Publications
2023
Keaveny, E.C., Helling, M.R., Basile, F., Strange, J.P., Lozier, J.D., and M.E. Dillon. 2023. Metabolomes of bumble bees reared in common garden conditions suggest constitutive differences in energy and toxin metabolism across populations. Journal of Insect Physiology. View Publication
White, S.A. and M.E. Dillon. 2023. Climate warming and bumble bee declines: the need to consider sub-lethal heat, carry-over effects, and colony compensation. Frontiers in Physiology. View Publication
Christman, M.E., Barkan, N.P., Campion, C., Heraghty, S.D., Keaveny, E.C., Verble, K.M., Waybright, S.A., Dillon, M.E, Lozier, J.D., and J.P. Strange. 2023. It is buzziness time: rearing, mating, and overwintering Bombus vosnesenskii (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Insect Science. View Publication
Barrile, G.M., Bernard, R.F., Wilcox, R.C., Becker, J.A., Dillon, M.E., Thomas-Kuzilik, R.R., Bombaci, S.P., and B.G Merkle. 2023. Equity, community, and accountability: Leveraging a department-level climate survey as a tool for action. Plos one. View Publication
Crawford, M.S., Dority, D.E., Dillon, M.E., and L.M. Tronstad. 2023. Insects are attracted to white wind turbine bases: evidence from turbine mimics. Western North American Naturalist. View Publication
Buckley, L.B., Carrington, E., Dillon, M.E., García-Robledo, C., Roberts, S.B., Wegrzyn, J.L., and M.C. Urban. 2023. Characterizing biological responses to climate variability and extremes to improve biodiversity projections. PLOS Climate. View Publication
Campion, C., Rajamohan, A. and M.E. Dillon. 2023. Sperm can’t take the heat: Short-term temperature exposures compromise fertility of male bumble bees (Bombus impatiens). Journal of Insect Physiology. View Publication
Johnson, M.G., Glass, J.R., Dillon, M.E., and J.F, Harrison. 2023. How will climatic warming affect insect pollinators?. In Advances in Insect Physiology. Academic Press Inc. View Publication
2022
Jeffrey A. Harvey, Kévin Tougeron, Rieta Gols, Robin Heinen, Mariana Abarca, Paul K. Abram, Yves Basset, Matty Berg, Carol Boggs, Jacques Brodeur, Pedro Cardoso, Jetske G. de Boer, Geert R. De Snoo, Charl Deacon, Jane E. Dell, Nicolas Desneux, Michael E. Dillon, Grant A. Duffy, Lee A. Dyer, Jacintha Ellers, Anahí Espíndola, James Fordyce, Matthew L. Forister, Caroline Fukushima, Matthew J. G. Gage, Carlos García-Robledo, Claire Gely, Mauro Gobbi, Caspar Hallmann, Thierry Hance, John Harte, Axel Hochkirch, Christian Hof, Ary A. Hoffmann, Joel G. Kingsolver, Greg P. A. Lamarre, William F. Laurance, Blas Lavandero, Simon R. Leather, Philipp Lehmann, Cécile Le Lann, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Chun-Sen Ma, Gang Ma, Joffrey Moiroux, Lucie Monticelli, Chris Nice, Paul J. Ode, Sylvain Pincebourde, William J. Ripple, Melissah Rowe, Michael J. Samways, Arnaud Sentis, Alisha A. Shah, Nigel Stork, John S. Terblanche, Madhav P. Thakur, Matthew B. Thomas, Jason M. Tylianakis, Joan Van Baaren, Martijn Van de Pol, Wim H. Van der Putten, Hans Van Dyck, Wilco C. E. P. Verberk, David L. Wagner, Wolfgang W. Weisser, William C. Wetzel, H. Arthur Woods, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Steven L. Chown. 2022. Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects. Ecological Monographs. View Publication
Keaveny, E.C. and M.E. Dillon. 2022. Phat Queens Emerge Fashionably Late: Body Size and Condition Predict Timing of Spring Emergence for Queen Bumble Bees. Insects. View Publication
Alston, J. M., Dillon, M. E., Keinath, D. A., Abernethy, I. M., & J. R. Goheen. 2022. Daily torpor reduces the energetic consequences of microhabitat selection for a widespread bat. Ecology. View Publication
Keaveny, E.C., Waybright, S.A., Rusch, T.W. and M.E. Dillon. 2022. Supercooling points of freeze-avoiding bumble bees vary with caste and queen life stage. Journal of Thermal Biology. View Publication
2021
Lozier, J.D., Parsons, Z.M., Rachoki, L., Jackson, J.M., Pimsler, M.L., Oyen, K.J., Strange, J., and M.E. Dillon. 2021. Divergence in Body Mass, Wing Loading, and Population Structure Reveals Species-Specific and Potentially Adaptive Trait Variation Across Elevations in Montane Bumble Bees. Insect Systematics and Diversity. View Publication
Walter, R.M., Rinehart, J.P., Dillon, M.E., and K.J. Greenlee. 2021. Size constrains oxygen delivery capacity within but not between bumble bee castes. Journal of Insect Physiology. View Publication
