List of works - Xavier Espadaler

A new myrmecophilic Hyphomycete, Aegeritella maroccana sp. nov

scientific article published in 1990

A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Andorra

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

A simple method to differentially exclude ants from tree canopies based on ant body size

scientific article published in 2010

Abandoning aggression but maintaining self-nonself discrimination as a first stage in ant supercolony formation.

scientific article

An update of the world survey of myrmecochorous dispersal distances

scientific article published in 2013

Ant behaviour and seed morphology: a missing link of myrmecochory

scientific article published on 28 October 2005

Ant community organization along elevational gradients in a temperate ecosystem

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

Ant exclusion in citrus over an 8-year period reveals a pervasive yet changing effect of ants on a Mediterranean spider assemblage ⬇️

scientific article published on January 30, 2013

Ant versus bird exclusion effects on the arthropod assemblage of an organic citrus grove

article

Ant-fungus Interactions: Laboulbenia camponoti Batra in Italy and a New Host for L. formicarum Thaxter (Fungi: Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales)

article

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Cabo Verde Islands

scientific article published on 19 August 2021

Banning paraphylies and executing Linnaean taxonomy is discordant and reduces the evolutionary and semantic information content of biological nomenclature

Collapse of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus, populations in four European countries

Determinants of local ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and activity density across Europe

scholarly article by Sabrina Kumschick et al published December 2009 in Ecological Entomology

Differential ant exclusion from canopies shows contrasting top-down effects on community structure

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Discovered just before extinction? The first endemic ant from the Balearic Islands (Lasius balearicussp. nov.) is endangered by climate change

scholarly article by Gerard Talavera et al published 11 November 2014 in Journal of Biogeography

Dispersal mechanisms of the narrow endemic Polygala vayredae: dispersal syndromes and spatio-temporal variations in ant dispersal assemblages

scientific article published in 2009

Distinct macroinvertebrate soil food webs at one-meter scale in a Mediterranean agroecosystem

scientific article published on 23 June 2021

Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae

Ecto- and Endoparasitic Fungi on Ants from the Holarctic Region

scientific article published in 2012

Effect of substrate roughness on load selection in the seed-harvester ant Messor barbarus L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scientific article published on 19 April 2011

Effects of the concurrent exclusion of ants and earwigs on aphid abundance in an organic citrus grove

Eight years of ant-exclusion from citrus canopies: effects on the arthropod assemblage and on fruit yield

Evaluating the importance of trophobiosis in a Mediterranean ant community: a stable isotope analysis

Extreme reproduction and survival of a true cliffhanger: the endangered Plant Borderea chouardii (Dioscoreaceae)

scientific article published on 12 September 2012

Facilitation and biodiversity jointly drive mutualistic networks

scientific article published on 23 January 2021

First Record of an Epizoic Laboulbenia (Fungi: Laboulbeniales) on Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Africa

scholarly article by Xavier Espadaler et al published 21 September 2017 in Sociobiology

First record of the ant-loving cricket Myrmecophilus fuscus Stalling, 2013 (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) in mainland Spain

article

Foraging Activity of Native Ants on Trees in Forest Fragments Colonized by the Invasive Ant Lasius neglectus

scientific article

Formigues (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) dels illots des Vedrà, es Vedranell i els illots de Ponent (Eivissa) ⬇️

scholarly article in Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, vol. 56, 2013

Friend or foe? The role of earwigs in a Mediterranean organic citrus orchard

article

Honeydew collection by the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus versus the native ant L. grandis

Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in North American Lasius ants, and an overlooked introduced species ⬇️

scientific article published on 8 April 2022

Interactions of the invasive Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with aphids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 September 2022

Intercontinental union of Argentine ants: behavioral relationships among introduced populations in Europe, North America, and Asia

article

Invasive and socially parasitic ants are good bioindicators of habitat quality in Mediterranean forest remnants in northeast Spain

article

Island biogeography of mutualistic interaction networks

scholarly article by Kristian Trøjelsgaard et al published 12 July 2013 in Journal of Biogeography

Long-term changes and ant-exclusion effects on the true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of an organic citrus grove

article by Josep Piñol et al published September 2012 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Long-term impact of exotic ants on the native ants of Madeira

scientific article published in 2006

Male of Formica dusmeti ⬇️

scientific article

Management implications of earwigs' overwintering sites in a Mediterranean citrus grove

