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Bellinvia, Sara ; Johnston, Paul R. ; Reinhardt, Klaus ; Otti, Oliver:
Bacterial communities of the reproductive organs of virgin and mated common bedbugs, Cimex lectularius.
In: Ecological Entomology. Vol. 45 (2020) Issue 1 . - pp. 142-154.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12784

Grevé, Michael E. ; Houadria, Mickal ; Andersen, Alan N. ; Menzel, Florian:
Niche differentiation in rainforest ant communities across three continents.
In: Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 9 (8 August 2019) Issue 15 . - pp. 8601-8615.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5394

Heuss, Lisa ; Grevé, Michael E. ; Schäfer, Deborah ; Busch, Verena ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Direct and indirect effects of land‐use intensification on ant communities in temperate grasslands.
In: Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 9 (16 April 2019) Issue 7 . - pp. 4013-4024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5030

Dittrich, Carolin ; Huster, Juliane ; Rödel, Mark‐Oliver ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Matriline effects on metamorphic traits in a natural system in the European common frog (Rana temporaria).
In: Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 9 (March 2019) Issue 6 . - pp. 3075-3088.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4811

Kaufmann, Elena ; Otti, Oliver:
Males increase their fitness by choosing large females in the common bedbug Cimex lectularius.
Animal Population Ecology, Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
In: Animal Biology. Vol. 69 (21 February 2019) Issue 1 . - pp. 17-32.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-20181033

Meyer, Sebastian T. ; Heuss, Lisa ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Weisser, Wolfgang W. ; Gossner, Martin M.:
Land-use components, abundance of predatory arthropods, and vegetation height affect predation rates in grasslands.
In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Vol. 270-271 (1 February 2019) . - pp. 84-92.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.10.015

Otti, Oliver ; Deines, Peter ; Hammerschmidt, Katrin ; Reinhardt, Klaus:
Do Bacteria Change Their Language When They Enter the Body Through Wounds? : Answers From Bedbug Experiments.
Animal Population Ecology, Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; Zoological Institute, Department of Biology, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany; Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany; Applied Zoology, Department of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
In: Frontiers for Young Minds. Vol. 7 (28 January 2019) Issue 1 .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2019.00001

Gemeinholzer, Birgit ; Demant, Laura ; Dieterich, Martin ; Eser, Uta ; Farwig, Nina ; Geske, Christian ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Lauterbach, Daniel ; Reis, Michael ; Weisser, Wolfgang ; Werk, Klaus:
Artenschwund trotz Naturschutz : Noch immer Handlungs- und Forschungsbedarf.
In: Biologie in unserer Zeit. Vol. 49 (2019) Issue 6 . - pp. 444-455.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/biuz.201910689

Grevé, Michael E. ; Bláha, Sanja ; Teuber, Joseph ; Rothmaier, Melanie ; Feldhaar, Heike:
The effect of ground surface rugosity on ant running speed is speciesspecific rather than size dependent.
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 66 (2019) Issue 3 . - pp. 355-364.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-019-00694-z

Brinker, Pina ; Weig, Alfons ; Rambold, Gerhard ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Tragust, Simon:
Microbial community composition of nest-carton and adjoining soil of the ant Lasius fuliginosus and the role of host secretions in structuring microbial communities.
In: Fungal Ecology. Vol. 38 (2019) . - pp. 44-53.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.08.007

Grevé, Michael E.:
Temperate ant communities under anthropogenic impact.
Bayreuth , 2019 . - 129 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2019 , Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004549

Bieberich, Judith ; Lauerer, Marianne ; Drachsler, Maria ; Heinrichs, Julian ; Müller, Stefanie ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Species- and developmental stage-specific effects of allelopathy and competition of invasive Impatiens glandulifera on co-occurring plants.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 13 (7 November 2018) Issue 11 . - No. e0205843.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205843

Schauer, Bastian ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Kanold, Anna ; Obermaier, Elisabeth:
Mulmhöhlen : für die Artenvielfalt im Wald.
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft (LWF)
In: LWF Merkblatt. Vol. 42 (September 2018) . - 4 S.

Grözinger, Franziska ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Thein, Jürgen ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Testing the impact of environmental conditions and matriline on tadpole developmental traits in the European Common Frog, Rana temporaria, in the field.
In: Salamandra. Vol. 54 (15 August 2018) Issue 3 . - pp. 201-209.

