Publications
2021
Scarparo, G. Sankovitz, M., Loope, K.J., Wilson Rankin, E., Purcell, J. Early queen joining and long-term queen associations in polygyne colonies of an invasive wasp revealed by longitudinal genetic analysis. Evolutionary Applications. In press
Rankin, D.T., Loope, K.J., Wilson Rankin, E.E. Seasonal phenology and colony longevity patterns in a predatory social wasp. Western North American Naturalist. In press.
Hunter, E.A., Loope, K.J., Drake, K.K., Hanley, K., Jones, D., Shoemaker, K.T., Rostal, D.C. Warming conditions boost reproductive output for a northern gopher tortoise population. Endangered Species Reports. In press.
Borowski, C.P., Daglio, A., Jacobson, R. S., Loope, K.J. and Walker, C.E. Interspecific usurpation in the Downy Yellowjacket, Vespula flavopilosa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomological News. In press.
Rothman, J. A., Loope, K. J., McFrederick, Q. S., & Wilson Rankin, E. E. (2021). Microbiome of the wasp Vespula pensylvanica in native and invasive populations, and associations with Moku virus. PloS one, 16(7), e0255463.
Loope, K.J., Wilson Rankin, E.E. Viral load, not food availability or temperature, predicts colony longevity in an invasive eusocial wasp with plastic life history. 2021. Scientific Reports 11, 10087.
Detoni, M. Feás, X. Jeanne, R.L. Loope, K.J., O’Donnell, S., Santoro, D., Sumner, S., Jandt, J.M. 2021, Evolutionary and Ecological Pressures Shaping Social Wasps Collective Defenses 2021. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114(5): 581-595.
2020
Saga, T., Okuno, M., Loope, K. J., Tsuchida, K., Ohbayashi, K., Shimada, M., & Okada, Y. (2020). Polyandry and paternity affect disease resistance in eusocial wasps. Behavioral Ecology, 31(5), 1172–1179.
Jandt, J.M., Detoni, M., Loope, K.J., Santoro, D. 2020. Vespula wasps show consistent differences in colony-level aggression over time and across contexts. Insectes Sociaux. 67: 367–381
2019
Loope K.J., Baty J.W., Lester P.J., Rankin E.E.W.. 2019 Pathogen shifts in a honeybee predator following the arrival of the Varroa mite. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 286: 20182499
2018
V Melgarejo, EEW Rankin, K.J. Loope. 2018. Do queen cuticular hydrocarbons inhibit worker reproduction in Bombus impatiens? Insectes Sociaux, 65: 601-608
Miller, S. E., Bluher, S. E., Bell, E. , Cini, A. , da Silva, R. C., de Souza, A. R., Gandia, K. M., Jandt, J. , Loope, K. , Prato, A. , Pruitt, J. N., Rankin, D. , Rankin, E. , Southon, R. J., Uy, F. M., Weiner, S. , Wright, C. M., Downing, H. , Gadagkar, R. , Lorenzi, M. C., Rusina, L. , Sumner, S. , Tibbetts, E. A., Toth, A. and Sheehan, M. J. 2018. WASPnest: A worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior. Ecology.
Loope, K. J., Millar, J.G, Rankin, E. W. 2018. Weak nestmate discrimination behavior in native and invasive populations of a yellowjacket wasp (Vespula pensylvanica). Biol Invasions 20: 3431-3444
2017
Loope, K. J., Lopez-Osorio, F., Dvorak, L. 2017. Convergent reversion to single mating in a wasp social parasite. The American Naturalist. 189(6):E000
Dobelmann, J., Loope, K. J., Rankin, E. W., Quinn, O., Baty, J., Gruber, M., Lester, P. 2017. Fitness in invasive social wasps: the role of variation in viral load, immune response, and paternity in predicting nest size and reproductive output. Oikos
2016
Loope K.J., 2016. Matricide and queen sex allocation in a yellowjacket wasp. Naturwissenschaften 103:57.
Loope, K.J., Carpenter, J.M. 2016. Polistes major major (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and Polistes apachus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Georgia, USA. Florida Entomologist. 99(3): 547-548
Barker, J.L., Loope, K.J., Reeve, H.K. 2016. Asymmetry within social groups: division of labor and intergroup competition. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29: 560–571
Smith, M.L., Loope, K.J. 2016. Caught in an evolutionary trap: worker honey bees that have drifted into foreign colonies do not invest in ovary activation Insectes Sociaux. 63(1): 61-65
2015
Loope, K.J. 2015. Queen killing is linked to worker-worker relatedness in a social wasp. Current Biology. 25(22): 2976-2979.
Featured in: Current Biology Dispatch, Nature Research Highlights, UCRToday, LiveScience, EurekAlert!, PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, Science2.0, NatureWorldNews
Perrard, A., Loope, K.J. 2015. Patriline differences reveal genetic influence on forewing size and shape in a yellowjacket wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978). PLOS ONE 10(7): e0130064
2014 and earlier
Loope, K.J., Chien, C.*, and Juhl, M. 2014. Colony size is linked to paternity frequency and paternity skew in yellowjacket wasps and hornets. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:277
Editor’s Pick; Highly Accessed
Loope, K.J., Seeley, T.D. and Mattila, H.R. 2013. No facultative worker policing in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Naturwissenschaften 100:473–477.
