Gordon, Debra M.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Deborah M. Gordon is a biologist at Stanford University

Gordon studies ant colony behavior and ecology, with a particular focus on red harvester ants. She focuses on the developing behavior of colonies, even as individual ants change functions within their own lifetimes.

Gordon's fieldwork includes a long-term study of ant colonies in Arizona. She is the author of numerous articles and papers as well as the widely reviewed book Ants at Work for the general public.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Gordon 1984.pdf| Gordon, D.M. 1984. Daily rhythms in social activities of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius. Psyche 90 (1983): 413-424. [6.iv.1984.]]]


 * Gordon, D. M. 1984. Species-specific patterns in the social activities of harvester ant colonies (Pogonomyrmex). Insectes Soc. 31: 74-86
 * [[Media:Pringle et al 2012.pdf| Pringle, E. G.; Ramírez, S. R.; Bonebrake, T. C.; Gordon, D. M.; Dirzo, R. 2012. Diversification and phylogeographic structure in widespread Azteca plant-ants from the northern Neotropics. Molecular Ecology 21:3576-3592.]]