Recent publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals since 2010

(for older publications, please look at personal webpages)

 

2013 / In Press

Pohl, S., Foitzik, S. Parasite scouting and host defence behaviours are influenced by colony size in the slave-making ant Protomognathus americanus. Insectes Sociaux, in press.

Kureck, I., Nicolai, B., Foitzik, S. Similar performance of diploid and haploid males in an ant species without inbreeding avoidance. Ethology, in press

Wong JWY, Meunier J and Kölliker M. The evolution of parental care in insects: The roles of ecology, life history and the social environment. Ecological entomology, 38(2), 123-137.

Modlmeier, A.P., Foitzik S., Scharf, I. Starvation endurance of Temnothorax ants depends on group size, body size and access to larvae. Physiological Entomology, 38(1) 89-94. 

Pamminger, T., Leingärtner A., Achenbach A., Kleeberg I., Pennings P.S., Foitzik S. 2013. Geographic distribution of the anti-parasite trait “slave rebellion. Evolutionary Ecology, 27: 39-49.

 

2012

Meunier J and Kölliker M (2012) Parental antagonism and parent-offspring co-adaptation interact to shape family life. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B:  biological Sciences 279, 3981-3988

Meunier J and Kölliker M (2012) When it is costly to have a caring mother: food limitation erases the benefits of parental care in earwigs. Biology letters 8(4), 547-550

Meunier J, Wong JWY, Gomez Y, Kuttler S, Röllin L, Stucki D and Kölliker M (2012) One clutch or two clutches? Fitness correlates of coexisting alternative female life-histories in the European earwig. Evolutionary Ecology 26(3), 669-682  

Merker S., D. Boucsein, B. Feldmeyer, D. Perwitasari-Farajallah, B. Streit (2012). Novel tetra- and   pentanucleotide microsatellite markers allow for multiplexed genotyping of Sulawesi tarsiers (Tarsius spp.). Conservation Genetics Resources 4(2): 343-345

Menzel F, Staab M, Chung AYC, Gebauer G, Blüthgen N (2012): Trophic ecology of parabiotic ants: Do the partners have similar food niches? Austral Ecology 37: 537-546

Kureck, I. M., Jongepier E. Nicolai, B., Foitzik, S. 2012 No inbreeding depression but increased sexual investment in highly inbred ant colonies. Molecular Ecology 22:5613-5623.

Scharf, I, Modlmeier, A.P., Beros, S., Foitzik S. 2012 Ant societies buffer individual-level effects of parasite infections. American Naturalist, 180: 671-683.

Modlmeier, A.P., Pamminger, T, Foitzik S., Scharf, S. Cold resistance depends on acclimation and behavioral caste in a temperate ant. Naturwissenschaften, 10: 811-819.

Pamminger, T, Modlmeier, A.P., Suette S., Foitzik S. Raiders from the sky: slavemaker founding queens select for aggressive host colonies. Biology Letters, 8: 748-750.

Steinmeyer, C, Pennings, P.S., Foitzik, S. Multicolonial population structure and nestmate recognition in an extremely dense population of the European ant Lasius flavus. Insectes Sociaux, 59: 499-510.

Pamminger, T., Leingärtner A., Achenbach A., Kleeberg I., Pennings P.S., Foitzik S. Geographic distribution of the anti-parasite trait “slave rebellion. Evolutionary Ecology, online first: DOI 10.1007/s10682-012-9584-07.

Konrad, M., Pamminger, T, Foitzik S. 2012. Two pathways ensuring social harmony. Naturwissenschaften, 99:627–636.8.

Modlmeier, A.P., Liebmann, J.A., Foitzik S. 2012. Diverse societies are more productive: a lesson from ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 2142-2150.9.

Scharf, I, Modlmeier, A., Fries, S, Tirard C, Foitzik S. 2012. Characterizing the collective personality of ant societies: Aggressive colonies do not abandon their home. Plos One 7: e33314. 10.

Scharf, I, Ovadia, O., Foitzik S. 2012. The advantage of alternative tactics of prey and predators depends on the spatial pattern of prey and social interactions among predators. Population Ecology 54: 187-196.

 

 

2011

Mas F, Meunier J and Kölliker M (2011) A new function of hydrocarbons in insect communication: maternal care and offspring signalling in the European earwig. Chimia 65:9, 744

Meunier J (2011) Can multiple pathways mediate the influence of queen number on nestmate discrimination in ants? Communicative and Integrative Biology 4(5), 609-611

Meunier J, Delémont O and Lucas C (2011) Recognition in ants: social origin matters. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19347

Darrouzet E, Meunier J, Bagnères AG & Schatz B (2011) Le génie des insectes sociaux. In "Le génie de la nature" (Book chapter - in French), ISBN  978-2914817769, Editions Biotope, p 86- 111.

Meunier J*, Fingueiredo Pinto S*, Burri R and Roulin A (2011) Eumelanin-based coloration and fitness parameters in birds: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65, 559-567 *Authors contributed equally to the work

Meunier J, Reber A and Chapuisat M (2011) Queen acceptance in a socially polymorphic ant. Animal Behaviour 81, 163-168  

Feldmeyer B., C.W. Wheat, N. Krezdorn, B. Rotter, M. Pfenninger (2011). Short read Illumina data for thede novo assembly of a non-model snail species transcriptome (Radix balthica, Basommatophora, Pulmonata), and a comparison of assembler performance. BMC Genomics 12:317.