Oyen, K.J., Jardine, L.E., Parsons, Z.M., Herndon, J.D., Strange, J.P., Lozier, J.D. and M.E. Dillon. 2021. Body mass and sex, not local climate, drive differences in chill coma recovery times in common garden reared bumble bees. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. View Publication
Pincebourde, S., Dillon, M.E., and H.A. Woods. 2021. Body size determines the thermal coupling between insects and plant surfaces. Functional Ecology. View Publication
Woods, H.A., Pincebourde, S., Dillon, M.E. and J.S. Terblanche. 2021. Extended phenotypes: buffers or amplifiers of climate change? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. View Publication
Hotaling, S., Shah, A.A., Dillon, M.E., Giersch, J.J., Tronstad, L.M., Finn, D.S., Woods, H.A. and J.L. Kelley. 2021. Cold tolerance of mountain stoneflies (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from the high Rocky Mountains. Western North American Naturalist. View Publication
2020
Pimsler, M.L., Oyen, K.J., Herndon, J.D., Jackson, J.M., Strange, J.P., Dillon, M.E. and J.D. Lozier. 2020. Biogeographic parallels in thermal tolerance and gene expression variation under temperature stress in a widespread bumble bee. Scientific reports. View Publication
Shah, A.A., Dillon, M.E., Hotaling, S. and H.A. Woods. 2020. High elevation insect communities face shifting ecological and evolutionary landscapes. Current opinion in insect science. View Publication
Hotaling, S., Shah, A.A., McGowan, K.L., Tronstad, L.M., Giersch, J.J., Finn, D.S., Woods, H.A., Dillon, M.E. and J.L. Kelley. 2020. Mountain stoneflies may tolerate warming streams: evidence from organismal physiology and gene expression. Global Change Biology. View Publication
Jackson, J.M., Pimsler, M.L., Oyen, K.J., Strange, J.P., Dillon, M.E. and J.D. Lozier. 2020. Local adaptation across a complex bioclimatic landscape in two montane bumble bee species. Molecular ecology. View Publication
Combes, S.A., Gagliardi, S.F., Switzer, C.M. and M.E. Dillon. 2020. Kinematic flexibility allows bumblebees to increase energetic efficiency when carrying heavy loads. Science advances. View Publication
2019
Dillon, M.E. and J.D. Lozier. 2019. Adaptation to the abiotic environment in insects: the influence of variability on ecophysiology and evolutionary genomics. Current Opinion in Insect Science. View Publication
Reade, A. J., Dillon, M., and D. Naug. 2019. Spare to share? How does interindividual variation in metabolic rate influence food sharing in the honeybee? Journal of Insect Physiology. View Publication
Giri, S., Giri, B., and M.E. Dillon. 2019. An optimized approach for extraction and quantification of energy reserves in differentially fed bumble bees (Bombus). Journal of Apiculture Research. View Publication
2018
Jackson, J.M., Pimsler, M.L., Oyen, K.J., Koch-Uhuad, J.B., Herndon, J.D., Strange, J.P., Dillon M.E. and J.D. Lozier. 2018. Distance, elevation, and environment as drivers of diversity and divergence in bumble bees across latitude and altitude. Molecular Ecology. View Publication
Oyen, K.J and M.E. Dillon. 2018. Critical thermal limits of bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) are marked by stereotypical behaviors and are unchanged by acclimation, age or feeding status. Journal of Experimental Biology. View Publication
Giri, S., Rule, D.C. and M.E. Dillon. 2018. Fatty acid composition in native bees: Associations with thermal and feeding ecology. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. View Publication
2017
Gunderson, A.R., Dillon, M.E. and J.H. Stillman. 2017. Estimating the benefits of plasticity in ectotherm heat tolerance under natural thermal variability. Functional Ecology. View Publication
Rader, J.A., Newsome, S.D., Sabat, P., Chesser, R.T., Dillon, M.E., and C. Martinez del Rio. 2017. Isotopic niches support the research breadth hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology. View Publication
Elzay, S.D.P., Tronstad, L. and M.E. Dillon. 2017. Chapter 5: Terrestrial Invertebrates. In: Wildlife and Wind Farms: Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 1: Onshore Potential Effects. Pelagic Publishing, London, UK. 220 pp. ISBN:9781784271190. View Publication
Martinez del Rio, C. and M.E. Dillon. 2017. Sweet relief for pollinators. Science. View Publication
2016
Oyen, K.J., Giri, S. and M.E. Dillon. 2016. Altitudinal variation in bumbe bee (Bombus) critical thermal limits. Journal of Thermal Biology. View Publication
Dillon, M.E. and H.A. Woods. 2016. Introduction to the Symposium: Beyond the Mean: Biological Impacts of Changing Patterns of Temperature Variation, Integrative and Comparative Biology. View Publication
