Peter H. W. Biedermann

This study investigates the molecular evolution of sociality in weevils, finding relaxed selection and gene loss rather than adaptive innovation in socially complex species.

This study analyzes weevil genomes to understand the molecular mechanisms of parental care evolution, finding convergent gene loss and regulatory changes associated with subsocial behavior.

This study examines the growth of the ambrosia fungus Dryadomyces montetyi on different tree species, finding it performs best on angiosperm hosts like oak.

This study examines the effects of artificial selection for early dispersal on ambrosia beetles and their fungal symbionts, finding limited genetic response and changes in fungal communities.

The paper quantifies how forest structural changes affect volatile organic compound beta-diversity and finds deadwood, not canopy openness, drives this increase.

The paper experiments with structural heterogeneity in forests to determine its impact on beetle metacommunities, finding increased species diversity and support for mass-effect and species-sorting processes.