Local differences in parasitism and competition shape defensive investment in a polymorphic eusocial bee

Soldiers in a Stingless Bee

(2016) Benedikt Hammel et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Soldier production in a stingless bee depends on rearing location and nurse behaviour

(2015) Francisca H. I. D. Segers et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Body size variation and caste ratios in geographically distinct populations of the invasive big-headed ant,Pheidole megacephala(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2014) Bill D. Wills et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The production of soldiers and the maintenance of caste proportions delay the growth of termite incipient colonies

(2014) T. Chouvenc et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

The Soldiers in Societies: Defense, Regulation, and Evolution

(2014) Li Tian et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Geographic variation in caste ratio of trematode colonies with a division of labour reflect local adaptation

(2014) Melanie M. Lloyd et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

What determines the growth of individual castes in social trematodes?

(2013) T. Kamiya et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Caste ratios affect the reproductive output of social trematode colonies

(2012) T. Kamiya et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Tradeoffs in the Evolution of Caste and Body Size in the Hyperdiverse Ant Genus Pheidole

(2012) Terrence P. McGlynn et al.   PLoS One

A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee

(2012) C. Gruter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An Evolutionary Perspective on Self-Organized Division of Labor in Social Insects

(2011) Ana Duarte et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Hovering guards of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula increase colony defensive perimeter as shown by intra- and inter-specific comparisons

(2011) Jelle S. van Zweden et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Colony demographics of rare soldier-polymorphic worker caste systems in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

(2011) M. H. Huang et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

The Natural History of Nest Defence in a Stingless Bee, Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with Two Distinct Types of Entrance Guards

(2011) C Grüter et al.   NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Juvenile exposure to predator cues induces a larger egg size in fish

(2011) F. H. I. D. Segers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mothers Forewarn Offspring about Predators: A Transgenerational Maternal Effect on Behavior

(2010) Jonathan J. Storm et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Loss of functional diversity of ant assemblages in secondary tropical forests

(2010) Jochen H. Bihn et al.   ECOLOGY

Behavioral evolution in the major worker subcaste of twig-nesting Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): does morphological specialization influence task plasticity?

(2009) Amy L. Mertl et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Feeding behavior of trunk-living jumping spiders (Salticidae) in a coastal primary forest in the Gambia

(2009) David Penney et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

How ecology shapes caste evolution: linking resource use, morphology, performance and fitness in a superorganism

(2009) S. POWELL   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL