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Diane Wagner
Assistant Professor of Biology Institute of Arctic Biology Department of Biology and Wildlife University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99775 diane.wagner@uaf.edu |
| Research office:
163 AHRB
Spring 2007 teaching office (for Principles
of Ecology): office (907) 474-5227 403 Bunnell Bldg, (907) 474-5622 laboratory (907) 474-7774 Office hours Tues 11:30 - 1 or by appointment |
| Research interests Evolutionary ecology Interspecific interactions Ant-plant and ant-soil interactions Evolution of extrafloral nectaries Herbivory Insect behavioral and chemical ecology Education PhD, Princeton University 1994 BA, University of California Berkeley 1986 UAF Courses Principles of Ecology, BIOL 271 Fundamentals of BIology I and II, BIOL 105 and 106X Opportunities for graduate research I am currently recruiting PhD and MS students to participate in an NSF-funded study on herbivory, defense, and the role of extrafloral nectaries in quaking aspen. Publications Doak P, Wagner D & Watson A (2007) Variable extrafloral nectary expression and its consequences in quaking aspen. Canadian Journal of Botany, in press. Nicklen EF & Wagner D (2006) Conflict resolution in an ant-plant interaction: Acacia constricta traits reduce ant costs to reproduction. Oecologia 148: 81-87. Wagner D & Jones JB (2006) The impact of harvester ant nests on decomposition, N mineralization, litter quality, and availability of N to plants in the Mojave Desert. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 2593-2601. Jones JB, Wagner D (2006) Microhabitat-specific controls on soil respiration and denitrification in the Mojave Desert: the role of harvester ant nests and vegetation. Western North American Naturalist 66: 426-432. Wagner D, Jones JB, & Gordon DM (2004) Development of harvester ant colonies alters soil chemistry. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 36: 797-804. Wagner D & Jones JB (2004) The contribution of harvester ant nests (Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Hymenoptera, Formicidae) to soil nutrient stocks and microbial biomass in the Mojave Desert. Environmental Entomology 33:599-607. Sanders NJ, Moss J & Wagner D (2002) Patterns of ant species richness along elevation gradients in an arid ecosystem. Global Ecology and Biogeography 12: 93-102. [abstract] Wagner, D & Kay, A. (2002) Do extrafloral nectaries distract ants from visiting flowers? An experimental test of an overlooked hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 293-305. [article] Wagner, D, Tissot, M & Gordon, DM. (2001) Task-related environment affects the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27: 1805-1819. [abstract] Wagner D, Tissot M, Cuevas W and Gordon DM (2000) Harvester ants utilize cuticular hydrocarbons in nestmate recognition. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26: 2245-2257. [abstract] Wagner D (2000) Pollen viability reduction as a potential cost of ant association for Acacia constricta. American Journal of Botany, 87: 711-715. [abstract] Hughes L, Siew-Woon Chang B, Wagner D and Pierce NE (2000) Effects of mating history on ejaculate size, fecundity, longevity and copulation duration in the ant-tended lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 119-128. Wagner D and Gordon DM (1999) Colony age, neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants. Oecologia 119: 175-182. [abstract] Wagner D, Brown MJF, Broun P, Cuevas W, Moses LE, Chao DL and Gordon DM (1998) Task-related differences in the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24: 2021-2037. [abstract] Wagner D, Brown M, and DM Gordon (1997) Harvester ant nests, soil biota, and soil chemistry. Oecologia 112: 232-236. Wagner D (1997) The influence of ant nests on Acacia seed production, herbivory, and soil nutrients. Journal of Ecology 85: 83-94. [abstract] Wagner D and L Kurina (1997) The influence of ants and water availability on oviposition behaviour and survivorship of a facultatively ant-tended herbivore. Ecological Entomology 22: 352-360 Wagner D and DM Gordon (1997) Neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants. Oecologia 109:556-560 Wagner D and C Martinez del Rio (1997) Experimental tests of the mechanism for ant-enhanced growth in an ant-tended lycaenid butterfly. Oecologia 112: 424-429. Thompson JN, Althoff DM, Cunningham B, Segraves K, and D Wagner (1997) Plant polyploidy and insect/plant interactions. American Naturalist 150: 730-743. Wagner D (1995) Pupation site choice of a North American lycaenid butterfly: the benefits of entering ant nests. Ecological Entomology 20: 384-392 Wagner D (1993) Species-specific effects of tending ants on the development of lycaenid butterfly larvae. Oecologia 96: 276-281 |
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