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"Wall-papering" and elaborate nest architecture in the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator

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2,3-dimethyl-5-(2-methylpropyl)pyrazine, a trail pheromone component of Eutetramorium mocquerysi Emery (1899) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

scientific article published in August 2000

A Female Caste Specialized for the Production of Unfertilized Eggs in the Ant Crematogaster smithi

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A New Exocrine Gland in the Slave Raiding Ant Genus Polyergus

scientific article published in 1984

A New Exocrine Gland inNovomessor(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its Possible Significance as a Taxonomic Character

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A behavioral study of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops Clark

A context-dependent alarm signal in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

A trail pheromone component of the ant Mayriella overbecki Viehmeyer (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Agonistic Interactions and Reproductive Dominance in Pachycondyla Obscuricornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Paulo S. Oliveira & Bert Hölldobler published 1991 in Psyche

Amphotis marginata (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) a highwayman of the ant Lasius fuliginosus

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

An empirically based simulation of group foraging in the harvesting ant, Messor pergandei

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Ants andPolyommatus icarus immatures (Lycaenidae) -sex-related developmental benefits and costs of ant attendance

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Are variations in cuticular hydrocarbons of queens and workers a reliable signal of fertility in the ant Harpegnathos saltator?

scientific article published on April 2000

Attachment forces of ants measured with a centrifuge: better 'wax-runners' have a poorer attachment to a smooth surface.

scientific article published in February 2000

Atypical vitellins in ponerine ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera)

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Behavior and exocrine glands in the myrmecophilous beetle Dinarda dentata (Gravenhorst, 1806) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Behavior and exocrine glands in the myrmecophilous beetle Lomechusoides strumosus (Fabricius, 1775) (formerly called Lomechusa strumosa) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

scientific article published on 25 July 2018

Biomechanics of ant adhesive pads: frictional forces are rate- and temperature-dependent

scientific article published in January 2004

Biomechanics of the movable pretarsal adhesive organ in ants and bees

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Biosynthesis of the insect pheromone (S)-4-methyl-3-heptanone

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Butterflies and ants: The communicative domain

article by Konrad Fiedler et al published January 1996 in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Canopy orientation: a new kind of orientation in ants

scientific article published on October 1980

Chemical Communication in Meranoplus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Bert Hölldobler published 1988 in Psyche

Chemical communication during foraging in the harvesting ants Messor pergandei and Messor andrei

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Chemical communication during tandem running inPachycondyla obscuricornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

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Chemical communication in the dacetine antDaceton armigerum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published on 01 April 1990

Chemical profiles, division of labor and social status in Pachycondyla queens (Hymenoptera: formicidae).

scientific article published in April 2001

Chemical strategy during foraging in Solenopsis fugax Latr. and Monomorium pharaonis L.

scientific article published in December 1973

Colony Founding, Queen Control and Worker Reproduction in the Ant Aphaenogaster (=Novomessor) Cockerelli (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Colony structure and reproduction in the thelytokous parthenogenetic ant Platythyrea punctata (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scholarly article by K. Schilder et al published 1 May 1999 in Insectes Sociaux

Colony-specific territorial pheromone in the African weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille).

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Communication, Raiding Behavior and Prey Storage in Cerapachys (Hymenoptera; Formicidae)

scholarly article by Bert Hölldobler published 1982 in Psyche

Complex determination of queen body size in the queen size dimorphic ant Leptothorax rugatulus (Formicidae: Hymenoptera).

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Cryptic Phragmosis: The Structural Modifications

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Cuticular hydrocarbons mediate discrimination of reproductives and nonreproductives in the ant Myrmecia gulosa

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Dense heterarchies and mass communication as the basis of organization in ant colonies

scientific article published on March 1, 1988

Destruction of Spiderwebs and Rescue of Ensnared Nestmates by a Granivorous Desert Ant (Veromessor pergandei)

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Determinants of intracolonial relatedness in Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Hymenoptera; Formicidae): mating frequency and brood raids

scientific article published in July 2003

Division of labor is associated with age-independent changes in ovarian activity in Pogonomyrmex californicus harvester ants

scientific article published on 6 March 2013

Ernst Mayr: the doyen of twentieth century evolutionary biology

scientific article published in June 2004

Erratum

scholarly article published in Psyche

Erste Untersuchungen zur Biosynthese von Ameisenspurpheromonen

Eusociality: origin and consequences

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Fast trap jaws and giant neurons in the ant odontomachus

scientific article published on 01 October 1993

Fighting for a harem of queens: physiology of reproduction in Cardiocondyla male ants

scientific article published on September 1993

Food robbing in ants, a form of interference competition

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Foraging Behavior of Odontomachus bauri on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

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Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

Gamergates in the Australian ant subfamily Myrmeciinae

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Gamergates in the myrmicine genus Metapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

scientific article published in July 2002

Genetic and social structure of the queen size dimorphic ant Leptothorax cf. andrei

article by O. Ruppell et al published February 2001 in Ecological Entomology

Genetic evidence for intra- and interspecific slavery in honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus).

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Home range orientation and territoriality in harvesting ants

scientific article published on August 1974

Homing in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex badius

scientific article published on March 19, 1971

Host Finding by Odor in the Myrmecophilic Beetle Atemeles pubicollis Bris. (Staphylinidae).

