Hölldobler, Bertold

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Bert Hölldobler (born 25 June 1936) is a German behavioral biologist and Sociobiologist whose primary study subjects are social insects and in particular ants. He is a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work on The Ants (1991) with Edward O. Wilson. In 1990, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. He also collaborated with Wilson to write Journey to the Ants (1994). In 2008 he and Wilson co-authored their third book about superorganisms. He holds positions at the University of Wuerzburg and Arizona State University where he is a Foundation Professor in the School of Life Sciences

PUBLICATIONS

 * Bartz, S. H.; Hölldobler, B. 1982. Colony founding in Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the evolution of foundress associations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 10:137-147. [1982-04] 122546


 * Bellas, T.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Constituents of mandibular and Dufour's glands of an Australian Polyrhachis weaver ant. Journal of Chemical Ecology 11:525-538. [1985-04] 122576


 * Bestmann, H. J.; Haak, U.; Kern, F.; Hölldobler, B. 1995. 2,4-dimethyl-5-hexanolide, a trail pheromone component of the carpenter ant Camponotus herculaneus. Naturwissenschaften 82:142-144. [1995-03] 122701


 * Bestmann, H. J.; Übler, E.; Hölldobler, B. 1997. First biosynthetic studies on trail pheromones in ants. Angewandte Chemie. International Edition in English 36:395-397. 130738


 * Carlin, N. F.; Halpern, R.; Hölldobler, B.; Schwartz, P. 1987. Early learning and the recognition of conspecific cocoons by carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.). Ethology 75:306-316. [1987-08] 123522


 * Carlin, N. F.; Hölldobler, B. 1983. Nestmate and kin recognition in interspecific mixed colonies of ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 222:1027-1029. [1983-12-02] 123523


 * Carlin, N. F.; Hölldobler, B. 1986. The kin recognition system of carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.). I. Hierarchical cues in small colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 19:123-134. [1986-07] 123524


 * [[Media:Dietemann 2002.pdf|Dietemann, V.; Hölldobler, B.; Peeters, C. 2002. Caste specialization and differentiation in reproductive potential in the phylogenetically primitive ant Myrmecia gulosa. Insectes Soc 49: 289-298.]]


 * Düssmann, O.; Peeters, C.; Hölldobler, B. 1996. Morphology and reproductive behaviour of intercastes in the ponerine ant Pachycondyla obscuricornis. Insectes Sociaux 43:421-425. [1996] 131158


 * Franks, N. R. 1990. [Review of: Hölldobler, B., Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.]. Science (Washington, D. C.) 248:897-898. [1990-05-18] 125367


 * Franks, N. R.; Hölldobler, B. 1987. Sexual competition during colony reproduction in army ants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 30:229-243. [1987-04-03] 125371


 * Gadau, J.; Heinze, J.; Dick, B.; Hölldobler, B. 1994. Multilocus DNA-fingerprinting in ants. P. 44 in:Lenoir, A.; Arnold, G.; Lepage, M. (eds.) 1994. Les insectes sociaux. 12ème congrès de l'Union Internationale pour l'Étude des Insectes Sociaux. Paris, Sorbonne, 21-27 août 1994. Paris: Université Paris Nord, xxiv + 583 pp. [1994-09] 125401


 * Gadau, J.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Schmid, M. 1996. Population and colony structure of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus. Molecular Ecology 5:885-792. [1996-10] 131352


 * Gronenberg, W.; Heeren, S.; Hölldobler, B. 1996. Age-dependent and task-related morphological changes in the brain and the mushroom bodies of the ant Camponotus floridanus. Journal of Experimental Biology 199:2011-2019. 131410


 * Gronenberg, W.; Hölldobler, B. 1999. Morphologic representation of visual and antennal information in the ant brain. Journal of Comparative Neurology 412:229-240. [1999-09-20] PDF 131411


 * Gronenberg, W.; Paul, J.; Just, S.; Hölldobler, B. 1997. Mandible muscle fibers in ants: fast or powerful? Cell and Tissue Research 289:347-361. 131412


 * Gronenberg, W.; Tautz, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1993. Fast trap jaws and giant neurons in the ant Odontomachus. Science (Washington, D. C.) 262:561-563. [1993-10-22] 125699


