Department of Environmental Sciences
2801
Toledo, OH 43606,
USA
Phone:
419-530-2578, FAX: 419-530-4421
http://homepages.utoledo.edu/sphilpo/Home.html
agroecology,
biodiversity, community ecology, conservation, insects, tropical biology, urban
ecology
2006 – present, Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Environmental Sciences,
2006 – present, Research Associate, Smithsonian
Institution,
2004 – 2006, Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian
Institution, Migratory
2004 Ph.D.,
1995 B.S.,
Other Relevant Classes
2006
2006
2004
GRANTS
In preparation for
submission
NSF – Ecological Biology, “Testing
multiple hypotheses of community assembly in a tropical insect: Arboreal twig-nesting ants in coffee
agroecosystems” (PI)
Received
L’Óreal
Smithsonian
Institution Research Award, “A bi-regional
comparison of sustainable coffee certification:
developing conservation strategies for
Smithsonian “Bird-friendly” Research Fund, “A bi-regional
comparison of sustainable coffee certification:
developing conservation strategies for
Block Grant,
Rackham Discretionary
Funds Award,
Helen Olsen Brower
Memorial Fellowship in Environmental Sciences, “The current and potential effects of ants and ant diversity on
herbivores in coffee agroecosystems” (2002, PI, $6023)
Rackham Dissertation
Thesis Grant,
Sokol International
Research Fellowship, “Towards sustainable production: The role of
ants as predators in coffee agroecosystems in
Block Grant,
Latin American and
Caribbean Studies Field Research Grant,
Block Grant,
Latin American and
Caribbean Studies Field Research Grant,
Patrick Stewart Human
Rights Scholarship, Amnesty International, “Accompanying
human rights activists in
TRAVEL AWARDS
2007 Kohler
International Travel Grant,
2006 Kohler
International Travel Grant,
2004 International Institute Travel Grant,
2004
2002
FELLOWSHIPS
2006 Earth Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship,
2006 American Association
for University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
2004 Smithsonian
Institution Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2 years, $66,400)
1999 National Science
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (3 year, $90,000)
1998 Regent’s Fellowship,
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed publications (published or in press)
1. Chazdon RL, Harvey CA, Komar O, van
Bruegel M, Ferguson BG, Griffith D, Martínez-Ramos M, Morales H,
Nigh R, Soto-Pinto L, Philpott SM. (in
press) Beyond reserves: A Research agenda for conserving biodiversity in
tropical cultural landscapes. Biotropica
2. De la Mora A*, Livingston G*,
Philpott SM. (in press) Arboreal ant
abundance and leaf miner damage in coffee agroecosystems. Biotropica
3.
Philpott SM, Arendt W, Armbrecht
I, Bichier P, Dietsch T, Gordon C, Greenberg R, Perfecto I, Soto-Pinto L,
Tejeda-Cruz C, Williams G, Valenzuela J. (in press) Biodiversity
loss in Latin American coffee landscapes:
reviewing evidence on ants, birds, and trees. Conservation
Biology
4. Philpott SM, Perfecto I, Vandermeer
J, Uno S. (in press) Spatial scale and density dependence in a host parasitoid
system: an arboreal ant, Azteca
instabilis and its Pseudacteon
phorid parasitoid. Environmental
Entomology
5. Dietsch TV, Philpott
SM. (2008) Linking consumers to sustainability: Incorporating science into
eco-friendly certification. Globalizations
5: 247-258
6. Greenberg R, Perfecto
I, and Philpott SM. (2008) Agroforestry
systems as model systems for tropical ecology.
