A remarkable legion of guests: Diversity and host specificity of army ant symbionts

Mapping the deforestation footprint of nations reveals growing threat to tropical forests

(2021) Nguyen Tien Hoang et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Eciton Army Ants—Umbrella Species for Conservation in Neotropical Forests

(2021) Sílvia Pérez-Espona   Diversity-Basel

The topology and drivers of ant–symbiont networks across Europe

(2020) Thomas Parmentier et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

High fidelity defines the temporal consistency of host-parasite interactions in a tropical coastal ecosystem

(2020) V. L. Lopes et al.   Scientific Reports

Perspective: Where might be many tropical insects?

(2019) Daniel H. Janzen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Facultative parasites as evolutionary stepping-stones towards parasitic lifestyles

(2019) Lien T. Luong et al.   Biology Letters

Species‐level predation network uncovers high prey specificity in a Neotropical army ant community

(2019) Philipp O. Hoenle et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A highly resolved food web for insect seed predators in a species-rich tropical forest

(2019) Sofia Gripenberg et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Chemical and behavioral integration of army ant-associated rove beetles – a comparison between specialists and generalists

(2018) Christoph von Beeren et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Characterizing the phylogenetic specialism–generalism spectrum of mammal parasites

(2018) A. W. Park et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Seasonal fluctuation of oribatid mite communities in forest microhabitats

(2018) Katja Wehner et al.   PeerJ

Do mutualistic associations have broader host ranges than neutral or antagonistic associations? A test using myrmecophiles as model organisms

(2018) J. R. N. Glasier et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Studying the sensory ecology of frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae: Diptera) and their frog hosts using ecological interaction networks

(2018) T. U. Grafe et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Army imposters: diversification of army ant-mimicking beetles with their Eciton hosts

(2017) S. Pérez-Espona et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Nuclear genomes distinguish cryptic species suggested by their DNA barcodes and ecology

(2017) Daniel H. Janzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of habitat disturbance on tropical forest biodiversity

(2017) John Alroy   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Studying the Complex Communities of Ants and Their Symbionts Using Ecological Network Analysis

(2016) Aniek B.F. Ivens et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Cryptic diversity, high host specificity and reproductive synchronization in army ant-associatedVatesusbeetles

(2016) Christoph von Beeren et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Host specificity in a diverse Neotropical tick community: an assessment using quantitative network analysis and host phylogeny

(2016) Helen J. Esser et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Community Sampling and Integrative Taxonomy Reveal New Species and Host Specificity in the Army Ant-Associated Beetle Genus Tetradonia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

(2016) Christoph von Beeren et al.   PLoS One

Mapping tree density at a global scale

(2015) T. W. Crowther et al.   NATURE

Interbreeding among deeply divergent mitochondrial lineages in the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

(2015) Christoph von Beeren et al.   Scientific Reports

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Ecological, historical and evolutionary determinants of modularity in weighted seed-dispersal networks

(2014) Matthias Schleuning et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Large vertebrates as the missing components of seed-dispersal networks

(2013) Mariana M. Vidal et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

20 years since the introduction of DNA barcoding: from theory to application

(2013) Živa Fišer Pečnikar et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED GENETICS

Facultative and obligate parasite communities exhibit different network properties

(2013) TIMOTHÉE POISOT et al.   PARASITOLOGY

A DNA-Based Registry for All Animal Species: The Barcode Index Number (BIN) System

(2013) Sujeevan Ratnasingham et al.   PLoS One

A method for detecting modules in quantitative bipartite networks

(2013) Carsten F. Dormann et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phylogenetic host specificity and understanding parasite sharing in primates

(2012) Natalie Cooper et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant-frugivore networks are less specialized and more robust at forest-farmland edges than in the interior of a tropical forest

(2012) Sebastian Menke et al.   OIKOS

Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini-Lomechusini-Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta)

(2012) Hallvard Elven et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Myrmecophiles

(2011) Daniel J.C. Kronauer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

How much do army ants eat? On the prey intake of a neotropical top-predator

(2011) S. Powell   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Predation and patchiness in the tropical litter: do swarm-raiding army ants skim the cream or drain the bottle?

(2011) Michael Kaspari et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Host specificity in phylogenetic and geographic space

(2011) Robert Poulin et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Why network analysis is often disconnected from community ecology: A critique and an ecologist's guide

(2010) Nico Blüthgen   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

The largest animal association centered on one species: the army ant Eciton burchellii and its more than 300 associates

(2010) C. W. Rettenmeyer et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Network analysis shining light on parasite ecology and diversity

(2010) Robert Poulin   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Symbionts of societies that fission: mites as guests or parasites of army ants

(2009) STEFANIE M. BERGHOFF et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The sixth mass coextinction: are most endangered species parasites and mutualists?

(2009) R. R. Dunn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

WHAT DO INTERACTION NETWORK METRICS TELL US ABOUT SPECIALIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL TRAITS

(2008) Nico Blüthgen et al.   ECOLOGY

Review: Ecological networks - beyond food webs

(2008) Thomas C. Ings et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Evaluating nuclear protein-coding genes for phylogenetic utility in beetles

(2008) Alexander L. Wild et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Host specificity under molecular and experimental scrutiny

(2007) Robert Poulin et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY