INSECTS - Publications

Below are publications produced by INSECTS network labs during the course of the network - I hope to update this list soon. If you would like to obtain a reprint of any article, please contact David Nash.

T. D. Als, D. R. Nash and J. J. Boomsma (2001) Adoption of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) by three Myrmica ant species. Animal Behaviour 62, 99–106.

C. Anderson (2001) The adaptive value of inactive foragers and the scout-recruit system in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Behavioral Ecology 12, 111-119.

B. Baer, E. D. Morgan and P. Schmid-Hempel (2001) A nonspecific fatty acid within the bumblebee mating plug prevents females from remating. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 98, 3926-3928.

B. Baer and P. Schmid-Hempel (2001) Unexpected consequences of polyandry for parasitism and fitness in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Evolution 55, 1639-1643.

M. Beekman, J. N. M. Calis, B. P. Oldroyd and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2002) When do honey bee guards reject their former nestmates after swarming? Insectes Sociaux 49, 56-61.

M. Beekman, D. J. T. Sumpter and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2001) Phase transition between disordered and ordered foraging in Pharaoh's ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98, 9703-9706.

G. Bernsaconi and L. Keller (2001) Female polyandry affects their sons' reproductive success in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24, 186-193.

J. Billen, D. A. Grasso, A. Mori and F. L. Moli (2001) Structural and functional changes of the Dufour gland in gynes of the amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoomorphology 121, 55-61.

A. N. M. Bot, C. R. Currie, A. G. Hart and J. J. Boomsma (2001) Waste management in leaf-cutting ants. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 13, 225-237.

A. N. M. Bot, M. L. Obermayer, B. Hölldobler and J. J. Boomsma (2001) Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. Insectes Sociaux 48, 63-66.

A. F. G. Bourke and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2001) Kin-selected conflict in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 268, 347-355.

W. D. Brown and L. Keller (2002) Queen recruitment and split sex ratios in polygynous colonies of the ant Formica exsecta. Ecology Letters 5, 102-109.

S. H. Cahan, D. T. Blumstein, L. Sundstrom, J. Liebig and A. Griffin (2002) Social trajectories and the evolution of social behavior. Oikos 96, 206-216.

S. R. Clarke, F. R. Dani, G. R. Jones, E. D. Morgan and J. O. Schmidt (2001) (Z)-3-Hexenyl (R)-3-hydroxybutanoate: a male-specific compound in three North American decorator wasps Eucerceris rubipes, E. Conata, and E. tricolor. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27, 1437-1447.

L. Cruz-Lopez, E. A. Malo, J. C. Rojas and E. D. Morgan (2001) Chemical ecology of triatomine bugs: vectors of Chagas disease. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 15, 351-357.

L. Cruz-Lopez, J. C. Rojas, R. De la Cruz-Cordero and E. D. Morgan (2001) Behavioral and chemical analysis of venom gland secretion of queens of the ant Solenopsis geminata. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27, 2437-2445.

L. Cruz López, E. F. L. R. A. Patricio and E. D. Morgan (2001) Secretions of stingles bees: the Dufour gland of Nannotrigona testaceicornis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27, 69-80.

F. R. Dani, G. R. Jones, S. Destri, S. H. Spencer and S. Turillazzi (2001) Deciphering the recognition signature within the cuticular chemical profile of paper wasps. Animal Behaviour 62, 165-171.

A. Fortunato, R. Maile, S. Turillazzi, E. D. Morgan, G. Moneti, G. R. Jones and G. Pieraccini (2001) Defensive role of secretion of the ectal mandibular glands of the wasp Polistes dominulus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27, 569-579.

D. Fanelli, R. Cervo and S. Turillazzi (2001) Three new host species of the social wasp parasite, Polistes atrimandibularis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 48, 352-354.

I. Fernandez-Escudero, P. Pamilo and P. Seppa (2002) Biased sperm use by polyandrous queens of the ant Proformica longiseta. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51, 207-213.

I. Fernández-Escudero, P. Seppä and P. Pamilo (2001) Dependent colony founding in the ant Proformica longiseta. Insectes Sociaux 48, 80-82.

E. J. Fjerdingstad, P. J. Gertsch and L. Keller (2002) Why do some social insect queens mate with several males? Testing the sex-ratio manipulation hypothesis in Lasius niger. Evolution 56, 553-562.

