Joan Herbers Laboratory - Publications: Joan Herbers
1. Herbers, J. M. 1977. Behavioral constancy in Formica obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 70: 485-486.
2. Herbers, J. M. 1978. Trends in sex ratios of the reproductive broods of Formica obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71: 792-793.
3. Herbers, J. M. 1979. Caste-biased polyethism in a mound-building ant species. The American Midland Naturalist 101: 69-75. pdf
4. Herbers, J. M. 1979. The evolution of sex ratio strategies in Hymenopteran societies. The American Naturalist 114: 818-834. pdf
5. Herbers, J. M. 1980. On caste ratios in ant colonies: population responses to changing environments. Evolution 34: 575-585.
6. Herbers, J. M. 1981. Reliability theory and foraging by ants. Journal of Theoretical Biology 89: 175-189.
7. Herbers, J. M. 1981. Time resources and laziness in animals. Oecologia 49: 252-262.
8. Herbers, J. M. and M. Cunningham. 1983. Social organization in Leptothorax longispinosus Mayr. Animal Behaviour 31:775-791.
9. Herbers, J. M. 1983. Social organization in Leptothorax ants: within and between-species patterns. Psyche 90:361-386.
10. Herbers, J. M. 1984. Queen-worker conflict and eusocial evolution in a polygynous ant species. Evolution 38:631-643.
11. Herbers, J. M., S. C. Adamowicz, and S. D. Helms. 1985. Seasonal changes in social organization of Aphaenogaster rudis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 10:1-15.
12. Herbers, J. M. 1985. Seasonal structuring of a north temperate ant community. Insectes Sociaux 32:224-240.
13. Herbers, J.M. 1986. Ecological genetics of queen number in Leptothorax longispinosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologia Generalis et Applicatus 11:119-123.
14. Leonard, J. and J. M. Herbers. 1986. Foraging tempo in two woodland ant species. Animal Behaviour 34:1172-1181.
15. Herbers, J.M. 1986. Nest site limitation and facultative polygyny in the ant Leptothorax longispinosus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 19:115-122.
16. Herbers, J. M. 1986. Effects of ecological parameters on queen number in Leptothorax longispinosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59:675-686.
17. Herbers, J. M. and C. W. Tucker. 1986. Population fluidity in Leptothorax longispinosus (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Psyche 93:217-229.
18. Herbers, J. M. 1989. Community structure in north temperate ants: temporal and spatial variation. Oecologia 81:201-211.
19. Herbers, J. M. 1989. Insects behaving in societies (book review). Evolution 43:1125-1126.
20. Herbers, J. M. 1990. Reproductive investment and allocation ratios in Leptothorax longispinosus: sorting out the variation. The American Naturalist 136:178-208.
21. Snyder, L.E. and J.M. Herbers. 1991. Polydomy and sexual allocation ratios in the ant Myrmica punctiventris. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 28:409-415.
22. Herbers, J.M. 1991. Population biology of Tapinoma minutum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia. Insectes Sociaux 38:195-204.
23. V.L. Backus and J. M. Herbers. 1992. Sexual allocation ratios in forest ants: Food limitation does not explain observed patterns. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 30:425-249.
24. Herbers, J.M. 1993. Ecological determinants of queen number in ants. pp. 262-293 in: L. Keller (ed.) Queen number and sociality in insects. Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.
25. Herbers, J.M. 1993. Ant-plant interactions. (book review) American Entomologist 39:47-48
26. Herbers, J.M. and S. Grieco. 1994. Population structure of Leptothorax ambiguus, a facultatively polygynous and polydomous ant species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 7:581-598
27. Herbers, J.M. 1994. Structure of an Australian ant community with comparisons to North American counterparts. Sociobiology 24:293-306.
28. Herbers, J.M. and V. Banschbach. 1995. Size-dependent nest site choice by cavity-dwelling ants. Psyche 102:13-17
29. Herbers, J.M. and E. Choiniere. 1996. Foraging tempo and colony structure in ants. Animal Behaviour 51: 141-153.
30. Banschbach V.S. and J.M. Herbers. 1996. Complex colony structure in social insects: I. Ecological determinants and genetic consequences. Evolution 50:285-297 pdf
31. Banschbach V.S. and J.M. Herbers. 1996. Complex colony structure in social insects: II. Reproduction, queen-worker conflict, and levels of selection. Evolution 50:298-307 pdf
32. Herbers, J.M. and R.J. Stuart. 1996. Multiple queens in ant nests: impact on genetic structure and inclusive fitness. The American Naturalist 147: 161-187
33. Herbers, J.M. and R.J. Stuart. 1996. Patterns of reproduction in southern versus northern populations of Leptothorax ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 89:354-360
34. Banschbach, V.S., N. Levit, and J.M. Herbers. 1997. Nest temperatures and thermal preferences of a forest ant: is seasonal polydomy a thermoregulatory mechanism? Insectes Sociaux 44:109-122
35. Herbers, J.M. and R. L. Mouser. 1998. Microsatellite DNA markers reveal details of social structure in a forest ant. Molecular Ecology 7:299-306.
