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Warren, R.J., P.T. Frankson, J.E. Mohan, M.A. Bradford, J.R. King. 2025. Antagonistic biotic interactions mitigate the positive effects of warming on wood decomposition. Oecologia<\/em>. 207: 1. PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stanbrook-Buyer, R., M. Bhat, and J.R. King. 2024. Economic value of dung removal by dung beetles in US sub-tropical pastures. Basic and Applied Ecology<\/em>. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

King, J.R. 2024. Pesticide-free management of invasive ants impacting ground-nesting wildlife populations. Wildlife Society Bulletin<\/em>. e1516. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Ohyama, L. D.B. Booher, and J.R. King. 2023. Ecological traits of social insects: colony, queen, and worker size relationships reveal a nexus trait with broad ecological relevance. Functional Ecology <\/em>37: 2194\u20132206.\u00a0 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Middleton, E., J.R. King, A. Johnson, and L. Diepenbrock. 2023. Evaluating control methods for red imported fire ant and their effects on hibiscus mealybug in citrus. Journal of Applied Entomology<\/em> 147: 320-328. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

King, J.R. and L. Ohyama. 2023. Nest-founding by red imported fire ant queens (Solenopsis invicta<\/em>) is not limited by Solenopsis<\/em> thief ant populations. Insectes Sociaux<\/em> 70: 149\u2013152. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Stanbrook, R. and J.R. King. 2022. Dung beetle community composition affects dung turnover in subtropical US grasslands. Ecology and Evolution <\/em>12:e8660. PDF<\/a> (open access)<\/p>\n

Bradford, M.A., D.S. Maynard, T.W. Crowther, P.T. Frankson, J.E. Mohan, C. Steinrueck, G.F. Veen, J.R. King, and R.J. Warren II. 2021. Belowground community turnover accelerates the decomposition of standing dead wood. Ecology<\/em> e03484. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Schadegg, P.**, and J.R. King. 2021. Feeding habits of the jumping spider Anasaitis<\/em> canosa<\/em> (Araneae: Salticidae) in the field. Florida Entomologist<\/em> 104: 54-55. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Ohyama, L.**, J.R. King, and D.G. Jenkins. 2020. Are tiny subterranean ants top predators affecting aboveground ant communities? Ecology <\/em>101: e03084. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Steele, C.H.**, J.R. King, E. Boughton and D.G. Jenkins. 2020. Distribution of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta<\/em> Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in central Florida pastures. Environmental Entomology <\/em>49: 956-962.<\/em>\u00a0PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Ohyama, L.**, J.R. King, and B.M. Gochnour **. 2020. Changes in an invaded Florida<\/span> ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) community over 25 years. Florida Entomologist <\/em>103: 180-190. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

King J.R. 2020. Fire Ants (Solenopsis<\/em>, in Part). In: Starr C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Insects<\/em>. Springer, Cham. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Warren, R.J., J.R. King, and M.A. Bradford. 2020. Disentangling resource acquisition from interspecific behavioral aggression to understand the ecological dominance of a common, widespread temperate forest ant. Insectes Sociaux <\/em>67: 179-187. PDF<\/a> Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n

Warren, R.J., K. Elliot, I. Giladi, J.R. King, and M.A. Bradford. 2019. Field experiments show contradictory short- and long-term myrmecochorous plant impacts on seed-dispersing ants. Ecological Entomology<\/em>\u00a044: 30-39.\u00a0PDF<\/a> Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n

Ohyama, L.**, J.R. King and D.G. Jenkins. 2018. Diversity and distribution of Solenopsis<\/em> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) thief ants belowground. Myrmecological News<\/em> 27: 47-57. PDF<\/a> Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n