Sarah Bengston

Education

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona Tucson Arizona

B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville TN

Journal Articles

Rahman, N., & Bengston, S. (2024). Decoupled trade-offs: higher survival rates in ants from fast pace-of-life colonies. Insectes Sociaux,

Bengston, S., Dornhaus, A., & Rabeling, C. (2024). The discovery of mixed colonies in Temnothorax ants supports the territoriality hypothesis of dulotic social parasite evolution in myrmicine ants. Insectes Sociaux,

Bengston, S. E., Dahan, R., & Waters, J. (2024). A test of the physiological constraint hypothesis for the evolution of Pace-of-Life Syndromes. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology ,

Aiello, J., Almaghrabi, M., & Bengston, S. (2024). The Neighbor Effect: territorial aggression and defense in ant colonies. In Progress.

Morales, M., & Bengston, S. (2024). Dear Enemies or Nasty Neighbors? Ants flexibly adjust aggression towards neighboring colonies based on the outcome of prior conflicts. In Progress.

Jandt, J., Bengston, S., & Toth, A. (2024). Social environment affects personality in Polistes wasps. . In Progress.

(2023). The discovery of mixed colonies in Temnothorax ants supports the territoriality hypothesis of dulotic social parasite evolution in myrmicine ants. BioRxiv,

(2023). Older, but not wiser: social wasp colony defensive behavior decreases with time, not experience. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 70(1). 81-96.

Bengston, S., Dahan, R. A., Donaldson, Z., Phelps, S. M., van Oers, K., Sih, A., & Bell, A. M. (2018). Genomic tools for behavioural ecologists to understand repeatable individual differences in behaviour. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(6). 944-955.

Bengston, S. (2018). Life-history and behavioral trait covariation across 3 years in Temnothorax ants. Behavioral Ecology, 29(6). 1494-1501.

Bengston, S., Shin, M., & Dornhaus, A. (2016). Life-history strategy and behavioral type: risk-tolerance reflects growth rate and energy allocation in ant colonies. Oikos, 126(4). 556-564.

Bengston, S., & Dornhaus, A. (2015). Latitudinal variation in behaviors linked to risk tolerance is driven by nest-site competition and spatial distribution in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(8). 1265 - 1274.

Bengston, S., Pruitt, J. N., & Riechert, S. E. (2014). Differences in environmental enrichment generate contrasting behavioural syndromes in a basal spider lineage. Animal Behaviour, 93. 105-110.

Bibbs, C. S., Bengston, S., & Gouge, D. H. (2014). Exploration of Refuge Preference in the Arizona Bark Scorpion (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Environmental Entomology , 43(5). 1345-1353.

Bengston, S., & Dornhaus, A. (2014). Be meek or be bold? A colony-level behavioural syndrome in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1791). 20140518.

Westling, J. N., Harrington, K., Bengston, S., & Dornhaus, A. (2014). Morphological differences between extranidal and intranidal workers in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus, but no effect of body size on foraging distance. Insectes Sociaux, 61(4). 367--369.

Bibbs, C. S., Bengston, S., & Gouge, D. H. (2014). Activity trends and movement distances in the Arizona bark scorpion (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Environmental Entomology , 43(6). 1613-1620.

Bengston, S., & Jandt, J. M. (2014). The development of collective personality: the ontogenetic drivers of behavioral variation across groups. Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology, 2. 81.

Jandt, J. M., Bengston, S., Pinter-Wollman, N., Pruitt, J. N., Raine, N. E., Dornhaus, A., & Sih, A. (2014). Behavioural syndromes and social insects: personality at multiple levels. Biological Reviews , 89(1). 48-67.

Bengston, S., & Dornhaus, A. (2013). Colony size does not predict foraging distance in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus: a puzzle for standard scaling models. Insectes Sociaux, 60(1). 93--96.

Dornhaus, A., Powell, S., & Bengston, S. (2012). Group size and its effects on collective organization. Annual Review of Entomology , 57. 123-141.

Presentations

Bengston, S., & Rahman, N. (2024, October 28). Multi-level selection in Temnothorax ants may result in decoupled life-history trade-offs.. Ecological Society of America. Phoenix, Arizona: ESA. In Progress.

