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List of works by Alain Dejean

A Non-lethal water-based removal-reapplication technique for behavioral analysis of cuticular compounds of ants

scientific article

A Tank Bromeliad Favors Spider Presence in a Neotropical Inundated Forest

scientific article

A bromeliad species reveals invasive ant presence in urban areas of French Guiana

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A new case of trophobiosis between ants and Heteroptera

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

A new method based on taxonomic sufficiency to simplify studies on Neotropical ant assemblages

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A temporary social parasite of tropical plant-ants improves the fitness of a myrmecophyte

scientific article published on 21 August 2010

A type of unicoloniality within the native range of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima

scientific article

Action des rayonnements gamma sur la longévité des reines et des ouvrières deTemnothorax recedens (Nyl.) (Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

Adaptation d'Oecophylla longinoda [Formicidae-Formicinae] aux variations spatio-temporelles de la densité de proies

Advantages of multiple foundress colonies in Belonogaster juncea juncea L.: greater survival and increased productivity

scientific article published in 2008

Altruism during predation in an assassin bug.

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

An Old World leaf‐cutting, fungus‐growing ant: A case of convergent evolution

scientific article published in March 2023

An ant symbiont directly and indirectly limits its host plant’s reproductive success

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An ant–plant mutualism induces shifts in the protist community structure of a tank-bromeliad

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An assassin among predators: the relationship between plant-ants, their host Myrmecophytes and the Reduviidae Zelus annulosus ⬇️

scientific article

An efficient protocol for isolating melanised chaetothyrialean anamorphic fungi associated with plant-ants

scientific article published on 14 May 2012

An invasive ant species able to counterattack marabunta raids

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

An overlooked mandibular-rubbing behavior used during recruitment by the African weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda.

scientific article

An uneasy alliance: a nesting association between aggressive ants and equally fierce social wasps

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Ant and spider species as surrogates for functional community composition of epiphyte-associated invertebrates in a tropical moist forest

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Ant gardens: interspecific recognition in parabiotic ant species

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Ant protection of a Heteropteran trophobiont against a parasitoid wasp

scientific article published on January 2001

Ant species diversity in the 'Grands Causses' (Aveyron, France): In search of sampling methods adapted to temperate climates.

scientific article

Ant species identity mediates reproductive traits and allocation in an ant-garden bromeliad

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Ant-fed plants: comparison between three geophytic myrmecophytes

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Ant-plant mutualisms promote functional diversity in phytotelm communities

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Ants as biological indicators of Wayana Amerindian land use in French Guiana

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Ants mediate foliar structure and nitrogen acquisition in a tank-bromeliad

scientific article

Ants mediate the structure of phytotelm communities in an ant-garden bromeliad

scientific article published on May 2010

Arboreal Nest Building and Ant-Garden Initiation by a Ponerine Ant

scientific article published in 1996

Arboreal ants use the "Velcro(R) principle" to capture very large prey

scientific article

Are algae relevant to the detritus-based food web in tank-bromeliads?

scientific article

Are myrmecophytes always better protected against herbivores than other plants?

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Are ontogenetic shifts in foliar structure and resource acquisition spatially conditioned in tank-bromeliads?

article published in 2014

Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Rainforest: Tackling a Four Dimensional Puzzle

scientific article

Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest

scientific article

Associative colony foundation in the tropical wasp Belonogaster juncea juncea (Vespidae, Polistinae)

Baseline study of the leaf-litter ant fauna in a French Guianese forest

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Beetle pollination of Philodendron solimoesense (Araceae) in French Guiana

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Behavioural roles and task partitioning in the primitively eusocial wasp: Belonogaster juncea juncea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).

scientific article

Biological interactions involving the myrmecophyte <i>Hirtella physophora</i> and its associates

scientific article published on 30 August 2023

Capture and retrieval of very large prey by workers of the African weaver ant,Oecophylla longinoda(Latreille 1802)

Caterpillars and fungal pathogens: two co-occurring parasites of an ant-plant mutualism

scientific article

Changes in worker polymorphism in Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery (Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

Characterization and PCR multiplexing of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata

scientific article published in 2005

Climate change impact on neotropical social wasps

scientific article

Coccinellid Learning During Capture of Alternative Prey

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Coexistence between Cyphomyrmex ants and dominant populations of Wasmannia auropunctata

scientific article

Comparative effect of the venoms of ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Ponerinae).

scientific article published in February 2001

Comparative structure and ontogeny of the foliar domatia in three neotropical myrmecophytes

scientific article published on 25 February 2010

Comparison between the anatomical and morphological structure of leaf blades and foliar domatia in the ant-plant Hirtella physophora (Chrysobalanaceae)

scientific article

Current distribution and population dynamics of the little fire ant supercolony in Cameroon

