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Robert K. Vander Meer is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research encompasses areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing a total of 16 and 15 publications respectively.

Their work focuses on various subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. Across these domains, Robert K. Vander Meer has contributed to studies concerning insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and pesticide research, plant and animal studies, neurobiology and insect physiology research, animal behavior and reproduction, hemiptera insect studies, and viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert K. Vander Meer include:

  • Satya P. Chinta
  • Tappey H. Jones
  • Man-Yeon Choi
  • Rachelle M. M. Adams
  • Marina S. Ascunce

Their publications have appeared multiple times in several journals, with recurrent appearances in Die Naturwissenschaften (3 publications), Florida Entomologist (2 publications), as well as one publication each in Frontiers in Physiology, Biomolecules, and Communications Biology.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert K. Vander Meer include:

  • Identification and Characterization of GPCRs for Pyrokinin and CAPA Peptides in the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • GPCR-Based Bioactive Peptide Screening Using Phage-Displayed Peptides and an Insect Cell System for Insecticide Discovery, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Male fire ant neurotransmitter precursors trigger reproductive development in females after mating, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Novel alkaloids from the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata, 2022, Die Naturwissenschaften
  • Branched tyramides from males of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, 2023, Die Naturwissenschaften

Best Publications

  • Direct Behavioral Evidence for Hydrocarbons as Ant Recognition Discriminators

    Sigal Lahav;Victoria Soroker;Abraham Hefetz;Robert K. Vander Meer

  • Pheromone Communication In Social Insects: Ants, Wasps, Bees, And Termites

    Robert K Vander Meer;Michael D Breed;Mark Winston;Karl E Espelie

  • Precopulatory sexual interaction in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix): Role of a pheromone derived from dietary alkaloids

    William E. Conner;Thomas Eisner;Robert K. Vander Meer;Angel Guerrero

  • Applied Myrmecology: A World Perspective

    Robert K. Vander Meer;Klaus Jaffe;Aragua Cedeno

  • Chemical Mimicry in the Myrmecophilous Beetle Myrmecaphodius excavaticollis.

    Robert K. Vander Meer;Daniel P. Wojcik

  • Temporal changes in colony cuticular hydrocarbon patterns ofSolenopsis invicta : Implications for nestmate recognition.

    Robert K. vander Meer;David Saliwanchik;Barry Lavine

  • Octopamine modulates honey bee dance behavior

    Andrew B. Barron;Ryszard Maleszka;Robert K. Vander Meer;Gene E. Robinson

  • BIOCHEMICAL PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC STUDIES OF TWO INTRODUCED FIRE ANTS AND THEIR HYBRID (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE).

    Kenneth G. Ross;Robert K. Vander Meer;David J. C. Fletcher;Edward L. Vargo

  • Sex attractant of an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix): A pulsed chemical signal

    William E. Conner;Thomas Eisner;Robert K. Vander Meer;Angel Guerrero

  • Biochemical Evidence for Hybridization in Fire Ants

    Robert K. Van der Meer;Clifford S. Lofgren;Francisco M. Alvarez

  • Gaster flagging by fire ants (Solenopsis spp.): Functional significance of venom dispersal behavior

    Martin S. Obin;Robert K. Vander Meer

  • Chemical mimicry in a parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) of fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Robert K. Vander Meer;Donald P. Jouvenaz;Daniel P. Wojcik

  • Comparison of nestmate recognition between monogyne and polygyne populations of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    Laurence Morel;Robert K. Vander Meer;Clifford S. Lofgren

  • Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Fire Ant Reactions to Attacks of Pseudacteon Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) in Southeastern Brazil

    Sanford D. Porter;Robert K. Vander Meer;Marcos A. Pesquero;Sofia Campiolo

  • Sources of nestmate recognition cues in the imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    Martin S. Obin;Robert K. Vander Meer

  • Isolation of the trail recruitment pheromone ofSolenopsis invicta.

    Robert K. Vander Meer;Francisco Alvarez;Clifford S. Lofgren

  • Comparing injection, feeding and topical application methods for treatment of honeybees with octopamine.

    Andrew B. Barron;Joanna Maleszka;Robert K. Vander Meer;Gene E. Robinson

  • Red imported fire ants expand their range across the West Indies.

    Lloyd R. Davis;Robert K. Van der Meer;Sanford D. Porter

  • Queen primer pheromone affects conspecific fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression

    Robert K. Vander Meer;Leeanne E. Alonso

  • Changes in the cuticular hydrocarbon profile of the slave-maker ant queen, Polyergus breviceps emery, after killing a Formica host queen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    Christine A. Johnson;Robert K. Vander Meer;Barry Lavine

  • Ontogeny of nestmate recognition cues in the red carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus)

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Frequent Co-Authors

Abraham Hefetz
Abraham Hefetz Tel Aviv University
Laurence Morel
Laurence Morel The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Sanford D. Porter
Sanford D. Porter Agricultural Research Service
Gene E. Robinson
Gene E. Robinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner Cornell University
Ryszard Maleszka
Ryszard Maleszka Australian National University
Jerrold Meinwald
Jerrold Meinwald Cornell University
Michael E. Scharf
Michael E. Scharf Purdue University West Lafayette
James J. Becnel
James J. Becnel Agricultural Research Service
DeWayne Shoemaker
DeWayne Shoemaker University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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