Rob Dunn

Rob Dunn

Visiting professor


  1. Published

    GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Parr, C. L., Dunn, R. R., Sanders, N., Weiser, M. D., Photakis, M., Bishop, T. R., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Arnan, X., Baccaro, F., Brandao, C. R. F., Chick, L., Donoso, D. A., Fayle, T. M., Gomez, C., Grossman, B., Munyai, T. C., Pacheco, R., Retana, J., Robinson, A., Sagata, K. & 5 others, Silva, R. R., Tista, M., Vasconcelos, H., Yates, M. & Gibb, H., Jan 2017, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 10, 1, p. 5-20 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    A Theory of City Biogeography and the Origin of Urban Species

    Dunn, Rob, Burger, J. R., Carlen, E. J., Koltz, A. M., Light, J. E., Martin, R. A., Munshi-South, J., Nichols, L. M., Vargo, E. L., Yitbarek, S., Zhao, Y. & Cibrián-Jaramillo, A., 2022, In: Frontiers in Conservation Science. 3, 18 p., 761449.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    A global database of ant species abundances

    Gibb, H., Dunn, R. R., Sanders, N., Grossman, B. F., Photakis, M., Abril, S., Agosti, D., Andersen, A. N., Angulo, E., Armbrecht, I., Arnan, X., Baccaro, F. B., Bishop, T. R., Boulay, R., Bruehl, C., Castracani, C., Cerda, X., Del Toro, I., Delsinne, T., Diaz, M. & 53 others, Donoso, D. A., Ellison, A. M., Enríquez, M. L., Fayle, T. M., Feener, D. H. ,. J., Fisher, B. L., Fisher, R. N., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Gómez, C., Gotelli, N. J., Gove, A. D., Grasso, D. A., Groc, S., Guénard, B., Gunawardene, N., Heterick, B., Hoffmann, B., Janda, M., Jenkins, C., Kaspari, M., Klimes, P., Lach, L., Laeger, T., Lattke, J., Leponce, M., Lessard, J., Longino, J., Lucky, A., Luke, S. H., Majer, J. D., McGlynn, T. P., Menke, S., Mezger, D., Mori, A., Moses, J., Munyai, T. C., Pacheco, R., Paknia, O., Pearce-Duvet, J., Pfeiffer, M., Philpott, S. M., Resasco, J., Retana, J., Silva, R. R., Sorger, M. D., Souza, J., Suarez, A. V., Tista, M., Vasconcelos, H. L., Vonshak, M., Weiser, M. D., Yates, M. & Parr, C. L., Mar 2017, In: Ecology. 98, 3, p. 883-884 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    A review of sourdough starters: ecology, practices, and sensory quality with applications for baking and recommendations for future research

    Calvert, M. D., Madden, A. A., Nichols, L. M., Haddad, N. M., Lahne, J., Dunn, Rob & McKenney, E. A., 2021, In: PeerJ. 9, 37 p., e11389.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Abundance of spring- and winter-active arthropods declines with warming

    Fitzgerald, J. L., Stuble, K. L., Nichols, L. M., Diamond, S. E., Wentworth, T. R., Pelini, S. L., Gotelli, N. J., Sanders, N. J., Dunn, Rob & Penick, C. A., Apr 2021, In: Ecosphere. 12, 4, 14 p., e03473.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Ancient and modern genomes unravel the evolutionary history of the rhinoceros family

    Liu, S., Westbury, M. V., Dussex, N., Mitchell, K. J., Sinding, M. H. S., Heintzman, P. D., Duchêne, D. A., Kapp, J. D., von Seth, J., Heiniger, H., Sánchez-Barreiro, F., Margaryan, A., André-Olsen, R., De Cahsan, B., Meng, G., Yang, C., Chen, L., van der Valk, T., Moodley, Y., Rookmaaker, K. & 19 others, Bruford, M. W., Ryder, O., Steiner, C., Sonsbeek, L. G. R. B., Vartanyan, S., Guo, C., Cooper, A., Kosintsev, P., Kirillova, I., Lister, A. M., Marques-Bonet, T., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Dunn, Rob, Lorenzen, Eline, Shapiro, B., KU, thw266, Antoine, P. O., Dalén, L. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2021, In: Cell. 184, 19, p. 4874-4885.e16

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Arthropods of the great indoorssuburban homes: characterizing diversity inside urban and suburban homes

