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John T. Longino is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics. They have contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, particularly within Genetics. Their work intersects various subfields such as Social Psychology, Insect Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's academic output highlights a concentration on topics including Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, and Animal and Plant Science Education. Additional focal areas include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Fossil Insects in Amber, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

John T. Longino has published recent papers in notable journals. Among these are:

  • The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity, 2022, Science Advances
  • Functional innovation promotes diversification of form in the evolution of an ultrafast trap-jaw mechanism in ants, 2021, PLoS Biology
  • UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification For the Subfamilies and the Description of a New Genus, 2022, Insect Systematics and Diversity
  • New species and nomenclatural changes for the Costa Rican ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 2024, Internet Archive (Internet Archive)
  • Phylogenomic Species Delimitation, Taxonomy, and 'Bird Guide' Identification for the Neotropical Ant Genus Rasopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 2020, Insect Systematics and Diversity

The prominent publication venues for their work include Insect Systematics and Diversity, Biotropica, Science Advances, PLoS Biology, and the Journal of Biogeography. The scientist has multiple works published in Insect Systematics and Diversity and Biotropica.

Collaborations feature frequently in their research, with several coauthors contributing to multiple papers. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Michael G. Branstetter
  • John E. Lattke
  • Brian L. Fisher
  • Rodolfo S. Probst
  • Evan P. Economo

John T. Longino's body of work exhibits an interdisciplinary approach within biological sciences, particularly focusing on species distribution, taxonomy, and evolutionary mechanisms among ants and other insects. Their contributions span experimental studies, phylogenomic analyses, and taxonomic classifications, often involving extensive field observations.

Best Publications

  • Models and estimators linking individual-based and sample-based rarefaction, extrapolation and comparison of assemblages

    Robert K. Colwell;Anne Chao;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Shang Yi Lin

  • Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics

    Robert K. Colwell;Gunnar Brehm;Catherine L. Cardelús;Alex C. Gilman

  • Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Michael R. Kearney;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell

  • THE ANT FAUNA OF A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST: ESTIMATING SPECIES RICHNESS THREE DIFFERENT WAYS

    John T. Longino;Jonathan Coddington;Robert K. Colwell

  • BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT USING STRUCTURED INVENTORY: CAPTURING THE ANT FAUNA OF A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

    John T. Longino;Robert K. Colwell

  • Order Hymenoptera . In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)

    Alexandre P. Aguiar;Andrew R. Deans;Michael S. Engel;Mattias Forshage

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

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

  • Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

  • Enriching the ant tree of life: enhanced UCE bait set for genome-scale phylogenetics of ants and other Hymenoptera

    Michael G. Branstetter;Michael G. Branstetter;John T. Longino;Philip S. Ward;Brant C. Faircloth

  • The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica

    John T. Longino

  • Formicine ants: An arthropod source for the pumiliotoxin alkaloids of dendrobatid poison frogs

    Ralph A. Saporito;H. Martin Garraffo;Maureen A. Donnelly;Adam L. Edwards

  • Invertebrates in canopy and ground organic matter in a neotropical montane forest, Costa Rica.

    Nalini M. Nadkarni;John T. Longino

  • The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity

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  • A comparison of ground and canopy leaf litter ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in a neotropical montane forest

    John T. Longino;Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Competition among ants for Myrmecophytes and the significance of plant trichomes

    Diane W. Davidson;Roy R. Snelling;John T. Longino

  • Density compensation, species composition, and richness of ants on a neotropical elevational gradient

    John T. Longino;Robert K. Colwell

  • Geographic variation and community structure in an ant-plant mutualism: Azteca and Cecropia in Costa Rica

    John T. Longino

  • Pruning of host plant neighbors by ants: an experimental approach.

    Diane W. Davidson;John T. Longino;Roy R. Snelling

  • A taxonomic review of the genus Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica and a global revision of the aurita group

    John T. Longino

  • Mate competition in butterflies

    E. I. Deinert;J. T. Longino;J. T. Longino;Lawrence E Gilbert

  • Forecasting the future of biodiversity: a test of single- and multi-species models for ants in North America

    Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders;Simon Ferrier;John T. Longino

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert K. Colwell
Robert K. Colwell University of Connecticut
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Jonathan Majer
Jonathan Majer Curtin University
Aaron M. Ellison
Aaron M. Ellison Harvard University
Benoit Guénard
Benoit Guénard University of Hong Kong
Nicholas J. Gotelli
Nicholas J. Gotelli University of Vermont
Michael Kaspari
Michael Kaspari University of Oklahoma
Brian L. Fisher
Brian L. Fisher California Academy of Sciences

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