Robert M. Plowes

Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

Melinda D. Smith, Kate Wilkins, Martin C. Holdrege et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2024 · 138 citations · Full text

Specificity between Lactobacilli and Hymenopteran Hosts Is the Exception Rather than the Rule

Quinn S. McFrederick, Jamie J. Cannone, Robin R. Gutell et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2013 · 89 citations · Full text

Social Hymenopteran Hosts, Other Social Hymenoptera, Bacteriology +17

Imported fire ants near the edge of their range: disturbance and moisture determine prevalence and impact of an invasive social insect

Edward G. LeBrun, Robert M. Plowes, Lawrence E. Gilbert · Journal of Animal Ecology · 2012 · 70 citations · Full text

The dilemma of Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus): a valued pasture grass and a highly invasive species

Aaron C. Rhodes, Robert M. Plowes, John A. Goolsby et al. · Biological Invasions · 2021 · 40 citations · Full text

Biodiversity, Guinea Grass, Engineering +8

Introducing Phorid Fly Parasitoids of Red Imported Fire Ant Workers from South America to Texas: Outcomes Vary by Region and by Pseudacteon Species Released

Lawrence E. Gilbert, C. Barr, Alejandro A. Calixto et al. · Southwestern Entomologist · 2008 · 34 citations

Engineering, Insect Conservation, Entomology +16