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Blaine J. Cole is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, their work focuses especially on the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Insect Science.

The research topics Blaine J. Cole addresses include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Recent publications by Cole reflect their interest and involvement in the ecology and evolution of ants, particularly harvester ants. Notable papers include:

  • "The benefits of being big and diverse: early colony survival in harvester ants" (2021) published in Ecology
  • "Comparative advantage and caste evolution" (2020) published in Evolution
  • "The ontogeny of selection on genetic diversity in harvester ants" (2022) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Distance From Nest and Climate Explain Geographical Trends of Harvester Ant's Food Resource Use: A Multi-Species Approach" (2024) published in Journal of Biogeography
  • "Variation in behavioral tempo, not thermal sensitivity, determines the onset of foraging in ant colonies" (2025) published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Cole has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors over their career. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Diane C. Wiernasz
  • Dayne Jordan
  • Montrel LaCour-Roy
  • Sean O'Fallon
  • Logan Manaker

The venues where Blaine J. Cole most often publishes align with their research focus and include:

  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

The body of research conducted by Blaine J. Cole contributes to understanding ant colony behavior and ecology, genetic diversity within insect populations, and the interactions between environmental variables and species behavior. Cole's work spans both empirical studies and evolutionary theory related to social insects.

Best Publications

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Fractal time in animal behaviour: the movement activity of Drosophila

    Blaine J. Cole

  • Multiple mating and the evolution of social behavior in the hymenoptera

    Blaine J. Cole

  • Imperfectly optimal animals

    Anthony C. Janetos;Blaine J. Cole

  • The social behavior of Leptothorax allardycei (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): time budgets and the evolution of worker reproduction

    Blaine J. Cole

  • Dominance Hierarchies in Leptothorax Ants

    Blaine J. Cole

  • SHORT-TERM ACTIVITY CYCLES IN ANTS: GENERATION OF PERIODICITY BY WORKER INTERACTION

    Blaine J. Cole

  • The selective advantage of low relatedness

    Blaine J. Cole;Diane C. Wiernasz

  • Assembly of Mangrove Ant Communities: Patterns of Geographical Distribution

    Blaine J. Cole

  • Spatial distribution of Pogonomyrmex occidentalis : Recruitment, mortality and overdispersion

    Diane C. Wiernasz;Blaine J. Cole

  • Is Animal Behaviour Chaotic? Evidence from the Activity of Ants

    Blaine J. Cole

  • Polyandry and fitness in the western harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis.

    Diane C. Wiernasz;Christina L. Perroni;Blaine J. Cole

  • QUEEN SIZE MEDIATES QUEEN SURVIVAL AND COLONY FITNESS IN HARVESTER ANTS

    Diane C. Wiernasz;Blaine J. Cole

  • Colonizing Abilities, Island Size, and the Number of Species on Archipelagoes

    Blaine J. Cole

  • SEXUAL SELECTION ON BODY SIZE AND SHAPE IN THE WESTERN HARVESTER ANT, POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS CRESSON.

    Allison J. Abell;Blaine J. Cole;Ruth Reyes;Diane C. Wiernasz

  • Mating for variety increases foraging activity in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

    Diane C. Wiernasz;Jessica Hines;Jessica Hines;Dara G. Parker;Blaine J. Cole

  • Size and behavior in ants: Constraints on complexity.

    Blaine J. Cole

  • Nest architecture in the western harvester ant,Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson)

    B. J. Cole

  • Mobile Cellular Automata Models of Ant Behavior: Movement Activity of Leptothorax allardycei

    Blaine J. Cole;David Cheshire

  • Growth ratios in holometabolous and hemimetabolous insects.

    Blaine J. Cole

  • Colony size and reproduction in the western harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis.

    B.J. Cole;D.C. Wiernasz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry A. Coyne
Jerry A. Coyne University of Chicago
Leo W. Beukeboom
Leo W. Beukeboom University of Groningen
Francois Balloux
Francois Balloux University College London
Richard E. Michod
Richard E. Michod University of Arizona
Pierre-Henri Gouyon
Pierre-Henri Gouyon French National Museum of Natural History
Anthony C. Janetos
Anthony C. Janetos Boston University
Leda Cosmides
Leda Cosmides University of California, Santa Barbara
John Tooby
John Tooby University of California, Santa Barbara
Sam P. Brown
Sam P. Brown Georgia Institute of Technology

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