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62
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21105
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2025
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736

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Andrew V. Suarez is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Suarez's work often touches on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Social Psychology, and Ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal and Plant Science Education, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Frequent publication venues where Suarez's research appears include:

  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Biotropica
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Among notable papers, the following represent some key contributions by Suarez or collaborative works involving their research interests:

  • "From eDNA to citizen science: emerging tools for the early detection of invasive species" (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Worldwide spread of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (2024), published in SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University)
  • "Functional innovation promotes diversification of form in the evolution of an ultrafast trap-jaw mechanism in ants" (2021), published in PLoS Biology
  • "The evolution and functional morphology of trap-jaw ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (2023), published in DSpace Repository (Smithsonian)
  • "Estimating species relative abundances from museum records" (2021), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Collaborators with whom Suarez has frequently co-authored work include Rafael Achury, Joshua C. Gibson, Selina A. Ruzi, Douglas B. Booher, and Corrie S. Moreau.

In recognition of contributions to science, Suarez was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • The Causes and Consequences of Ant Invasions

    David A. Holway;Lori Lach;Andrew V. Suarez;Neil D. Tsutsui

  • Reduced genetic variation and the success of an invasive species

    Neil D. Tsutsui;Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • The Value of Museum Collections for Research and Society

    Andrew V. Suarez;Neil D. Tsutsui

  • Patterns of spread in biological invasions dominated by long-distance jump dispersal: Insights from Argentine ants.

    Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • EFFECTS OF FRAGMENTATION AND INVASION ON NATIVE ANT COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

    Andrew V. Suarez;Douglas T. Bolger;Ted J. Case

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Thrice Out of Africa: Ancient and Recent Expansions of the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

    Charles W. Whitfield;Susanta K. Behura;Stewart H. Berlocher;Andrew G. Clark

  • Animal behavior : an essential component of invasion biology

    David A Holway;Andrew V Suarez

  • Avian assemblages along a gradient of urbanization in a highly fragmented landscape

    Kevin R Crooks;Andrew V Suarez;Douglas T Bolger

  • Arthropods in urban habitat fragments in southern California: Area, age, and edge effects

    Douglas T. Bolger;Andrew V. Suarez;Kevin R. Crooks;Scott A. Morrison

  • Genetic and genomic analyses of the division of labour in insect societies

    Chris R. Smith;Amy L. Toth;Andrew V. Suarez;Gene E. Robinson

  • The evolutionary consequences of biological invasions

    Andrew V. Suarez;Neil D. Tsutsui

  • Loss of Intraspecific Aggression in the Success of a Widespread Invasive Social Insect

    David A. Holway;Andrew V. Suarez;Ted J. Case

  • Behavioral and genetic differentiation between native and introduced populations of the Argentine ant.

    Andrew V. Suarez;Neil D. Tsutsui;David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

    Robert R. Dunn;Donat Agosti;Alan N. Andersen;Xavier Arnan;Xavier Arnan

  • Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile).

    Christopher D. Smith;Aleksey Zimin;Carson Holt;Ehab Abouheif

  • ROLE OF ABIOTIC FACTORS IN GOVERNING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INVASION: A TEST WITH ARGENTINE ANTS

    David A. Holway;Andrew V. Suarez;Ted J. Case

  • The Colony Structure and Population Biology of Invasive Ants

    Neil D. Tsutsui;Andrew V. Suarez

  • Genetic diversity, asymmetrical aggression, and recognition in a widespread invasive species.

    Neil D. Tsutsui;Andrew V. Suarez;Richard K. Grosberg

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Holway
David A. Holway University of California, San Diego
Neil D. Tsutsui
Neil D. Tsutsui University of California, Berkeley
Ted J. Case
Ted J. Case University of California, San Diego
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith University of Oxford
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Brian L. Fisher
Brian L. Fisher California Academy of Sciences
Aaron M. Ellison
Aaron M. Ellison Harvard University
Benoit Guénard
Benoit Guénard University of Hong Kong
Juergen Gadau
Juergen Gadau University of Münster

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