Scott E. Solomon

Evolution of cold-tolerant fungal symbionts permits winter fungiculture by leafcutter ants at the northern frontier of a tropical ant–fungus symbiosis

Ulrich G. Mueller, Alexander S. Mikheyev, Eunki Hong et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 129 citations

Paleodistributions and Comparative Molecular Phylogeography of Leafcutter Ants (Atta spp.) Provide New Insight into the Origins of Amazonian Diversity

Scott E. Solomon, Maurício Bacci, Joaquim Martins et al. · PLoS ONE · 2008 · 112 citations · Full text

Species Ranges, Comparative Molecular Phylogeography, Social Sciences +17

Phylogenetic patterns of ant–fungus associations indicate that farming strategies, not only a superior fungal cultivar, explain the ecological success of leafcutter ants

Ulrich G. Mueller, Melissa R. Kardish, Heather D. Ishak et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2018 · 101 citations

Botany, Genetics, Entomology +16

The molecular phylogenetics of <i>Trachymyrmex</i> Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher‐attine’ ant agriculture

Scott E. Solomon, Christian Rabeling, Jeffrey Sosa‐Calvo et al. · Systematic Entomology · 2019 · 79 citations · Full text

Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants

Ulrich G. Mueller, Heather D. Ishak, Sofia M. Bruschi et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2017 · 73 citations

Genetics, Entomology, South America +16