Djukic, Ika ; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian ; Kappel Schmidt, Inger ; Larsen, Klaus Steenberg ; Beier, Claus ; Berg, Björn ; Verheyen, Kris ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Early stage litter decomposition across biomes.
In: Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 628-629 (1 July 2018) . - pp. 1369-1394.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012

Grevé, Michael E. ; Hager, Jörg ; Weisser, Wolfgang W. ; Schall, Peter ; Gossner, Martin M. ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Effect of forest management on temperate ant communities.
In: Ecosphere. Vol. 9 (June 2018) Issue 6 . - No. e02303.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2303

Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ; Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Mundoli, Seema ; Nagendra, Harini:
Biodiversity in sacred urban spaces of Bengaluru, India.
In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. Vol. 32 (May 2018) . - pp. 64-70.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.03.021

Sandberger‑Loua, Laura ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Gene-flow in the clowds : landscape genetics of a viviparous, montane grassland toad in the tropics.
In: Conservation Genetics. Vol. 19 (February 2018) Issue 1 . - pp. 169-180.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-017-1029-4

Dittrich, Carolin ; Rodríguez, Ariel ; Segev, Ori ; Drakulić, Sanja ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Vences, Miguel ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Temporal migration patterns and mating tactics influence size-assortative mating in Rana temporaria.
In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 29 (10 January 2018) Issue 2 . - pp. 418-428.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx188

Heidinger, Ina Monika Margret ; Hein, Silke ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Poethke, Hans-Joachim:
Biased dispersal of Metrioptera bicolor, a wing dimorphic bush-cricket.
In: Insect Science. Vol. 25 (2018) Issue 2 . - pp. 297-308.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12412

Schauer, Bastian ; Bong, Jaqueline ; Popp, Christian ; Obermaier, Elisabeth ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Dispersal limitation of saproxylic insects in a managed forest? : A population genetics approach.
In: Basic and Applied Ecology. Vol. 32 (2018) . - pp. 26-38.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2018.01.005

Feldhaar, Heike ; Schauer, Bastian:
Dispersal of Saproxylic Insects.
In: Ulyshen, Michael D. (ed.): Saproxylic Insects. - Cham : Springer, 2018 . - pp. 515-546 . - (Zoological Monographs ; 1 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75937-1_15

Sandberger-Loua, Laura ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Gene-flow in the clouds : landscape genetics of a viviparous, montane grassland toad in the tropics.
In: Conservation Genetics. Vol. 19 (2018) Issue 1 . - pp. 169-180.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-017-1029-4

Schauer, Bastian ; Steinbauer, Manuel ; Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Müller, Jörg ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Obermaier, Elisabeth:
Influence of tree hollow characteristics on saproxylic beetle diversity in a managed forest.
In: Biodiversity and Conservation. Vol. 27 (2018) Issue 4 . - pp. 853-869.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1467-9

Grözinger, Franziska ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Thein, Jürgen ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Testing the impact of environmental conditions and matriline on tadpole developmental traits in the European Common Frog, Rana temporaria, in the field.
In: Salamandra. Vol. 54 (2018) Issue 3 . - pp. 201-209.

Schauer, Bastian ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Obermaier, Elisabeth:
Wohnungsnot in deutschen Wäldern.
In: LWF aktuell. Vol. 118 (2018) Issue 3 . - pp. 42-46.

Wurdack, Mareike ; Polidori, Carlo ; Keller, Alexander ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Schmitt, Thomas:
Release from prey preservation behavior via prey switch allowed diversification of cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in digger wasps.
In: Evolution. Vol. 71 (November 2017) Issue 11 . - pp. 2562-2571.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13322

Drakulić, Sanja ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Lisičić, Duje ; Mioč, Mia ; Cizelj, Ivan ; Seiler, Michael ; Spatz, Theresa ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Local differences of thermal preferences in European common frog (Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758) tadpoles.
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany; Department of Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany; Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Zoological Garden of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95447; Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany; Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany
In: Zoologischer Anzeiger. Vol. 268 (2017) . - pp. 47-54.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.04.005

Neuvonen, Minna-Maria ; Tamarit, Daniel ; Näslund, Kristina ; Liebig, Jürgen ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Moran, Nancy A. ; Guy, Lionel ; Andersson, Siv G. E.:
The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 6 (15 December 2016) . - No. 39197.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep39197

Kupper, Maria ; Stigloher, Christian ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Distribution of the obligate endosymbiont Blochmannia floridanus and expression analysis of putative immune genes in ovaries of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus.
In: Arthropod Structure & Development. Vol. 45 (September 2016) Issue 5 . - pp. 475-487.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2016.09.004

