Not too big, not too small: raids at moderately sized hosts lead to optimal outcomes for a slave-making ant

Host preference of a haematophagous avian ectoparasite: a micronutrient supplementation experiment to test an evolutionary trade-off

(2018) Radovan Václav et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Insect societies fight back: the evolution of defensive traits against social parasites

(2018) Christoph Grüter et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

I smell where you walked - how chemical cues influence movement decisions in ants

(2016) Miriam Wüst et al.   OIKOS

Geographic Variation in Social Parasite Pressure Predicts Intraspecific but not Interspecific Aggressive Responses in Hosts of a Slavemaking Ant

(2015) Isabelle Kleeberg et al.   ETHOLOGY

The ecological success of a social parasite increases with manipulation of collective host behaviour

(2015) E. Jongepier et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A generalist brood parasite modifies use of a host in response to reproductive success

(2015) Matthew I. M. Louder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Advances in the Study of Coevolution Between Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts

(2014) William E. Feeney et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Forewarned is forearmed: aggression and information use determine fitness costs of slave raids

(2014) I. Kleeberg et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Eavesdropping cuckoos: further insights on great spotted cuckoo preference by magpie nests and egg colour

(2014) Juan J. Soler et al.   OECOLOGIA

Collective defence portfolios of ant hosts shift with social parasite pressure

(2014) E. Jongepier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parasite scouting and host defence behaviours are influenced by colony size in the slave-making ant Protomognathus americanus

(2013) S. Pohl et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Diverse societies are more productive: a lesson from ants

(2012) A. P. Modlmeier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Increased host aggression as an induced defense against slave-making ants

(2011) Tobias Pamminger et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Cuckoos versus hosts in insects and birds: adaptations, counter-adaptations and outcomes

(2011) Rebecca M. Kilner et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Constraints on host choice: why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?

(2011) Tomáš Grim et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Slave-making ants prefer larger, better defended host colonies

(2010) Sebastian Pohl et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: some background, observations, and comparisons

(2010) Kenneth P. Burnham et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Locally adapted social parasite affects density, social structure, and life history of its ant hosts

(2009) Susanne Foitzik et al.   ECOLOGY

Explaining postnatal growth plasticity in a generalist brood parasite

(2009) Vladimír Remeš   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

(2009) Benjamin M. Bolker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Decisions, decisions, decisions: the host colony choices of a social parasite

(2008) Jaclyn A. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

What Makes a Host Profitable? Parasites Balance Host Nutritive Resources against Immunity

(2007) Pierre Bize et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST