Breeding structure and invasiveness in social insects.

Eyer, P. A., Vargo, E. L., (2021). Current Opinion in Insect Science 46, 24-30. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. English language

Distinct colony boundaries and larval discrimination in polygyne red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta).

Kjeldgaard, M. K., Eyer, P. A., McMichael, C. C., Bockoven, A. A., King, J. T., Hyodo, A., Boutton, T. W., Vargo, E. L., Eubanks, M. D., (2021). Molecular Ecology 31(3), 1007-1020. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Extensive human-mediated jump dispersal within and across the native and introduced ranges of the invasive termite Reticulitermes flavipes.

Eyer, P. A., Blumenfeld, A. J., Johnson, L. N. L., Perdereau, E., Shults, P., Wang, S., Dedeine, F., Dupont, S., Bagnères, A. G., Vargo, E. L., (2021). Molecular Ecology 30(16), 3948-3964. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Bridgehead effect and multiple introductions shape the global invasion history of a termite.

Blumenfeld, A. J., Eyer, P. A., Husseneder, C., Mo JianChu, Johnson, L. N. L., Wang ChangLu, Grace, J. K., Chouvenc, T., Wang ShiChen, Vargo, E. L., (2021). Communications Biology 4(2) Nature Publishing Group, London, UK. English language

Development of a set of microsatellite markers to investigate sexually antagonistic selection in the invasive ant Nylanderia fulva.

Eyer, P. A., Moran, M. N., Blumenfeld, A. J., Vargo, E. L., (2021). Insects 12(7) MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. English language

Divide and conquer: multicolonial structure, nestmate recognition, and antagonistic behaviors in dense populations of the invasive ant Brachymyrmex patagonicus.

Eyer, P. A., Shults, P. T., Chura, M. R., Moran, M. N., Thompson, M. N., Helms, A. M., Saran, R. K., Vargo, E. L., (2021). Ecology and Evolution 11(9), 4874-4886. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

The underdog invader: breeding system and colony genetic structure of the dark rover ant (Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr).

Eyer, P. A., Espinoza, E. M., Blumenfeld, A. J., Vargo, E. L., (2020). Ecology and Evolution 10(1), 493-505. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Geography, opportunity and bridgeheads facilitate termite invasions to the United States.

Blumenfeld, A. J., Vargo, E. L., (2020). Biological Invasions 22(11), 3269-3282. Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands. English language

Genetic analysis of invasive conehead termites (Blattodea: Termitidae) reveals a single origin for two populations in Florida.

Thorne, B. L., Vargo, E. L., Adams, E. S., Johnson, L. N. L., (2019). Journal of Economic Entomology 112(6), 2545-2557. Oxford University Press, Cary, USA. English language

Inbreeding tolerance as a pre-adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis.

Eyer, P. A., Matsuura, K., Vargo, E. L., Kobayashi, K., Yashiro, T., Suehiro, W., Himuro, C., Yokoi, T., Guénard, B., Dunn, R. R., Tsuji, K., (2018). Molecular Ecology 27(23), 4711-4724. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language