Drakulić, Sanja ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Lisičić, Duje ; Mioč, Mia ; Cizelj, Ivan ; Seiler, Michael ; Spatz, Theresa ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Population-specific effects of developmental temperature on body condition and jumping performance of a widespread European frog.
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany; Department of Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth Centre of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Germany; Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Zoological Garden of Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany
In: Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 6 (May 2016) Issue 10 . - pp. 3115-3128.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2113

Feldhaar, Heike ; Maschwitz, Ulrich ; Fiala, Brigitte:
Taxonomic Revision of the Obligate Plant-Ants of the Genus Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), Associated with Macaranga Thouars (Euphorbiaceae) on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
Animal Ecology I, Population Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany; J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany
In: Sociobiology. Vol. 63 (March 2016) Issue 1 . - pp. 651-681.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v63i1.949

Figgener, Christine ; Chacón-Chaverri, Didiher ; Jensen, Michael P. ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Paternity re-visited in a recovering population of Caribbean leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea).
Department of Behavioural Physiology and Sociobiology, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, University of Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany IDP Marine Biology, Texas A and M University, 730 Lamar Street, College Station, TX 77843-4115, USA; Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network-Costa Rica (WIDECAST), Apdo. 496-1100 Tibás, Costa Rica; National Research Council under contract to Marine Mammal& Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, CA; Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Vol. 475 (February 2016) . - pp. 114-123.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.11.014

Bieberich, Judith ; Lauerer, Marianne ; Aas, Gregor:
Acorns of introduced Quercus rubra are neglected by European jay but spread by mice.
In: Annals of Forest Research. Vol. 59 (2016) Issue 2 . - pp. 249-258.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2016.522

Kaldun, Bettina ; Otti, Oliver:
Condition-dependent ejaculate production affects male mating behavior in the common bedbug Cimex lectularius.
In: Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 6 (2016) Issue 8 . - pp. 2548-2558.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2073

Feldhaar, Heike:
Gewinner und Verlierer in der bayerischen Flora und Fauna in den letzten 50 Jahren : Insekten.
In: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ed.): Wie viel Wissenschaft braucht der Naturschutz? : Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme. - München : Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2016 . - pp. 43-52 . - 159 S. . - (Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie ; 44 )

Sandberger-Loua, Laura ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Jehle, Robert ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Multiple paternity in a viviparous toad with internal fertilisation.
In: The Science of Nature. Vol. 103 (2016) Issue 7 . - Article Number: 51.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-016-1377-9

Tragust, Simon ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Espadaler, Xavier ; Pedersen, Jes Søe:
Rapid increase of the parasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in supercolonies of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus.
Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Ecology Unit, CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain; Department of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
In: Biological Invasions. Vol. 17 (October 2015) Issue 10 . - pp. 2795-2801.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0917-0

Gupta, Shishir K. ; Kupper, Maria ; Ratzka, Carolin ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Vilcinskas, Andreas ; Gross, Roy ; Dandekar, Thomas ; Förster, Frank:
Scrutinizing the immune defence inventory of Camponotus floridanus applying total transcriptome sequencing.
Universität Würzburg / Biozentrum / Fachbereich Bioinformatik; Universität Würzburg / Biozentrum / Fachbereich Mikrobiologie; Universität Bayreuth / Lehrstuhl Tierökologie; Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen / Institut für Phytopathologie und Angewandte Zoologie; European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL Heidelberg / BioComputing Unit
In: BMC Genomics. Vol. 16 (22 July 2015) . - p. 540.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1748-1

Rödel, Mark-Oliver ; Grözinger, Franziska ; Thein, Jürgen ; Dittrich, Carolin ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Grasfrösche im fränkischen Steigerwald : eine „Allerweltsart“ mit Überraschungen.
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung; Büro für Faunistik und Umweltbildung; Universität Bayreuth / Tierökologie I
In: Feldherpetologisches Magazin. (March 2015) Issue 3 . - pp. 32-35.

Otti, Oliver:
Genitalia-associated microbes in insects.
In: Insect Science. Vol. 22 (2 February 2015) Issue 3 . - 15 S..
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12183

Konrad, Matthias ; Grasse, Anna V. ; Tragust, Simon ; Cremer, Sylvia:
Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B : Biological Sciences. Vol. 282 (22 January 2015) Issue 1799 .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1976

Fountain, Toby ; Butlin, Roger K. ; Reinhardt, Klaus ; Otti, Oliver:
Outbreeding effects in an inbreeding insect, Cimex lectularius.
In: Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 5 (January 2015) Issue 2 . - pp. 409-418.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1373

