Jennifer Fewell

Research output

Research output per year 1987 1996 2002 2003 2006 2014 2016 2021 2022 2022

• 76 Article
• 6 Review article
• 4 Chapter
• 2 Comment/debate
• 2 More
  • 2 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 1987

  Graded recruitment in a ponerine ant

  Breed, M. D., Fewell, J. H., Moore, A. J. & Williams, K. R., Jun 1 1987, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 20, 6, p. 407-411 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ant 100%
  • species recruitment 75%
  • Formicidae 74%
  • Paraponera clavata 51%
  • foraging 33%
  76 Scopus citations

• Play frequencies in captive and free‐ranging bighorn lambs (Ovis canadensis canadensis)

  Bennett, B. & Fewell, J., 1987, In: Zoo Biology. 6, 3, p. 237-241 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ovis canadensis 100%
  • captive animals 90%
  • lambs 60%
  • zoo animals 50%
  • comparative study 29%
• 1988

  Energetic and time costs of foraging in harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

  Fewell, J. H., Jun 1 1988, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 22, 6, p. 401-408 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 100%
  • harvester ants 82%
  • ant 66%
  • energetics 50%
  • foraging 44%
  132 Scopus citations
• 1989

  Effects of experience on use of orientation cues in the giant tropical ant

  Harrison, J. F., Fewell, J. H., Stiller, T. M. & Breed, M. D., May 1989, In: Animal Behaviour. 37, PART 5, p. 869-871 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  90 Scopus citations
• 1990

  Directional fidelity as a foraging constraint in the western harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

  Fewell, J. H., Jan 1 1990, In: Oecologia. 82, 1, p. 45-51 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 100%
  • ant 66%
  • seed 48%
  • foraging 44%
  • animal 25%
  49 Scopus citations
• 1991

  Flexible seed selection by individual harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

  Fewell, J. & Harrison, J., 1991, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 6 ed. Vol. 28. p. 377-384 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • ant 100%
  • seed 73%
  • constancy 11%
  20 Scopus citations

• Individual foraging effort as a function of colony population in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L.

  Fewell, J. H., Ydenberg, R. C. & Winston, M. L., Jul 1991, In: Animal Behaviour. 42, 1, p. 153-155 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  24 Scopus citations

• Intercolonial interactions and nestmate discrimination in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata

  Breed, M. D., Stiller, T. M., Fewell, J. H. & Harrison, J. M., Jan 1 1991, In: Biotropica. 23, 3, p. 301-306 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • scramble competition 100%
  • Paraponera clavata 99%
  • ant 64%
  • nest 59%
  • Costa Rica 57%
  8 Scopus citations
• 1992

  Colony state and regulation of pollen foraging in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L.

  Fewell, J. H. & Winston, M. L., Jun 1 1992, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 30, 6, p. 387-393 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • honey 100%
  • bee 93%
  • Apis mellifera 76%
  • honey bees 70%
  • pollen 67%
  211 Scopus citations

• Distance effects on resource profitability and recruitment in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata

  Fewell, J. H., Harrison, J. F., Stiller, T. M. & Breed, M. D., Dec 1 1992, In: Oecologia. 92, 4, p. 542-547 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Paraponera clavata 100%
  • ant 64%
  • profitability 61%
  • nectar 56%
  • species recruitment 48%
  39 Scopus citations
• 1993

  Genotypic variation in foraging responses to environmental stimuli by honey bees, Apis mellifera

  Fewell, J. & Page, R., Dec 1993, In: Experientia. 49, 12, p. 1106-1112 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bees 100%
  • Honey 98%
  • Pollen 88%
  • stimulus 60%
  • Plant Nectar 43%
  88 Scopus citations
• 1995

  Thermal effects on feeding behavior and net energy intake in a grasshopper experiencing large diurnal fluctuations in body temperature

  Harrison, J. & Fewell, J., 1995, In: Physiological Zoology. 68, 3, p. 453-473 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  59 Scopus citations
• 1996

  Achievement of thermal stability by varying metabolic heat production in flying honeybees

  Harrison, J., Fewell, J., Roberts, S. P. & Hall, H. G., 1996, In: Science. 274, 5284, p. 88-90 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thermogenesis 100%
  • Insecta 85%
  • Hot Temperature 63%
  • Bees 36%
  • Body Temperature Regulation 35%
  55 Scopus citations

• Foraging energetics of the ant, Paraponera clavata

  Fewell, J., Harrison, J., Lighton, J. R. B. & Breed, M. D., Mar 1996, In: Oecologia. 105, 4, p. 419-427 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Paraponera clavata 100%
  • ant 64%
  • energetics 49%
  • Formicidae 48%
  • Paraponera 45%
  49 Scopus citations

• Individual constancy of local search strategies in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

  Breed, M. D., Stierstorfer, C., Furness, E. D., Jeral, J. M. & Fewell, J. H., Sep 1 1996, In: Journal of Insect Behavior. 9, 5, p. 673-682 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Paraponera clavata 100%
  • constancy 65%
  • ant 64%
  • Formicidae 48%
  • Hymenoptera 44%
  11 Scopus citations

• Regulation of nectar collection in relation to honey storage levels by honey bees, Apis mellifera

  Fewell, J. & Winston, M. L., 1996, In: Behavioral Ecology. 7, 3, p. 286-291 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • nectar 100%
  • honey 88%
  • bee 82%
  • Apis mellifera 68%
  • honey bees 63%
  39 Scopus citations
• 1997

  Flight metabolism and kinematics of pollen and nectar load carriage in honey bees

  Feuerbacher, E., Fewell, J. & Harrison, J., Dec 1 1997, In: FASEB Journal. 11, 3, p. A91

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Plant Nectar 100%
  • Kinematics 80%
  • Bees 77%
  • Honey 76%
  • Pollen 68%

• Honeybee thermoregulation [5] (multiple letters)

  Heinrich, B., Esch, H., Stevenson, R. D., Woods, J., Harrison, J. F., Fewell, J. H., Roberts, S. P. & Hall, H. G., 1997, In: Science. 276, 5315, p. 1015 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
• 1999

  Division of labor in a dynamic environment: Response by honeybees (Apis mellifera) to graded changes in colony pollen stores

  Fewell, J. & Bertram, S. M., Aug 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 46, 3, p. 171-179 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • honeybee 100%
  • labor division 98%
  • polyethism 91%
  • Apis mellifera 69%
  • honey bees 64%
  60 Scopus citations

• The emergence of division of labour in forced associations of normally solitary ant queens

  Fewell, J. & Page, R., Jul 1999, In: Evolutionary Ecology Research. 1, 5, p. 537-548 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • labor division 100%
  • polyethism 93%
  • ant 82%
  • queen insects 74%
  • Pogonomyrmex barbatus 70%
  62 Scopus citations
• 2000

  Colony-level selection effects on individual and colony foraging task performance in honeybees, Apis mellifera L

  Fewell, J. & Page, R., 2000, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 48, 3, p. 173-181 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • honeybee 100%
  • Apis mellifera 69%
  • honey bees 64%
  • pollen 61%
  • foraging 53%
  54 Scopus citations

• Sex ratio determination by queens and workers in the ant Pheidole desertorum

  Helms, K. R., Fewell, J. & Rissing, S. W., 2000, In: Animal Behaviour. 59, 3, p. 523-527 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pheidole 100%
  • worker ants 93%
  • sex ratio 85%
  • ant 81%
  • queen insects 73%
  25 Scopus citations
• 2001

  Models of division of labor in social insects

  Beshers, S. N. & Fewell, J. H., 2001, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 46, p. 413-440 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • social insect 100%
  • labor division 86%
  • polyethism 80%
  • social insects 70%
  • regulation 7%
  598 Scopus citations
• 2002

  Environmental and genetic influences on flight metabolic rate in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

  Harrison, J. & Fewell, J., Oct 2002, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 133, 2, p. 323-333 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bees 100%
  • honey 99%
  • Honey 98%
  • bee 92%
  • Apis mellifera 76%
  87 Scopus citations

• Evidence for genetic variation in worker task performance by African and European honey bees

  Fewell, J. & Bertram, S. M., Sep 1 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, 4, p. 318-325 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • honey 100%
  • bee 93%
  • genetic variation 91%
  • honey bees 70%
  • brood rearing 49%
  32 Scopus citations

• Genetic determination of the queen caste in an ant hybrid zone

  Julian, G. E., Fewell, J., Gadau, J., Johnson, R. A. & Larrabee, D., Jun 11 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99, 12, p. 8157-8160 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • Social Class 68%
  • Occupational Groups 52%
  • Sympatry 43%
  • Social Behavior 28%
  129 Scopus citations

