Publications
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Vaudo, A.D., Dyer, L.A. and Leonard, A.S. 2024. Pollen nutrition structures bee and plant community interactions. PNAS 121 (3) e2317228120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2317228120.
Tatarko, A.R., Leonard, A.S. and Mathew, D. 2023. A neonicotinoid pesticide alters Drosophila olfactory processing Scientific Reports. 13 (10606) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37589-w
Muth, F., Breslow, E.* and Leonard, A.S. 2023. Octopamine affects gustatory responsiveness and may enhance learning in bumble bees. Apidologie. 54 (9) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-023-00992-3
Townsend, A., Sewall, K. B., Leonard, A.S. and Hawley, D.M. 2022. Infectious disease and cognition in wild populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.06.005
Muth, F.**, Philbin, C.S.**, Jeffrey, C.S. and Leonard, A.S. 2022. Discovery of octopamine and tyramine in nectar and their effects on bumblebee behavior. iScience 25(8) 104765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104765
Richman, S.K., Maalouf, I.M., Smilanich, A.M., Marquez Sanchez, D.*, Miller, S.Z.* and Leonard, A.S. 2022. A neonicotinoid pesticide alters how nectar chemistry affects bees. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14016
Richman, S.K., Muth, F. and Leonard, A.S. 2021. Measuring foraging preferences in bumble bees: A comparison of popular laboratory methods and a test for sucrose preferences following neonicotinoid exposure. Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04979-8
Muth, F., Tripodi, A.D., Bonilla, R.*, Strange, J.P. and Leonard, A.S. 2021. No sex differences in learning in wild bumblebees. Behavioral Ecology. arab013, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab013
Francis, J.S.,** Tatarko**, A.R., Richman, S.K., Vaudo, A.D. and Leonard, A.S. 2020. Microbes and pollinator behavior in the floral marketplace. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 44: 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.10.003.
Muth, F., Gaxiola, R.L. and Leonard, A.S. 2020. No evidence for neonicotinoid preferences in the bumblebee Bombus impatiens. Royal Society Open Science. 7:191883. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191883.
Riveros, A.J., Leonard, A.S., Gronenberg, W. and Papaj, D.R. 2020. Learning of bimodal vs. unimodal signals in restrained bumble bees. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223: jeb220103 doi: 10.1242/jeb.220103
Vaudo, A.D., Tooker, J.F., Patch, H.M., Biddinger, D.J., Coccia, M., Crone, M.K., Fiely, M., Francis, J.S., Hines, H.M., Hodges, M., Jackson, S.W., Michez, D., Mu, J., Russo, L., Safari, M., Treanore, E.D., Vanderplanck, M., Yip, E., Leonard, A.S., and Grozinger, C.M. 2020. Pollen protein: lipid macronutrient ratios may guide broad patterns of bee species’ floral preferences. Insects, 11, 132.
Francis, J.S., Acevedo, C.R.*, Muth, F. and Leonard, A.S. 2019. Nectar quality changes the ecological costs of chemically defended pollen. Current Biology. 29(14)R679-R680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.046
Muth, F., Francis, J.S., and Leonard, A.S. 2019. Modality-specific impairment of learning by a neonicotinoid pesticide. Biology Letters. 15: 20190359. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0359.
Muth, F. and Leonard, A.S. 2019. A neonicotinoid pesticide negatively affects foraging, but not learning, in free-flying bumblebees. Scientific Reports. 9: 4764. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39701-5.
Muth, F., Breslow, P.*, Masek, P. and Leonard, A.S. 2018 A pollen fatty acid enhances learning and survival in bumblebees. Behavioral Ecology. 29:1371-1379.
Muth, F., Cooper, T.R.*, Bonilla, R.F.* and Leonard, A.S. 2017. A novel protocol for studying bee cognition in the wild. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 00:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111.
Leonard, A.S. and Francis, J.S. 2017. Plant-animal communication: Past, present, and future. Evolutionary Ecology. 31: 143-151.
Muth, F., Papaj, D.R. and Leonard, A.S. 2017. Multiple rewards have asymmetric effects on learning in bumblebees. Animal Behaviour. 126:123-133.
Muth, F., Francis, J.S. and Leonard, A.S. 2016. Bees use the taste of pollen to determine which flowers to visit. Biology Letters 12: 20160356.