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Determination of the hunting strategy in the genus smithistruma (Formicinae - Myrmicinae) by the kind of prey

scientific article published on 01 March 1988

Diversity and nest site selection of social wasps along Guianese forest edges: assessing the influence of arboreal ants

scientific article published on 3 March 2009

Diversity of peptide toxins from stinging ant venoms

scientific article

Does exogenic food benefit both partners in an ant-plant mutualism? The case of Cecropia obtusa and its guest Azteca plant-ants

scientific article

Dynamics of the association between a long-lived understory myrmecophyte and its specific associated ants

scientific article

Ecologically heterogeneous populations of the invasive antWasmannia auropunctatawithin its native and introduced ranges

scientific article published in 2009

Ecology of an Improbable Association: The Pseudomyrmecine Plant-ant Tetraponera tessmanni and the Myrmecophytic Liana Vitex thyrsiflora (Lamiaceae) in Cameroon1

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Efficiency in the exploitation of patchy environments by the ponerine antPaltothyreus tarsatus: an ecological consequence of the flexibility of prey capture behavior

Elucidation of the unexplored biodiversity of ant venom peptidomes via MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and its application for chemotaxonomy

scientific article published on 20 January 2014

Environmental determinants of macroinvertebrate diversity in small water bodies: insights from tank-bromeliads

article published in 2013

Essential and alternative prey in a ponerine ant: variations according to the colony life cycle

scientific article published in November 2000

Etude eco-ethologique de la prédation chez les fourmis du genreSmithistruma (Formicidae-Myrmicinae-Dacetini) II. Attraction des proies principales (Collemboles)

Etude éco-éthologique de la prédation chez les fourmis du genreSmithistruma (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Dacetini) III. La capture des proies chezS. Emarginata

Experimental Evidence of Large-Scale Unicoloniality in the Tramp Ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger)

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Feeding ecology and phylogenetic structure of a complex neotropical termite assemblage, revealed by nitrogen stable isotope ratios

scholarly article by Thomas Bourguignon et al published 14 March 2011 in Ecological Entomology

Flowering as a key factor in ant– Philodendron interactions

scientific article published in 2008

Food-web structure in relation to environmental gradients and predator-prey ratios in tank-bromeliad ecosystems

scientific article

Formation and structure of food bodies in Cordia nodosa (Boraginaceae).

scientific article published in July 2005

From Specialization in Spider Egg Predation to an Original Nesting Mode in a "Primitive" Ant: A New Kind of Lestobiosis

article by Alain Dejean et al published 3 March 1999 in The Science of Nature

Functional trait responses of aquatic macroinvertebrates to simulated drought in a Neotropical bromeliad ecosystem

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Growth-related changes in predation behavior in incipient colonies of the ponerine antEctatomma tuberculatum (Olivier)

Highly modular pattern in ant-plant interactions involving specialized and non-specialized myrmecophytes

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Host-Specific Myrmecophily and Myrmecophagy in the Tropical Coccinellid Diomus thoracicus in French Guiana

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How territoriality and host-tree taxa determine the structure of ant mosaics

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

How to coexist with fire ants: the roles of behaviour and cuticular compounds

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

Impacts of biotic and abiotic parameters on immature populations of Aedes aegypti

scientific article published on 6 March 2020

Importance ofCubitermes termitaries as shelter for alien incipient termite societies

Indirect defense in a highly specific ant-plant mutualism

scientific article published on 22 May 2008

Influence de l'environnement pre-imaginal et precoce dans le choix du site de nidification de Pachycondyla (=Neoponera) villosa (Fabr.) (formicidae, ponerinae)

scientific article published on 01 June 1990

Influence of interspecific competition on the recruitment behavior and liquid food transport in the tramp ant species Pheidole megacephala

scientific article published on 4 May 2005

Influence of its associated ant species on the life history of the myrmecophyte Cordia nodosa in French Guiana

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Inherited Biotic Protection in a Neotropical Pioneer Plant ⬇️

scientific article published on March 31, 2011

Initial behavior in colony fragments of an introduced population of the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

Innate attraction supplants experience during host plant selection in an obligate plant-ant

scientific article published in July 1999

Insertion of trivalent uranium in macrocyclic crown-ethers: EXAFS and X-ray structural analyses

scholarly article by Alain Dejean et al published January 1987 in Polyhedron

Intraspecific variations in the venom peptidome of the ant Odontomachus haematodus (Formicidae: Ponerinae) from French Guiana