 * Haak, U.; Hölldobler, B.; Bestmann, H. J.; Kern, F. 1996. Species-specificity in trail pheromones and Dufour's gland contents of Camponotus atriceps and C. floridanus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chemoecology 7:85-93. 131428


 * [[Media:Heinze et al 1998.pdf|Heinze, J.; Cover, S. P.; Hölldobler, B. 1998 ("1995"). Neither worker, nor queen: an ant caste specialized in the production of unfertilized eggs. Psyche (Cambridge) 102:173-185. [1998-03-27] PDF]]


 * Heinze, J.; Gadau, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Nanda, I.; Schmid, M.; Scheller, K. 1994. Genetic variability in the ant Camponotus floridanus detected by multilocus DNA fingerprinting. Naturwissenschaften 81:34-36. [1994-01] 125843


 * Heinze, J.; Gadau, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Nanda, I.; Schmid, M.; Scheller, K. 1994. Genetic variability in the ant Camponotus floridanus detected by multilocus DNA fingerprinting. Naturwissenschaften 81:34-36. [1994-01] 125843


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1993a. Queen polymorphism in an Australian weaver ant, Polyrhachis cf. doddi. Psyche (Cambridge) 100:83-92. [1993-09-27] 125846


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1993b. Fighting for a harem of queens: physiology of reproduction in Cardiocondyla male ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 90:8412-8414. [1993-09] 125847


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1994. Fighting and thelytokous parthenogenesis in the ant, Platythyrea punctata. P. 245 in: Lenoir, A.; Arnold, G.; Lepage, M. (eds.) 1994. Les insectes sociaux. 12ème congrès de l'Union Internationale pour l'Étude des Insectes Sociaux. Paris, Sorbonne, 21-27 août 1994. Paris: Université Paris Nord, xxiv + 583 pp. [1994-09] 125844


 * [[Media:Heinze 1994.pdf| Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1994. Ants in the cold. Polish Academy of Sciences, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Memorabilia Zoologica. 48:99-108.]]


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1995. Thelytokous parthenogenesis and dominance hierarchies in the ponerine ant, Platythyrea punctata. Naturwissenschaften 82:40-41. [1995-01] 125845


 * Heinze, J., Hölldobler, B.; Alpert, G. 1999. Reproductive Conflict and Division of Labor in Eutetramorium mocquerysi, a Myrmicine Ant Without Morphologically Distinct Female Reproductives. Ethology 105 (8): 701-717


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Cover, S. P. 1992. Queen polymorphism in the North American harvester ant, Ephebomyrmex imberbiculus. Insectes Sociaux 39:267-273. [1992] 125848


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Peeters, C. 1994. Conflict and cooperation in ant societies. Naturwissenschaften 81:489-497. [1994-11] 125849


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Trenkle, S. 1995. Reproductive behavior of the ant Leptothorax (Dichothorax) pergandei. Insectes Sociaux 42:309-315. [1995] 125850


 * Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Yamauchi, K. 1998. Male competition in Cardiocondyla ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42:239-246. [1998-04] 131459


 * Heinze, J.; Kühnholz, S.; Schilder, K.; Hölldobler, B. 1993. Behavior of ergatoid males in the ant, Cardiocondyla nuda. Insectes Sociaux 40:273-282. [1993] 125853


 * Heinze, J.; Lipski, N.; Hölldobler, B.; Bourke, A. F. G. 1995. Geographical variation in the social and genetic structure of the ant, Leptothorax acervorum. Zoology. Analysis of Complex Systems 98:127-135. [1995] 125854


 * [[Media:Heinze J 1992.pdf|Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Cover, S. P. 1992. Queen polymorphism in the North American harvester ant, Ephebomyrmex imberbiculus. Insectes Soc. 39: 267-273.]]