Loope, K.J. and R.L. Jeanne. 2008. A test of adaptive hypotheses for rapid nest construction in a swarm-founding wasp. Insectes Sociaux, 55(3): 274-282
Scarparo, G. Sankovitz, M., Loope, K.J., Wilson Rankin, E., Purcell, J. Early queen joining and long-term queen associations in polygyne colonies of an invasive wasp revealed by longitudinal genetic analysis. Evolutionary Applications. In press
Rankin, D.T., Loope, K.J., Wilson Rankin, E.E. Seasonal phenology and colony longevity patterns in a predatory social wasp. Western North American Naturalist. In press.
Hunter, E.A., Loope, K.J., Drake, K.K., Hanley, K., Jones, D., Shoemaker, K.T., Rostal, D.C. Warming conditions boost reproductive output for a northern gopher tortoise population. Endangered Species Reports. In press.
Borowski, C.P., Daglio, A., Jacobson, R. S., Loope, K.J. and Walker, C.E. Interspecific usurpation in the Downy Yellowjacket, Vespula flavopilosa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomological News. In press.
Rothman, J. A., Loope, K. J., McFrederick, Q. S., & Wilson Rankin, E. E. (2021). Microbiome of the wasp Vespula pensylvanica in native and invasive populations, and associations with Moku virus. PloS one, 16(7), e0255463.
Loope, K.J., Wilson Rankin, E.E. Viral load, not food availability or temperature, predicts colony longevity in an invasive eusocial wasp with plastic life history. 2021. Scientific Reports 11, 10087.
Detoni, M. Feás, X. Jeanne, R.L. Loope, K.J., O’Donnell, S., Santoro, D., Sumner, S., Jandt, J.M. 2021, Evolutionary and Ecological Pressures Shaping Social Wasps Collective Defenses 2021. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114(5): 581-595.
2020
Saga, T., Okuno, M., Loope, K. J., Tsuchida, K., Ohbayashi, K., Shimada, M., & Okada, Y. (2020). Polyandry and paternity affect disease resistance in eusocial wasps. Behavioral Ecology, 31(5), 1172–1179.
Jandt, J.M., Detoni, M., Loope, K.J., Santoro, D. 2020. Vespula wasps show consistent differences in colony-level aggression over time and across contexts. Insectes Sociaux. 67: 367–381
2019
Loope K.J., Baty J.W., Lester P.J., Rankin E.E.W.. 2019 Pathogen shifts in a honeybee predator following the arrival of the Varroa mite. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 286: 20182499
2018
V Melgarejo, EEW Rankin, K.J. Loope. 2018. Do queen cuticular hydrocarbons inhibit worker reproduction in Bombus impatiens? Insectes Sociaux, 65: 601-608
Miller, S. E., Bluher, S. E., Bell, E. , Cini, A. , da Silva, R. C., de Souza, A. R., Gandia, K. M., Jandt, J. , Loope, K. , Prato, A. , Pruitt, J. N., Rankin, D. , Rankin, E. , Southon, R. J., Uy, F. M., Weiner, S. , Wright, C. M., Downing, H. , Gadagkar, R. , Lorenzi, M. C., Rusina, L. , Sumner, S. , Tibbetts, E. A., Toth, A. and Sheehan, M. J. 2018. WASPnest: A worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior. Ecology.
Loope, K. J., Millar, J.G, Rankin, E. W. 2018. Weak nestmate discrimination behavior in native and invasive populations of a yellowjacket wasp (Vespula pensylvanica). Biol Invasions 20: 3431-3444
2017
Loope, K. J., Lopez-Osorio, F., Dvorak, L. 2017. Convergent reversion to single mating in a wasp social parasite. The American Naturalist. 189(6):E000
Dobelmann, J., Loope, K. J., Rankin, E. W., Quinn, O., Baty, J., Gruber, M., Lester, P. 2017. Fitness in invasive social wasps: the role of variation in viral load, immune response, and paternity in predicting nest size and reproductive output. Oikos
2016
Loope K.J., 2016. Matricide and queen sex allocation in a yellowjacket wasp. Naturwissenschaften 103:57.
Loope, K.J., Carpenter, J.M. 2016. Polistes major major (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and Polistes apachus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Georgia, USA. Florida Entomologist. 99(3): 547-548
Barker, J.L., Loope, K.J., Reeve, H.K. 2016. Asymmetry within social groups: division of labor and intergroup competition. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29: 560–571
Smith, M.L., Loope, K.J. 2016. Caught in an evolutionary trap: worker honey bees that have drifted into foreign colonies do not invest in ovary activation Insectes Sociaux. 63(1): 61-65
2015
Loope, K.J. 2015. Queen killing is linked to worker-worker relatedness in a social wasp. Current Biology. 25(22): 2976-2979.
Featured in: Current Biology Dispatch, Nature Research Highlights, UCRToday, LiveScience, EurekAlert!, PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, Science2.0, NatureWorldNews
Perrard, A., Loope, K.J. 2015. Patriline differences reveal genetic influence on forewing size and shape in a yellowjacket wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978). PLOS ONE 10(7): e0130064
2014 and earlier
Loope, K.J., Chien, C.*, and Juhl, M. 2014. Colony size is linked to paternity frequency and paternity skew in yellowjacket wasps and hornets. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:277
Editor’s Pick; Highly Accessed
Loope, K.J., Seeley, T.D. and Mattila, H.R. 2013. No facultative worker policing in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Naturwissenschaften 100:473–477.
Loope, K.J. and R.L. Jeanne. 2008. A test of adaptive hypotheses for rapid nest construction in a swarm-founding wasp. Insectes Sociaux, 55(3): 274-282