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La prédation chezOdontomachus troglodytes Santschi (Formicidae-Ponerinae)

article published in 1985

Larval interference competition between the native Neotropical mosquito Limatus durhamii and the invasive Aedes aegypti improves the fitness of both species

scientific article published on 12 May 2017

Low intraspecific aggressiveness in two obligate plant-ant species

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Mechanisms driving the specificity of a myrmecophyte-ant association

Melissotarsus ants are likely able to digest plant polysaccharides

scientific article

Morphological and physiological correlates of the colony foundation mode and reproductive role differentiation in Belonogaster juncea juncea (Vespidae, Polistinae)

Mutualistic ants contribute to tank-bromeliad nutrition

scientific article published on 16 July 2013

Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review

scientific article published on 28 July 2023

Myrmecophily in Hesperiidae. The case of Vettius tertianus in ant gardens

scientific article published in August 2000

Nest and brood recognition inBelonogaster juncea juncea(Hymenoptera Vespidae)

scholarly article by E. Francescato et al published January 1994 in Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Nest relocation and high mortality rate in a Neotropical social wasp: Impact of an exceptionally rainy La Niña year

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Nest site selection and induced response in a dominant arboreal ant species

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Nest site selection by ants in a flooded Mexican mangrove, with special reference to the epiphytic orchid Myrmecophila christinae

scholarly article by Alain Dejean et al published 28 April 2003 in Journal of Tropical Ecology

Nesting associations of small birds andPolybioides tabidus(Vespidae Epiponinae) in southern Cameroon

scholarly article by Alain Dejean & R.C. Fotso published January 1995 in Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Nesting habits shape feeding preferences and predatory behavior in an ant genus

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Nesting site selection by wasps in the Guianese rain forest

scholarly article by Alain Dejean et al published 1 February 1998 in Insectes Sociaux

New C26 delta-lactones from the Dufour's gland of the urticating ant Tetramorium aculeatum

scientific article published in January 1992

New cases of archaic foundatioin of societies in Myrmicinae (Formicidae): Study of prey capture by queens of Dacetini

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Niche opportunity and ant invasion: the case of Wasmannia auropunctata in a New Caledonian rain forest

scholarly article by Julien Le Breton et al published January 2005 in Journal of Tropical Ecology

Online database for mosquito (Diptera, Culicidae) occurrence records in French Guiana

scientific article

Ontogenetic succession and the ant mosaic: An empirical approach using pioneer trees

scientific article published in 2008

Orientation and foraging movements in a patchy environment by the ant Serrastruma lujae (formicidae-myrmicinae).

scientific article

Paralyzing action from a distance in an arboreal African ant species

scientific article published in 2011

Parasitism versus mutualism in the ant-garden parabiosis between Camponotus femoratus and Crematogaster levior

Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 December 2012-31 January 2013.

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Ponericins, new antibacterial and insecticidal peptides from the venom of the ant Pachycondyla goeldii

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Ponte des ouvrières et inhibition royale chez la Fourmitemnothorax recedens (Nyl.) (Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

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Potential sources of nitrogen in an ant-garden tank-bromeliad

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Predation and aggressiveness in host plant protection: a generalization using ants from the genus Azteca

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Predation success by a plant-ant indirectly favours the growth and fitness of its host myrmecophyte.

scientific article

Predatory Behavior in Dominant Arboreal Ant Species: The Case of Crematogaster sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Freddie-Jeanne Richard et al published 2001 in Journal of Insect Behavior

Predatory abilities favour the success of the invasive ant Pheidole megacephala in an introduced area

Predatory behaviour in the ponerine ant, Centromyrmex bequaerti: a case of termitolesty

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Prey Capture Behavior in an Arboreal African Ponerine Ant ⬇️

scientific article published on May 11, 2011

Rapid assessment of the three‐dimensional distribution of dominant arboreal ants in tropical forests

scientific article published on 11 March 2021

Reciprocal protection from natural enemies in an ant-wasp association

scientific article

Retaliation in Response to Castration Promotes a Low Level of Virulence in an Ant–Plant Mutualism

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Ritualised versus aggressive behaviours displayed by Polyrhachis laboriosa (F. Smith) during intraspecific competition

scientific article published in October 1997

Seed Predation in Philodendron solimoesense (Araceae) by Chalcid Wasps (Hymenoptera)

scholarly article by Marc Gibernau et al published November 2002 in International Journal of Plant Sciences

Selection and capture of prey in the African ponerine antPlectroctena minor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Bertrand Schatz et al published January 2001 in Acta Oecologica

Semi-claustral colony foundation in the formicine ants of the genusPolyrhachis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by A. Lenoir & Alain Dejean published September 1994 in Insectes Sociaux

Spatial distribution of dominant arboreal ants in a malagasy coastal rainforest: gaps and presence of an invasive species ⬇️

scientific article

Spatial distribution, size and density of nests of Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery (Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

Specialized predation on Wasmannia auropunctata by the army ant species Neivamyrmex compressinodis

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Specific, non-nutritional association between an ascomycete fungus and Allomerus plant-ants.