 * Heinze, J.; Lipski, N.; Schlehmeyer, K.; Hölldobler, B. 1995. Colony structure and reproduction in the ant Leptothorax acervorum. Behavioral Ecology 6:359-367. [1995] 125855


 * Heinze, J.; Stahl, M.; Hölldobler, B. 1996. Ecophysiology of hibernation in boreal Leptothorax ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Écoscience 3:429-435. 131461


 * Hölldobler, B. 1960. Über die Ameisenfauna in Finnland-Lappland. Waldhygiene 3:229-238. [1960] PDF 125926


 * Hölldobler, B. 1961. Temperaturunabhaengige rhythmische Erscheinungen bei Rossameisenkolonien (Camponotus ligniperda Latr. und Camponotus herculeanus L.) (Hym. Form.). Insectes Sociaux 8:13-22. [1961-12] 125927


 * Hölldobler, B. 1962a. Zur Frage der Oligogynie bei Camponotus ligniperda Latr. und Camponotus herculeanus L. (Hym. Formicidae). Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie 49:337-352. [1962-05] 125936


 * Hölldobler, B. 1962b. Über die forstliche Bedeutung der Rossameisen (Camponotus ligniperda Latr. und Camponotus herculaneus L. (Hym., Form.)). Waldhygiene 4:228-250. [1962] 125937


 * Hölldobler, B. 1973. Zur Ethologie der chemischen Verständigung bei Ameisen. Nova Acta Leopoldina (n.s.)37(2):259-292. [1973-06-20] 125928


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1976.pdf|Hölldobler, B. 1976a. Recruitment behaviour, home range orientation and territoriality in harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1: 3-44. [1976.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B. 1976b. Tournaments and slavery in a desert ant. Science (Washington, D. C.) 192:912-914. [1976-05-28] 125939


 * Hölldobler, B. 1976c. The behavioral ecology of mating in harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pogonomyrmex). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:405-423. [1976-12-30] 125940


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1977.pdf| Hölldobler, B. 1977. Communication in social Hymenoptera. In Sebeok, T.A. (Ed.). How Animals Communicate: 418-471. Indiana University Press. [1977.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1978.pdf|Hölldobler, B. 1978. Ethological aspects of chemical communication in ants. Advances in the Study of Behavior 8: 75-115. [1978.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1980.pdf|Hölldobler, B. 1980. Canopy orientation: a new kind of orientation in ants. Science 210: 86-88. [3.x.1980.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B. 1981. Zur Evolution von Rekrutierungssignalen bei Ameisen. Nova Acta Leopoldina (n.s.)54:431-447. [1981-12-15] 125934


 * Hölldobler, B. 1982a. The cloacal gland, a new pheromone gland in ants. Naturwissenschaften 69:186-187. [1982-04] 125941


 * Hölldobler, B. 1982b ("1981"). Trail communication in the dacetine ant Orectognathus versicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 88:245-257. [1982-05-28] 125942


 * Hölldobler, B. 1982c. Chemical communication in ants: new exocrine glands and their behavioral function. Pp. 312-317 in: Breed, M. D.; Michener, C. D.; Evans, H. E. (eds.) 1982. The biology of social insects. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the IUSSI, Boulder, Colorado, August 1982. Boulder: Westview Press, xii + 420 pp. [1982-08] 125943


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1982.pdf|Hölldobler, B. 1982. Communication, raiding behavior and prey storage in Cerapachys. Psyche 89: 3-24. [17.xii.1982.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B. 1984a. Communication during foraging and nest-relocation in the African stink ant, Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 65:40-52. [1984-05] 125945


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1984.pdf|Hölldobler, B. 1984b. Evolution of insect communication (pp. 349-377). In Lewis, T. (Ed.) Insect Communication. 12th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London: 414 pp. [1984.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1985.pdf|Hölldobler, B. 1985. A new exocrine gland in the slave-raiding ant genus Polyergus. Psyche 91 (1984): 225-236. [22.iv.1985.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B. 1986 ("1985"). Liquid food transmission and antennation signals in ponerine ants. Israel Journal of Entomology 19:89-99. [1986-02] 125949


 * Hölldobler, B. 1989 ("1988"). Chemical communication in Meranoplus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 95:139-151. [1989-06-13] 125950


 * Hölldobler, B. 1995. The chemistry of social regulation: multicomponent signals in ant societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92:19-22. [1995-01-03] 125935


 * Hölldobler, B. 1996. Verständigung im Ameisenstaat. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 89(2):7-24. 131490


 * Hölldobler, B.; Bartz, S. H. 1985. Sociobiology of reproduction in ants. Fortschritte der Zoologie 31:237-257. [1985] 125951


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Engel-Siegel 1982.pdf|Hölldobler, B, & Engel, H. 1979. Tergal and sternal glands in ants. Psyche 85 (1978): 285-330. [18.ix.1979.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Engel-Siegel 1982.pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Engel-Siegel, H. 1982. Tergal and sternal glands in male ants. Psyche 89: 113-132.]]