Otti, Oliver ; Johnston, Paul R. ; Horsburgh, Gavin J. ; Galindo, Juan ; Reinhardt, Klaus:
Female transcriptomic response to male genetic and nongenetic ejaculate variation.
In: Behavioral Ecology. (19 November 2014) . - pp. 1-8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru209

Feldhaar, Heike:
Ant nutritional ecology: linking the nutritional niche plasticity on individual and colony-level to community ecology.
In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. Vol. 5 (2014) . - pp. 25-30.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.007

Grözinger, Franziska ; Thein, Jürgen ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Giants, Dwarfs and the Environment - Metamorphic Trait Plasticity in the Common Frog.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 9 (2014) Issue 3 . - e89982.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089982

Wells, Konstans ; Feldhaar, Heike ; O'Hara, Robert B.:
Population fluctuations affect inference in ecological networks of multi-species interactions.
In: Oikos. Vol. 123 (2014) Issue 5 . - pp. 589-598.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01149

Otti, Oliver ; Tragust, Simon ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Unifying external and internal immune defences.
In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 29 (2014) Issue 11 . - pp. 625-634.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.002

Kupper, Maria ; Gupta, Shishir K. ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Versatile roles of the chaperonin GroEL in microorganism : insect interactions.
In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. Vol. 353 (2014) Issue 1 . - pp. 1-10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6968.12390

Tragust, Simon ; Ugelvig, Line V. ; Chapuisat, Michel ; Heinze, Jürgen ; Cremer, Sylvia:
Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies.
In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. Vol. 13 (14 October 2013) . - No. 225.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-225

Otti, Oliver ; McTighe, Aimee P. ; Reinhardt, Klaus:
In vitro antimicrobial sperm protection by an ejaculate-like substance.
In: Functional Ecology. Vol. 27 (February 2013) Issue 1 . - pp. 219-226.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12025

Tragust, Simon ; Mitteregger, Barbara ; Barone, Vanessa ; Konrad, Matthias ; Ugelvig, Line V. ; Cremer, Sylvia:
Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison.
In: Current Biology. Vol. 23 (7 January 2013) Issue 1 . - pp. 76-82.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.034

Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ; Nagendra, Harini:
Effect of street trees on microclimate and air pollution in a tropical city.
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Bangalore, India
In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. Vol. 12 (2013) Issue 3 . - pp. 408-415.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2013.03.002

Ratzka, Carolin ; Gross, Roy ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Gene expression analysis of the endosymbiont-bearing midgut tissue during ontogeny of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus.
In: Journal of Insect Physiology. Vol. 59 (2013) Issue 6 . - pp. 611-623.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.03.011

Heidinger, Ina Monika Margret ; Hein, Silke ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Poethke, Hans-Joachim:
The genetic structure of populations of Metrioptera bicolor in a spatially structured landscape : effects of dispersal barriers and geographic distance.
In: Conservation Genetics. Vol. 14 (2013) Issue 2 . - pp. 299-311.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-013-0449-z

Agarwal, Shivani ; Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ; Nagendra, Harini:
Mapping Urban Tree Species Using Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery : Comparing Pixel-Based and Object-Based Approaches.
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Bangalore, India; Centre for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Indiana University Bloomington, USA
In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. Vol. 2 (2013) Issue 1 . - pp. 220-236.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi2010220

Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ; Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Nagendra, Harini:
Patterns of Insect Abundance and Distribution in Urban Domestic Gardens in Bangalore, India.
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Bangalore, India; Centre for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Indiana University Bloomington, USA
In: Diversity. Vol. 5 (2013) Issue 4 . - pp. 767-778.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d5040767

Ratzka, Carolin ; Gross, Roy ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Systemic gene knockdown in Camponotus floridanus workers by feeding of dsRNA.
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 60 (2013) Issue 4 . - pp. 475-484.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-013-0314-6

Reinhardt, Klaus ; Otti, Oliver:
Comparing sperm swimming speed.
In: Evolutionary Ecology Research. Vol. 14 (November 2012) Issue 8 . - pp. 1039-1056.

