychology University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA 
 2011- Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States 
Area:
Entomology, animal behavior, social insects
Website:
https://drexel.edu/coas/faculty-research/faculty-directory/Sean-ODonnell/
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Robert L. Jeanne grad student 1987-1993 UW Madison (Neurotree)
 (Ph.D. dissertation: Patterns and regulation of division of labor in the eusocial wasp Polybia occidentalis Olivier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae))
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Driver RJ, DeLeon S, O'Donnell S. (2018) Novel observation of a raptor, Collared Forest-falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus), depredating a fleeing snake at an army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) raid front The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 130: 792-796
Łukasik P, Newton JA, Sanders JG, et al. (2017) The structured diversity of specialized gut symbionts of the New World army ants. Molecular Ecology
O'Donnell S. (2017) Evidence for facilitation among avian army-ant attendants: specialization and species associations across elevations Biotropica. 49: 665-674
O'Donnell S, Bulova SJ, DeLeon S, et al. (2015) Distributed cognition and social brains: reductions in mushroom body investment accompanied the origins of sociality in wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 282
Baudier KM, Mudd AE, Erickson SC, et al. (2015) Microhabitat and body size effects on heat tolerance: implications for responses to climate change (army ants: Formicidae, Ecitoninae). The Journal of Animal Ecology. 84: 1322-30
Soare TW, Kumar A, Naish KA, et al. (2014) Genetic evidence for landscape effects on dispersal in the army ant Eciton burchellii. Molecular Ecology. 23: 96-109
O'Donnell S, Kumar A, Logan CJ. (2014) Do Nearctic migrant birds compete with residents at army ant raids? A geographic and seasonal analysis The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 126: 474-487
Sulger E, McAloon N, Bulova SJ, et al. (2014) Evidence for adaptive brain tissue reduction in obligate social parasites (Polyergus mexicanus) relative to their hosts (Formica fusca) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113: 415-422
McCann S, Moeri O, Jones T, et al. (2013) Strike fast, strike hard: the red-throated caracara exploits absconding behavior of social wasps during nest predation. Plos One. 8: e84114
Laurance WF, Useche DC, Rendeiro J, et al. (2012) Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature. 489: 290-4
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