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William T. Wcislo is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers topics such as Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect and Pesticide Research, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Fossil Insects in Amber, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Recent publications by William T. Wcislo include:

  • Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Convergent and complementary selection shaped gains and losses of eusociality in sweat bees (2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host-microbe ecology and evolution (2021, PLoS Biology)
  • Neotropical bee microbiomes point to a fragmented social core and strong species-level effects (2023, Microbiome)

Frequent coauthors in their research include Alex Wcislo, Xavier Graham, Stan Stephens, Johannes Ehoulé Toppe, and Lucas Wcislo. Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Ecology & Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Floral resource utilization by solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and exploitation of their stored foods by natural enemies.

    William T. Wcislo;James H. Cane

  • BEHAVIORAL ENVIRONMENTS AND EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE

    William T. Wcislo

  • Sensory Capabilities, Information Processing, and Resource Specialization

    Elizabeth A. Bernays;William T. Wcislo

  • Active use of the metapleural glands by ants in controlling fungal infection.

    Hermógenes Fernández-Marín;Jess K Zimmerman;Stephen A Rehner;William T Wcislo

  • Nocturnal vision and landmark orientation in a tropical halictid bee.

    Eric J. Warrant;Almut Kelber;Anna Gislen;Birgit Greiner

  • Behavior and Phenology of a Specialist Bee (Dieunomia) and Sunflower (Helianthus) Pollen Availability

    Robert L. Minckley;William T. Wcislo;Douglas Yanega;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • Secondarily solitary: the evolutionary loss of social behavior.

    William T. Wcislo;Bryan N. Danforth

  • Environment or kin: Whence do bees obtain acidophilic bacteria?

    Quinn S. McFREDERICK;William T. Wcislo;Douglas R. Taylor;Heather D. Ishak

  • Solitary behavior in a high-altitude population of the social sweat bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

    G. C. Eickwort;J. M. Eickwort;J. Gordon;M. A. Eickwort

  • The evolution of nocturnal behaviour in sweat bees, Megalopta genalis and M. ecuadoria (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): an escape from competitors and enemies?

    William T. Wcislo;Laura Arneson;Kari Roesch;Victor Gonzalez

  • Light intensity limits foraging activity in nocturnal and crepuscular bees

    Almut Kelber;Eric J. Warrant;Michael Pfaff;Rita Wallén

  • Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis.

    Sanne Nygaard;Haofu Hu;Cai Li;Morten Schiøtt

  • Plenty of room at the bottom

    William G. Eberhard;William T. Wcislo

  • Symbiotic fungi alter plant chemistry that discourages leaf-cutting ants.

    Catalina Estrada;William T. Wcislo;Sunshine A. Van Bael;Sunshine A. Van Bael

  • Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants

    Hermogenes Fernandez-Marin;Jess K. Zimmerman;David R. Nash;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • THE ROLES OF SEASONALITY, HOST SYNCHRONY, AND BEHAVIOUR IN THE EVOLUTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF NEST PARASITES IN HYMENOPTERA (INSECTA). WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BEES (APOIDEA)

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  • Host-associated microbiomes drive structure and function of marine ecosystems

    Laetitia G. E. Wilkins;Matthieu Leray;Aaron O’Dea;Benedict Yuen

  • Grade Changes in Brain–Body Allometry: Morphological and Behavioural Correlates of Brain Size in Miniature Spiders, Insects and Other Invertebrates

    William G. Eberhard;William G. Eberhard;William T. Wcislo

  • Neural organisation in the first optic ganglion of the nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis

    Birgit Greiner;Willi A. Ribi;William T. Wcislo;Eric J. Warrant

  • Ocellar optics in nocturnal and diurnal bees and wasps.

    Eric J. Warrant;Almut Kelber;Rita Wallén;William T. Wcislo

  • Ecological traits and evolutionary sequence of nest establishment in fungus‐growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini)

    Hermogenes Fernandez-Marin;Jess K. Zimmerman;William T. Wcislo

  • Assured fitness returns favor sociality in a mass-provisioning sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

    Adam R. Smith;William T. Wcislo;Sean O'Donnell

  • In defence of inclusive fitness theory

    Edward Allen Herre;William T. Wcislo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacobus J. Boomsma
Jacobus J. Boomsma University of Copenhagen
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University
Ulrich G. Mueller
Ulrich G. Mueller The University of Texas at Austin
Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peter Nonacs
Peter Nonacs University of California, Los Angeles
Robert M. Waterhouse
Robert M. Waterhouse Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
William G. Eberhard
William G. Eberhard Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Quinn S. McFrederick
Quinn S. McFrederick University of California, Riverside
Bryan N. Danforth
Bryan N. Danforth Cornell University

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