Mechanical defence in seeds to avoid predation by a granivorous ant.

scientific article published on 21 February 2008

Monomorium boltoni n. sp. from São Nicolau (Cape Verde Islands) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ⬇️

scientific article

Monomorium hesperium Emery : description de la femelle (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ⬇️

Myrmicinosporidium durum in Poland: a new location for this fungal ant endoparasite and updated world distribution

scientific article published in December 2017

Phylogeny and bionomics of Lasius austriacus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scholarly article by F. M. Steiner et al published 1 February 2004 in Insectes Sociaux

Phylogeny of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of a new species ⬇️

Physical and land-cover variables influence ant functional groups and species diversity along elevational gradients

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

Plant fecundity and pre-dispersal reproductive losses in a common and a rare Euphorbia species (Euphorbiaceae)

article

Rapid increase of the parasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in supercolonies of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus

Regional trends and preliminary results on the local expansion rate in the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scholarly article by Xavier Espadaler et al published 23 June 2007 in Insectes Sociaux

Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader ⬇️

scientific article

Reorientation patterns in central-place foraging: internal clocks and klinokinesis.

scientific article

Rickia lenoirii, a new ectoparasitic species, with comments on world Laboulbeniales associated with ants

scientific article published in 2015

Seed dispersal curve of a Mediterranean myrmecochore: Influence of ant size and the distance to nests

article by Crisanto Gomez & Xavier Espadaler published October 1998 in Ecological Research

Seed predation of the tussock-grass Stipa tenacissima L. by ants (Messor spp.) in south-eastern Spain: the adaptive value of trypanocarpy

article

Seed production and pre-dispersal reproductive losses in the narrow endemic Euphorbia pedroi (Euphorbiaceae)

scientific article published in 2012

Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory ofEuphorbia characias(Euphorbiaceae)

scientific article published in 1995

Spatial variation in the fatty acid composition of elaiosomes in an ant-dispersed plant: Differences within and between individuals and populations

article

Species richness-environment relationships of European arthropods at two spatial grains: habitats and countries

scientific article

Stimulus integration in Tenebrio larvae: an easy laboratory study (or how to show Euclidean larvae)

article by Xavier Espadaler published June 1994 in Journal of Biological Education

Testing a new model of aphid abundance with sedentary and non-sedentary predators

scientific article published in 2009

The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants ⬇️

scientific article

The impact of specialist and generalist pre-dispersal seed predators on the reproductive output of a common and a rare Euphorbia species

scientific article published in 2010

Trophic diversity in a Mediterranean food web—Stable isotope analysis of an ant community of an organic citrus grove

scientific article published in 2012

Trophic structure of the spider community of a Mediterranean citrus grove: A stable isotope analysis

article

Two additions to the Iberian myrmecofauna: Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862, a newly established, tree-nesting species, and Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902), an emerging exotic species temporarily nesting in Spain (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scientific article

Variability in individual activity bursts improves ant foraging success.

scientific article

List of works by Xavier Espadaler

A new myrmecophilic Hyphomycete, Aegeritella maroccana sp. nov

A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Andorra

A simple method to differentially exclude ants from tree canopies based on ant body size

Abandoning aggression but maintaining self-nonself discrimination as a first stage in ant supercolony formation.

An update of the world survey of myrmecochorous dispersal distances

Ant behaviour and seed morphology: a missing link of myrmecochory

Ant community organization along elevational gradients in a temperate ecosystem

Ant exclusion in citrus over an 8-year period reveals a pervasive yet changing effect of ants on a Mediterranean spider assemblage ⬇️

Ant versus bird exclusion effects on the arthropod assemblage of an organic citrus grove

Ant-fungus Interactions: Laboulbenia camponoti Batra in Italy and a New Host for L. formicarum Thaxter (Fungi: Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales)

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Cabo Verde Islands

Banning paraphylies and executing Linnaean taxonomy is discordant and reduces the evolutionary and semantic information content of biological nomenclature

Collapse of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus, populations in four European countries

Determinants of local ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and activity density across Europe

Differential ant exclusion from canopies shows contrasting top-down effects on community structure

Discovered just before extinction? The first endemic ant from the Balearic Islands (Lasius balearicussp. nov.) is endangered by climate change