K. R. Foster and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2001) The effect of sex-allocation biasing on the evolution of worker policing in hymenopteran societies. American Naturalist 158, 615-623.

K. R. Foster, F. L. W. Ratnieks, N. Gyllenstrand and P. A Thorén (2001) Colony kin structure and male production in Dolichovespula wasps. Molecular Ecology 10, 1003-1010.

K. R. Foster and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2001) Worker policing in the common wasp Vespula vulgaris. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 268, 169-174.

K. R. Foster, J. Gulliver and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2002) Worker policing in the European hornet Vespa crabro. Insectes Sociaux 49, 41-44.

D. Fournier and L. Keller (2001) Partitioning of reproduction among queens in the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. Animal Behaviour 62, 1039-1045.

B. Gobin, J. Billen and C. Peeters (2001) Dominance Interactions Regulate Worker Mating in the Polygynous Ponerine Ant Gnamptogenys menadensis. Ethology 107, 495-508.

B. Gobin, O. Rüppell, A. Hartmann, H. Jungnickel, E. D. Morgan and J. Billen (2001) A new type of exocrine gland and its function in mass recruitment in the ant Cylindromyrmex whymperi (Formicidae, Cerapachyinae). Naturwissenschaften 88, 395-399.

O. A. Gokcen, E. D. Morgan, F. R. Dani, D. Agosti and R. Wehner (2002) Dufour gland contents of ants of the Cataglyphis bicolor group. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28, 71-87.

A. V. Goropashnaya, P. Seppa and P. Pamilo (2001) Social and genetic characteristics of geographically isolated populations in the ant Formica cinerea. Molecular Ecology 10, 2807-2818.

N. Gyllenstrand, P. J. Gertsch and P. Pamilo (2002) Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the ant Formica exsecta. Molecular Ecology Notes 2, 67-69.

A. G. Hart and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2001) Why do honey-bee (Apis mellifera) foragers transfer nectar to several receivers? Information improvement through multiple sampling in a biological system. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 49, 244-250.

A. G. Hart and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2001) Task partitioning, division of labour and nest compartmentalisation collectively isolate hazardous waste in the leafcutting ant Atta cephalotes. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 49, 387-392.

A. G. Hart and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2002) Task-partitioned nectar transfer in stingless bees: work organisation in a phylogenetic context. Ecological Entomology 27, 163-168.

A. G. Hart and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2002) Waste management in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica. Behavioral Ecology 13, 224-231.

J. Heinze, B. Trunzer, B. Hölldobler and J. H. C. Delabie (2001) Reproductive skew and queen relatedness in an ant with primary polygyny. Insectes Sociaux 48, 149-153.

J. Heinze, A. Hartmann and O. Rüppell (2001) Sex allocation ratios in the facultatively polygynous ant, Leptothorax acervorum. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50, 270-274.

B. Hölldobler, E. D. Morgan, N. J. Oldham and J. Liebig (2001) Recruitment pheromone in the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex. Journal of Insect Physiology 47, 369-374.

W. O. H. Hughes, P. E. Howse and D. Goulson (2001) Mandibular gland chemistry of grass-cutting ants: Species, caste, and colony variation. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27, 109-124.

W. O. H. Hughes and D. Goulson (2001) Polyethism and the importance of context in the alarm reaction of the grass-cutting ant, Atta capiguara. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 49, 503-508.

H. Jungnickel, H. H. W. Velthuis, V. L. I. Fonseca and E. D. Morgan (2001) Chemical properties allow stingless bees to place their eggs upright on liquid larval food. Physiological Entomology 26, 300-305.

L. Keller (2002) Marsupial sperm pairing: a case of 'sticky' green beards? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17, 113-113.

L. Keller and D. Fournier (2002) Lack of inbreeding avoidance in the Argentine ant Linepithema humile. Behavioral Ecology 13, 28-31.

L. Keller and J. D. Parker (2002) Behavioral genetics: A gene for supersociality. Current Biology 12, R180-R181.

C. Liautard and L. Keller (2001) Restricted effective queen dispersal at a microgeographic scale in polygynous populations of the ant Formica exsecta. Evolution 55, 2484-2492.

