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

 * [[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 PDF]]


 * [[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]]


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


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


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


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


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


 * Hölldobler, B. 1984. 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.]


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


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


 * Hölldobler, B. & Engel-Siegel, H. 1982. Tergal and sternal glands in male ants. Psyche 89: 113-132.


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


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


 * 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.]


 * 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.]


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


 * 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.]


 * [[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 PDF]]


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


 * 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.]


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


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


 * 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 PDF]]