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Philip S. Ward is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to insect and arachnid ecology and behavior as well as broader plant and animal studies. Other areas of interest include animal behavior and reproduction, hermeneutics and narrative identity, aging, elder care and social issues, health, medicine and society, and fossil insects in amber.

Recent research papers authored by Philip S. Ward include:

  • Integrating molecular phylogenetic results into ant taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 2023, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • Molecular and morphological evidence for three sympatric species of Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the Greek island of Rhodes, 2023, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • Taxonomy in the phylogenomic era: species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships among North American ants of the Crematogaster scutellaris group (Formicidae: Hymenoptera), 2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ward include:

  • Neil D. Tsutsui
  • Elizabeth Cash
  • Merly Escalona
  • Ruta Sahasrabudhe
  • Courtney Miller

Ward has published multiple articles in prominent scientific venues. The most frequented publication venues include:

  • Journal of Heredity
  • Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • Cell
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

The scope of Ward's research reflects a detailed interest in the systematics and evolution of ants, with studies incorporating molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy. Their investigations also touch on the social evolution of ants and phylogenomic approaches to species boundaries among North American ants.

Best Publications

  • Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants.

    Seán G. Brady;Ted R. Schultz;Brian L. Fisher;Philip S. Ward

  • Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Stinging Wasps and the Origins of Ants and Bees

    Michael G. Branstetter;Michael G. Branstetter;Bryan N. Danforth;James P. Pitts;Brant C. Faircloth

  • The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Philip S. Ward;Seán G. Brady;Brian L. Fisher;Ted R. Schultz

  • 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 ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants

    Philip S. Ward;Douglas A. Downie

  • Distribution of the introduced Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex humilis) in natural habitats of the lower Sacramento Valley and its effects on the indigenous ant fauna

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  • Bolton's Catalogue of Ants of the World: 1758-2005

    Philip S. Ward;Barry Bolton;Piotr Naskrecki;Gary Alpert

  • Phylogeny and Biogeography of Dolichoderine Ants: Effects of Data Partitioning and Relict Taxa on Historical Inference

    Philip S. Ward;Seán G. Brady;Brian L. Fisher;Ted R. Schultz

  • Genetic relatedness and colony organization in a species complex of ponerine ants

    Philip S. Ward

  • Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants.

    Bonnie B. Blaimer;Seán G. Brady;Ted R. Schultz;Michael W. Lloyd

  • Phylogenomics Resolves Evolutionary Relationships among Ants, Bees, and Wasps

    Brian R. Johnson;Marek L. Borowiec;Joanna C. Chiu;Ernest K. Lee

  • Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)*

    Philip S. Ward

  • The internal phylogeny of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Cesare Baroni Urbani;Barry Bolton;Philip S. Ward

  • The role of opportunity in the unintentional introduction of nonnative ants

    Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Philip S. Ward

  • Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader

    Núria Roura-Pascual;Cang Hui;Takayoshi Ikeda;Gwénaël G R Leday

  • Introducción a las hormigas de la región Neotropical

    Fernando Fernández;E. E. Palacio;D. Agosti;N. F. Johnson

  • The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants

    Seán G Brady;Brian L Fisher;Ted R Schultz;Philip S Ward

  • Energy gradients and the geographic distribution of local ant diversity

    Michael Kaspari;Philip S. Ward;May Yuan

  • A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex

    Philip S. Ward;Bonnie B. Blaimer;Brian L. Fisher

  • Species Richness, Abundance, and Composition of Ground-Dwelling Ants in Northern California Grasslands: Role of Plants, Soil, and Grazing

    April M. Boulton;April M. Boulton;Kendi F. Davies;Philip S. Ward

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the ant subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Philip S. Ward;Seán G. Brady;Seán G. Brady

  • The Phylogeny and Evolution of Ants

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  • Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants.

    Marek L. Borowiec;Marek L. Borowiec;Marek L. Borowiec;Christian Rabeling;Seán G. Brady;Brian L. Fisher

  • Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the Pseudomyrmex viduus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Triplaris - and Tachigali -inhabiting ants

    Philip S. Ward

  • Erratum: Phylogenomics resolves evolutionary relationships among ants, bees, and wasps (Current Biology (2013) 23 (2058-2062))

    Brian R. Johnson;Marek L. Borowiec;Joanna C. Chiu;Ernest K. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian L. Fisher
Brian L. Fisher California Academy of Sciences
Ted R. Schultz
Ted R. Schultz National Museum of Natural History
Andrew V. Suarez
Andrew V. Suarez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Bryan N. Danforth
Bryan N. Danforth Cornell University
Martin Heil
Martin Heil CINVESTAV
David A. Holway
David A. Holway University of California, San Diego
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University
James P. Pitts
James P. Pitts Utah State University

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