Special Feature in Ecology 89:
913-914
7. Philpott
SM, Bichier P, Rice, R, and Greenberg, R. (2008) Biodiversity, yields, and
farmer incomes in coffee agroecosystems:
implications for ecological and economic sustainability in Sumatra,
Indonesia. Biodiversity and Conservation 17:
1805-1820
8. Philpott SM, Lin BB, Jha S, Brines SA.
(2008) A multi-scale assessment of hurricane impacts based on land-use and
topographic features. Agriculture,
Ecosystems, & Environment 128: 12-20
9. Philpott SM, Perfecto I, Vandermeer J. (2008) Behavioral diversity of predatory ants
in coffee agroecosystems. Environmental
Entomology 37: 181-191
10. Philpott SM, Perfecto I, Vandermeer J. (2008) Effects
of predatory ants on lower trophic levels across a gradient of coffee
management complexity. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 505-511
11. VanBael SA, Philpott SM, Greenberg, R, Bichier P, Barber N, Mooney KA,
Gruner D. (2008) Birds as top predators
across natural and managed systems. Special Feature in Ecology 89: 928-934
12.
Vandermeer, J, Perfecto, I, Philpott SM. (2008) Clusters of ant colonies
and robust criticality in a tropical agroecosystem. Nature 451: 457-460
13.
Delabie JHC, Jahyn B, Cardoso de Nascimento I, Mariano CSF, Lacau S, Campiolo
S, Schroth G, Philpott SM, Leponce, M. (2007) Contribution of cocoa plantations
to the conservation of native ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a
special emphasis on the tropical Atlantic fauna of southern Bahia, Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation 16: 2359–2384
14. Dunn RR, Sanders NJ, Fitzpatrick
MC, Laurent E, Lessard JP, Agosti D, Andersen A, Bruhl C, Cerda X, Ellison A,
Fisher B, Gibb H, Gotelli N, Gove A, Guenard B, Janda M, Kaspari M, Longino JT,
Majer J, McGlynn TP, Menke S, Parr C, Philpott S, Pfeiffer M, Retana J, Suarez
A, Vasconcelos H. (2007) Global Ant Biodiversity and Biogeography--A New
Database and its Possibilities. Myrmelogical
News 10: 77-83
15. Philpott
SM, Bichier P, Rice, R, and Greenberg, R. (2007) Field testing ecological and economic benefits of coffee
certification programs. Conservation
Biology 21: 975-985
16. Jedlicka J, Greenberg R, Perfecto I,
Philpott S, Dietsch, T (2006) Seasonal foraging niche shifts of tropical avian
residents: resource competition at work? Journal
of Tropical Ecology 22: 385-395
17. Philpott SM (2006) Ant patchiness: a
spatially quantitative test in coffee agroecosystems.
Naturwissenschaften 93: 386-392
18. Philpott SM, Armbrecht I
(2006) Biodiversity in tropical agroforests and the
ecological role of ants and ant diversity in predatory function. Ecological
Entomology 31: 369-377
19. Philpott SM, Perfecto I, Vandermeer J (2006) Effects
of management system and season on arboreal ant diversity and abundance in
coffee agroecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 139-155
20. Philpott SM, Uno S, Maldonado J (2006) The importance
of ants and high-shade management to coffee pollination and yield in
21. Philpott SM (2005) Trait-mediated effects of parasitic phorid flies (Diptera:
Phoridae) on ant (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) competition and resource access in coffee
agroecosystems. Environmental Entomology 34: 1089-1094
22. Philpott SM (2005) Effects of shade tree pruning on
arboreal ants in coffee agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems 64:
219-224
23. Philpott SM, Foster PF (2005) Nest-site limitation in
coffee agroecosystems: artificial nests
promote maintenance of arboreal ant diversity. Ecological Applications 15: 1478–1485
24. Philpott SM, Greenberg R, Bichier P (2005) The influence of ants on the foraging behavior of birds in an
agroforest. Biotropica 37: 467-470
25. Dietsch T, Philpott SM, Rice R, Greenberg R, Bichier P (2004) Conservation
policy in coffee landscapes. Science 303:365
26. Philpott SM, Greenberg R, Bichier P, Perfecto I
(2004) Impacts of major predators on tropical agroforest arthropods:
comparisons within and across taxa. Oecologia 140:140-149
27. Philpott SM, Maldonado J, Vandermeer J, Perfecto I
(2004) Taking trophic cascades up a level:
behaviorally-modified effects of phorid flies on ants and ant prey in
coffee agroecosystems. Oikos 105: 141-147
28. Philpott SM, Dietsch T (2003) Coffee and
conservation: a global context and
farmer involvement. Conservation Biology 17:1844-1846
29. Vandermeer J, Perfecto I, Ibarra-Nunez
G, Philpott S, Garcia-Ballinas
JA (2002) Ants (Azteca sp.) as potential biological control agents in
organic shade coffee production in Southern Chiapas, Mexico: Complication of indirect effects. Agroforestry
Systems 56:271-276
Manuscripts in
revisions (available on request)
1. Friedrich R*,
Philpott SM. Nest-site limitation and nesting resources of ants (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) in urban green spaces. (Environmental
Entomology)
2.