    Bertone, M. A., Leong, M., Bayless, K. M., Malow, T. L. F., Dunn, Rob & Trautwein, M. D., 2016, In: PeerJ. 4, 23 p., e1582.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Azteca ants maintain unique microbiomes across functionally distinct nest chambers

    Lucas, J. M., Madden, A. A., Penick, C. A., Epps, M. J., Marting, P. R., Stevens, J. L., Fergus, D. J., Dunn, Rob & Meineke, E. K., 2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1908, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Beyond thermal limits: comprehensive metrics of performance identify key axes of thermal adaptation in ants

    Penick, C. A., Diamond, S. E., Sanders, N. & Dunn, Rob, May 2017, In: Functional Ecology. 31, 5, p. 1091-1100 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Biodiversity and socioeconomics in the city: a review of the luxury effect

    Leong, M., Dunn, Rob & Trautwein, M. D., 2018, In: Biology Letters. 14, 5, 6 p., 20180082.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Biodiversity gradients in obligate symbiotic organisms: exploring the diversity and traits of lichen propagules across the United States

    Tripp, E. A., Lendemer, J. C., Barberán, A., Dunn, Rob & Fierer, N., 2016, In: Journal of Biogeography. 43, 8, p. 1667-1678 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships on bodies and in buildings

    Dunn, Rob, Reese, A. T. & Eisenhauer, N., 1 Jan 2019, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3, 1, p. 7-9

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Catalyzing rapid discovery of gold-precipitating bacterial lineages with university students

    Riley, N. G., Goller, C. C., Leggett, Z. H., Lewis, D. M., Ciccone, K. & Dunn, Rob, 2020, In: PeerJ. 8, 13 p., 8925.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Children's attitudes towards animals are similar across suburban, exurban, and rural areas

    Schuttler, S. G., Stevenson, K., Kays, R. & Dunn, Rob, 23 Jul 2019, In: PeerJ. 7, 18 p., 7328.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Citizen Science in Schools: Students Collect Valuable Mammal Data for Science, Conservation, and Community Engagement

    Schuttler, S. G., Sears, R. S., Orendain, I., Khot, R., Rubenstein, D., Rubenstein, N., Dunn, Rob, Baird, E., Kandros, K., O'Brien, T. & Kays, R., 2019, In: BioScience. 69, 1, p. 69-79

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Climatic warming destabilizes forest ant communities

    Diamond, S. E., Nichols, L. M., Pelini, S. L., Penick, C. A., Barber, G. W., Cahan, S. H., Dunn, Rob, Ellison, A. M., Sanders, N. & Gotelli, N. J., Oct 2016, In: Science Advances. 2, 10, 9 p., e1600842.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Contemporary climatic analogs for 540 North American urban areas in the late 21st century

    Fitzpatrick, M. C. & Dunn, Rob, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 7 p., 614.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Continental-scale distributions of dust-associated bacteria and fungi

    Barberán, A., Ladau, J., Leff, J. W., Pollard, K. S., Menninger, H. L., Dunn, Rob & Fierer, N., 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 112, 18, p. 5756-5761 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Democratizing evolutionary biology, lessons from insects

    Dunn, Rob & Beasley, D. E., 2016, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 18, p. 89-92 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Disentangling host–microbiota complexity through hologenomics

    Alberdi, Antton, Andersen, Sandra Breum, Limborg, Morten Tønsberg, Dunn, Rob & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2022, In: Nature Reviews Genetics. 23, 5, p. 281-297 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Diversity and evolution of the primate skin microbiome

    Council, S. E., Savage, A. M., Urban, J. M., Ehlers, M. E., Skene, J. H. P., Platt, M. L., Dunn, Rob & Horvath, J. E., 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1822, 8 p., 20152586.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Do Bee Wings Adapt for Flight in Urban Environments?

