Evan Economo
Evan Economo
Graduate Program Affiliations
Biological Sciences (BISI): Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)
Biological Sciences (BISI): Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics (CBBG)
Entomology
Research
The Economo lab aims to understand how ecological and evolutionary processes interact to regulate biodiversity across spatiotemporal scales. We integrate a variety of approaches in our work including quantitative theory, phylogenetics, high-performance computing, ecoinformatics, 3D imaging and modeling, field sampling, and systematics.
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2009
B.S., University of Arizona, 2002
BISI Concentration Areas
Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsComputational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics
Latest Papers
The evolution of cheaper workers facilitated larger societies and accelerated diversification in ants
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Science advances
Author(s): Arthur Matte, Benoit Guénard, Shubham Gautam, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna
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Science
Author(s): Cong Liu, Eli Sarnat, Jo Ann Tan, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
Pumping Venom: Valvilli Architecture and Implications for Stinger Functionality
Author(s): Alexandre Casadei-Ferreira, Johan Billen, Sebastian Büsse, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
The evolution of novel mouthpart interlocking mechanisms in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Author(s): Adrian Richter, Roberto A Keller, Francisco Hita Garcia, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
Citizen-science Supplements Species Inventories and Reveals the Invasion of Monomorium exiguum and Pheidole parva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus
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Sociobiology
Author(s): Jakovos Demetriou, Lech Borowiec, Christos Georgiadis, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
Climate Change Can Exacerbate Ant Invasion Impacts by Unleashing Indoor Populations Into Outdoor Environments
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Diversity and Distributions
Author(s): Toby P. N. Tsang, Mark K. L. Wong, Marc W. Cadotte, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
Forecasting alien species establishment and source regions: Quantitative assessment of potential ant invasions in Japan
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Ecological Applications
Author(s): Yazmín Zurápiti, Jamie M. Kass, Benoit Guénard, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
Emergence and Dynamics of Regional Species Pools
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Global Ecology and Biogeography
Author(s): Marta A. Jarzyna, Leo Ohyama, Evan P. Economo, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
A Haplotype-resolved Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly and Annotation for the Leafcutter Ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus
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Genome Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Gaurav Agavekar, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Miyuki Suenaga, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo
The “Ants of Cyprus” website: a dynamic, online awareness raising and conservation tool
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Biodiversity Data Journal
Author(s): Jakovos Demetriou, Christos Georgiadis, Sebastian Salata, et. al
UMD Author(s): Evan Economo