Csata, E., Perez-Escudero, A., Laury, E., Leitner, H., Latil, G., Heinze, J.,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.017__Dussutour, A. (2024). Fungal infection alters collective nutritional intake of ant colonies. Current Biology. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.017 

Habig, M., Grasse, A. V., Müller, J., Stukenbrock, E. H., Leitner, H., &; Cremer, S. (2024). Frequent horizontal chromosome transfer between asexual fungal insect pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2316284121 

Viljakainen, L., Fürst, M., Grasse, A. V., Jurvansuu, J., Oh, J., Tolonen, L.,https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1119002__Cremer, S. (2023). Antiviral immune response reveals host-specific virus infections in natural ant populations. Frontiers in Microbiology. Frontiers.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1119002 

Casillas Perez, B. E., Bodova, K., Grasse, A. V., Tkadik, G., &; Cremer, S. (2023). Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants. Nature Communications. Springer Nature.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38947-y 

Cremer, S. (2023). Data from: “Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants”https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945__. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945 

Stock, M., Milutinovic, B., Hönigsberger, M., Grasse, A. V., Wiesenhofer, F., Kampleitner, N.,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-01981-6__Cremer, S. (2023). Pathogen evasion of social immunity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. Springer Nature.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-01981-6 

Stockmaier, S., Ulrich, Y., Albery, G. F., Cremer, S., &; Lopes, P. C. (2023). Behavioural defences against parasites across host social structures. Functional Ecology. British Ecological Society.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14310 

Metzler, S., Kirchner, J., Grasse, A. V., &; Cremer, S. (2023). Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males. BMC Ecology and Evolution. Springer Nature.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02137-7 

Cremer, S. (2023). Source data for Metzler et al, 2023: Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males . Institute of Science and Technology Austria.https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:12693 

Cremer, S., &; Sixt, M. K. (2022). Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies. Nature Reviews Immunology. Springer Nature.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-022-00797-y 

Casillas Perez, B. E., Pull, C., Naiser, F., Naderlinger, E., Matas, J., &; Cremer, S. (2022). Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies. Ecology Letters. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13907 

Casillas Perez, B. E., Pull, C., Naiser, F., Naderlinger, E., Matas, J., &; Cremer, S. (2021). Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.7PVMCVDTJ 

Schmid-Hempel, P., &; Cremer, S. (2020). Parasites and Pathogens. In C. Starr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham: Springer Nature.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_94-1 

Milutinovic, B., Stock, M., Grasse, A. V., Naderlinger, E., Hilbe, C., &; Cremer, S. (2020). Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens. Ecology Letters. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13458 

Milutinovic, B., Stock, M., Grasse, A. V., Naderlinger, E., Hilbe, C., &; Cremer, S. (2020). Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318 

Cremer, S. (2019). Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants. Current Opinion in Insect Science. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011 

Cremer, S. (2019). Social immunity in insects. Current Biology. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.035 

Cremer, S., &; Kutzer, M. (2019). Social immunity. In J. Choe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (2nd ed., pp. 747–755). Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90721-0 

Konrad, M., Pull, C., Metzler, S., Seif, K., Naderlinger, E., Grasse, A. V., &; Cremer, S. (2018). Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care. PNAS. National Academy of Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713501115 

Pull, C., Ugelvig, L. V., Wiesenhofer, F., Grasse, A. V., Tragust, S., Schmitt, T.,https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32073__Cremer, S. (2018). Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications.https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32073 

Liutkeviciute, Z., Gil Mansilla, E., Eder, T., Casillas Perez, B. E., Giulia Di Giglio, M., Muratspahi, E.,https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800443__Gruber, C. (2018). Oxytocin-like signaling in ants influences metabolic gene expression and locomotor activity. The FASEB Journal. FASEB.https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800443 

Pull, C., Metzler, S., Naderlinger, E., &; Cremer, S. (2018). Protection against the lethal side effects of social immunity in ants. Current Biology. Cell Press.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.063 

Viljakainen, L., Jurvansuu, J., Holmberg, I., Pamminger, T., Erler, S., &; Cremer, S. (2018). Social environment affects the transcriptomic response to bacteria in ant queens. Ecology and Evolution. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4573 

Cremer, S., Pull, C., &; Fürst, M. (2018). Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection. Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews.https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110 