Bengston, S., & Rahman, N. (2024, August 28). Multi-level selection in Temnothorax ants may result in decoupled life-history trade-offs.. International Union of the Study of Social Insects North American Section. Prescott, Arizona, USA: IUSSI.

Bengston, S. Tracking an Evolutionary Bifurcation in Action. The Biogeography of Behavior. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK: National Science Foundation.

Bengston, S. (2020, July 31). Tiered trade-offs: Colonies balance life-history trade-offs across levels of organization. Animal Behavior. digital: Animal Behavior Society.

Bengston, S. E., Dahan, R., & Rabeling , C. (2018, December 31). Pace - of - life variation in ant colonies. International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Sao Paulo, Brazil: IUSSI.

Bengston, S. E., Dornhaus , A., & Rabeling, C. (2018, December 31). A new case of social parasitism in ants and the effects on between species interactions. International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Sao Paulo, Brazil: IUSSI.

Bengston, S. E. (2017, December 31). Invited symposium speaker: Behavioral Biodiversity. Animal Behavior Society. Toronto, Canada: Animal Behavior Society.

Bengston, S. E., Dahan, R., & Rabeling , C. (2017, December 31). Pace - of - life variation in ant colonies. Animal Behavior Society. Toronto, Canada: Animal Behavior Society.

Bengston, S. E., Dornhaus , A., & Rabeling, C. (2016, December 31). A new case of social parasitism in ants and the effects on between species interactions. Animal Behavior Society. Columbia, Missouri

Bengston, S. E., Dornhaus , A., & Rabeling, C. (2016, December 31). A new case of social parasitism in ants and the effects on between species interactions. International Conference for Entomology. Orlando, Florida: ICE.

Bengston, S. E., Dornhaus, A., & Rabeling, C. (2016, December 31). Facultative social parasitism in Temnothorax supports the territoriality hypothesis.. International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Orland, Florida: IUSSI.

Bengston, S. E., & Dornhaus, A. (2015, December 31). Life history strategy and behavioral type: Risk-tolerance reflects growth rate and energy allocation.. Animal Behavior Society. Anchorage, Alaska: Animal Behavior Society.

Bengston , S. E. (2014, December 31). Competition and crowding affects group level risk taking.. Mind Brain and Behavior. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.

Bengston , S. E. (2014, December 31). Be meek or be bold? A colony-level behavioral syndrome.. International Society of Behavioral Ecology. New York, NY: ISBE.

Bengston, S. E. (2014, December 31). Collective behavior and personality. Behavioral variation across multiple scales.. Life in the Aggregate. HHMI: Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Bengston, S. E., & Dornhaus, A. (2013, December 31). Colony level behavioral syndromes: Personality across multiple scales.. Animal Behavior Society. Boulder, CO: Animal Behavior Society.

Bengston, S. E. (2012, December 31). Ecological context, not colony size, affects foraging behavior in the ant Temnothorax rugatlus.. International Society of Behavioral Ecology. Lund, Sweden: ISBE.

Bengston, S. E., & Dornhaus, A. (2012, December 31). Environment, not colony size, affects foraging distance in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus.. Animal Behavior Society. Albuquerque, NM: Animal Behavior Society.

Bengston, S. E., & Dornhaus, A. (2012, December 31). Colony Personalities: Behavioral syndromes in social insects. International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Greensboro, NC: IUSSI.

Reviews

Bengston, S., Jandt, J., & Dornhaus, A. (2011,December 1). Food exploitation by social insects: ecological, behavioral, and theoretical approaches.. Chicago, IL,United States: Quarterly Review of Biology.

Research Currently in Progess

Bengston, S., & Keiser, C. N.(n.d.). Intermediate Disturbance as a Mediator of Behavioral Biodiversity. In Progress.

Bengston, S., Rabeling, C., & Dahan, R.(n.d.). Evolutionary Bifurcation of Social Parasitism. In Progress.

Bengston, S.(n.d.). Pace-of-Life Syndrome evolution across levels of biological evolution. In Progress.

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