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JAMES K. WETTERER, Ph.D.
Professor
Wilkes Honors College
Florida Atlantic University
5353 Parkside Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458

Phone: (561) 799-8648
Fax: (561) 799-8602
E-mail: wetterer@fau.edu


Jim Wetterer

EDUCATION

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 9/83 - 8/88

    Ph.D., Zoology: Ecology and Evolution; Advisor: Gordon H. Orians.
Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, 9/81 - 9/83
    M.S., Zoology: Ecology; Advisors: Earl Werner and Donald Hall.
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 9/76 - 5/79
    A.B., Biology: Ecology and Systematics.
Université de Paris III, France, 1/78 - 5/78
    Semester abroad: courses in theater, literature, and history of art.
WORK EXPERIENCE

Florida Atlantic University, Wilkes Honors College

    8/04 - present: Professor
    7/98 - 7/04: Associate Professor
    Teaching: Principles of Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Human Ecology, Environmental Studies, Tropical Ecology, Biodiversity, Life Science, and Scientific Writing
    9/03 - 1/04 & 5/04 - 8/04: Fulbright Scholar; Ants of Trinidad and Tobago
Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science
    7/96 - 6/98: Assistant Professor
    Teaching: Community Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, and Tropical Ecology
Wheaton College, Department of Biology
    8/94 - 6/96: Visiting Assistant Professor
    Teaching: General Ecology and Introductory Biology
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
    8/91- 6/94: Post-doctoral Fellow; Behavior, ecology, and evolution of fungus-growing ants
    Advisors: Edward O. Wilson, Naomi Pierce, and Richard Lewontin
    9/95 - 1/96: Teaching: Ethology
Princeton University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    7/89 - 7/91: Research Associate; Ecology and evolution of leaf-cutting ants
    Advisor: Stephen Hubbell
    1/91 - 5/91: Teaching: Tropical Ecology, Introduction to the Scientific Method
Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology
    9/88 - 7/89: Post-doctoral Fellow; Visual psychophysics of fish and horseshoe crabs
    Advisor: Maureen Powers
University of Washington, Department of Zoology
    9/83 - 5/88 Teaching Assistant: Sociobiology, Field Ethology and Ecology, Human Physiology, Introductory Biology
    12/83 - 3/84: Research Assistant; Cues for larval emergence in tent caterpillars
    Supervisor: David Rhoades
Michigan State University, Department of Zoology
    9/81 - 5/83: Teaching Assistant: Developmental Biology, Introductory Biology
    6/82 - 8/82: Research Assistant; Balance of foraging and predation risk in fish
    Supervisors: Earl Werner and Don Hall
University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences
    5/80 - 9/80: Field Technician; Acid precipitation in the Adirondack Mountains
    Supervisor: James Galloway
Cornell University, Section of Ecology and Systematics
    10/79 - 4/80: Laboratory Technician; Acid precipitation in the Northeastern USA
    Supervisor: Gene E. Likens
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biogeography, ecology, and environmental impact of ants

  • Biogeography and ecology of West Indian ants
  • Distribution, impact, and control of exotic ants
  • Impact of exotic ants on hatchling sea turtles in Florida
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

National Science Foundation. Research Grant: $342,560. 10/05-9/08. "Ants of the Eastern Caribbean" (with co-PI Roy R. Snelling).

Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Fulbright Fellowship: $37,700. 9/03 - 8/04. "Biodiversity of the Caribbean: Ants of Trinidad and Tobago."

National Geographic Society. Research and Exploration Grant: $16,960. 6/03 - 6/04. "The ants of Macaronesia."

Florida Atlantic University. Associate Professor Researcher of the Year Award: $5,000. 6/02 - 5/03. "Distribution and Impact of Ants."

National Geographic Society. Research and Exploration Grant: $16,010. 6/02 - 6/03. "The ants of Madeira and the impact of exotic ants on native species."