Ratzka, Carolin ; Gross, Roy ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Endosymbiont Tolerance and Control within Insect Hosts.
In: Insects. Vol. 3 (15 June 2012) Issue 2 . - pp. 553-572.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects3020553

Konrad, Matthias ; Vyleta, Meghan L. ; Theis, Fabian J. ; Stock, Miriam ; Tragust, Simon ; Klatt, Martina ; Drescher, Verena ; Marr, Carsten ; Ugelvig, Line V. ; Cremer, Sylvia:
Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies.
In: PLoS Biology. Vol. 10 (April 2012) Issue 4 . - e1001300.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300

Otti, Oliver ; Gantenbein-Ritter, Iris ; Jacot, Alain ; Brinkhof, Martin W. G.:
Immune response increases predation risk.
In: Evolution. Vol. 66 (March 2012) Issue 3 . - pp. 732-739.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01506.x

Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Jaganmohan, Madhumitha:
Bangalore and its water resources.
In: Magnusson, Åke (ed.): Vatten! : 336 ungdomar slår larm om en global ödesfråga. - Göteborg : Tre Böcker, 2012 . - pp. 259-265

Grözinger, Franziska ; Wertz, A. ; Thein, Jürgen ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Environmental factors fail to explain oviposition site use in the European common frog.
In: Journal of Zoology. Vol. 288 (2012) Issue 2 . - pp. 103-111.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00929.x

Ratzka, Carolin ; Förster, Frank ; Liang, Chunguang ; Kupper, Maria ; Dandekar, Thomas ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Molecular Characterization of Antimicrobial Peptide Genes of the Carpenter Ant Camponotus floridanus.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 7 (2012) Issue 8 . - e43036.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043036

Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ; Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Gopal, Divya ; Nagendra, Harini:
Plant diversity and distribution in urban domestic gardens and apartments in Bangalore, India.
In: Urban Ecosystems. Vol. 15 (2012) Issue 4 . - pp. 911-925.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-012-0244-5

Haesler, Marcel P. ; Lindeyer, Charlotte M. ; Otti, Oliver ; Bonfils, Danielle ; Heg, Dik ; Taborsky, Michael:
Female mouthbrooders in control of pre- and postmating sexual selection.
In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 22 (October 2011) Issue 5 . - pp. 1033-1041.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr087

Espadaler, Xavier ; Lebas, C. ; Wagenknecht, J. ; Tragust, Simon:
Laboulbenia formicarum (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales), an exotic parasitic fungus, on an exotic ant in France.
In: Vie et Milieu. Vol. 61 (March 2011) Issue 1 . - pp. 41-44.

Feldhaar, Heike:
Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts.
In: Ecological Entomology. Vol. 36 (2011) Issue 5 . - pp. 533-543.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01318.x

Leonhardt, Sara Diana ; Form, Sven ; Blüthgen, Nico ; Schmitt, Thomas ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Genetic Relatedness and Chemical Profiles in an Unusually Peaceful Eusocial Bee.
In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Vol. 37 (2011) Issue 10 . - pp. 1117-1126.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-011-0016-3

Ratzka, Carolin ; Liang, Chunguang ; Dandekar, Thomas ; Gross, Roy ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Immune response of the ant Camponotus floridanus against pathogens and its obligate mutualistic endosymbiont.
In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Vol. 41 (2011) Issue 8 . - pp. 529-536.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.03.002

Drescher, Jochen ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Blüthgen, Nico:
Interspecific Aggression and Resource Monopolization of the Invasive Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in Malaysian Borneo.
In: Biotropica. Vol. 43 (2011) Issue 1 . - pp. 93-99.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00662.x