36. Herbers, J.M. and R.J. Stuart. 1998. Patterns of reproduction in slavemaking ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 265:875-887 pdf
37. Herbers, J.M. and V.S. Banschbach. 1998. Variable food supply and reproductive allocation in forest ants: repeated experiments give different results. Oikos 83:145-151
38. Herbers, J.M. 1998. Pest Control (book review). American Entomologist 44:254-255.
39. Herbers, J.M. 1999. Ants and plants. (book review). Environmental Entomology 28:538
40. Herbers, J.M. and V.S. Banschbach. 1999. Plasticity of social organization in a temperate forest ant species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45:451-465. pdf
41. V.S. Banschbach and J.M. Herbers 1999. Nest movements and population spatial structure of the forest ant Myrmica punctiventris. Annals of the Entomological Society 92:414-423.
42. Moore, J. and Herbers, J. 1999. The scourge of society (book review). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:248 pdf
43. R.J. Stuart and Herbers, J.M. 2000. Nestmate recognition in ants with complex colonies: within- and between-population variation. Behavioral Ecology 6: 676-685 pdf
44. Foitzik, S. and J.M. Herbers. 2001. Colony structure of a slavemaking ant. I, Intra-colony relatedness, worker reproduction, and polydomy. Evolution 55:307-315 pdf
45. Foitzik, S. and J.M. Herbers. 2001. Colony structure of a slavemaking ant. II.Frequency of slave raids and impact on the host population. Evolution 55:316-323 pdf
46. DeHeer, C. J., V. L. Backus, and J. M. Herbers. 2001. Context dependency of sociogenetic response to ecological variation in the ant Myrmica punctiventris. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49:375-386 pdf
47. Foitzik, S.D., C. J. DeHeer, D. Hunjan, and J. M. Herbers. 2001 Coevolution in host-parasite systems: Behavioural strategies of slavemaking ants and their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 268:1139-1146.
48. J.M. Herbers. C. J. DeHeer, and S. Foitzik. 2001. Conflict over sex allocation drives conflict over reproduction in perennial social insects. American Naturalist 158: 178-192 pdf
49. Antolin, M. and J. M. Herbers. 2001. PERSPECTIVE: Evolution's struggle for existence in America's public schools. Evolution 55:2379-2388 pdf
50. Herbers, J.M. and S. Foitzik. 2002. The ecology of slavemaking ants and their hosts in north temperate forests. Ecology 83:148-163 pdf
51. Foitzik, S., J. Heinze, B. Oberstadt, and J.M. Herbers. 2002. Mate guarding and alternative reproductive strategies in the ant Hypoponera opacior. Animal Behaviour 63:597-604 pdf
52. Bono, J. M. and J. M. Herbers. 2003. Proximate and ultimate control of sex ratios in Myrmica punctiventris. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 270:811-817 pdf
53. Blatrix, R. and J. M. Herbers. 2003. Coevolution between slave-making ants and their hosts: host specificity and geographic variation. Molecular Ecology 12:2809-2816 pdf
54. Foitzik, S., V. L. Backus, A. Trindl, and J.M. Herbers. 2004. Ecology of Leptothorax ants: impact of food, nest sties, and social parasites. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55:484-493 pdf
55. Blatrix, R. and J M. Herbers. 2004. Intracolonial conflict in the slavemaking ant Protomognathus americanus: dominance hierarchies, reproductive skew, and host ecology. Insectes Sociaux 51:131-138 pdf
56. DeHeer, C.R. and J.M. Herbers. 2004. Population genetics of the social polymorphic ant Formica podzolica. Insectes Sociaux 51:309-316 pdf
57. Johnson, C.A. and J.M. Herbers. 2006. Impact of parasite sympatry on the geographic mosaic of coevolution. Ecology 87:382-394. pdf
58. Herbers, J.M. 2006. The loaded language of science. Chronicle of Higher Education March, 24.