David Foote
United States Geological Survey
18 Papers
101 Citations
David Foote is an academic researcher from United States Geological Survey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vespula pensylvanica & National park. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 18 publications.
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Papers
A review of the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae and their host plants
TL;DR: The known ecological associations of 326 species of endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae are examined in light of the phylogenetic relationships of these species to suggest that the long-accepted belief of strict ecological specialization in this group does not hold for all taxa.
Invasive species management restores a plant–pollinator mutualism in Hawaii
TL;DR: The restoration of plant-pollinator mutualisms following the large-scale removal of an invasive nectar thief and arthropod predator, Vespula pensylvanica, demonstrates the diverse impacts of introduced species on ecological function and the ambiguous role they play in restoration.
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Phylogeographic patterns of Hawaiian Megalagrion damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) correlate with Pleistocene island boundaries.
TL;DR: It is proposed that repeated bottlenecks on Maui Nui caused by sea level change and restricted habitat availability are likely responsible for low genetic diversity there, and an island analogue to northern genetic purity and southern diversity is proposed, whereby islands with little suitable habitat exhibit genetic purity while islands with more exhibit genetic diversity.
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Colony social structure in native and invasive populations of the social wasp Vespula pensylvanica
Cause Hanna,Erin D. Cook,Ariel R. Thompson,Lyndzey E. Dare,Amanda L. Palaski,David Foote,Michael A. D. Goodisman +6 more
TL;DR: The differences in social structure observed in invasive V. pensylvanica parallel those in other, distantly related invasive social insects, suggesting that insect societies often develop similar social phenotypes upon introduction into new habitats.
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Modeling the impacts of global warming on predation and biotic resistance: mosquitoes, damselflies and avian malaria in Hawaii
P.H.F. Hobbelen,P.H.F. Hobbelen,Michael D. Samuel,David Foote,Lori K. Tango,Dennis A. LaPointe +5 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the strength of biotic resistance of native predators on invasive prey may decrease with increasing temperature because demographic rates of predator and prey are differentially affected by temperature.
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