 * Hölldobler, B.; Engel, H.; Taylor, R. W. 1982. A new sternal gland in ants and its function in chemical communication. Naturwissenschaften 69:90-91. [1982-02] 125953


 * Hölldobler, B.; Engel-Siegel, H. 1982. Tergal and sternal glands in male ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 89:113-132. [1982-12-17] 125954


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Engel-Siegel 1985.pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Engel-Siegel, H. 1985. On the metapleural glands of ants. Psyche 91 (1984): 201-224. [22.iv.1985.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B.; Haskins, C. P. 1977. Sexual calling behavior in primitive ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:793-794. [1977-02-25] 125956


 * Hölldobler, B.; Janssen, E.; Bestmann, H. J.; Leal, I. R.; Oliveira, P. S.; Kern, F.; König, W. A. 1996. Comunication in the migratory termite-hunting ant Pachycondyla (=Termitopone) marginata (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 178:47-53. 131491


 * Hölldobler, B.; Liebig, J.; Alpert, G. D. 2002. Gamergates in the myrmicine genus Metapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 89:305-307. 131492


 * Hölldobler, B.; Lumsden, C. J. 1980. Territorial strategies in ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 210:732-739. [1980-11-14] 125957


 * Hölldobler, B.; Markl, H. 1990 ("1989"). Notes on interspecific, mixed colonies in the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex. Psyche (Cambridge) 96:237-238. [1990-04-20] 125958


 * Hölldobler, B.; Möglich, M. 1980. The foraging system of Pheidole militicida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 27:237-264. [1980-09] 125959


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1996.pdf|Hölldobler, B., Obermayer, M. & Peeters, C, 1996. Comparative study of the metatibial gland in ants. Zoomorphology 116: 157-167.]]


 * Hölldobler, B.; Obermayer, M.; Wilson, E. O. 1992. Communication in the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 171:9-16. [1992-08] 125960


 * Hölldobler, B.; Oldham, N. J.; Alpert, G. D.; Liebig, J. 2002. Predatory behavior and chemical communication in two Metapone species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chemoecology 12:147-151. 131494


 * Hölldobler, B.; Oldham, N. J.; Morgan, E. D.; König, W. A. 1995. Recruitment pheromones in the ants Aphaenogaster albisetosus and A. cockerelli (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 41:739-744. [1995-09] 125961


 * Hölldobler, B.; Palmer, J. M. 1989a. A new tarsal gland in ants and the possible role in chemical communication. Naturwissenschaften 76:385-386. [1989-08] 125962


 * Hölldobler, B.; Palmer, J. M. 1989b. Footprint glands in Amblyopone australis (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Psyche (Cambridge) 96:111-121. [1989-12-18] 125963


 * Hölldobler, B.; Palmer, J. M.; Masuko, K.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1989. New exocrine glands in the legionary ants of the genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae). Zoomorphology (Berlin) 108:255-262. [1989-01] 125964


 * Hölldobler, B.; Palmer, J. M.; Moffett, M. W. 1990. Chemical communication in the dacetine ant Daceton armigerum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 16:1207-1219. [1990-04] 125965


 * Hölldobler, B.; Peeters, C.; Obermayer, M. 1994. Exocrine glands and the attractiveness of the ergatoid queen in the ponerine ant Megaponera foetens. Insectes Sociaux 41:63-72. [1994] 125966


