Publications
Boeing, J., K. Cuper, S.B. Menke. 2022. Ant species richness in the urban mosaic: size is more important than location. Urban Ecosystems DOI:10.1007/s11252-022-01308-6.
Perez, A., L. Chick, S. Menke, JP. Lessard, N. Sanders, I. Del Toro, N. Sundebo Meldgaard, S. Diamond. 2022. Urbanisation dampens the latitude-diversity cline in ants. Insect Conservation and Diversity DOI:10.1111/icad.12598.
Baratelli, E., C. Tillberg, A. Suarez, S. Menke, I. Naughton, D. Holway. 2022. Variation in Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) trophic position as a function of time. Biological Invasions DOI:10.1007/s10530-022-02898-0.
Elmore, J.A., S.B. Hager, B.J. Cosentino, T.J. O'Connell, C.S. Riding, M.L. Anderson, M.H. Bakermans, T.J. Boves, D. Brandes, E.M. Butler, M.W. Butler, N.L. Cagle, R. Calderon-Parra, A.P. Capparella, A. Chen, K. Cipollini, A.A.T. Conkey, T.A. Contreras, R.I. Cooper, C.E. Corbin, R.L. Curry, J.J. Dosch, K.L. Dyson, E.E. Fraser, R.A. Furbush, N.D.G. Hagemeyer, K.N. Hopfensperger, D. Klem Jr, E.A. Lago, A.S. Lahey, C.S. Machtans, J.M. Madosky, T.J. Maness, K.J. McKay, S.B. Menke, N. Ocampo-Penuela, R. Ortega-Alvarez, A.L. Pitt, A. Puga-Caballero, J.E. Quinn, A.M. Roth, R.T. Schmitz, J.L. Schnurr, M.E. Simmons, A.D. Smith, C.W. Varian-Ramos, E.L. Walters, L.A. Walters, J.T. Weir, K. Winnett-Murray, I. Zuria, J. Vigliotti, S.R. Loss. 2020. Correlates of bird collisions with buildings across three North American countries. Conservation Biology DOI:10.1111/cobi.13569.
Menke, S.B. and D.A. Holway. 2020. Historical resurvey indicates no decline in Argentine ant site occupancy in coastal southern California. Biological Invasions 22(5):1669-1679.
Arnan, X., A.N. Andersen, H. Gibb, C.L. Parr, N.J. Sanders, R.R. Dunn, E. Angulo, F.B. Baccaro, T.R. Bishop, R. Boulay, C. Castracani, X. Cerda, I. Del Toro, T. Delsinne, D.A. Donoso, E.K. Elten, T.M. Fayle, M.C. Fitzpatrick, C. Gomez, D.A. Grasso, B.F. Grossman, B. Guenard, N. Gunawardene, B. Heterick, B.D. Hoffmann, M. Janda, C.N. Jenkins, P. Klimes, L. Lach, T. Laeger, M. Leponce, A. Lucky, J. Majer, S.B. Menke, D. Mezger, A. Mori, J. Moses, T.C. Munyai, O. Paknia, M. Pfeiffer, S.M. Philpott, J.L.P. Souza, M. Tista, H.L. Vasconcelos, and J. Retana. 2018. Dominance-diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion. Global Change Biology 24:4614-4625.
Menke, S.B., P.S. Ward, and D.A. Holway. 2018. Long-term record of Argentine ant invasions reveals enduring ecological impacts. Ecology 99(5):1194-1202.
Ksiazek-Mikenas, K., J. Herrmann, S.B. Menke, and M. Kohler. 2018. If you build it, will they come? Plant and Arthropod diversity on urban green roofs over time. Urban Naturalist Special Issue 1:52-72.
Hager, S.B., B.J. Cosentino, M.A. Aguilar-Gomez, M.L. Anderson, M. Bakermans, T.J. Boves, D. Brandes, M.W. Butler, E.M. Butler, N.L. Cagle, R. Calderon-Parra, A.P. Capparella, A. Chen, K. Cipollini, A.A.T. Conkey, T.A. Contreras, R.I. Cooper, C.E. Corbin, R.L. Curry, J.J. Dosch, M.G. Drew, K. Dyson, C. Foster, C.D. Francis, E. Fraser, R. Furbush, N.D.G. Hagemeyer, K.N. Hopfensperger, D. Klem Jr., E. Lago, A. Lahey, K. Lamp, G. Lewis, S.R. Loss, C.S. Machtans, J. Madosky, T.J. Maness, K.J. McKay, S.B. Menke, K.E. Muma, N. Ocampo-Penuela, T.J. O'Connell, R. Ortega-Alvarez, A.L. Pitt, A.L. Puga-Caballero, J.E. Quinn, C.W. Varian-Ramos, C.S. Riding, A.M. Roth, P.G. Saenger, R.T. Schmitz, J. Schnurr, M. Simmons, A.D. Smith, D.R. Sokoloski, J. Vigliotti, E.L. Walters, L.A. Walters, J.T. Weir, K. Winnett-Murray, J.C. Withey, and I. Zuria. 2017. Continent-wide analysis of how urbanization affects bird-window collision mortality in North America. Biological Conservation 212:209-215.
