Brian Lee Fisher

The paper estimates Madagascar's insect fauna contains at least 250,000 species, most unrecorded, and finds global homeostatic forces, not lineage composition, shape its ecological similarity to temperate forests.

The paper presents draft genome assemblies for two ant species, analyzing genome size variation and gene family expansions related to brood management strategies.

This study compares biotic and abiotic drivers of ecosystem functioning in temperate and tropical regions, finding differing patterns and drivers between the two zones.

The paper tests the complex Gloger's rule in ants using global data, finding that darkness and redness are influenced by different environmental factors.

Antscan provides 2,193 standardized whole-body 3D synchrotron micro-CT datasets across 792 ant species (212 genera), pairing morphological volumes with automated deep-learning segmentation and genome sequencing projects.

The paper introduces CORAL, a transfer learning method that improves prediction and inference for rare species using DNA metabarcoding data from Madagascar.

The paper presents comprehensive DNA metabarcoding data from Sweden and Madagascar, characterizing terrestrial arthropod faunas and providing insights into community composition and dynamics.

This paper introduces a cost-effective DNA extraction method for museum insect specimens, validated against existing protocols and applied to a large sample set.

This paper evaluates the adequacy of Ultraconserved Elements (UCE) data and integrates uncertainty in a comprehensive ant phylogeny, revealing the need for more data and better models.