Simberloff, Daniel ; Alexander, Jake ; Allendorf, Fred ; Aronson, James ; Antunes, Pedro M. ; Bacher, Sven ; Bardgett, Richard D. ; Bertolino, Sandro ; Bishop, Melanie ; Blackburn, Tim M. ; Blakeslee, April ; Blumenthal, Dana ; Bortolus, Alejandro ; Buckley, Ralf ; Buckley, Yvonne ; Byers, Jeb ; Callaway, Ragan M. ; Campbell, Faith ; Campbell, Karl ; Campbell, Marnie ; Carlton, James T. ; Cassey, Phillip ; Catford, Jane ; Celesti-Grapow, Laura ; Chapman, John ; Clark, Paul ; Clewell, Andre ; Clode, Joao Canning ; Chang, Andrew ; Chytrý, Milan ; Clout, Mick ; Cohen, Andrew ; Cowan, Phil ; Cowie, Robert H. ; Crall, Alycia W. ; Crooks, Jeff ; Deveney, Marty ; Dixon, Kingsley W. ; Dobbs, Fred C. ; Duffy, David C. ; Duncan, Richard ; Ehrlich, Paul R. ; Eldredge, Lucius ; Evenhuis, Neal ; Fausch, Kurt D. ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Firn, Jennifer ; Fowler, Amy ; Galil, Bella ; Garcia-Berthou, Emili ; Geller, Jonathan ; Genovesi, Piero ; Gerber, Esther ; Gherardi, Francesca ; Gollasch, Stephan ; Gordon, Doria ; Graham, Jim ; Gribben, Paul ; Griffen, Blaine ; Grosholz, Edwin D. ; Hewitt, Chad ; Hierro, Jose L. ; Hulme, Philip ; Hutchings, Pat ; Jarošík, Vojtĕch ; Jeschke, Jonathan M. ; Johnson, Chris ; Johnson, Ladd ; Johnston, Emma L. ; Jones, Carl G. ; Keller, Reuben ; King, Carolyn M. ; Knols, Bart G. J. ; Kollmann, Johannes ; Kompas, Thomas ; Kotanen, Peter M. ; Kowarik, Ingo ; Kühn, Ingolf ; Kumschick, Sabrina ; Leung, Brian ; Liebhold, Andrew ; MacIsaac, Hugh ; Mack, Richard ; McCullough, Deborah G. ; McDonald, Robbie ; Merritt, David M. ; Meyerson, Laura ; Minchin, Dan ; Mooney, Harold A. ; Morisette, Jeffrey T. ; Moyle, Peter ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz ; Murray, Brad R. ; Nehring, Stefan ; Nelson, Wendy ; Nentwig, Wolfgang ; Novak, Stephen J. ; Occhipinti, Anna ; Ojaveer, Henn ; Osborne, Bruce:
Non-natives : 141 scientists object.
In: Nature. Vol. 475 (2011) Issue 7354 . - p. 36.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/475036a

Witsenburg, Fardo ; Schürch, Roger ; Otti, Oliver ; Heg, Dik:
Behavioural types and ecological effects in a natural population of the cooperative cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher.
In: Animal Behaviour. Vol. 80 (October 2010) Issue 4 . - pp. 757-767.

Stoll, Sascha ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Fraunholz, Martin J. ; Gross, Roy:
Bacteriocyte dynamics during development of a holometabolous insect, the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus.
In: BMC Microbiology. Vol. 10 (2010) . - p. 308.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-308

Tuerke, Manfred ; Fiala, Brigitte ; Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Estimation of dispersal distances of the obligately plant-associated ant Crematogaster decamera.
In: Ecological Entomology. Vol. 35 (2010) Issue 5 . - pp. 662-671.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01222.x

Blüthgen, Nico ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Food and shelter: how resources influence ant ecology.
In: Lach, Lori ; Parr, Catherine ; Abbott, Kirsti (Hrsg.): Ant ecology. - Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2010 . - pp. 115-136

Sandberger, Laura ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Lampert, Kathrin P. ; Lamatsch, Dunja K. ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Small, specialised and highly mobile? The tree-hole breeding frog, Phrynobatrachus guineensis, lacks fine-scale population structure.
In: African Journal of Herpetology. Vol. 59 (2010) Issue 1 . - pp. 79-94.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/04416651003788619

Drescher, Jochen ; Blüthgen, Nico ; Schmitt, Thomas ; Bühler, Jana ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Societies Drifting Apart? Behavioural, Genetic and Chemical Differentiation between Supercolonies in the Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 5 (2010) Issue 10 .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013581

Feldhaar, Heike ; Gadau, Jürgen ; Fiala, Brigitte:
Speciation in Obligately Plant-Associated Crematogaster Ants: Host Distribution Rather than Adaption Towards Specific Hosts Drives the Process.
In: Glaubrecht, Matthias (Hrsg.): Evolution in Action : Case Studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2010 . - pp. 193-213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12425-9_10

Feldhaar, Heike ; Gebauer, Gerhard ; Blüthgen, Nico:
Stable isotopes: past and future in exposing secrets of ant nutrition (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
In: Myrmecological News. Vol. 13 (2010) . - pp. 3-13.

Thomas, Melissa L. ; Becker, Katrin ; Abbott, Kirsti ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Supercolony mosaics: two different invasions by the yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
In: Biological Invasions. Vol. 12 (2010) Issue 3 . - pp. 677-687.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9473-9

Otti, Oliver ; Naylor, Richard A. ; Siva-Jothy, Michael T. ; Reinhardt, Klaus:
Bacteriolytic Activity in the Ejaculate of an Insect.
In: The American Naturalist. Vol. 174 (August 2009) Issue 2 . - pp. 292-295.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/600099

Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Genome degeneration affects both extracellular and intracellular bacterial endosymbionts.
In: Journal of Biology. Vol. 8 (2009) . - Art. 31.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/jbiol129

Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Insect Symbionts.
In: Schaible, Ulrich E. ; Haas, Albert (Hrsg.): Intracellular niches of microbes : a pathogens guide through the host cell. - Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2009 . - pp. 547-563
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527629176.ch30

Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Insects as hosts for mutualistic bacteria.
In: International Journal of Medical Microbiology. Vol. 299 (2009) Issue 1 . - pp. 1-8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.05.010

Stoll, Sascha ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Promoter Characterization in the AT-Rich Genome of the Obligate Endosymbiont "Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus".
In: Journal of Bacteriology. Vol. 191 (2009) Issue 11 . - pp. 3747-3751.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00069-09

Stoll, Sascha ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Transcriptional profiling of the endosymbiont Blochmannia floridanus during different developmental stages of its holometabolous ant host.
In: Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 11 (2009) Issue 4 . - pp. 877-888.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01808.x

Otti, Oliver ; Schmid-Hempel, Paul:
A field experiment on the effect of Nosema bombi in colonies of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.
In: Ecological Entomology. Vol. 33 (October 2008) Issue 5 . - pp. 577-582.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.00998.x

Otti, Oliver ; Sadd, Ben M.:
Parental guidance? Trans-generational influences on offspring life history in mosquitoes.
In: Trends in Parasitology. Vol. 24 (May 2008) Issue 5 . - pp. 197-199.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2008.02.004

Jacot, Alain ; Scheuber, Hannes ; Holzer, Barbara ; Otti, Oliver ; Brinkhof, Martin W. G.:
Diel variation in a dynamic sexual display and its association with female mate-searching behaviour.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B : Biological Sciences. Vol. 275 (7 March 2008) Issue 1634 . - pp. 579-585.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.1500

Feldhaar, Heike ; Gross, Roy:
Immune reactions of insects on bacterial pathogens and mutualists.
In: Microbes and Infection. Vol. 10 (2008) Issue 9 . - pp. 1082-1088.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2008.07.010

Feldhaar, Heike ; Foitzik, Susanne ; Heinze, Jürgen:
Lifelong commitment to the wrong partner: hybridization in ants.
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Vol. 363 (2008) Issue 1505 . - pp. 2891-2899.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0022

Gomez-Valero, L. ; Latorre, A. ; Gil, R. ; Gadau, Jürgen ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Silva, F. J.:
Patterns and rates of nucleotide substitution, insertion and deletion in the endosymbiont of ants Blochmannia floridanus.
In: Molecular Ecology. Vol. 17 (2008) Issue 19 . - pp. 4382-4392.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03912.x

Pol, R. G. ; Lopez de Casenave, J. ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Milesi, F. A. ; Gadau, Jürgen:
Polyandry in two South American harvester ants.
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 55 (2008) Issue 1 . - pp. 91-97.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0975-0

Helmkampf, M. ; Gadau, Jürgen ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Population- and sociogenetic structure of the leaf-cutter ant Atta colombica (Formicidae, Myrmicinae).
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 55 (2008) Issue 4 . - pp. 434-442.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-008-1024-3

Otti, Oliver ; Schmid-Hempel, Paul:
Nosema bombi : A pollinator parasite with detrimental fitness effects.
In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. Vol. 96 (October 2007) Issue 2 . - pp. 118-124.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2007.03.016

Stoll, Sascha ; Gadau, Jürgen ; Gross, Roy ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Bacterial microbiota associated with ants of the genus Tetraponera.
In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 90 (2007) Issue 3 . - pp. 399-412.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00730.x

Wilting, Andreas ; Buckley-Beason, Valerie A. ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Gadau, Jürgen ; O'Brien, Stephen J. ; Linsenmair, Karl Eduard:
Clouded leopard phylogeny revisited : support for species recognition and population division between Borneo and Sumatra.
In: Frontiers in Zoology. Vol. 4 (2007) . - p. 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-15

Straka, J. ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Development of a chemically defined diet for ants.
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 54 (2007) Issue 1 . - pp. 100-104.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0910-4

Feldhaar, Heike ; Straka, Josef ; Krischke, Markus ; Berthold, Kristina ; Stoll, Sascha ; Mueller, Martin J. ; Gross, Roy:
Nutritional upgrading for omnivorous carpenter ants by the endosymbiont Blochmannia.
In: BMC Biology. Vol. 5 (2007) . - p. 48.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-5-48

Drescher, Jochen ; Blüthgen, Nico ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Population structure and intraspecific aggression in the invasive ant species Anoplolepis gracilipes in Malaysian Borneo.
In: Molecular Ecology. Vol. 16 (2007) Issue 7 . - pp. 1453-1465.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03260.x