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How do ants stick out their tongues?

scientific article published in October 2002

Hydrocarbon signals explain the pattern of worker and egg policing in the ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli

scientific article published on 16 August 2008

Influence of Habitat Fragmentation on the Genetic Variability in Leaf Litter Ant Populations in Tropical Rainforests of Sabah, Borneo

scholarly article by Tobias O. Bickel et al published January 2006 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Interference strategy of Iridomyrmex pruinosum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) during foraging

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Journey to the Ants

book by Edward Osborne Wilson and Bert Hölldobler

Journey to the Ants

1998 edition of 1994/5 book

Larval regulation of worker reproduction in the polydomous ant Novomessor cockerelli

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Leaf density and a trade-off between load-size selection and recruitment behavior in the ant Atta cephalotes

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MARTIN LINDAUER: 19 DECEMBER 1918 • 13 NOVEMBER 2008

Mandible muscle fibers in ants: fast or powerful?

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Microsatellites reveal clonal structure of populations of the thelytokous ant platythyrea punctata (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera; formicidae)

scientific article published in September 1999

Morphologic representation of visual and antennal information in the ant brain

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Nesting and food resources of syntopic species of the ant genus Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in West-Malaysia

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Nestmate and kin recognition in interspecific mixed colonies of ants

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New exocrine glands in ants: the hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Oligogyny by unrelated queens in the carpenter ant, Camponotus ligniperdus

scientific article published in 1998

On the Metapleural Gland of Ants

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Optical imaging of odor-evoked glomerular activity patterns in the antennal lobes of the ant camponotus rufipes

scientific article published in November 1999

Perceptual differences in trail-following leaf-cutting ants relate to body size

scientific article published on 29 June 2007

Pheidole Nasutoides, a New Species of Costa Rican Ant That Apparently Mimics Termites

scientific article published in 1992

Phylogenetics of the new world honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences

scientific article published in July 2004

Population and colony structure of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

scientific article published on December 1996

Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex

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Pruning of host plant neighbours as defence against enemy ant invasions: Crematogaster ant partners of Macaranga protected by "wax barriers" prune less than their congeners

scientific article published on July 2002

Pygidial gland chemistry and potential alarm-recruitment function in column foraging, but not solitary, Nearctic Messor harvesting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae).

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Queen Specific Exocrine Glands in Legionary Ants and Their Possible Function in Sexual Selection

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Reclaiming the crown: queen to worker conflict over reproduction in Aphaenogaster cockerelli

scientific article published on 21 January 2011

Recruitment Trails in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex Badius

scientific article published in 1970

Recruitment pheromone in the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex

scientific article published on 01 April 2001

Regulation of worker reproduction by direct physical contact in the ant Diacamma sp. from Japan

scientific article published in August 1999

Replication of the endosymbiotic bacterium Blochmannia floridanus is correlated with the developmental and reproductive stages of its ant host

scientific article published on July 2004

Research on the behavior of ant males during imaginal life

scientific article published in June 1964

Sex differences in cooperative silk-spinning by weaver ant larvae

scientific article published in April 1980

Sexual calling behavior in primitive ants

scientific article published on February 25, 1977

Sexual competition during colony reproduction in army ants

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Sexual reproduction by both queens and workers in the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator

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Size-dimorphism in the queens of the North American ant Leptothorax rugatulus (Emery)

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Slippery ant-plants and skilful climbers: selection and protection of specific ant partners by epicuticular wax blooms in Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae).

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Social Carrying Behavior and Division of Labor During Nest Moving in Ants

scientific article published in 1974

Steatoda Fulva (Theridiidae), a Spider That Feeds on Harvester Ants

scientific article published in 1970

Surface hydrocarbons of queen eggs regulate worker reproduction in a social insect

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Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov.

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Tandem Calling: A New Kind of Signal in Ant Communication

scientific article published on December 13, 1974

Tergal and Sternal Glands in Ants

scientific article published in 1978

Tergal and Sternal Glands in Male Ants

scientific article published in 1982

Territorial strategies in ants.

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Territoriality in Ants

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The Ants

1990 book by Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson

The chemistry of social regulation: multicomponent signals in ant societies

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The emergence of a superorganism through intergroup competition

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The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: comparative analysis of reduced genomes

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The non-additive effects of body size on nest architecture in a polymorphic ant

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation

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Tissue localization of the endosymbiotic bacterium "Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus" in adults and larvae of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

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Tournaments and slavery in a desert ant.

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Trail Communication in the Dacetine Ant Orectogna Thus Versicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Bert Hölldobler published 1981 in Psyche

Trail Pheromone of Myrmicine Ant Pristomyrmex pungens

Use of a sound-based vibratome by leaf-cutting ants

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Use of stridulation in foraging leaf-cutting ants: mechanical support during cutting or short-range recruitment signal?

scientific article published in 1996

Weaver Ants / Berthold K. Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson. - (1977)

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Weaver ants: social establishment and maintenance of territory

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Worker division of labor and endocrine physiology are associated in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

[Recruitment through tandem running in the ant Bothroponera tresserinoda]

scientific article published on 01 September 1974