Philpott SM, Soong O, Lowenstein J, Pulido AL, Tobar-Lopez D, de Clerck
FD. Functional traits and ecosystem
services: Bird predation on arthropods in tropical agroecosystems (Ecological Applications)
Manuscripts in
review (available on request)
1. Mathis KA*,
Philpott SM, Moreira, R. Parasite
lost: Chemical and visual cues used by Pseudacteon
in search of Azteca instabilis. (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology)
Manuscripts in preparation (available on request)
1. Bobak A*,
Philpott SM. Arthropods in urban gardens: Comparing diversity and abundance in
three microhabitats. (Journal of
Agricultural and Urban Entomology, submission Aug ’08)
2. Dunn RR, Sanders NJ, Menke SB, Weiser MD,
Fitzpatrick MC, Agosti D, Andersen
A, Bruhl C, Cerda X, Ellison A, Fisher B, Gibb H, Gotelli N, Gove A, Guenard B,
Janda M, Kaspari M, Laurent EJ, Longino JT, Majer J, McGlynn TP, Parr C,
Philpott S, Pfeiffer M, Retana J, Suarez A, Vasconcelos H. The Hemispheric asymmetry in diversity is not
explained by temperature — a global analysis with ground-foraging ants (Proceedings of the Royal Society,
submission Sept ’08)
3. Livingston G*, Philpott SM. Neutral
and niche assembly across a resource gradient; empirical insights from a
diverse community of tropical arboreal ants (Ecology, submission Aug ’08)
4.
Philpott SM. Effects of a dominant arboreal ant on twig-nesting ant diversity
and nest establishment (Ecology,
submission Oct ‘08)
5.
Uno S, Cotton J, Philpott SM. Ants in the city: effects of habitat characteristics and urbanization on
ant diversity and abundance in urban green spaces (Biodiversity and Conservation, submission Sept ’08)
Book Chapters,
Editorials, and Book reviews
1. Greenberg
R, Perfecto I, Philpott SM. (2008). Brewing Biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6: 115
2. Vandermeer J,
Perfecto I, Philpott SM, Chappel
MJ (2008) Reenfocando la
conservación en el paisaje: la importancia de la matriz. Pages
75-104 in: Saenz J, Harvey C, editors. Biodiversidad
en Paisajes Fragmentados de Mesoamérica. CATIE,
3. Perfecto,
I, Armbrecht, I, Philpott SM, Soto-Pinto L, Dietsch TV, (2007) Shaded coffee
and the stability of rainforest margins in
4. Philpott S (2003) Book Review: The failure of
modern agriculture and hope for the future. Endangered Species
Update 20:194-198
5. Philpott
SM, Perfecto I, Armbrecht I, Parr C (in revisions) Disturbance and habitat transformation.
In: L. Lach, C. Parr, K. Abbott,
editors. Ant Ecology.