Russell, A.L., Gillette, H.D.*, Leonard, A.S. and Papaj, D.R. 2016. Concealed floral rewards and the role of experience in floral sonication by bees. Animal Behaviour. 120: 83-91.
Francis, J., Muth, F. Papaj, D.R., and Leonard, A.S. 2016. Nutritional complexity and the structure of bee foraging bouts. Behavioral Ecology. 27 (3): 903-911.
Muth, F., Papaj, D.R. and Leonard, A.S. 2016. Bees remember flowers for more than one reason: Pollen mediates associative learning. Animal Behaviour 111:93-100.
Russell, A.L., Golden, R.E.*, Leonard, A.S. and Papaj, D.R. 2016. Bees learn preferences for plant species that offer only pollen as a floral reward. Behavioral Ecology. 27 (3): 731-740.
Muth, F., Papaj, D.R. and Leonard, A.S. 2015. Colour learning when foraging for nectar and pollen: Bees learn two colours at once. Biology Letters 11: 20150628.
Anthony, W.E.*, Palmer-Young, E.C., Leonard, A.S., Irwin, R.E. and Adler, L.S. 2015. Testing dose-dependent effects of the nectar alkaloid anabasine on trypanosome parasite loads in adult bumble bees PLoS ONE 10(11): e0142496.
Richardson, L.L, Adler, L.S., Leonard, A.S., Andicoechea, J.*, Regan, K.H.*, Anthony, W.*, Manson, J.S., and Irwin, R.E. 2015. Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumble bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biological Sciences 282(1803):20142471.
Featured as a Nature "Research Highlight" and received some cool attention in the press!
Long, S.M., Leonard, A.S., Carey, A.*, and Jakob, E.M. 2015. Vibration as an effective stimulus for aversive conditioning in jumping spiders. Journal of Arachnology 43:111-114.
Muth, F., Scampini, A.V.*, and Leonard, A.S. 2015. The effect of acute stress on learning and memory in the bumble bee. Learning and Motivation 50: 39-41.
Leonard, A.S. and Masek, P. 2014. Multisensory integration of colors and scents: Insights from bees and flowers. Journal of Comparative Physiology: Series A 200:463-474.
Jones, B.M.*, Leonard, A.S., Papaj, D.R. and Gronenberg, W. 2013. Plasticity of the worker bumblebee brain in relation to age and rearing environment. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 82:250-261.
Leonard, A.S., Brent, J.*, Papaj, D.R. and Dornhaus, A. 2013. Floral nectar guide patterns discourage nectar robbing by bumble bees. PLoS ONE 8(2): e55914.
Featured in PLOS "Author Spotlight"
Leonard, A.S., Dornhaus, A. and Papaj, D.R. 2012. Why are floral signals complex? An outline of functional hypotheses. In Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships, Patiny, S. ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Kaczorowski, R.L., Leonard, A.S., Dornhaus, A. and Papaj, D.R. 2012. Floral signal complexity as a possible adaptation to environmental variability: a test using nectar-foraging bumble bees. Animal Behaviour 83: 905-913.
Leonard, A.S. and Papaj, D.R. 2011. "X" marks the spot: The possible benefits of nectar guides to bees and plants. Functional Ecology. 25: 1-9.
Featured as "video highlight" and in Science News
Leonard, A.S., Dornhaus, A. and Papaj, D.R. 2011. Flowers help bees cope with uncertainty: signal detection and the function of complex floral signals. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 113-121.
Faculty of 1000 "must read"
Leonard, A.S., Dornhaus, A. and Papaj, D.R. 2011. Forget-me-not: complex floral signals, inter-signal interactions, and pollinator cognition. Current Zoology 57: 215-224. Invited contribution to special issue on "Complex Signaling"
Leonard A.S. and Hedrick, A.V. 2010. Long distance signals influence assessment of close range mating displays in the field cricket, Gryllus integer. Biological Journal of The Linnean Society 100: 856-865.
Leonard, A.S. and Hedrick, A.V. 2009. Male and female crickets use different decision rules in response to mating signals. Behavioral Ecology 20: 1175-1184.
Leonard, A.S. and Hedrick, A.V. 2009. Single versus multiple cues in mate discrimination by males and females. Animal Behaviour 77:151-159.
Leonard, A.S. and Morse, D.H. 2006. Line-following preferences of male crab spiders, Misumena vatia. Animal Behaviour 71: 717-724.