Author

Ciara G. Stewart

Missouri State University

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Ecology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Avery L. RusselliD· 2 shared Anthony Moth T. Castagna· 1 shared Babur Saeed MirzaiD· 1 shared Jenny K. Burrow· 1 shared Rita N AfagwuiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

5 top collaborators · 6 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

2 shared papersAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Avery L. RussellORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

Take it or leaf it: bees learn leaf shape as a cue when flower color is easily learned

Anthony Moth T. Castagna, Jenny K. Burrow, Ciara G. Stewart, Avery L. Russell

This study shows that bees can learn leaf shape as a cue to identify rewarding flowers, but only when flower color cues are difficult to distinguish.

Animal Behaviour · Feb 25, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Bacteria accumulate more rapidly on shorter lived flowers, but abiotic factors affect flower aging and bacterial accumulation

Rita N Afagwu, Ciara G. Stewart, Babur Saeed Mirza, Avery L. Russell

The paper quantifies how bacterial abundance on flowers changes with age and how abiotic factors influence flower longevity and bacterial accumulation across 8 plant species.

bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2025 · PreprintEcology