ArticleBiology2021
The Inquiline Ant
Article in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rhythmic Signaling of Ants and Butterflies With Varying Degrees of Myrmecophily.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Biotremological research using a DIY piezoelectric contact microphone - examples with insects.Biodiversity data journal · 2025Article
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- Non-lethal fungal infection could reduce aggression towards strangers in ants.Communications biology · 2023Article
- The Pattern of Social Parasitism inInsects · 2023Article
- Chasing Flies: The Use of Wingbeat Frequency as a Communication Cue in Calyptrate Flies (Diptera: Calyptratae).Insects · 2022Article
- Chemically Insignificant Social Parasites Exhibit More Anti-Dehydration Behaviors than Their Hosts.Insects · 2021Article
- Uncovering variation in social insect communication.Current zoology · 2021Article
- Multiple phenotypic traits as triggers of host attacks towards ant symbionts: body size, morphological gestalt, and chemical mimicry accuracy.Frontiers in zoology · 2021Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Social parasitism represents a particular type of agonistic interaction in which a parasite exploits an entire society instead of a single organism. One fascinating form of social parasitism in ants is the "inquilinism", in which a typically worker-less parasitic queen coexists with the resident queen in the host colony and produces sexual offspring. To bypass the recognition system of host colonies, inquilines have evolved a repertoire of deceiving strategies. We tested the level of integration of the inquiline
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