Heg, Dik ; Bergmüller, Ralph ; Bonfils, Danielle ; Otti, Oliver ; Bachar, Zina ; Burri, Reto ; Heckel, Gerald ; Taborsky, Michael:
Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options.
In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 17 (June 2006) Issue 3 . - pp. 419-429.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arj056

Feldhaar, Heike ; Drescher, Jochen ; Blüthgen, Nico:
Characterization of microsatellite markers for the invasive ant species Anoplolepis gracilipes.
In: Molecular Ecology Notes. Vol. 6 (2006) Issue 3 . - pp. 912-914.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01397.x

Jürgens, Andreas ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Feldmeyer, Barbara ; Fiala, Brigitte:
Chemical composition of leaf volatiles in Macaranga species (Euphorbiaceae) and their potential role as olfactory cues in host-localization of foundress queens of specific ant partners.
In: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. Vol. 34 (2006) Issue 2 . - pp. 97-113.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2005.08.005

Zientz, Evelyn ; Beyaert, Ivo ; Gross, Roy ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Relevance of the endosymbiosis of Blochmannia floridanus and carpenter ants at different stages of the life cycle of the host.
In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 72 (2006) Issue 9 . - pp. 6027-6033.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00933-06

Maschwitz, Ulrich ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Disney, Ronald H. L.:
A virgin killer : The phorid Trucidophora feldhaarae sp n. parasitizes female reproductives of obligate plant-ants of the genus Crematogaster (Diptera : Phoridae; Formicidae : Myrmicinae).
In: Sociobiology. Vol. 47 (2006) Issue 3 . - pp. 811-828.

Zientz, Evelyn ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Stoll, Sascha ; Gross, Roy:
Insights into the microbial world associated with ants.
In: Archives of Microbiology. Vol. 184 (2005) Issue 4 . - pp. 199-206.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-005-0041-0

Feldhaar, Heike ; Fiala, Brigitte ; Gadau, Jürgen:
A shift in colony founding behaviour in the obligate plant-ant Crematogaster (Decacrema) morphospecies 2.
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 52 (2005) Issue 3 . - pp. 222-230.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-004-0797-2

Feldhaar, Heike ; Fiala, Brigitte ; Gadau, Jürgen:
Characterization of microsatellite markers for plant-ants of the genus Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema.
In: Molecular Ecology Notes. Vol. 4 (2004) Issue 3 . - pp. 409-411.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00668.x

Feldhaar, Heike ; Fiala, Brigitte ; Gadau, Jürgen ; Mohamed, Maryati ; Maschwitz, Ulrich:
Molecular phylogeny of Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) and the colonization of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) trees.
In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 27 (2003) Issue 3 . - pp. 441-452.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00449-9

Feldhaar, Heike ; Fiala, Brigitte ; Bin Hashim, Rosli ; Maschwitz, Ulrich:
Patterns of the Crematogaster-Macaranga association: The ant partner makes the difference.
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 50 (2003) Issue 1 . - pp. 9-19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s000400300002

Moog, J. ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Maschwitz, Ulrich:
On the caulinary domatia of the SE-Asian ant-plant Zanthoxylum myriacanthum Wall. ex Hook. f. (Rutaceae) their influence on branch statics, and the protection against herbivory.
In: Sociobiology. Vol. 40 (2002) Issue 3 . - pp. 547-574.

Feldhaar, Heike ; Fiala, Brigitte ; Bin Hashim, Rosli ; Maschwitz, Ulrich:
Maintaining an ant-plant symbiosis: secondary polygyny in the Macaranga triloba-Crematogaster sp. association.
In: Naturwissenschaften. Vol. 87 (2000) Issue 9 . - pp. 408-411.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140050751

Feldhaar, Heike ; Ries, J. ; Caspary, W. F. ; Stein, J.:
Heat shock proteins protect the barrier function of epithelial cell lines.
In: Gastroenterology. Vol. 114 (1998) Issue S1 . - A368.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(98)81493-5

Feldhaar, Heike ; Ries, J. ; Caspary, W. F. ; Stein, J.:
Induction of heatshock-proteins helps to maintain the barrier function of epithelial-cell-lines.
In: The FASEB Journal. Vol. 12 (1998) Issue 4 . - A441.

Feldhaar, Heike ; Stein, J.:
Stress proteins and molecular chaperones - protectors of intestinal epithelial damage?
In: Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. Vol. 36 (1998) Issue 2 . - pp. 193-195.