 * [[Media:Holldobler B Stanton Engel 1976.pdf|Hölldobler, B., Stanton, R. & Engel, H. 1976. A new exocrine gland in Novomessor and its possible significance as a taxonomic character. Psyche 83: 32-41. [4.xi.1976.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Stanton 1978.pdf|Hölldobler, B., Stanton, R.C. & Markl, H. 1978. Recruitment and food-retrieving behavior in Novomessor. 1. Chemical signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 4: 163-181. [1978.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1984 (1983).pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Taylor, R.W. 1984. A behavioral study of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark. Insectes Sociaux 30 (1983): 384-401. [1984.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Traniello 1980.pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Traniello, J.F.A. 1980. The pygidial gland and chemical recruitment in Pachycondyla (=Termitopone) laevigata. Journal of Chemical Ecology 6: 883-893. [1980.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler & Wilson 1971.pdf|Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1971 [1970]. Recruitment trails in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius. Psyche (Camb.) 77: 385-399.]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Wilson 1977.pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E.O. 1977. Weaver ants. Scientific American (offprints) 237: 146-154. [xii.1977.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977c. Weaver ants. Scientific American 237(6):146-154. [1977-12] 125976


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Wilson 1978.pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E.O. 1978. The multiple recruitment systems of the African weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 3: 19-60. [1978.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983a. Queen control in colonies of weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76:235-238. [1983-03-15] 125977


 * Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983b. The evolution of communal nest-weaving in ants. American Scientist 71:490-499. [1983-10] 125978


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Wilson 1986a.pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E.O. 1986a. Soil-binding pilosity and camouflage in ants of the tribes Basicerotini and Stegomyrmecini. Zoomorphology 106: 12-20. [1986.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B and Wilson 1986b.pdf|Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E.O. 1986b. Ecology and behavior of the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis. Insectes Sociaux 33: 45-58. [vi.1986.] PDF]]


 * Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1986c. Nest area exploration and recognition in leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes). Journal of Insect Physiology 32:143-150. [1986] 125981


 * Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.


 * [[Media:Holldobler & Wilson 1992.pdf|Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1992. Pheidole nasutoides, a new species of Costa Rican ant that apparently mimics termites. Psyche (Camb.) 99: 15-22.]]

Publication date (November 2008) from publisher's web site (http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-06704-0/).
 * Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 2008. The superorganism. The beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, xxi + 522 pp. [2008-11] 132626


 * Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 2010. The leafcutter ants. Civilization by instinct. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 160 pp. 132779


 * Hölldobler, K. 1936. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Koloniegründung der Ameisen. Biologisches Zentralblatt 56:230-248. [1936-06] 125982


 * Hölldobler, K. 1944. Über die forstlich wichtigen Ameisen der nordostkarelischen Urwaldes. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie 30:587-622. [1944] 125983


 * Hölldobler, K. 1961. Systematische Klarstellungen zur Ameisenfauna des nordostkarelischen Urwaldes. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie 48:186-187. [1961-12] PDF 125984


 * Janssen, E.; Bestmann, H. J.; Hölldobler, B.; Kern, F. 1995. N,N-dimethyluracil and actinidine, two pheromones of the ponerine ant Megaponera foetens (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 21:1947-1955. [1995-12] 126148


 * Janssen, E.; Hölldobler, B.; Kern, F.; Bestmann, H.-J.; Tsuji, K. 1997. Trail pheromone of myrmicine ant Pristomyrmex pungens. Journal of Chemical Ecology 23:1025-1034. [1997-04] 131549


 * [[Media:Kronaeur et al 2003.pdf| Kronauer, D. J. C.; Gadau, J.; Hölldobler, B. 2003. Genetic evidence for intra- and interspecific slavery in honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 270:805-810.]]


 * [[Media:Kronauer et al 2004.pdf| Kronauer, D. J. C.; Hölldobler, B.; Gadau, J. 2004. Phylogenetics of the New World honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:416-421. [2004-07] PDF]]


 * Liebig, J.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1997 ("1995"). Queen size variation in the ponerine ant Ponera coarctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 102:1-11. [1997-01-10] 131706


 * Liefke, C.; Dorow, W. H. O.; Hölldobler, B.; Maschwitz, U. 1998. Nesting and food resources of syntopic species of the ant genus Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in West-Malaysia. Insectes Sociaux 45:411-425. [1998] PDF 131707


 * Liefke, C.; Hölldobler, B.; Maschwitz, U. 2001. Recruitment behavior in the ant genus Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 14:637-657. 131708


 * Liefke, C.; Maschwitz, U.; Hölldobler, B. 1997. Rekrutierungsstrategien als wichtige Nischendimension: Polyrhachis illaudata und Polyrhachis proxima (Formicidae), syntope Zwillingsarten aus Westmalaysia. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 11:759-762. [1997-12] 131709