Pfenninger M., M. Salinger, T. Haun, B. Feldmeyer (2011). Factors and processes shaping the population structure and distribution of genetic variation across the species range of the freshwater snail Radix balthica (Pulmonata, Basommatophora). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:135.

Menzel F, Schmitt T (2011): Tolerance requires the right smell: first evidence for interspecific selection on chemical recognition cues. Evolution 66-3: 896-904

Lang C, Menzel F (2011): Lasius niger ants discriminate aphids based on their cuticular hydrocarbons. Animal Behaviour 82: 1245-1254

Foitzik, S, Rüger, M., Kureck, I. Metzler, D. Macro- and microgeographic genetic structure in an ant species with alternative reproductive tactics in sexuals. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 2721-2730.

Menzel F, Schmitt T (2011): Tolerance requires the right smell: first evidence for interspecific selection on chemical recognition cues. Evolution, doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01489.x

Lang C, Menzel F (2011): Lasius niger ants discriminate aphids based on their cuticular hydrocarbons. Animal Behaviour, doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.08.020

Pohl, S., Witte, V., Foitzik, S. 2011. Division of labor and slave raid initiation in slave-making ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65: 2029-2036.

Modlmeier, A. P., Foitzik, S. 2011 Productivity increases with variation in aggression among group members in Temnothorax ants. Behavioral Ecology. 22: 1026-1032 .

Scharf, I., Pamminger, T., Foitzik, S. 2011 Differential response of ant colonies to intruders: attack strategies correlate with potential threat. Ethology, 117: 731-739.

Kureck, I. M., Neumann A. and S. Foitzik 2011. Wingless ant males adjust mate-guarding behaviour to the competitive situation in the nest. Animal Behaviour, 82: 339-346.

Scharf, I., Bauer, S., Fischer-Blass, B, Foitzik, S. 2011 Impact of a social parasite on ant host populations depends on host species, habitat and year. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103: 559-570.   

Pamminger, T., Scharf, I., Pennings, P., Foitzik, S. 2011. Increased host aggression as an induced defence against slavemaking ants. Behavioural Ecology, 22: 255-260.

Scharf, I., Fischer-Blass, B, Foitzik, S. 2011 Spatial structure and nest demography reveal the influence of competition, parasitism and habitat quality on slavemaking ants and their hosts. BMC Ecology 2011, 11:9.

Pamminger, T., Scharf, I., Pennings, P., Foitzik, S. 2011. Increased host aggression as an induced defence against slavemaking ants. Behavioural Ecology, 22: 255-260.

Abbot, P., Abe, D., ... Foitzik, S., ... Zink, A. 2011. Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471: E1-E4.

Foitzik, S., Fröba, J. Rüger, M.H., Witte, V. 2011. Competition over workers: Fertility signalling in wingless queens of Hypoponera opacior. Insectes Sociaux, 58: 271-287.

Pennings, P., Achenbach, A., Foitzik, S. 2011. Similar evolutionary potentials in an obligate ant parasite and its two host species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24: 871-886.

Pohl, S., Foitzik, S. 2011 Slave-making ants prefer larger, better defended host colonies. Animal Behaviour, 81: 61-68.    


2010

Masclaux F, Hammond R, Meunier J, Gouhier-Darimont C, Keller L and Reymond P (2010) Competitive ability not kinship affects growth of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. New Phytologist 185(1), 322-331

Meunier J, Delaplace L and Chapuisat M (2010) Reproductive conflicts and egg discrimination in a socially polymorphic ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64(10), 1655-1663

Reber A, Meunier J and Chapuisat M (2010) Flexible colony founding strategies in a socially polymorphic ant. Animal Behaviour 78, 467-472

Pen I., T. Uller, B. Feldmeyer, A. Harts, G.M. While, E. Wapstra (2010). Climate-driven population divergence in sex-determining systems. Nature 468: 436-438.

Feldmeyer B., K. Hoffmeier, M. Pfenninger (2010). The complete mitochondrial genome of Radix balthica(Pulmonata, Basommatophora), obtained by low coverage shot gun next generation sequencing. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1329-1333.

Feldmeyer B., I. Pen, L.W. Beukeboom (2010). A microsatellite marker linkage map of the housefly,Musca domestica: evidence for male recombination. Insect Molecular Biology 19 (4): 575-581.

Menzel F, Woywod M, Blüthgen N, Schmitt T (2010): Behavioural and chemical mechanisms behind a Mediterranean ant-ant association. Ecological Entomology 35: 711-720

Menzel F, Pokorny T, Blüthgen N, Schmitt T (2010): Trail-sharing among tropical ants: interspecific use of trail pheromones? Ecological Entomology 35: 495-503

Menzel F, Blüthgen N (2010): Parabiotic associations between tropical ants: equal partnership or parasitic exploitation? Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 71-81

Foitzik, S, Kureck, I., Rüger, M., Metzler, D. 2010. Alternative reproductive tactics and the influence of local competition on sex allocation in the ant Hypoponera opacior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64:1641–1654.

Achenbach, A., Witte, V., Foitzik, S. 2010 Brood exchange experiments and chemical analyses shed light on slave rebellion in ants. Behavioral Ecology, 21: 948 - 956.

Bauer, S., Böhm, M., Witte V., Foitzik, S. 2010. An ant social parasite in-between two chemical disparate host species. Evolutionary Ecology, 24: 317–332.