Dispersal mechanisms of the narrow endemic Polygala vayredae: dispersal syndromes and spatio-temporal variations in ant dispersal assemblages

Distinct macroinvertebrate soil food webs at one-meter scale in a Mediterranean agroecosystem

Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae

Ecto- and Endoparasitic Fungi on Ants from the Holarctic Region

Effect of substrate roughness on load selection in the seed-harvester ant Messor barbarus L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Effects of the concurrent exclusion of ants and earwigs on aphid abundance in an organic citrus grove

Eight years of ant-exclusion from citrus canopies: effects on the arthropod assemblage and on fruit yield

Evaluating the importance of trophobiosis in a Mediterranean ant community: a stable isotope analysis

Extreme reproduction and survival of a true cliffhanger: the endangered Plant Borderea chouardii (Dioscoreaceae)

Facilitation and biodiversity jointly drive mutualistic networks

First Record of an Epizoic Laboulbenia (Fungi: Laboulbeniales) on Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Africa

First record of the ant-loving cricket Myrmecophilus fuscus Stalling, 2013 (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) in mainland Spain

Foraging Activity of Native Ants on Trees in Forest Fragments Colonized by the Invasive Ant Lasius neglectus

Formigues (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) dels illots des Vedrà, es Vedranell i els illots de Ponent (Eivissa) ⬇️

Friend or foe? The role of earwigs in a Mediterranean organic citrus orchard

Honeydew collection by the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus versus the native ant L. grandis

Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in North American Lasius ants, and an overlooked introduced species ⬇️

Interactions of the invasive Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with aphids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) ⬇️

Intercontinental union of Argentine ants: behavioral relationships among introduced populations in Europe, North America, and Asia

Invasive and socially parasitic ants are good bioindicators of habitat quality in Mediterranean forest remnants in northeast Spain

Island biogeography of mutualistic interaction networks

Long-term changes and ant-exclusion effects on the true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of an organic citrus grove

Long-term impact of exotic ants on the native ants of Madeira

Male of Formica dusmeti ⬇️

Management implications of earwigs' overwintering sites in a Mediterranean citrus grove

Mechanical defence in seeds to avoid predation by a granivorous ant.

Monomorium boltoni n. sp. from São Nicolau (Cape Verde Islands) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ⬇️

Monomorium hesperium Emery : description de la femelle (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ⬇️

Myrmicinosporidium durum in Poland: a new location for this fungal ant endoparasite and updated world distribution

Phylogeny and bionomics of Lasius austriacus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Phylogeny of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of a new species ⬇️

Physical and land-cover variables influence ant functional groups and species diversity along elevational gradients

Plant fecundity and pre-dispersal reproductive losses in a common and a rare Euphorbia species (Euphorbiaceae)

Rapid increase of the parasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in supercolonies of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus

Regional trends and preliminary results on the local expansion rate in the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader ⬇️

Reorientation patterns in central-place foraging: internal clocks and klinokinesis.

Rickia lenoirii, a new ectoparasitic species, with comments on world Laboulbeniales associated with ants

Seed dispersal curve of a Mediterranean myrmecochore: Influence of ant size and the distance to nests

Seed predation of the tussock-grass Stipa tenacissima L. by ants (Messor spp.) in south-eastern Spain: the adaptive value of trypanocarpy

Seed production and pre-dispersal reproductive losses in the narrow endemic Euphorbia pedroi (Euphorbiaceae)

Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory ofEuphorbia characias(Euphorbiaceae)

Spatial variation in the fatty acid composition of elaiosomes in an ant-dispersed plant: Differences within and between individuals and populations

Species richness-environment relationships of European arthropods at two spatial grains: habitats and countries

Stimulus integration in Tenebrio larvae: an easy laboratory study (or how to show Euclidean larvae)

Testing a new model of aphid abundance with sedentary and non-sedentary predators

The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants ⬇️

The impact of specialist and generalist pre-dispersal seed predators on the reproductive output of a common and a rare Euphorbia species

Trophic diversity in a Mediterranean food web—Stable isotope analysis of an ant community of an organic citrus grove

Trophic structure of the spider community of a Mediterranean citrus grove: A stable isotope analysis

Two additions to the Iberian myrmecofauna: Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862, a newly established, tree-nesting species, and Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902), an emerging exotic species temporarily nesting in Spain (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Variability in individual activity bursts improves ant foraging success.