Stroeymeyt, N., Grasse, A. V., Crespi, A., Mersch, D., Cremer, S., &; Keller, L. (2018). Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect. Science. AAAS.https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat4793 

Stroeymeyt, N., Grasse, A. V., Crespi, A., Mersch, D., Cremer, S., &; Keller, L. (2018). Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect. Zenodo.https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1322669 

Giehr, J., Grasse, A. V., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., &; Schrempf, A. (2017). Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170547 

Giehr, J., Grasse, A. V., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., &; Schrempf, A. (2017). Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. The Royal Society.https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1 

Pull, C., &; Cremer, S. (2017). Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. BioMed Central.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4 

Cremer, S. (2017). Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

Kappeler, P., Cremer, S., &; Nunn, C. (2015). Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Royal Society.https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0116 

Novak, S., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates. Journal of Theoretical Biology. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018 

Theis, F., Ugelvig, L. V., Marr, C., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0108 

Theis, F., Ugelvig, L. V., Marr, C., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Data from: Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.dj2bf 

Konrad, M., Grasse, A. V., Tragust, S., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. The Royal Society.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1976 

Westhus, C., Ugelvig, L. V., Tourdot, E., Heinze, J., Doums, C., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Data from: Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7kc79 

El Masri, L., &; Cremer, S. (2014). Individual and social immunisation in insects. Trends in Immunology. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2014.08.005 

Westhus, C., Ugelvig, L. V., Tourdot, E., Heinze, J., Doums, C., &; Cremer, S. (2014). Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1778-8 

Konrad, M., Grasse, A. V., Tragust, S., &; Cremer, S. (2014). Data from: Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vm0vc 

Tragust, S., Ugelvig, L. V., Chapuisat, M., Heinze, J., &; Cremer, S. (2014). Data from: Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.nc0gc 

Cremer, S. (2014). Gemeinsame Krankheitsabwehr in Ameisengesellschaften. Zoologie. Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft.

Cremer, S. (2014). Soziale Immunität: Wie sich der Staat gegen Pathogene wehrt  Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. In Soziale Insekten in einer sich wandelnden Welt (Vol. 43, pp. 65–72). Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

Stroeymeyt, N., Casillas Perez, B. E., &; Cremer, S. (2014). Organisational immunity in social insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.001 

Tragust, S., Ugelvig, L. V., Chapuisat, M., Heinze, J., &; Cremer, S. (2013). Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies. BMC Evolutionary Biology. BioMed Central.https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-225 

Tragust, S., Mitteregger, B., Barone, V., Konrad, M., Ugelvig, L. V., &; Cremer, S. (2013). Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison. Current Biology. Cell Press.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.034 

Ugelvig, L. V., &; Cremer, S. (2012). Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host parasite interactions in invasive insect societies. Functional Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12013 

Cremer, S., Suefuji, M., Schrempf, A., &; Heinze, J. (2012). The dynamics of male-male competition in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants. BMC Ecology. BioMed Central.https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-12-7 

Konrad, M., Vyleta, M., Theis, F., Stock, M., Tragust, S., Klatt, M.,https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300__Cremer, S. (2012). Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300 

Konrad, M., Vyleta, M., Theis, F., Stock, M., Klatt, M., Drescher, V.,https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sv37s__Cremer, S. (2012). Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sv37s 

Tragust, S., Mitteregger, B., Barone, V., Konrad, M., Ugelvig, L. V., &; Cremer, S. (2012). Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.61649 

Schrempf, A., Cremer, S., &; Heinze, J. (2011). Social influence on age and reproduction reduced lifespan and fecundity in multi queen ant colonies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Wiley-Blackwell.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02278.x 

Cremer, S., Schrempf, A., &; Heinze, J. (2011). Competition and opportunity shape the reproductive tactics of males in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. PLoS One. Public Library of Science.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017323 

Ugelvig, L. V., Kronauer, D., Schrempf, A., Heinze, J., &; Cremer, S. (2010). Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0644 

Cremer, S., &; Sixt, M. K. (2009). Analogies in the evolution of individual and social immunity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0166 

Ugelvig, L. V., Drijfhout, F., Kronauer, D., Boomsma, J., Pedersen, J., &; Cremer, S. (2008). The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches. BMC Biology. BioMed Central.https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-6-11 

