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List of works by Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

A DNA and morphology based phylogenetic framework of the ant genus Lasius with hypotheses for the evolution of social parasitism and fungiculture.

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A Falsification of the Citation Impediment in the Taxonomic Literature

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A butterfly's chemical key to various ant forts: intersection-odour or aggregate-odour multi-host mimicry?

scientific article published on 19 March 2004

A near-infrared spectroscopy routine for unambiguous identification of cryptic ant species

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

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

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An Alpine ant's behavioural polymorphism: monogyny with and without internest aggression in Tetramorium alpestre.

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Anticipating data-induced bias

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Are we ready to detect nematode diversity by next generation sequencing?

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in the giant bulldog ant, Myrmecia brevinoda and the jumper ant, M. pilosula

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Chemosensory adaptations of the mountain fly Drosophila nigrosparsa (Insecta: Diptera) through genomics' and structural biology's lenses.

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Chloroplast DNA-based studies in molecular ecology may be compromised by nuclear-encoded plastid sequence.

scientific article published on 23 August 2010

Comparing ant behaviour indices for fine-scale analyses

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

Cuticular hydrocarbons of Tetramorium ants from central Europe: analysis of GC-MS data with self-organizing maps (SOM) and implications for systematics.

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Effect of social structure and introduction history on genetic diversity and differentiation

scientific article published on 03 April 2021

Effects of Alpine land-use changes: Soil macrofauna community revisited

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Evidence for a recent horizontal transmission and spatial spread of Wolbachia from endemic Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae) to invasive Rhagoletis cingulata in Europe.

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Evolution of morphological crypsis in the Tetramorium caespitum ant species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Extensive variation in chromosome number and genome size in sexual and parthenogenetic species of the jumping-bristletail genus Machilis (Archaeognatha).

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Genomic Resources Notes Accepted 1 June 2015-31 July 2015.

scientific article published on November 2015

Genomic Resources Notes accepted 1 February 2015 - 31 March 2015.

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Genomic resources notes accepted 1 August 2014-30 September 2014.

scientific article published on 25 November 2014

Genomic resources notes accepted 1 December 2013-31 January 2014.

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Glacial refugia, recolonization patterns and diversification forces in Alpine-endemic Megabunus harvestmen.

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Identifying the minimum number of microsatellite loci needed to assess population genetic structure: A case study in fly culturing.

scientific article published on 23 November 2017

Influence of three artificial light sources on oviposition and half-life of the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): Improving small-scale indoor rearing.

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Integrative taxonomy: a multisource approach to exploring biodiversity.

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Intraspecific support for the polygyny-vs.-polyandry hypothesis in the bulldog ant Myrmecia brevinoda

scientific article published on July 25, 2011

Lessons from a beetle and an ant: coping with taxon-dependent differences in microsatellite development success.

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Life-history traits and physiological limits of the alpine fly Drosophila nigrosparsa (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A comparative study

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Major range loss predicted from lack of heat adaptability in an alpine Drosophila species

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Near-Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy as a Tool to Discriminate Two Cryptic Tetramorium Ant Species

scientific article published on May 3, 2011

No sympatric speciation here: multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra.

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Non-destructive species identification ofDrosophila obscuraandD. subobscura(Diptera) using near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on August 13, 2012

Oviposition Substrate of the Mountain Fly Drosophila nigrosparsa (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

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Patterns of host use by brood parasitic Maculinea butterflies across Europe

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 April 2013-31 May 2013.

scientific article published in September 2013

Pleistocene survival on central Alpine nunataks: genetic evidence from the jumping bristletail Machilis pallida.

scientific article published on 21 September 2012

Positive diversifying selection is a pervasive adaptive force throughout the Drosophila radiation.

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Rapid and cost-effective screening of newly identified microsatellite loci by high-resolution melting analysis.

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Recent insertion/deletion (reINDEL) mutations: increasing awareness to boost molecular-based research in ecology and evolution

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Take up the challenge! Opportunities for evolution research from resolving conflict in integrative taxonomy

scientific article published in September 2014

Taking the discovery approach in integrative taxonomy: decrypting a complex of narrow-endemic Alpine harvestmen (Opiliones: Phalangiidae: Megabunus).

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Taxonomist's Nightmare … Evolutionist's Delight : An Integrative Approach Resolves Species Limits in Jumping Bristletails Despite Widespread Hybridization and Parthenogenesis

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The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants

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The hitchhiker's guide to Europe: the infection dynamics of an ongoing Wolbachia invasion and mitochondrial selective sweep in Rhagoletis cerasi

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Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor "structor"

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

Ultra-low activities of a common radioisotope for permission-free tracking of a drosophilid fly in its natural habitat

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Without morphology, cryptic species stay in taxonomic crypsis following discovery.

scientific article published on 15 June 2007

Wolbachia affect behavior and possibly reproductive compatibility but not thermoresistance, fecundity, and morphology in a novel transinfected host, Drosophila nigrosparsa

scientific article published on 12 April 2020

optiFLP: software for automated optimization of amplified fragment length polymorphism scoring parameters

scientific article published on June 28, 2011