Gibb, H., R.R. Dunn, N.J. Sanders, B.F. Grossman, M. Photakis, S. Abril, D. Agosti, A.N. Andersen, E. Angulo, I. Armbrecht, X. Arnan, F.B. Baccaro, T.R. Bishop, R. Boulay, C. Brühl, C. Castracani, X. Cerda, I. Del Toro, T. Delsinne, M. Diaz, D.A. Donoso, A.M. Ellison, M.L. Enriquez, T.M. Fayle, D.H. Feener Jr., B.L. Fisher, R.N. Fisher, M.C. Fitzpatrick, C. Gómez, N.J. Gotelli, A. Gove, D.A. Grasso, S. Groc, B. Guenard, N. Gunawardene, B. Heterick, B. Hoffmann, M. Janda, C. Jenkins, M. Kaspari, P. Klimes, L. Lach, T. Laeger, J. Lattke, M. Leponce, J.P. Lessard, J. Longino, A. Lucky, S.H. Luke, J. Majer, T.P. McGlynn, S.B. Menke, D. Mezger, A. Mori1, J. Moses, T.C. Munyai, R. Pacheco, O. Paknia, J. Pearce-Duvet, M. Pfeiffer, S.M. Philpott, J. Resasco, J. Retana, R.R. Silva, M.D. Sorger, J. Souza, A. Suarez, M. Tista, H.L. Vasconcelos, M. Vonshak, M.D. Weiser, M. Yates, and C.L. Parr. 2017. A global database of ant species abundances. Ecology 98(3):883-884.
Menke, S.B., E. Gaulke, A. Hamel, and N. Vachter. 2015. The effects of restoration age and prescribed burns on grassland ant community structure. Environmental Entomology 44(5):1336-1347. DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvv110.
Heloise, G., N.J. Sanders, R.R. Dunn, S. Watson1, M. Photakis, S. Abril, A.N. Andersen, E. Angulo, I. Armbrecht, X. Arnan, F.B. Baccaro, T.R. Bishop, R. Boulay, C. Castracani, I. Del Toro, T. Delsinne, M. Diaz, D.A. Donoso, M.L. Enrıquez, T.M. Fayle, D.H. Feener Jr, M.C. Fitzpatrick, C. Gomez, D.A. Grasso, S. Groc, B. Heterick, B.D. Hoffmann, L. Lach, J. Lattke, M. Leponce, J.P. Lessard, J. Longino, A. Lucky, J. Majer, S.B. Menke, D. Mezger, A. Mori, T.C. Munyai, O. Paknia, J. Pearce-Duvet, M. Pfeiffer, S.M. Philpott, J.L.P. de Souza, M. Tista, H.L. Vasconcelos, M. Vonshak, and C.L. Parr. Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282:20150418.
Menke, S.B. and N. Vachter. 2014. A comparison of the effectiveness of pitfall traps and Winkler litter samples for characterization of terrestrial ant (Formicidae) communities in temperate savannas. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 47(3-4):149-165.
Menke, S.B., J. Harte, R.R. Dunn. 2014. Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs. 13 years of natural climate shift. Ecosphere, 5(1):1-17.
Jenkins, C.N., N.J. Sanders, A.N. Andersen, X. Arnan, C. Bruhl, X. Cerda, A.M. Ellison, B.L. Fisher, M.C. Fitzpatrick, N.J. Gotelli, A.D. Gove, B. Guénard, J.E. Lattke, J. Lessard, T.P. McGlynn, S.B. Menke, C.L. Parr, S.M. Philpott, H.L. Vasconcelos, M.D. Weiser, R.R. Dunn. 2011. Global diversity in light of climate change: the case of ants. Diversity and Distributions, 17(4):652-662.
