Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism: bacteria protect ant fungus gardens from specialized parasites CR Currie, ANM Bot, JJ Boomsma Oikos 101 (1), 91-102, 2003 | 229 | 2003 |
Waste management in leaf-cutting ants ANM Bot, CR Currie, AG Hart, JJ Boomsma Ethology Ecology & Evolution 13 (3), 225-237, 2001 | 185 | 2001 |
Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants M Poulsen, AN Bot, MG Nielsen, JJ Boomsma Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52, 151-157, 2002 | 183 | 2002 |
Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leaf-cutting ants ANM Bot, D Ortius-Lechner, K Finster, R Maile, JJ Boomsma Insectes sociaux 49, 363-370, 2002 | 160 | 2002 |
PARTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN ANTS AND SYMBIOTIC FUNGI IN TWO SYMPATRIC SPECIES OF ACROMYRMEX LEAF‐CUTTING ANTS ANM Bot, SA Rehner, JJ Boomsma Evolution 55 (10), 1980-1991, 2001 | 123 | 2001 |
PARTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN ANTS AND SYMBIOTIC FUNGI IN TWO SYMPATRIC SPECIES OF ACROMYRMEX LEAF‐CUTTING ANTS ANM Bot, SA Rehner, JJ Boomsma Evolution 55 (10), 1980-1991, 2001 | 123 | 2001 |
Cooler butterflies lay larger eggs: developmental plasticity versus acclimation K Fischer, E Eenhoorn, ANM Bot, PM Brakefield, BJ Zwaan Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2003 | 107 | 2003 |
Characterization of 28 microsatellite loci for the butterfly Bicyclus anynana AE Van't Hof, BJ Zwaan, IJ Saccheri, D Daly, ANM Bot, PM Brakefield Molecular Ecology Notes 5 (1), 169-172, 2005 | 106 | 2005 |
Fitness consequences of temperature-mediated egg size plasticity in a butterfly K Fischer, ANM Bot, PM Brakefield, BJ Zwaan Functional Ecology, 803-810, 2003 | 91 | 2003 |
Within‐colony transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf‐cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus M Poulsen, ANM Bot, CR Currie, MG Nielsen, JJ Boomsma Functional Ecology 17 (2), 260-269, 2003 | 80 | 2003 |
Do mothers producing large offspring have to sacrifice fecundity? K Fischer, ANM Bot, PM Brakefield, BJ Zwaan Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19 (2), 380-391, 2006 | 73 | 2006 |
Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants M Poulsen, ANM Bot, CR Currie, JJ Boomsma Insectes Sociaux 49, 15-19, 2002 | 69 | 2002 |
Genetic and environmental sources of egg size variation in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana K Fischer, ANM Bot, BJ Zwaan, PM Brakefield Heredity 92 (3), 163-169, 2004 | 65 | 2004 |
Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus ANM Bot, ML Obermayer, B Hölldobler, JJ Boomsma Insectes Sociaux 48, 63-66, 2001 | 54 | 2001 |
Variable metapleural gland size-allometries in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ANM Bot, JJ Boomsma Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 375-383, 1996 | 53 | 1996 |
The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants M Poulsen, ANM Bot, JJ Boomsma Naturwissenschaften 90, 406-409, 2003 | 50 | 2003 |
Caste-specific expression of genetic variation in the size of antibiotic-producing glands of leaf-cutting ants WOH Hughes, ANM Bot, JJ Boomsma Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1681), 609-615, 2010 | 46 | 2010 |
A colony-level response to disease control in a leaf-cutting ant AG Hart, A Bot, MJ Brown Naturwissenschaften 89, 275-277, 2002 | 45 | 2002 |
Mortality rates and division of labor in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta colombica MJF Brown, ANM Bot, AG Hart Journal of insect science 6 (1), 2006 | 20 | 2006 |
Costs and benefits of a general antibiotic defence mechanism in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus M Poulsen, ANM Bot, MG Nielsen, JJ Boomsma Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol 52, 151-157, 2002 | 5 | 2002 |