University of Madeira, Visiting Scientist Award: $2,500. 6/02 - 7/02. "Ants of Madeira."

Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. Wolfgang Sterrer Award: $1,520. 3/02 - 2/03. "Ants of Bermuda."

Bermuda Zoological Society. David B. Wingate Research Grant Award: $1,600. 3/02 - 2/03. "Ants of Bermuda."

Environmental Defense. Academic Science Minigrant: 7/01 - 7/02; $15,000. "Distribution, impact, and control of invasive predatory ants on sea turtle nesting beaches in Florida."

World Wildlife Fund. Conservation Grant: 5/01 - 3/02; $1,500. "Biology of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata."

National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation. Research Grant: 12/00 - 5/01; $3,234. "Distribution, impact, and control of predatory ants in sea turtle nesting areas of South Florida"

World Wildlife Fund. Conservation Grant: 1/00 - 8/00; $5,000. "Biological control of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata" with S. D. Porter.

Florida Atlantic University. Research Initiation Grant: 2/99 - 6/00; $5,000. "Distribution, impact, and control of tramp ants."

Center for Environmental Research and Conservation. Research Grant: 6/97 - 5/98; $20,000. "The biodiversity crisis on tropical and subtropical islands: distribution, impact, and biological control of non-indigenous pest ants."

Biosphere 2 Center. Research Facilities Support Grant: 1/97 - 5/98; $28,300. "Distribution, impact, and biological control of non-indigenous pest ants."

National Geographic Society. Research and Exploration Grant: 9/92 - 9/93; $8,000. "The ecology and systematics of fungus-growing ants and their fungi."

National Science Foundation. Post-doctoral Fellowship: 8/91 - 5/94; $69,600. "The coevolution of fungus-growing ants and their fungi."

Smithsonian Institutes. Post-doctoral Fellowship: 1/92 - 7/92; $23,400. "The coevolution of fungus-growing ants and their fungi."

American Philosophical Society. Research Grant: 12/89 - 12/90; $2,900. "Evolution of fungus-growing ants and their fungi."

National Institutes of Health. National Eye Institute Post-doctoral Training Fellowship: 9/88 - 7/89; $15,000. "Ecology of retinal undersampling in fish."

GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

University of Washington:

    National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

    ARCS Foundation Scholarship

    Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation Pilot Research Grant and Pre-doctoral Research Grant

    School of Graduate Studies Scholarship and Research Grant

    Friday Harbor Laboratories Summer Scholarship

    Departmental Grant-in-Aid-of-Research

    Michigan State University:

    Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid-of-Research

    School of Natural Sciences General Fellowship

    Graduate School Tuition Scholarship

Cornell University:
    National Merit Scholarship

    New York Regents Scholarship

    Carl E. Ladd Biology Fellowship

PUBLICATIONS
  1. Wetterer, J. K., and C. J. Bishop. 1985. Planktivore prey selection: the reactive field volume model versus the apparent size model. Ecology 66: 457-464.
  2. Li, K. T., J. K. Wetterer, and N. G. Hairston Jr. 1985. Fish size, visual resolution, and prey selection. Ecology 66: 1729-1735.
  3. Wetterer, J. K. 1988. Size selective foraging in leaf-cutting ants and planktivorous fish. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Washington. 100 pp. (Advisor: G. H. Orians.)
  4. Wetterer, J. K. 1988. Effect of localized prey depletion on prey selectivity by fish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 117: 313-316.
  5. Wetterer, J. K. 1989. Mechanisms of prey choice by planktivorous fish: perceptual constraints and rules of thumb. Animal Behaviour 37: 955-967.
  6. Wetterer, J. K. 1989. Central place foraging theory: when load size affects travel time. Theoretical Population Biology 36: 267-280.
  7. Wetterer, J. K. 1990. Diel changes in forager size, activity, and load selectivity in a tropical leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Ecological Entomology 15: 97-104.
  8. Wetterer, J. K. 1990. Load size determination in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Behavioral Ecology 1: 95-101. (With cover photo)
  9. Wetterer, J. K. 1991. Allometry and the geometry of leaf cutting in Atta cephalotes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 29: 347-352.
  10. Wetterer, J. K. 1991. Source distance has no effect on load size in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Psyche 98: 355-359.
  11. Wetterer, J. K. 1991. Foraging ecology of the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus, in a Costa Rican rain forest. Psyche 98: 361-371.
  12. Herzog, E. D., N. B. Buelow, J. K. Wetterer, M. J. Bargeron, H. F. Nelson, M. E. Kelly, D. R. Kipke, M. K. Powers, and R. B. Barlow, Jr. 1992. Visual behavior of Limulus in the ocean. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 33: 1409 (Abstract).
  13. Wetterer, J. K., S. Shafir, L. Morrison, K. Lips, G. Gilbert, M. Cipollini, and C. Blaney. 1992. On- and off-trail orientation in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65: 96-98.
  14. Walton, W. E., N. G. Hairston Jr. and J. K. Wetterer. 1992. Growth-related constraints on diet selection by sunfish. Ecology 73: 429-437.
  15. Wetterer, J. K. 1993. Foraging and nesting ecology of a Costa Rican leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex volcanus. Psyche 100: 65-76.
  16. Wetterer, J. K. and G. Nevitt. 1993. The stream where they live. Journal of Irreproducible Results 38: 12.
  17. Wetterer, J. K. 1994. Nourishment and evolution in fungus-growing ants and their fungi. pp. 309-328 in: Nourishment and Evolution in Insect Societies. Ed. by J. H. Hunt and C. A. Nalepa. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
  18. Wetterer, J. K. 1994. Ontogenetic changes in forager polymorphism and foraging ecology in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Oecologia 98: 235-238.
  19. Hinkle, G., J. K. Wetterer, T. Schultz, and M. Sogin. 1994. Phylogeny of the attine ant fungi based on analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence. Science 266: 1695-1697. (with photo)
  20. Wetterer, J. K. 1994. Forager polymorphism, size-matching, and load delivery in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Ecological Entomology 19: 57-64.
  21. Wetterer, J. K. 1994. Attack by Paraponera clavata prevents herbivory by the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Biotropica 26: 462-465.
  22. Wetterer, J. K. 1995. Forager polymorphism and foraging ecology of the leaf-cutting ant, Atta colombica. Psyche 102: 133-147.
  23. Wetterer, J. K. 1995. Forager size and ecology of Acromyrmex coronatus and other leaf-cutting ants in Costa Rica. Oecologia 104: 409-415.
  24. Ayala, F. J. Jr., J. K. Wetterer, J. T. Longino, and D. L. Hartl. 1996. Molecular phylogeny of Azteca ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the colonization of Cecropia-trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 5: 423-428.
  25. Wetterer, J. K. 1997. Ants on Cecropia in Hawaii. Biotropica 29: 128-132.
  26. Wetterer, J. K., C. Dunning, M. M. Yospin, A. G. Himler. 1997. Invertebrate diversity and ecology in Biosphere 2. pp. 119-122 in: 1997 Invertebrates in Captivity Conference Proceedings. Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, Tucson, Arizona.
  27. Wetterer, J. K. 1997. Alien ants of the Pacific islands. Aliens 6: 3-4.
  28. Wetterer, J. K. 1997. Leaf-cutting ants. Wild Times 2(3): 4.
  29. Wetterer, J. K., T. R. Schultz, and R. Meier. 1998. Phylogeny of fungus-growing ants (Tribe Attini) based on mtDNA sequence and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9: 42-47.
