List of works - Patrizia d'Ettorre

A comparative study of egg recognition signature mixtures in Formica ants

scientific article published on 24 January 2015

A small number of workers with specific personality traits perform tool use in ants

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Active explorers show low learning performance in a social insect

scientific article published on 23 October 2016

Ant cuticular hydrocarbons are heritable and associated with variation in colony productivity

June 2020 scholarly article in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Ant queen egg-marking signals: matching deceptive laboratory simplicity with natural complexity

scientific article

Ants Discriminate Between Different Hydrocarbon Concentrations

article published in 2015

Ants detect cancer cells through volatile organic compounds

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

Ants learn fast and do not forget: associative olfactory learning, memory and extinction in Formica fusca

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Ants recognize foes and not friends.

scientific article published in April 2009

Appetitive and aversive olfactory learning induce similar generalization rates in the honey bee.

scientific article published in March 2014

Associative learning in ants: conditioning of the maxilla-labium extension response in Camponotus aethiops

scientific article published in January 2010

Aversive learning of odor-heat associations in ants

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Biological activity of the enantiomers of 3-methylhentriacontane, a queen pheromone of the ant Lasius niger.

scientific article

Caste-dependent brood retrieval by workers in the ant Formica exsecta

Chemical Characterization of Young Virgin Queens and Mated Egg-Laying Queens in the Ant Cataglyphis cursor: Random Forest Classification Analysis for Multivariate Datasets

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Chemical communication, sexual selection, and introgression in wall lizards.

scientific article

Chemical cues mediate species recognition in field crickets

scientific article published in 2015

Chemical disguise of myrmecophilous cockroaches and its implications for understanding nestmate recognition mechanisms in leaf-cutting ants

scientific article

Chemical structure of odorants and perceptual similarity in ants.

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Colony fusion and worker reproduction after queen loss in army ants

scientific article

Conserved class of queen pheromones stops social insect workers from reproducing

scientific article

Cooperative defence operates by social modulation of biogenic amine levels in the honey bee brain.

scientific article published in January 2018

Crozier's paradox revisited: maintenance of genetic recognition systems by disassortative mating

scientific article

Decoding ants' olfactory system sheds light on the evolution of social communication.

scientific article published on 15 August 2017

Disentangling environmental and heritable nestmate recognition cues in a carpenter ant.

scientific article published on 11 December 2008

Do cuticular hydrocarbons provide sufficient information for optimal sex allocation in the ant Formica exsecta?

scientific article published on 23 November 2011

Dynamics and genetic structure of Argentine ant supercolonies in their native range

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Family-based guilds in the ant Pachycondyla inversa

scientific article

Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published in May 2015

Genetic constraints on dishonesty and caste dimorphism in an ant.

scientific article published on 10 January 2013

Genomic and brain expansion provide ants with refined sense of smell

scientific article

Haplometrotic colony founding by the slave‐making antpolyergus rufescens(hymenoptera, formicidae)

scholarly article by Patrizia D'ettorre et al published January 1997 in Italian Journal of Zoology

Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility

scientific article published on 30 June 2010

Individual behavioural type and group performance in Formica fusca ants

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Individual differences in exploratory activity relate to cognitive judgement bias in carpenter ants

scientific article

Integration strategies of a leaf-cutting ant social parasite

Kin-informative recognition cues in ants.

scientific article published in December 2010

Larval memory affects adult nest-mate recognition in the ant Aphaenogaster senilis.

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Learning and perceptual similarity among cuticular hydrocarbons in ants ⬇️

scientific article published on October 31, 2011

Long-term olfactory memories are stabilised via protein synthesis in Camponotus fellah ants

scientific article published in October 2011

Low levels of nestmate discrimination despite high genetic differentiation in the invasive pharaoh ant ⬇️

scientific article

Mating and post‐mating behaviour of the European amazon ant,Polyergus rufescens(Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scholarly article by Alessandra Mori et al published January 1994 in Italian Journal of Zoology

Nice to kin and nasty to non-kin: revisiting Hamilton's early insights on eusociality

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Novel insights into the ontogeny of nestmate recognition in Polistes social wasps

scientific article

Olfactory experience shapes the evaluation of odour similarity in ants: a behavioural and computational analysis.

scientific article published in August 2016

Phenotypic correlation between queen and worker brood care supports the role of maternal care in the evolution of eusociality

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

Pheromone components affect motivation and induce persistent modulation of associative learning and memory in honey bees

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Pheromone-Induced Accuracy of Nestmate Recognition in Carpenter Ants: Simultaneous Decrease in Type I and Type II Errors

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Pheromones modulate responsiveness to a noxious stimulus in honey bees.

scientific article

Pheromones modulate reward responsiveness and non-associative learning in honey bees.

scientific article

Queen signaling in social wasps

scientific article published on 3 December 2013

Rapid decision-making with side-specific perceptual discrimination in ants

scientific article

Recognition of social identity in ants

scientific article published in 2012

Regulation of Ant Foraging: A Review of the Role of Information Use and Personality

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Seasonal Variations in Femoral Gland Secretions Reveals some Unexpected Correlations Between Protein and Lipid Components in a Lacertid Lizard

