Research Interests

I am currently working on my PhD studying the spatial distribution of social insects inside their nest with Dr. Anna Dornhaus. My research focuses on bumblebees (Bombus impatiens, shown below), but I am interested in expanding my research to include spatial dynamics among social wasps as well as investigating foraging patterns of native Southwest bees. I came to Tucson from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a Master’s degree in Entomology. While there, I studied foraging behavior and communication among social yellowjacket wasps. The picture to the right shows me dismantling a structure that my yellowjacket colony had built outside of their artificial nest entrance.

Publications

• Jandt, J. M., Riel, L., Crain, B., Jeanne, R. L. 2005. Vespula germanica foragers do not scent-mark carbohydrate food sites. Journal of Insect Behavior 18: 19-31.
  
  
• Jandt, J. M., Jeanne, R. L. 2005. German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) foragers use odors inside the nest to find carbohydrate food sources. Ethology 111: 641-651.
  
  
• Jandt, J. M., Curry, C., Hemauer, S., Jeanne, R. L. 2005. The accumulation of a chemical cue: Nest entrance trail in the German yellowjacket, Vespula germanica. Naturwissenschaften 92: 242-245.

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Contact Info

Jennifer Jandt
jandt@email.arizona.edu
BioSciences West 112
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
P. O. Box 210088
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

Last updated: January 9, 2006
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