*
Indicates undergraduate students and other advisees
INVITED TALKS
Philpott SM (2008) Impactos
de Huracán Stan en el Soconusco: un análisis a múltiples escalas, ECOSUR –
Philpott SM (2008) Esquemas de certificación de café: ¿promoviendo la
vida campesina y la biodiversidad? Foro Bosques,
Agricultura y Sociedad: Cultivando Nuevas Alianzas. San Cristobal de las Casas,
Chiapas, Mexico
Philpott SM (2008) Biodiversity and
ecosystem services in coffee agroecosystems. Specialty Coffee Association of
Philpott SM (2008) A multi-scale
assessment of hurricane impacts in agricultural landscapes. Department of
Geography and Planning,
Philpott SM (2008). Biodiversity and
ecosystem services in the coffee agroecosystem. Department of E3B,
Philpott SM, VanBael S, Greenberg R,
Bichier P, Mooney KA, Barber NA, Gruner DS (2007) Birds as predators in tropical agroforests. Organized Oral Session on Tropical
Agroforests as Model Systems for Ecology. Annual Meeting of the Ecological
Society of
Uno S, Lin BB, Philpott SM (2007) Ecological and
economic services in coffee agroecosystems. Organized Oral Session on Agricultural landscapes: Critical for
biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of
Philpott, SM Perfecto, I (2007) Biodiversity,
Ecological, and Economic Services in Coffee
Agroecosystems. Symposium on Managing
Tropical Agricultural Landscapes to Enhance Biodiversity. Annual Meeting of the
Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation,
Philpott, SM (2007) Conservation,
biodiversity, and ant community ecology in coffee agroecosystems, Department of
Biological Sciences,
Philpott, SM (2006) Café,
Coberatura, Producción y Biodiversidad: una meta-análisis de patrones en
cafetales latinoamericanos, Project Corridor Working Group, CATIE, Costa Rica
Philpott, SM, Armbrecht, I, Perfecto, I, (2006) Ant community
ecology in the coffee agroecosystem, Ant Community Ecology Symposium,
International Union for the Study of Social Insects, 2006 Congress
Philpott, SM (2006) Ant
Farming: What Ants Can Tell Us About Coffee and Conservation, National Zoo
Evening Lecture Series,
Philpott, SM (2006) Biodiversity function, conservation, and
certification in coffee agroecosystems, Department of Environmental Studies,
Philpott, SM (2006) Biodiversity function, food webs, and conservation in
coffee agroecosystems, Dept. of Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences,
University of Toledo
Philpott, SM (2005) Biodiversity, conservation, and certification in
coffee agroecosystems. Wildlife Conservation Society
Philpott, SM (2004) Biodiversity function and conservation
in coffee agroecosystems in
Philpott, SM (2004)
La diversidad, ecología, y función de las hormigas arbóreas en agroecosistemas
de café en Soconusco, Chiapas, México. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur,
Philpott, SM, Greenberg, R, Bichier P, and Perfecto,
I (2004) Impacts of ant and bird predators on Inga spp. arthropods: comparisons within and across taxa. Nectar and Honeydew Resources Symposium,
Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting,
Philpott S, Armbrecht I, Uno S, Gallego M (2003) Ecosystem function in coffee
agroecosystems of
Philpott S, Uno S (2003) The potential benefits of ants to coffee pollination under
high-shade management. In: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Workshop: Exploring the role of ecologists and scientific research in the
current international coffee crises,
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Mathis KA*, Moreira RF, Philpott SM. Chemcial
and visual cues used by Pseudacteon
in search of Azteca instabilis. In Ecological Society of
Philpott, SM
(2006) Changes in ant
predatory function across a gradient of coffee management complexity. In Ecological Society of
Philpott, SM (2006) Field-testing fair-trade, organic and shade coffee
certification: bird, ant, and vegetative
diversity in
Philpott, SM and Dietsch, T (2005) Bird-Friendly and Fair Trade
Certification: Linking Consumers to
Sustainability. In: Trading Morsels, Growing Hunger, Decimating Nature: Linking
Food and Trade to Development and the Environment. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Philpott, S (2004) Limitación de nidos y control biológico en
agroecosistemas del café: nidos artificiales mantienen diversidad de hormigas
arbóreas, I Congreso para el Desarrollo de las Zonas Cafetaleras, Tapachula,
Chiapas, México
Philpott S (2003) Trophic cascades: Effects of parasitic phorid flies on ant
behavior. In: Ecological Society of
Philpott S (2003) Book Review: The failure of
modern agriculture and hope for the future. Endangered Species Update
20:194-198
Philpott S (2002) The insurance hypothesis of biodiversity function: an empirical test of ant predators in coffee
agroecosystems. In: Ecological Society of
Philpott S (1997) Exotic ladybird beetles in
Instructor
Biodiversity, Conservation, and
Ecosystem Services in Managed Landscapes, NCEAS Distributed Graduate Seminar,
Conservation Biology,
Environmental Problems Laboratory,
Ecology, Conservation, and Development in the New World Tropics
(taught in Spanish), University of
Introduction to Environmental Studies,
Graduate Student Instructor
Neotropical Rainforest
Dynamics, (taught in
Biology and Human
Affairs,
Introductory Biology,
Guest Lecturer
Natural Resource Management, School for
Field Studies,
Ecology of Agroecosystems,
Laboratory in Field Ecology,
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Principal Advisor
Audrey Bobak, M.S. (non-thesis option) in Ecology, University of
Russell Friedrich, M.S. in Ecology, University of
David Gonthier, M.S. in Ecology, University of
Co-director
Hector Hernan Henao Uribe, M.S. in Biology, Universidad del Valle,
Colombia, 2006-present
Committee member
Dan Wang, Ph.D. in Ecology, University of Toledo, 2006-present
Leonardo Rivera, M.S. in
Biology, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 2006-present
Audra Croskey, M.S. in
Ecology, University of Toledo 2007-present
UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS & POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
Undergraduate Theses Advised
Russell
Friedrich,
Kaitlyn
Mathis,
Other Undergraduate Research
Projects Advised
Audrey
Bobak,
Leigh
Moorhead,
Other Undergraduate Students and
Post-graduates Mentored
Aldo de la Mora Rodriguez, El Colegio
de la Frontera Sur, Mexico, 2007-present
Randall
Hartmann, University of Toledo, 2007-2008
Christine
Pfouts, University of Toledo, 2007-2008
Matthew R. Naujoks,
George Livingston, University
of Michigan, 2006-2008
Lucille Herrick, University
of Toledo, 2006-2007
Aaron Hammond,
Freddy
Camposeco Silvestre, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, 2003
Jorge Cabrera
Santos, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, 2003
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Dept. of
Environmental Sciences (2007-present)
Student Awards Committee, Dept. of
Environmental Sciences (2007-present)
Undergraduate Honors Advisor, Dept. of
Environmental Sciences (2006-present)
Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Dept. of
Environmental Sciences (2006-present)
Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, Dept. of
Environmental Sciences (2006)
Faculty Advisor for the Society for
Environmental Education (S.E.E.) (2007-present)
Diversity Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology (2003-2004)
EDITORIAL SERVICE
Guest editor for Ecology Special Feature “Agroforests
as Model Systems for Tropical Ecology” with R. Greenberg and I. Perfecto
(Subject editor for 2 of 5 manuscripts)
Guest editor for Conservation Biology
Reviewer for Journals (No. of reviews): Acta
Oecologia (1), Agriculture,
Ecosystems, and Environment (1),
Agroforestry Systems (2), Animal Biology (1), Biodiversity and Conservation (3), Biological Conservation (1),
Biological Invasions (1), Biotropica (3), Caribbean Journal of Science (1), Conservation Letters (1), Ecography (2), Ecology (4), Ecological
Entomology (1), Ecoscience (1), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (1), Global Change Biology (1), Insect Diversity and Conservation (1), Journal of Applied Ecology (1), Journal of Applied Entomology (1), Naturwissenschaften
(1), Oikos (1)
Grant Reviewer:
OTHER SERVICE
Participant in NCEAS Working Group “Biodiversity and
Conservation Value of Agricultural Landscapes of