Keller, K., Kardish, M.R., Seal, J.N., Linksvayer, T.A., Mueller, U.G. Symbiont-mediated host-parasite dynamics in a fungus-gardening ant. 2018, Microbial Ecology, 76:2, 530-543.

Mueller, U.G., Kardish, M.R., Ishak, H.D., Wright, A.M., Solomon, S.E., Bruschi, S.M., Carlson, A.L., Bacci Jr., M. Phylogenetic patterns of ant–fungus associations indicate that farming strategies, not only a superior fungal cultivar, explain the ecological success of leafcutter ants. 2018, Molecular Ecology, 27:10, 2414-2434.

Fahimipour, A.K., Kardish, M.R., Lang, J.M., Green, J.L., Eisen, J.A., Stachowicz, J.J. Global-scale structure of the eelgrass microbiome. 2017, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 03391-16.

Kardish, M.R., Mueller, U.G., Amador-Vargas, S., Dietrich, E.I., Ma, R., Barrett, B., and Fang, C.-C. Blind trust in unblinded observation in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. 2015, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3:51, doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00051.

Scordato, E.S.C.*, and Kardish, M.R.* Prevalence and beta diversity in avian malaria: host species is a better predictor than geography. 2014, Journal of Animal Ecology, 83:6, 1387-1397. *Both authors contributed equally to this work