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations

scientific article published on 24 February 2010

Sucrose responsiveness, learning success, and task specialization in ants

scientific article published on 16 July 2013

The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants ⬇️

scientific article

The mandible opening response: quantifying aggression elicited by chemical cues in ants

scientific article

The scent of mixtures: rules of odour processing in ants

scientific article

Tool selection during foraging in two species of funnel ants

Trail-pheromone modulates subjective reward evaluation in Argentine ants

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Variation in nestmate recognition ability among polymorphic leaf-cutting ant workers

scientific article published on 6 September 2014

Wax combs mediate nestmate recognition by guard honeybees

Wingless virgin queens assume helper roles in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published in September 2012

You know what? I'm happy. Cognitive bias is not related to personality but is induced by pair-housing in canaries (Serinus canaria).

scientific article

List of works by Patrizia d'Ettorre

A comparative study of egg recognition signature mixtures in Formica ants

A small number of workers with specific personality traits perform tool use in ants

Active explorers show low learning performance in a social insect

Ant cuticular hydrocarbons are heritable and associated with variation in colony productivity

Ant queen egg-marking signals: matching deceptive laboratory simplicity with natural complexity

Ants Discriminate Between Different Hydrocarbon Concentrations

Ants detect cancer cells through volatile organic compounds

Ants learn fast and do not forget: associative olfactory learning, memory and extinction in Formica fusca

Ants recognize foes and not friends.

Appetitive and aversive olfactory learning induce similar generalization rates in the honey bee.

Associative learning in ants: conditioning of the maxilla-labium extension response in Camponotus aethiops

Aversive learning of odor-heat associations in ants

Biological activity of the enantiomers of 3-methylhentriacontane, a queen pheromone of the ant Lasius niger.

Caste-dependent brood retrieval by workers in the ant Formica exsecta

Chemical Characterization of Young Virgin Queens and Mated Egg-Laying Queens in the Ant Cataglyphis cursor: Random Forest Classification Analysis for Multivariate Datasets

Chemical communication, sexual selection, and introgression in wall lizards.

Chemical cues mediate species recognition in field crickets

Chemical disguise of myrmecophilous cockroaches and its implications for understanding nestmate recognition mechanisms in leaf-cutting ants

Chemical structure of odorants and perceptual similarity in ants.

Colony fusion and worker reproduction after queen loss in army ants

Conserved class of queen pheromones stops social insect workers from reproducing

Cooperative defence operates by social modulation of biogenic amine levels in the honey bee brain.

Crozier's paradox revisited: maintenance of genetic recognition systems by disassortative mating

Decoding ants' olfactory system sheds light on the evolution of social communication.

Disentangling environmental and heritable nestmate recognition cues in a carpenter ant.

Do cuticular hydrocarbons provide sufficient information for optimal sex allocation in the ant Formica exsecta?

Dynamics and genetic structure of Argentine ant supercolonies in their native range

Family-based guilds in the ant Pachycondyla inversa

Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants.

Genetic constraints on dishonesty and caste dimorphism in an ant.

Genomic and brain expansion provide ants with refined sense of smell

Haplometrotic colony founding by the slave‐making antpolyergus rufescens(hymenoptera, formicidae)

Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility

Individual behavioural type and group performance in Formica fusca ants

Individual differences in exploratory activity relate to cognitive judgement bias in carpenter ants

Integration strategies of a leaf-cutting ant social parasite

Kin-informative recognition cues in ants.

Larval memory affects adult nest-mate recognition in the ant Aphaenogaster senilis.

Learning and perceptual similarity among cuticular hydrocarbons in ants ⬇️

Long-term olfactory memories are stabilised via protein synthesis in Camponotus fellah ants

Low levels of nestmate discrimination despite high genetic differentiation in the invasive pharaoh ant ⬇️

Mating and post‐mating behaviour of the European amazon ant,Polyergus rufescens(Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Nice to kin and nasty to non-kin: revisiting Hamilton's early insights on eusociality

Novel insights into the ontogeny of nestmate recognition in Polistes social wasps

Olfactory experience shapes the evaluation of odour similarity in ants: a behavioural and computational analysis.

Phenotypic correlation between queen and worker brood care supports the role of maternal care in the evolution of eusociality

Pheromone components affect motivation and induce persistent modulation of associative learning and memory in honey bees

Pheromone-Induced Accuracy of Nestmate Recognition in Carpenter Ants: Simultaneous Decrease in Type I and Type II Errors

Pheromones modulate responsiveness to a noxious stimulus in honey bees.

Pheromones modulate reward responsiveness and non-associative learning in honey bees.

Queen signaling in social wasps

Rapid decision-making with side-specific perceptual discrimination in ants

Recognition of social identity in ants

Regulation of Ant Foraging: A Review of the Role of Information Use and Personality

Seasonal Variations in Femoral Gland Secretions Reveals some Unexpected Correlations Between Protein and Lipid Components in a Lacertid Lizard

Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations

Sucrose responsiveness, learning success, and task specialization in ants

The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants ⬇️

The mandible opening response: quantifying aggression elicited by chemical cues in ants

The scent of mixtures: rules of odour processing in ants

Tool selection during foraging in two species of funnel ants

Trail-pheromone modulates subjective reward evaluation in Argentine ants

Variation in nestmate recognition ability among polymorphic leaf-cutting ant workers

Wax combs mediate nestmate recognition by guard honeybees

Wingless virgin queens assume helper roles in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.

You know what? I'm happy. Cognitive bias is not related to personality but is induced by pair-housing in canaries (Serinus canaria).