    Beasley, D. E., Fitzgerald, J. L., Fowler, A., Keleher, K., Lopez-Uribe, M. M. & Dunn, Rob, May 2019, In: Southeastern Naturalist. 18, 2, p. 183-191

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Drivers of Microbiome Biodiversity: A Review of General Rules, Feces, and Ignorance

    Reese, A. T., Dunn, Rob & Mcfall-ngai, M. J. (ed.), Jul 2018, In: mBio. 9, 4, 14 p., e01294-18.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Ecological Analyses of Mycobacteria in Showerhead Biofilms and Their Relevance to Human Health

    Gebert, M. J., Delgado-baquerizo, M., Oliverio, A. M., Webster, T. M., Nichols, L. M., Honda, J. R., Chan, E. D., Adjemian, J., Dunn, Rob, Fierer, N. & Moran, M. A. (ed.), 30 Oct 2018, In: mBio. 9, 5, p. e01614-18

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Ecology of sleeping: the microbial and arthropod associates of chimpanzee beds

    Thoemmes, M. S., Stewart, F. A., Hernandez-aguilar, R. A., Bertone, M. A., Baltzegar, D. A.  ., Borski, R. J., Cohen, N., Coyle, K. P., Piel, A. K. & Dunn, Rob, 2018, In: Royal Society Open Science. 5, 5, 11 p., 180382.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Evolution of the indoor biome

    Martin, L. J., Adams, R. I., Bateman, A., Bik, H. M., Hawks, J., Hird, S. M., Hughes, D., Kembel, S. W., Kinney, K., Kolokotronis, S-O., Levy, G., McClain, C., Meadow, J. F., Medina, R. F., Mhuireach, G., Moreau, C. S., Munshi-South, J., Nichols, L. M., Palmer, C., Popova, L. & 5 others, Schal, C., Täubel, M., Trautwein, M., Ugalde, J. A. & Dunn, Rob, 2015, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 30, 4, p. 223-232 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Exoskeletons and economics: indoor arthropod diversity increases in affluent neighbourhoods

    Leong, M., Bertone, M. A., Bayless, K. M., Dunn, Rob & Trautwein, M. D., 2016, In: Biology Letters. 12, 8, 5 p., 20160322.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Experimental winter warming modifies thermal performance and primes acorn ants for warm weather

    MacLean, H. J., Penick, C. A., Dunn, Rob & Diamond, S. E., Jul 2017, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 100, p. 77-81 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    External immunity in ant societies: sociality and colony size do not predict investment in antimicrobials

    Penick, C. A., Halawani, O., Pearson, B., Mathews, S., López-uribe, M. M., Dunn, Rob & Smith, A. A., 2018, In: Royal Society Open Science. 5, 2, 8 p., 171332.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. E-pub ahead of print

    Field and laboratory guidelines for reliable bioinformatic and statistical analysis of bacterial shotgun metagenomic data

    Aizpurua Arrieta, Ostaizka, Dunn, Rob, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Gilbert, M Thomas P & Alberdi, Antton, 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Critical Reviews in Biotechnology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Flying insect biomass is negatively associated with urban cover in surrounding landscapes

    Svenningsen, C. S., Bowler, D. E., Hecker, S., Bladt, J., Grescho, V., van Dam, N. M., Dauber, J., Eichenberg, D., Ejrnæs, R., Fløjgaard, C., Frenzel, M., Frøslev, T. G., Hansen, A. J., Heilmann-Clausen, J., Huang, Y., Larsen, J. C., Menger, J., Nayan, N. L. B. M., Pedersen, L. B., Richter, A. & 3 others, Dunn, Rob, Tøttrup, Anders P. & Bonn, A., 2022, In: Diversity and Distributions. 28, 6, p. 1242-1254

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Global biogeographic regions in a human-dominated world: the case of human diseases

    Just, M. G., Norton, J. F., Traud, A. L., Antonelli, T., Poteate, A. S., Backus, G. A., Snyder-Beattie, A., Sanders, R. W. & Dunn, Rob, 2014, In: Ecosphere (Washington, D.C.). 5, 11, p. 1-21 21 p., 143.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Global divergence of the human follicle mite Demodex folliculorum: persistent associations between host ancestry and mite lineages

    Palopoli, M. F., Fergus, D. J., Minot, S., Pei, D. T., Simison, W. B., Fernandez-Silva, I., Thoemmes, M. S., Dunn, Rob & Trautwein, M., 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 112, 52, p. 15958-15963 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Heat tolerance predicts the importance of species interaction effects as the climate changes

    Diamond, S. E., Chick, L., Penick, C. A., Nichols, L. M., Cahan, S. H., Dunn, Rob, Ellison, A. M., Sanders, N. J. & Gotelli, N. J., Jul 2017, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57, 1, p. 112-120 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    High variability within pet foods prevents the identification of native species in pet cats' diets using isotopic evaluation

