Supporting information
S. Wolf, D. Mcmahon, K. Lim, C. Pull, S. Clark, R. Paxton, J. Osborne, (2014).

Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant
C. Westhus, L.V. Ugelvig, E. Tourdot, J. Heinze, C. Doums, S. Cremer, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68 (2014) 1701–1710.

Data from: Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host
M. Konrad, A.V. Grasse, S. Tragust, S. Cremer, (2014).

Data from: Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies
S. Tragust, L.V. Ugelvig, M. Chapuisat, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, (2014).

Immune defences in ants: Effects of social immunisation and a fungal ectosymbiont in the ant Lasius neglectus
M. Konrad, Immune Defences in Ants: Effects of Social Immunisation and a Fungal Ectosymbiont in the Ant Lasius Neglectus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2014.

Gemeinsame Krankheitsabwehr in Ameisengesellschaften
S. Cremer, Zoologie (2014) 23–30.

Soziale Immunität: Wie sich der Staat gegen Pathogene wehrt  Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
S. Cremer, in:, Soziale Insekten in Einer Sich Wandelnden Welt, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2014, pp. 65–72.

Organisational immunity in social insects
N. Stroeymeyt, B.E. Casillas Perez, S. Cremer, Current Opinion in Insect Science 5 (2014) 1–15.

Tolerating an infection: an indirect benefit of co-founding queen associations in the ant Lasius niger 
C. Pull, W. Hughes, M. Brown, Naturwissenschaften 100 (2013) 1125–1136.

Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies
S. Tragust, L.V. Ugelvig, M. Chapuisat, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013).

Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison
S. Tragust, B. Mitteregger, V. Barone, M. Konrad, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, Current Biology 23 (2013) 76–82.

Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host parasite interactions in invasive insect societies
L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, Functional Ecology 26 (2012) 1300–1312.

The dynamics of male-male competition in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants
S. Cremer, M. Suefuji, A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, BMC Ecology 12 (2012).

Two pathways ensuring social harmony
M. Konrad, T. Pamminger, S. Foitzik, Naturwissenschaften 99 (2012) 627–636.

Suppression of ribosomal function triggers innate immune signaling through activation of the NLR inflammasome
M. Vyleta, J. Wong, B. Magun, PLoS One 7 (2012).

Dispersal and gene flow in the rare parasitic Large Blue butterfly Maculinea arion
L.V. Ugelvig, A. Andersen, J. Boomsma, D. Nash, Molecular Ecology 21 (2012) 3224–3236.

Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies
M. Konrad, M. Vyleta, F. Theis, M. Stock, S. Tragust, M. Klatt, V. Drescher, C. Marr, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, PLoS Biology 10 (2012).

Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies
M. Konrad, M. Vyleta, F. Theis, M. Stock, M. Klatt, V. Drescher, C. Marr, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, (2012).

Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison
S. Tragust, B. Mitteregger, V. Barone, M. Konrad, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, (2012).

Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion
L.V. Ugelvig, P. Nielsen, J. Boomsma, D. Nash, BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 (2011).