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Structure of aquatic insect communities in tank-bromeliads in a East-Amazonian rainforest in French Guiana

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Sugary food robbing in ants: a case of temporal cleptobiosis

scientific article published in May 2004

Surface Tension Strengths in the Service of a Ponerine Ant: a New Kind of Nectar Transport

article by Alain Dejean & J. P. Suzzoni published 26 February 1997 in The Science of Nature

Symbiotic mutualism with a community of opportunistic ants: protection, competition, and ant occupancy of the myrmecophyte Barteria nigritana (Passifloraceae)

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Tank bromeliads as natural microcosms: a facultative association with ants influences the aquatic invertebrate community structure

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Tank bromeliads sustain high secondary production in neotropical forests

article published in 2018

Tatuidris kapasi sp. nov. : A New Armadillo Ant from French Guiana (Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae)

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Temperature: Diet Interactions Affect Survival through Foraging Behavior in a Bromeliad-Dwelling Predator

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Territorial aggressiveness and predation: two possible origins of snapping in the ant Plectroctena minor

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Territorial aggressiveness on the arboreal ant Azteca alfari by Camponotus blandus in French Guiana due to behavioural constraints

scientific article published in September 2008

The Biochemical Toxin Arsenal from Ant Venoms

scientific article

The Guianese population of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima is unicolonial

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

scientific article

The Tramp AntTechnomyrmex vitiensis(Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) on South America

scholarly article by Jacques Delabie et al published September 2011 in The Florida Entomologist

The Weaver Wasp: Spinning Fungus into a Nest

The complexity and structural diversity of ant venom peptidomes is revealed by mass spectrometry profiling

scientific article published on March 2015

The dynamics of ant mosaics in tropical rainforests characterized using the Self-Organizing Map algorithm

scientific article

The ecology and feeding habits of the arboreal trap-jawed ant Daceton armigerum

scientific article published on 21 June 2012

The fire ant Solenopsis saevissima and habitat disturbance alter ant communities

The frontal gland in workers of Neotropical soldierless termites.

scientific article published on 30 March 2010

The hunter becomes the hunted: when cleptobiotic insects are captured by their target ants

scientific article published on 24 February 2012

The hunting behavior of the African ponerine ant Pachycondyla pachyderma

scientific article published on 30 November 2010

The ladybird Thalassa saginata, an obligatory myrmecophile of Dolichoderus bidens ant colonies

scientific article published on 16 January 2004

The plant ant Tetraponera aethiops (Pseudomyrmecinae) protects its host myrmecophyte Barteria fistulosa (Passifloraceae) through aggressiveness and predation

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The predatory behavior of Pheidole megacephala

scientific article published on 10 August 2007

The predatory behaviour of a tramp ant species in its native range

scientific article published on 27 October 2005

The raiding success of Pheidole megacephala on other ants in both its native and introduced ranges

scientific article

The trail of the african urticating antTetramorium aculeatum: Source, potency, and workers' behavior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published in July 1994

Traits allowing some ant species to nest syntopically with the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima in its native range

scientific article published on April 2014

Trajets d'approvisionnement a partir d'un nid central chez la fourmiSerrastruma lujae (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Trophic mediation by a fungus in an ant-plant mutualism

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Tropical arboreal ant mosaics: innate attraction and imprinting determine nest site selection in dominant ants

scientific article published in 1999

Two coexisting tank bromeliads host distinct algal communities on a tropical inselberg.

scientific article

Unadapted behaviour of native, dominant ant species during the colonization of an aggressive, invasive ant

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Understorey environments influence functional diversity in tank-bromeliad ecosystems

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Updated Checklist of the Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of French Guiana

scientific article

Urbanization and Water Containers Influence the Mosquito Community with Consequences for Aedes aegypti

scientific article published on 26 October 2023

Venom toxicity and composition in three Pseudomyrmex ant species having different nesting modes

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Vertical stratification of the termite assemblage in a neotropical rainforest.

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Wasps robbing food from ants: a frequent behavior?

scientific article published on 2 June 2007

When attempts at robbing prey turn fatal ⬇️

scientific article published on June 19, 2012

Étude de la ponte a basse température deTemnothorax recedens (Nyl.) et de quelques espèces du genreLeptothorax (Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

Étude du comportement de prédation dans le genreStrumigenys (Formicidae-Myrmicinae)

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Étude éco-éthologique de la prédation chez les fourmis du genreSmithistruma (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Dacetini) IV. Le polyéthisme chezS. truncatidens

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