    McDonald, B. W., Perkins, T., Dunn, Rob, McDonald, J., Cole, H., Feranec, R. S. & Kays, R., 2020, In: PeerJ. 8

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    History and Domestication of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Bread Baking

    Lahue, C., Madden, A. A., Dunn, Rob & Smukowski Heil, C., 2020, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 11, p. 1-15 584718.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Human indoor climate preferences approximate specific geographies

    Just, M. G., Nichols, L. M. & Dunn, Rob, 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 3, 10 p., 180695.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Inbreeding tolerance as a pre‐adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis

    Eyer, P., Matsuura, K., Vargo, E. L., Kobayashi, K., Yashiro, T., Suehiro, W., Himuro, C., Yokoi, T., Guénard, B., Dunn, Rob & Tsuji, K., Dec 2018, In: Molecular Ecology. 27, 23, p. 4711-4724

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Inclusion in citizen science: The conundrum of rebranding

    Cooper, C. B., Hawn, C. L., Larson, L. R., Parrish, J. K., Bowser, G., Cavalier, D., Dunn, Rob, Haklay, M., Gupta, K. K., Jelks, N. O., Johnson, V. A., Katti, M., Leggett, Z., Wilson, O. R. & Wilson, S., 2021, In: Science. 372, 6549, p. 1386-1388 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Influences of Ingredients and Bakers on the Bacteria and Fungi in Sourdough Starters and Bread

    Reese, A. T., Madden, A. A., Joossens, M., Lacaze, G. & Dunn, Rob, 2020, In: mSphere. 5, 1, p. 1-15 e00950-19.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Island area, not isolation, drives taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of ants on land-bridge islands

    Zhao, Y., Dunn, Rob, Zhou, H., Si, X. & Ding, P., 2020, In: Journal of Biogeography. 47, 8, p. 1627-1637 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Lactobacilli dominance and vaginal pH: why is the human vaginal microbiome unique?

    Miller, E. A., Beasley, D. E., Dunn, Rob & Archie, E. A., 8 Dec 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 13 p., 1936.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Leveraging natural capital to solve the shared education and conservation crisis

    Stevenson, K. T., Peterson, M. N. & Dunn, Rob, Apr 2018, In: Conservation Biology. 32, 2, p. 490-492 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Life inside an acorn: how microclimate and microbes influence nest organization in Temnothorax ants

    Karlik, J., Epps, M. J., Dunn, Rob & Penick, C. A., Oct 2016, In: Ethology. 122, 10, p. 790-797 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Macroecology to Unite All Life, Large and Small

    Shade, A., Dunn, Rob, Blowes, S. A., Keil, P., Bohannan, B. J. M., Herrmann, M., Küsel, K., Lennon, J. T., Sanders, N. J., Storch, D. & Chase, J., 1 Oct 2018, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 33, 10, p. 731-744

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Nature's chefs: Uniting the hidden diversity of food making and preparing species across the tree of life

    Taylor, B. W., Allf, B., Hopkins, S. R., Irwin, R. E., Jewell, M., Nevo, O., Nichols, L. M., Valerón, N. R., Evans, J. D., Sörensen, P. M. & Dunn, Rob, 2023, In: BioScience. 73, 6, p. 408-421

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Public questions spur the discovery of new bacterial species associated with lignin bioconversion of industrial waste

    Mathews, S. L., Epps, M. J., Blackburn, R. K., Goshe, M. B., Grunden, A. M. & Dunn, Rob, 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 3, 17 p., 180748.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Responses of arthropod populations to warming depend on latitude: evidence from urban heat islands

    Youngsteadt, E., Ernst, A. F., Dunn, Rob & Frank, S. D., Apr 2017, In: Global Change Biology. 23, 4, p. 1436–1447 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Stomatal acclimation to vapour pressure deficit doubles transpiration of small tree seedlings with warming

    Marchin, R. M., Broadhead, A. A., Bostic, L. E., Dunn, Rob & Hoffmann, W. A., 2016, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 39, 10, p. 2221-2234 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Structure and Functional Attributes of Bacterial Communities in Premise Plumbing across the United States

    Webster, T. M., McFarland, A., Gebert, M. J., Oliverio, A. M., Nichols, L. M., Dunn, Rob, Hartmann, E. M. & Fierer, N., 19 Oct 2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 20, p. 14105-14114 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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