Roura-Pascual, N., C. Hui, T. Ikeda, G. Leday, D.M. Richardson, S. Carpintero, X. Espadaler, C. Gómez, B. Guénard, S. Hartley, P. Krushelnycky, P.J. Lester, M.A. McGeoch, S.B. Menke, J.S. Pedersen, J.P.W. Pitt, J. Reyes, N.J. Sanders, A.V. Suarez, Y. Touyama, D. Ward, P.S. Ward, and S.P. Worner. 2011. Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(1):220-225.
Menke, S.B., B. Guénard, J.O. Sexton, M.D. Weiser, R.R. Dunn, J. Silverman. 2011. Urban areas may serve as habitat and corridors for dry-adapted, heat tolerant species; an example from ants. Urban Ecosystems, 14:135-163.
Menke, S.B., A.V. Suarez, C.V. Tillberg, C.T. Chou, and D.A. Holway. 2010. Trophic ecology of the invasive Argentine ant: spatio-temporal variation in resource assimilation and isotopic enrichment. Oecologia, 164(3):763-771.
Weiser, M.D., N.J. Sanders, D. Agosti, A.N. Andersen, A.M. Ellison, B.L. Fisher, H. Gibb, N.J. Gotelli, A.D. Gove, K. Gross, B. Guenard, M. Janda, M.E. Kaspari, J.P. Lessard, J.T. Longino, J.D. Majer, S.B. Menke, T.P. McGlynn, C.L. Parr, S.M. Philpott, J. Retana, A.V. Suarez, H.L. Vasconcelos, S.P. Yanoviak, and R.R. Dunn. 2010. Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships. Biology Letters, 6(6):769-772.
Menke, S.B., W. Booth, R.R. Dunn, C. Schal, E.L. Vargo, and J. Silverman. 2010. Is it easy to be urban? Convergent success in urban habitats among lineages of a widespread native ant. PLoS ONE, 5(2):e9194.
Dunn R.R., D. Agosti, A.N. Andersen, X. Arnan, C.A. Bruhl, X. Cerda, A.M. Ellison, B.L. Fisher, M.C. Fitzpatrick, H. Gibb, N.J. Gotelli, A.D. Gove, B. Guenard, M. Janda, M.E. Kaspari, E.J. Laurent, J.P. Lessard, J.T. Longino, J.D. Majer, S.B. Menke, T.P. McGlynn, C.L. Parr, S.M. Philpott, M. Pfeiffer, J. Retana, A.V. Suarez, H.L. Vasconcelos, M.D. Weiser, and N.J. Sanders. 2009.Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness. Ecology Letters, 12:324-333.
Menke, S.B., D.A. Holway, R.N. Fisher, and W. Jetz. 2009. Characterizing and predicting species distributions across environments and scales: Argentine ant occurrences in the eye of the beholder. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 18:50-63.
Grover, C., K.C. Dayton, S.B. Menke, and D.A. Holway. 2008. Effects of aphids on foliar foraging by Argentine ants and the resulting effects on other arthropods. Ecological Entomology, 33:101-106.
Menke, S.B., R.N. Fisher, W. Jetz, and D.A. Holway. 2007. Biotic and abiotic controls of Argentine ant invasion success at local and landscape scales. Ecology, 88(12):3164-3173.
Dunn, R.R., N.J. Sanders, M.C. Fitzpatrick, E. Laurent, J. Lessard, D. Agosti, A. Andersen, C. Bruhl, X. Cerda, A. Ellison, B. Fisher, H. Gibb, N. Gotelli, A. Gove, B. Guenard, M. Janda, M. Kaspari, J.T. Longino, J. Majer, T.P. McGlynn, S. Menke, C. Parr, S. Philpott, M. Pfeiffer, J. Retana, A. Suarez, and H. Vasconcelos. 2007. Global ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biodiversity and biogeography – a new database and its possibilities. Myrmecological News, 10:77-83.
Menke, S.B. and D.A. Holway. 2006. Abiotic factors control invasion by Argentine ants at the community scale. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75:368-376.
Munroe, T.A. and S.B. Menke. 2004. Two new soleid flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae: Soleichthys) from Australian waters, with a re-description of Soleichthys microcephalus (Günther). Records of the Australian Museum, 56:247-258.
Menke, S.B. 2003. Lizard community structure across a grassland/creosote shrubland ecotone in the Chihuahuan Desert. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1829-1838.
Anderson, D. R., A. E. Carlson, H.G. Friedrich, M.C. Funk, F. Hammergren, P.A. Joyce III, J.A. Klicka, D.T. Marsden, S.B. Menke, D.W. Preuss, T. Raphael, R.A. Schmidt, and R.M. Zink. 1998. Predation on artificial ground nests at Itasca State Park. The Loon, 69:176-183.