  30. Wetterer, J. K. 1998. Nonindigenous ants associated with geothermal and human disturbance in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Pacific Science 52: 40-50.
  31. Wetterer, J. K., D. S. Gruner, and J. E. Lopez. 1998. Foraging and nesting ecology of Acromyrmex octospinosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Costa Rican tropical dry forest. Florida Entomologist 81: 61-67.
  32. Wetterer, J. K., P. C. Banko, L. P. Laniawe, J. W. Slotterback, and G. J. Brenner. 1998. Nonindigenous ants at high elevations on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. Pacific Science 52:228-236.
  33. Wetterer, J. K. 1998. Ants on Cecropia trees in urban San José, Costa Rica. Florida Entomologist 81: 118-121.
  34. Wetterer, J. K. 1998. Alien ants: spreading like fire. World Conservation 1/98: 19-20.
  35. Wetterer, J. K., P. D. Walsh, and L. J. T. White. 1999. Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a destructive tramp ant, in wildlife refuges of Gabon. African Entomology 7: 292-294.
  36. Wetterer, J. K. 1999. Urban ecology. In: The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. pp. 644-647. Ed. by D. E. Alexander and R. W. Fairbridge. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
  37. Wetterer, J. K., S. E. Miller, D. E. Wheeler, C. A. Olson, D. A. Polhemus, M. Pitts, I. W. Ashton, A. G. Himler, M. Yospin, K. R. Helms, E. L. Harken, J. Gallaher, C. E. Dunning, M. Nelson, J. Litsinger, A. Southern, and T. L. Burgess. 1999. Ecological dominance by Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an invasive tramp ant, in Biosphere 2. Florida Entomologist 82: 381-388.
  38. Calderwood, J. A., A. M. Wenner, and J. K. Wetterer. 1999. Argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) invade Santa Cruz Island, California. pp. 274-277 Proceedings of 5th California Islands Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA.
  39. Wetterer, J. K. 1999. Ecology and evolution of worker size-distribution in leaf-cutting ants (Atta spp. and Acromyrmex spp.). Sociobiology 34: 119-144.
  40. Wetterer, J. K., P. D. Walsh, and L. J. T. White. 1999. Wasmannia auropunctata, une fourmi dangereuse pour la faune du Gabon. Canopée: Bulletin sur l'Environment en Afrique Centrale 14:10-11.
  41. Walsh, P. D., L. J. T. White, and J. K. Wetterer. 1999. Bad antz. Wildlife Conservation. 102 (5): 9.
  42. Wetterer, J. K., A. L. Wetterer, C. Rumbaitis-del Rio, C. Chang, G. Vega, L. L. Manne, J. Aukema, J. Karubian, A. Sloan, and M. Desai. 2000. Diel shifts in treehopper-tending by ants and wasps in Costa Rica (Hymenoptera). Sociobiology 36: 123-131.
  43. Wetterer, J. K., P. S. Ward, A. L. Wetterer, J. T. Longino, J. C. Trager, and S. E. Miller. 2000. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Santa Cruz Island, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 99: 25-31.
  44. Wetterer, J. K., A. G. Himler, and M. M. Yospin. 2000. Foraging ecology of the desert leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex versicolor, in Arizona (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 37: 633-649.
  45. Wetterer, J. K., A. L. Wetterer, and E. Hebard. 2001. Impact of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, on the native ants of Santa Cruz Island, California. Sociobiology 38: 709-721.
  46. Wetterer, J. K. 2002. Ants of Tonga. Pacific Science 56: 125-135.
  47. Wetterer, J. K., and B. C. O'Hara. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Dry Tortugas, the outermost Florida Keys. Florida Entomologist 85: 303-307.
  48. Wetterer, J. K., A. G. Himler, and M. M. Yospin. 2002. Forager size, load size, and resource use in an omnivorous ant, Aphaenogaster albisetosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 39: 335-343.
  49. Wetterer, J. K., and D. L. Vargo. 2003. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samoa. Pacific Science 57: 409-419.
  50. Wetterer, J. K. 2003. Microepiphytes on branches deter leaf-cutting ant herbivory. Sociobiology 41: 711-715.
  51. Wetterer, J. K. and A. L. Wetterer. 2003. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on non-native Neotropical ant-acacias (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist, 86: 460-463.
  52. Wetterer, J. K., and S. D. Porter. 2003. The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata: distribution, impact, and control. Sociobiology 42: 1-41.
  53. Krahe, H., J. K. Wetterer, and L. D. Wood. 2003. Impact of fire ant stings on sea turtle hatchling survival. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 503: 211-212.
  54. Wetterer, J. K., and A. L. Wetterer. 2004. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bermuda. Florida Entomologist 87: 212-221.
  55. Wetterer, J. K., X. Espadaler, A. L. Wetterer, and S. G. M. Cabral. 2004. Native and exotic ants of the Azores (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 44: 1-20.
  56. Wetterer, J. K. 2005. Worldwide distribution and potential spread of the long-legged ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes. Sociobiology 45: 77-97.
  57. Wetterer, J. K., and L. D. Wood. 2005. Distribution and impact of ants on a sea turtle nesting beach in Palm Beach County, Florida. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 528: 351-353