 * Lipski, N.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1992. Social organization of three European Leptothorax species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pp. 287-290 in: Billen, J. P. J. (ed.) 1992. Biology and evolution of social insects. Leuven: Leuven University Press, ix + 390 pp. [1992] 126909


 * Lipski, N.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1994. Untersuchungen zu Koloniestruktur und genetischem Verwandtschaftsgrad bei Leptothorax muscorum (Hym., Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 9:355-359. [1994-12] 126910


 * [[Media:MacKay et al 1995.pdf|Mackay, W. P.; Cover, S. P.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1995. Range extensions for the ant Leptothorax pergandei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a mesic forest species discovered in the Chihuahuan Desert. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97:888. [1995-10-31] PDF]]


 * Markl, H.; Hölldobler, B. 1978. Recruitment and food-retrieving behavior in Novomessor (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). II. Vibration signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 4:183-216. [1978-12-06] 127124


 * Markl, H.; Hölldobler, B.; Hölldobler, T. 1977. Mating behavior and sound production in harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 24:191-212. [1977-06] 127125


 * [[Media:Maschwitz U Holldobler B Moglich M 1974.pdf|Maschwitz, U., Hölldobler, B. & Möglich, M. 1974. Tandemlaufen als Rekrutierungsverhalten bei Bothroponera tesserinoda Forel. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 35: 113-123. [1974.] PDF]]


 * Meinwald, J.; Wiemer, D. F.; Hölldobler, B. 1983. Pygidial gland secretions of the ponerine ant Rhytidoponera metallica. Naturwissenschaften 70:46-47. [1983-01] 127308


 * Morgan, E. D.; Hölldobler, B.; Vaisar, T.; Jackson, B. D. 1992. Contents of poison apparatus and their relation to trail-following in the ant Daceton armigerum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18:2161-2168. [1992-12] 127438


 * Möglich, M.; Hölldobler, B. 1974. Social carrying behavior and division of labor during nest moving in ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 81:219-236. [1974-09-26] 127426


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 * Oldham, N. J.; Morgan, E. D.; Hölldobler, B. 1994. The recruitment pheromones of Aphaenogaster (=Novomessor) cockerelli and A. (=Novomessor) albisetosus, two closely related myrmicine ants. P. 486 in: Lenoir, A.; Arnold, G.; Lepage, M. (eds.) 1994. Les insectes sociaux. 12ème congrès de l'Union Internationale pour l'Étude des Insectes Sociaux. Paris, Sorbonne, 21-27 août 1994. Paris: Université Paris Nord, xxiv + 583 pp. [1994-09] 127617


 * Paul, J.; Roces, F.; Hölldobler, B. 2002. How do ants stick out their tongues? Journal of Morphology 254:39-52. 131990


 * Peeters, C.; Billen, J. P. J.; Hölldobler, B. 1992. Alternative dominance mechanisms regulating monogyny in the queenless ant genus Diacamma. Naturwissenschaften 79:572-573. [1992-12] 127752


 * Peeters, C.; Hölldobler, B. 1992. Notes on the morphology of the sticky "doorknobs" of larvae in an Australian Hypoponera sp. (Formicidae; Ponerinae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:23-30. [1992-12-04] 127758

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 * Rüppell, O.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1998A. Queen size and number in the ant Leptothorax rugatulus. [Abstract.]. P. 407 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp. [1998-12-29] 132176


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 * Sauer, C.; Stackebrandt, E.; Gadau, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Gross, R. 2000. Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov. International Journal of Systematic & Evolutionary Microbiology 50:1877-1886. [2000-09] PDF 132203


 * Schilder, K.; Heinze, J.; Gross, R.; Hölldobler, B. 1999. Microsatellites reveal clonal structure of populations of the thelytokous ant Platythyrea punctata (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Molecular Ecology 8:1497-1507. [1999-09] PDF 132210


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 * Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Caste-specific techniques of defense in the polymorphic ant Pheidole embolopyx (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 32:3-22. [1985-07] 130421


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 * Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005A. The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:7411-7414. [2005-05-24] PDF 132627


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