S. J. Martin, M. Beekman, T. C. Wossler and F. L. W. Ratnieks (2002) Parasitic Cape honeybee workers, Apis mellifera capensis, evade policing. Nature 415, 163-165.

P. Neumann, C. A. A. Pirk, A. J. Solbrig, H. R. Hepburn, F. L. W. Ratnieks, P. J. Elzen and J. R. Baxter (2001) Social encapsulation of beetle parasites in honeybee colonies. Naturwissenschaften 88, 214-216.

E. Patricio, L. Cruz-Lopez, R. Maile, J. Tentschert, G. R. Jones and E. D. Morgan (2002) The propolis of stingless bees: terpenes from the tibia of three Frieseomelitta species. Journal of Insect Physiology 48, 249-254.

C. W. W. Pirk, P. Neumann, R. F. A. Moritz and P. Pamilo (2001) Intranest relatedness and nestmate recognition in the meadow ant Formica pratensis (R.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49, 366-374.

M. Poulsen, A.N.M. Bot, C.R. Currie and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Insectes Sociaux 49, 15-19.

F. L. W. Ratnieks (2001) Heirs and spares: caste conflict and excess queen production in Melipona bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50, 467-473.

H. K. Reeve and L. Keller (2001) Tests of reproductive-skew models in social insects. Annual Review of Entomology 46, 347-85.

M. Reuter, F. Balloux, L. Lehmann and L. Keller (2001) Kin structure and queen execution in the Argentine ant Linepithema humile. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14, 954-958.

K. G. Ross and L. Keller (2002) Experimental conversion of colony social organization by manipulation of worker genotype composition in fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51, 287-295.

O. Rüppell, J. Heinze and B. Hölldobler (2001) Alternative reproductive tactics in the queen-size-dimorphic ant Leptothorax rugatulus (Emery) and their consequences for genetic population structure. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50, 189-197.

O. Rüppell, J. Heinze and B. Hölldobler (2001) Genetic and social structure of the queen size dimorphic ant Leptothorax cf. andrei. Ecological Entomology 26, 76-82.

A. Sauter and M. J. F. Brown (2001) To copulate or not? The importance of female status and behavioural variation in predicting copulation in a bumblebee. Animal Behaviour 62, 221-226.

A. Sauter, M. J. F. Brown, B. Baer and P. Schmid-Hempel (2001) Males of social insects can prevent queens from multiple mating. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B - Biological Sciences 268, 1449-1454.

M. F. Sledge, F. Boscaro and S. Turillazzi (2001) Cuticular hydrocarbons and reproductive status in the social wasp Polistes dominulus. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 49, 401-409.

M. F. Sledge, F. R. Dani, R. Cervo, L. Dapporto and S. Turillazzi (2001) Recognition of social parasites as nestmates: adoption of colony-specific host cuticular odour by the paper wasp parasite Polistes sulcifer. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B - Biological Sciences 268, 2253-2260.

M. F. Sledge, C. Peeters and R. M. Crewe (2001) Reproductive division of labour without dominance interactions in the queenless ponerine ant Pachycondyla (=Ophthalmopone) berthoudi. Insectes Sociaux 48, 67-73.

J. Tentschert, K. Kolmer, B. Hölldobler, H.-J. Bestmann, J. H. C. Delabie and J. Heinze (2001) Chemical profiles, division of labor and social status in Pachycondyla queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 88, 175-178.

S. van Borm, T. Wenseleers, J. Billen and J. J. Boomsma (2001) Wolbachia in leafcutter ants: a widespread symbiont that may induce male killing or incompatible matings. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14, 805-814.

L. Walin, P. Seppä and L. Sundström (2001) Reproductive allocation within a polygyne, polydomous colony of the ant Myrmica rubra. Ecological Entomology 26, 537-546.

W. Wattanachaiyingcharoen, B. P. Oldroyd, G. Good, L. Halling, F. L. W. Ratnieks and S. Wongsiri (2002) Lack of worker reproduction in the giant honey bee Apis dorsata Fabricius. Insectes Sociaux 49, 80-85.

T. Wenseleers, L. Sundstrom and J. Billen (2002) Deleterious Wolbachia in the ant Formica truncorum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 269, 623-629.