  58. Wetterer, J. K., and J. A. Moore. 2005. Red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) at gopher tortoise (Testudines: Testudinidae) burrows. Florida Entomologist 88: 349-354.
  59. Wetterer, J. K., M. Moreira, and A. Correa. 2005. Observations on a little-known leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex volcanus. Sociobiology 46: 525-533.
  60. Schoch, B. A., J. K. Wetterer, and J. Olsen. 2006. Relocation of green sea turtle eggs to Bermuda. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-536: 94.
  61. Wetterer, J. 2006. The tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata, on an important sea turtle nesting beach in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 536: 281-283.
  62. Wetterer, J. K., X. Espadaler, A. L. Wetterer, D. Aguin-Pombo, and A. M. Franquinho-Aguiar. 2006. Long-term impact of exotic ants on the native ants of Madeira. Ecological Entomology 31: 358-368.
  63. Wetterer, J. K. 2006. Quotation error, citation copying, and ant extinctions in Madeira. Scientometrics 67: 351-372.
  64. Wetterer, J. K. 2006. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Niue, Polynesia. Pacific Science 60: 413-416.
  65. Ward, D. F., & J. K. Wetterer. 2006. Checklist of the ants of Fiji (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 85: 23-47.
  66. Wetterer, J. K. and A. L. Wetterer. 2006. A disjunct Argentine ant metacolony in Macaronesia and southwestern Europe. Biological Invasions 8: 1123-1129.
  67. Wetterer, J. K. 2006. The vanished plague ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of 19th century Bermuda. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 219-224.
  68. Wetterer, J. K., and R. R. Snelling. 2006. The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in the Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 89: 431-434.
  69. Wetterer, J. K., X. Espadaler, A. L. Wetterer, D. Aguin-Pombo, and A. M. Franquinho-Aguiar. 2007. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Madeiran Archipelago. Sociobiology 49: 265-297.
  70. Wetterer, J. K. 2007. Biology and impacts of Pacific islands invasive species. 3. The African big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Science 61: 437-456.
  71. Franquinho-Aguiar, A. M. and J. K. Wetterer. 2007. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and Argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in 19th century Madeira. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, in press.
  72. McCurdy, P., A. L. Wetterer, and J. K. Wetterer. 2007. The tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata, on two sea turtle nesting beaches in Costa Rica. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, 2004, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC, in press.
  73. Wetterer, J. K., X. Espadaler, P. Ashmole, C. Cutler, and J. Endeman. 2007. Ants of the South Atlantic Islands of Ascension, St Helena, and Tristan da Cunha. Myrmecologische Nachrichten, in press.
  74. Wetterer, J. K. 2007. Paratrechina pubens (Forel, 1893) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a candidate for the plague ant of 19th century Bermuda. Myrmecologische Nachrichten, in press.
  75. Wetterer, J. K., L. D. Wood, C. Johnson, H. Krahe, and S. Fitchett. 2007. Predaceous ants, beach replenishment, and nest placement by sea turtles. Environmental Entomology, in press.
  76. Dutra, D. S. and J. K. Wetterer. Ants in Myrmecophytic Caularthron spp. (Orchidaceae) of Trinidad. Submitted to Caribbean Journal of Science.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
  1. Wetterer, J. K. Worldwide spread of the longhorn crazy ant, Paratrechina longicornis. To be submitted to Diversity and Distributions.
  2. Wetterer, J. K., S. Cover, and E.O. Wilson. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Barbados. To be submitted to Zootaxa.
  3. Wetterer, J. K. and J. L. W. Keularts. Population explosions of the hairy crazy ant, Paratrechina pubens (Forel), on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In prep.
  4. Wetterer, J. K. Worldwide spread of the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum. In prep.
  5. Wetterer, J. K., A. L. Wild, A. V. Suarez, N. Roura-Pascual, ,and X. Espadaler. Worldwide distribution spread of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. In prep.
  6. Wetterer, J. K., and X. Espadaler. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Cape Verde. In prep.
  7. Wetterer, J. K., S. Cover, and E.O. Wilson. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Grenada. In prep.
  8. Wetterer, J. K. Worldwide spread of the destroyer ant, Monomorium destructor. In prep.
  9. Wetterer, J. K. L. Davis, and A.L. Wetterer. The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in Trinidad. In. prep.
  10. Wetterer, C. J., M. K. Wetterer, and J. K. Wetterer. The Moons of Jupiter. Submitted to Simon and Schuster.
  11. Wetterer, J. K. Ants of Vanuatu, Melanesia. In prep.
  12. Wetterer, J. K. and O. Bourquin. Ants of the Mariana Islands, Micronesia. In prep.
PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS

Wetterer, J. K. 1990. Load size determination in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Behavioral Ecology 1: 95-101. Cover photograph of journal.

Hinkle, G., J. K. Wetterer, T. Schultz, and M. Sogin. 1994. Phylogeny of the attine ant fungi based on analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence. Science 266: 1695-1697. Photographs in table of contents and accompany article.

Kricher, J. 1997. A Neotropical Companion. Princeton University Press, Princeton. Photograph section features eleven of my photographs.

Wetterer, J. K. 1997. Leaf-cutting ants. Wild Times 2(3): 4. Four photographs accompany article. Also see http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/atta.html

Hoyt, E. 1998. The Earth Dwellers. Adventures in the Land of Ants. Mainstream Publishing Co., Edinburgh. Photograph section features fourteen of my photographs.

Cushing, P.E. 1998. Insect Farmers. Highlights for Children, March 1998: 12-13. Four photographs accompany article.

Wetterer, J. K. 1998. Alien ants: spreading like fire. World Conservation 1/98: 19-20. Two photographs accompany article.

Milius, S. 2000. When Ants Squeak: Eavesdropping on lesser-known bulletins from the hill. Science News 157 (6): 92. Cover photograph and two photographs accompany article. See http://sciencenews.org/20000205/toc.asp.

Jackson, D. M. 2002. The Bug Scientists. Houghton Mifflin C. Boston. Book includes 18 of my photographs, including cover.

Dell, P. 2006. Why do Tigers have stripes? Capstone Press. Maknkato, Minnesota. One photograph featured.

POPULAR ARTICLES BASED ON RESEARCH

Borrrell. B. 2006. A Tangled Web. Recent discoveries of scientific sloppiness reveal a culture where citations rule. Dragonfire 26 October 2006.

WEB SITES

http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/

http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=58&fr=1&sts=sss

http://http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/map_lihu.html

http://www.thewildones.org/Scientists/askJim.html

http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/atta.html

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article?id=29726959

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