Cremer, S., D’Ettorre, P., Drijfhout, F., Sledge, M., Turillazzi, S., &; Heinze, J. (2008). Imperfect chemical female mimicry in males of the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Naturwissenschaften. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-008-0430-8 

Suefuji, M., Cremer, S., Oettler, J., &; Heinze, J. (2008). Queen number influences the timing of the sexual production in colonies of Cardiocondyla ants. Biology Letters. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0355 

Cremer, S., Ugelvig, L. V., Drijfhout, F., Schlick Steiner, B., Steiner, F., Seifert, B.,https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003838__Boomsma, J. (2008). The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS One. Public Library of Science.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003838 

Ugelvig, L. V., &; Cremer, S. (2007). Social prophylaxis: group interaction promotes collective immunity in ant colonies. Current Biology. Cell Press.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.029 

Cremer, S., Armitage, S., &; Schmid Hempel, P. (2007). Social immunity. Current Biology. Cell Press.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.008 

Hughes, D., &; Cremer, S. (2007). Plasticity in anti-parasite behaviours and its suggested role in invasion biology. Animal Behaviour. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.025 

Cremer, S., Ugelvig, L. V., Lommen, S., Petersen, K., &; Pedersen, J. (2006). Attack of the invasive garden ant: aggression behaviour of Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against native Lasius species in Spain. Myrmecological News. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik.

Moder, K., Schlick Steiner, B., Steiner, F., Cremer, S., Christian, E., &; Seifert, B. (2006). Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as a case study. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Wiley-Blackwell.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x 

Heinze, J., Cremer, S., Eckl, N., &; Schrempf, A. (2006). Stealthy invaders: the biology of Cardiocondyla tramp ants. Insectes Sociaux. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-005-0847-4 

Ustinova, J., Achmann, R., Cremer, S., &; Mayer, F. (2006). Long repeats in a huge gemome: microsatellite loci in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus. Journal of Molecular Evolution. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6 

Schrempf, A., Heinze, J., &; Cremer, S. (2005). Sexual cooperation: mating increases longevity in ant queens. Current Biology. Cell Press.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036 

De Menten, L., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., &; Aron, S. (2005). Primary sex ratio adjustment by ant queens in response to local mate competition. Animal Behaviour. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.005 

Cremer, S., &; Boomsma, J. (2005). The drawback of mobility: invasive species in a globalised world. Presented at the Marie Curie Conference, Elsevier.

Heinze, J., Böttcher, A., &; Cremer, S. (2004). Production of winged and wingless males in the ant, Cardiocondyla minutior. Insectes Sociaux. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-004-0740-6 

Anderson, C., Cremer, S., &; Heinze, J. (2003). Live and let die: Why fighter males of the ant Cardiocondyla kill each other but tolerate their winged rivals. Behavioral Ecology. Oxford University Press.https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/14.1.54 

Cremer, S., &; Heinze, J. (2003). Stress grows wings: Environmental induction of winged dispersal males in Cardiocondyla ants. Current Biology. Cell Press.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00012-5 

Cremer, S., &; Heinze, J. (2003). Zwischen Hochzeitsflug und Brudermord: reproduktive Taktiken bei Ameisenmännchen. Blick in Die Wissenschaft. Schnell und Steiner.

Cremer, S., &; Heinze, J. (2002). Adaptive production of fighter males: queens of the ant Cardiocondyla adjust the sex ratio under local mate competition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1892 

Cremer, S., Lautenschläger, B., &; Heinze, J. (2002). A transitional stage between the ergatoid and winged male morph in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Insectes Sociaux. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-002-8305-z 

Cremer, S., Sledge, M., &; Heinze, J. (2002). Chemical mimicry: Male ants disguised by the queen’s bouquet. Nature. Nature Publishing Group.https://doi.org/10.1038/419897a 

Turillazzi, S., Sledge, M., Cremer, S., &; Heinze, J. (2002). A method for analysing small-size specimens in GC-MS. Insect Social Life. Elsevier.

Cremer, S. (2000). Paternity analysis with AFLPs in Cardiocondyla ants. Futura: The Journal of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. Hippokrates.

Cremer, S., &; Greenfield, M. (1998). Partitioning the components of sexual selection: attractiveness and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Ethology. Wiley-Blackwell.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x