Dillon, M.E., Woods, H.A., Wang, G., Fey, S.B., Vasseur, D.A., Telemeco, R.S., Marshall, K. and S. Pincebourde. 2016. Life in the Frequency Domain: the Biological Impacts of Changes in Climate Variability at Multiple Time Scales, Integrative and Comparative Biology. View Publication
Sheldon, K.S. and M.E. Dillon. 2016. Beyond the Mean: Biological Impacts of Cryptic Temperature Change, Integrative and Comparative Biology. View Publication
Lozier, J.D., Jackson, J.M., Dillon M.E. and J.P. Strange. 2016. Population genomics of divergence among extreme and intermediate color forms in a polymorphic insect. Ecology and Evolution. View Publication
2015
Woods, H.A., Dillon, M.E., and S. Pincebourde. 2015. The roles of microclimate diversity and behavior in mediating the respones of ectotherms to climate change. Journal of Thermal Biology. View Publication
McDonald, D.B. and M.E. Dillon. 2015. Temporal changes in dominance networks and other behavior sequences. In: Animal Social Networks: Perspectives and Challenges. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. View Publication
Rader, J.A., Dillon, M.E., Chesser, T., Sabat, P., and Carlos Martinez del Rio. 2015. Morphological divergence in a continental adaptive radiation: South American ovenbirds of the genus Cinclodes. The Auk. View Publication
2014
Wang, G., and M.E. Dillon. 2014. Recent convergence in diurnal and annual temperature cycling flattens global thermal profiles. Nature Climate Change. View publication
Vogt, J.R., Dillon, M.K., and M.E. Dillon. 2014. Tracheole investment does not vary with body size among bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) sisters. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry A 174:56-61. View publication
Dillon, M.E. and R. Dudley. 2014. Surpassing Mt. Everest: extreme flight performance fo alpine bumble-bees. Biology Letters 10(2):20130922. View publication
2013
Dillon, M.E. and M.R. Frazier. 2013. Thermodynamics constrains allometric scaling of optimal development time in insects. PLoS ONE 8(12):e84308. View publication
Vogt, J.R. and M.E. Dillon. 2013. Allometric scaling of tracheal morphology among bumblebee sisters (Apidae: Bombus): compensation for oxygen limitation at large body sizes? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86(5): 576-587. View publication
Shaha, R.K., Vogt, J.R., Han, C.S., and M.E. Dillon. 2013. A micro-CT approach for determination of insect respiratory volume. Arthropod Structure and Development 42:437-442. View publication
1999 – 2012
Dillon, M.E., R. Liu, G. Wang, and R.B. Huey. 2012. Disentangling thermal preference and the thermal dependence of motion in ectotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology 37: 631-639. View publication
Dillon, M. E., Wang, G., and R. B. Huey. 2010. Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming. Nature 467:704-706. View publication
Dillon, M. E., Wang, G., Garrity, P. A., and R. B. Huey. 2009. Thermal preference in Drosophila. Journal of Thermal Biology 34(3):109-119. View publication
Dillon, M. E., Cahn, L. R. Y. and R. B. Huey. 2007. Life history consequences of temperature transients in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:2897-2904. View publication
Dillon, M. E. and M. R. Frazier. 2006. Drosophila locomotion in cold, thin air. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:364-371. View publication
Dillon, M. E., Frazier, M. R. and R. Dudley. 2006. Into thin air: physiology and evolution of alpine insects. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46:49-61. View publication
Dillon, M. E. and R. Dudley. 2004. Allometry of maximum vertical force production during hovering flight of neotropical orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of Experimental Biology 207:417-425. View publication
Huey, R. B., X. Eguskitza, and M. E. Dillon. 2001. Mountaineering in thin air. R. C. Roach, P. D. Wagner, and P. H. Hackett, eds., Hypoxia 2001. pp. 225-236. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, N.Y. View publication
Dillon, M. E. and Fiano, J. 2000. Oviposition site selection by the tungara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus). Copeia 2000:883-885. View publication
Chai, P., Altshuler, D. L., Stephens, D. B. and M. E. Dillon. 1999. Maximal horizontal flight performance of hummingbirds: Effects of body mass and molt. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72:145-155.