• Modeling insect societies: From genes to colony behavior

  Huang, Z. Y. & Fewell, J., Sep 1 2002, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 17, 9, p. 403-404 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations
• 2003

  Colony response to graded resource changes: An analytical model of the influence of genotype, environment, and dominance

  Bertram, S. M., Gorelick, R. & Fewell, J., Sep 2003, In: Theoretical Population Biology. 64, 2, p. 151-162 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • genotype 100%
  • dominance (genetics) 90%
  • pollen 71%
  • resource 51%
  • foraging 41%
  13 Scopus citations

• Effects of load type (pollen or nectar) and load mass on hovering metabolic rate and mechanical power output in the honey bee Apis mellifera

  Feuerbacher, E., Fewell, J., Roberts, S. P., Smith, E. F. & Harrison, J., Jun 2003, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 206, 11, p. 1855-1865 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Plant Nectar 100%
  • nectar 86%
  • Bees 77%
  • honey 76%
  • Honey 76%
  82 Scopus citations

• Juvenile hormone and division of labor in honey bee colonies: Effects of allatectomy on flight behavior and metabolism

  Sullivan, J. P., Fahrbach, S. E., Harrison, J., Capaldi, E. A., Fewell, J. & Robinson, G. E., Jul 2003, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 206, 13, p. 2287-2296 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Juvenile Hormones 100%
  • flight behavior 95%
  • labor division 85%
  • polyethism 79%
  • Bees 79%
  59 Scopus citations

• Social insect networks

  Fewell, J., Sep 26 2003, In: Science. 301, 5641, p. 1867-1870 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Social Networking 100%
  • Insecta 92%
  214 Scopus citations
• 2004

  Division of labor and the evolution of task sharing in queen associations of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

  Cahan, S. H. & Fewell, J., May 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 56, 1, p. 9-17 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pogonomyrmex californicus 100%
  • harvester ants 76%
  • labor division 75%
  • polyethism 70%
  • ant 62%
  32 Scopus citations

• Genetic variation and task specialization in the desert leaf-cutter ant, Acromyrmex versicolor

  Julian, G. E. & Fewell, J., Jul 2004, In: Animal Behaviour. 68, 1, p. 1-8 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Acromyrmex 100%
  • cutters 82%
  • genetic variation 80%
  • ant 78%
  • polyethism 66%
  49 Scopus citations

• Normalized mutual entropy in biology: Quantifying division of labor

  Gorelick, R., Bertram, S. M., Killeen, P. R. & Fewell, J., Nov 2004, In: American Naturalist. 164, 5, p. 677-682 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • labor division 100%
  • entropy 80%
  • Biological Sciences 50%
  • predator-prey relationships 42%
  • rendering 39%
  49 Scopus citations
• 2005

  Emergence of division of labour in halictine bees: Contributions of social interactions and behavioural variance

  Jeanson, R., Kukuk, P. F. & Fewell, J., Nov 2005, In: Animal Behaviour. 70, 5, p. 1183-1193 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • labor division 100%
  • polyethism 93%
  • bee 85%
  • social behavior 68%
  • eclosion 63%
  59 Scopus citations
• 2006

  Behavioral regulation of genetic caste determination in a Pogonomyrmex population with dependent lineages

  Clark, R. M., Anderson, K. E., Gadau, J. & Fewell, J., 2006, In: Ecology. 87, 9, p. 2201-2206 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pogonomyrmex 100%
  • caste 90%
  • caste determination 88%
  • queen insects 64%
  • regulation 42%
  18 Scopus citations

• Distribution and evolution of genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex seed-harvester ants

  Anderson, K. E., Gadau, J., Mott, B. M., Johnson, R. A., Altamirano, A., Strehl, C. & Fewell, J., 2006, In: Ecology. 87, 9, p. 2171-2184 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • seed harvesters 100%
  • Pogonomyrmex 96%
  • caste 87%
  • caste determination 85%
  • harvester ants 85%
  56 Scopus citations

• Environmental physiology of the invasion of the Americas by Africanized honeybees

  Harrison, J., Fewell, J., Anderson, K. E. & Loper, G. M., Dec 2006, In: Integrative and comparative biology. 46, 6, p. 1110-1122 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ecophysiology 100%
  • Plant Nectar 93%
  • honey bees 75%
  • South America 65%
  • Pollen 63%
  41 Scopus citations

• Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex

  Anderson, K. E., Hoelldobler, B., Fewell, J., Mott, B. M. & Gadau, J., Sep 5 2006, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103, 36, p. 13433-13438 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Genetic Load 100%
  • Ants 83%
  • Seeds 61%
  • Social Class 57%
  • Occupational Groups 30%
  21 Scopus citations
• 2007

  Emergence of increased division of labor as a function of group size

  Jeanson, R., Fewell, J., Gorelick, R. & Bertram, S. M., Dec 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62, 2, p. 289-298 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • labor division 100%
  • polyethism 93%
  • group size 86%
  • eclosion 63%
  • threshold models 38%
  117 Scopus citations

• Genetic diversity promotes homeostasis in insect colonies

  Oldroyd, B. P. & Fewell, J., Aug 2007, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 22, 8, p. 408-413 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • insect colonies 100%
  • polyandry 97%
  • multiple mating 95%
  • homeostasis 88%
  • genetic diversity 80%
  246 Scopus citations
• 2008

  Division of labour and socially induced changes in response thresholds in associations of solitary halictine bees

  Jeanson, R., Clark, R. M., Holbrook, C. T., Bertram, S. M., Fewell, J. & Kukuk, P. F., Sep 2008, In: Animal Behaviour. 76, 3, p. 593-602 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • labor division 100%
  • solitary bees 95%
  • polyethism 93%
  • bee 85%
  • bees 62%
  32 Scopus citations

• Influence of the social context on division of labor in ant foundress associations

  Jeanson, R. & Fewell, J., 2008, In: Behavioral Ecology. 19, 3, p. 567-574 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • labor division 100%
  • polyethism 93%
  • ant 82%
  • queen insects 74%
  • Formicidae 61%
  35 Scopus citations

• Large fitness benefits from polyandry in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

  Oldroyd, B. P. & Fewell, J., Feb 2008, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23, 2, p. 59-60 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  12 Scopus citations
• 2009

  Division of Labor

  Fewell, J. H., Jan 1 2009, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Elsevier Inc., p. 548-552 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • polyethism 100%
  • Insecta 78%
  • Occupational Groups 53%
  • social class 42%
  • Sociological Factors 31%
  1 Scopus citations

• Emergence and consequences of division of labor in associations of normally solitary sweat bees

  Tate Holbrook, C., Clark, R. M., Jeanson, R., Bertram, S. M., Kukuk, P. F. & Fewell, J., Apr 2009, In: Ethology. 115, 4, p. 301-310 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • labor division 100%
  • Halictidae 96%
  • polyethism 93%
  • bee 85%
  • eclosion 63%
  26 Scopus citations

• Modeling the maintenance of a dependent lineage system: The influence of positive frequency-dependent selection on sex ratio

  Anderson, K. E., Smith, C. R., Linksvayer, T. A., Mott, B. M., Gadau, J. & Fewell, J., Aug 2009, In: Evolution. 63, 8, p. 2142-2152 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • frequency dependent selection 100%
  • sex ratio 88%
  • Sex Ratio 81%
  • queen insects 63%
  • Occupational Groups 51%
  12 Scopus citations
• 2010

  Allometric scaling of metabolism, growth, and activity in whole colonies of the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

  Waters, J. S., Holbrook, C. T., Fewell, J. & Harrison, J., Oct 2010, In: American Naturalist. 176, 4, p. 501-510 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pogonomyrmex californicus 100%
  • seed harvesters 89%
  • harvester ants 76%
  • social environment 65%
  • ant 62%
  61 Scopus citations
• 2011

  Division of labor increases with colony size in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

  Holbrook, C. T., Barden, P. M. & Fewell, J., Sep 2011, In: Behavioral Ecology. 22, 5, p. 960-966 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pogonomyrmex californicus 100%
  • harvester ants 76%
  • labor division 75%
  • insect colonies 72%
  • polyethism 70%
  73 Scopus citations

• Mathematical modeling on obligate mutualism: Interactions between leaf-cutter ants and their fungus garden

  Kang, Y., Clark, R., Makiyama, M. & Fewell, J., Nov 21 2011, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 289, 1, p. 116-127 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • fungus gardens 100%
  • Mutualism 96%
  • Gardens 90%
  • Ants 89%
  • Fungi 88%
  25 Scopus citations