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Cremer, Sylvia. Data from: “Dynamic Pathogen Detection and Social Feedback Shape Collective Hygiene in Ants”10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945__. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:12945.

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Cremer, Sylvia. Source Data for Metzler et Al, 2023: Trade-Offs between Immunity and Competitive Ability in Fighting Ant Males . Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:12693.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Michael K. Sixt. “Principles of Disease Defence in Organisms, Superorganisms and Societies.”10.1038/s41577-022-00797-y__Nature Reviews Immunology, vol. 22, no. 12, Springer Nature, 2022, pp. 713–14, doi:10.1038/s41577-022-00797-y.

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Schmid-Hempel, Paul, and Sylvia Cremer. “Parasites and Pathogens.”10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_94-1__Encyclopedia of Social Insects, edited by C Starr, Springer Nature, 2020, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_94-1.

Milutinovic, Barbara, et al. “Social Immunity Modulates Competition between Coinfecting Pathogens.”10.1111/ele.13458__Ecology Letters, vol. 23, no. 3, Wiley, 2020, pp. 565–74, doi:10.1111/ele.13458.

Milutinovic, Barbara, et al. Social Immunity Modulates Competition between Coinfecting Pathogens. Dryad, 2020, doi:10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318.

Cremer, Sylvia. “Pathogens and Disease Defense of Invasive Ants.”10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011__Current Opinion in Insect Science, vol. 33, Elsevier, 2019, pp. 63–68, doi:10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011.

Cremer, Sylvia. “Social Immunity in Insects.”10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.035__Current Biology, vol. 29, no. 11, Elsevier, 2019, pp. 8–63, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.035.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Megan Kutzer. “Social Immunity.”10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90721-0__Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, edited by Jae Choe, 2nd ed., Elsevier, 2019, pp. 747–55, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90721-0.

Konrad, Matthias, et al. “Ants Avoid Superinfections by Performing Risk-Adjusted Sanitary Care.”10.1073/pnas.1713501115__PNAS, vol. 115, no. 11, National Academy of Sciences, 2018, pp. 2782–87, doi:10.1073/pnas.1713501115.

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Liutkeviciute, Zita, et al. “Oxytocin-like Signaling in Ants Influences Metabolic Gene Expression and Locomotor Activity.”10.1096/fj.201800443__The FASEB Journal, vol. 32, no. 12, FASEB, 2018, pp. 6808–21, doi:10.1096/fj.201800443.

Pull, Christopher, et al. “Protection against the Lethal Side Effects of Social Immunity in Ants.”10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.063__Current Biology, vol. 28, no. 19, Cell Press, 2018, pp. 39–40, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.063.

Viljakainen, Lumi, et al. “Social Environment Affects the Transcriptomic Response to Bacteria in Ant Queens.”10.1002/ece3.4573__Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 22, Wiley, 2018, pp. 11031–70, doi:10.1002/ece3.4573.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “Social Immunity: Emergence and Evolution of Colony-Level Disease Protection.”10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110__Annual Review of Entomology, vol. 63, Annual Reviews, 2018, pp. 105–23, doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110.

Stroeymeyt, Nathalie, et al. “Social Network Plasticity Decreases Disease Transmission in a Eusocial Insect.”10.1126/science.aat4793__Science, vol. 362, no. 6417, AAAS, 2018, pp. 941–45, doi:10.1126/science.aat4793.

Stroeymeyt, Nathalie, et al. Social Network Plasticity Decreases Disease Transmission in a Eusocial Insect. Zenodo, 2018, doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1322669.

Giehr, Julia, et al. “Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection.”10.1098/rsos.170547__Royal Society Open Science, vol. 4, no. 7, 170547, Royal Society, The, 2017, doi:10.1098/rsos.170547.

Giehr, Julia, et al. Raw Data from Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection. The Royal Society, 2017, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1.

Pull, Christopher, and Sylvia Cremer. “Co-Founding Ant Queens Prevent Disease by Performing Prophylactic Undertaking Behaviour.”10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4__BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17, no. 1, 219, BioMed Central, 2017, doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4.

Cremer, Sylvia. “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie Sie Sich Ausbreiten Und Die Heimische Fauna Verändern.” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie, vol. 46, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2017, pp. 105–16.

Kappeler, Peter, et al. “Sociality and Health: Impacts of Sociality on Disease Susceptibility and Transmission in Animal and Human Societies.”10.1098/rstb.2014.0116__Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 370, no. 1669, 20140116, Royal Society, 2015, doi:10.1098/rstb.2014.0116.

Novak, Sebastian, and Sylvia Cremer. “Fungal Disease Dynamics in Insect Societies: Optimal Killing Rates and the Ambivalent Effect of High Social Interaction Rates.”10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018__Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 372, no. 5, Elsevier, 2015, pp. 54–64, doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018.

Theis, Fabian, et al. “Opposing Effects of Allogrooming on Disease Transmission in Ant Societies.”10.1098/rstb.2014.0108__Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 370, no. 1669, Royal Society, The, 2015, doi:10.1098/rstb.2014.0108.

Theis, Fabian, et al. Data from: Opposing Effects of Allogrooming on Disease Transmission in Ant Societies. Dryad, 2015, doi:10.5061/dryad.dj2bf.

Konrad, Matthias, et al. “Anti-Pathogen Protection versus Survival Costs Mediated by an Ectosymbiont in an Ant Host.”10.1098/rspb.2014.1976__Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, vol. 282, no. 1799, 20141976, The Royal Society, 2015, doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1976.

Westhus, Claudia, et al. Data from: Increased Grooming after Repeated Brood Care Provides Sanitary Benefits in a Clonal Ant. Dryad, 2015, doi:10.5061/dryad.7kc79.

El Masri, Leila, and Sylvia Cremer. “Individual and Social Immunisation in Insects.”10.1016/j.it.2014.08.005__Trends in Immunology, vol. 35, no. 10, Elsevier, 2014, pp. 471–82, doi:10.1016/j.it.2014.08.005.

Westhus, Claudia, et al. “Increased Grooming after Repeated Brood Care Provides Sanitary Benefits in a Clonal Ant.”10.1007/s00265-014-1778-8__Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 68, no. 10, Springer, 2014, pp. 1701–10, doi:10.1007/s00265-014-1778-8.

Konrad, Matthias, et al. Data from: Anti-Pathogen Protection versus Survival Costs Mediated by an Ectosymbiont in an Ant Host. Dryad, 2014, doi:10.5061/dryad.vm0vc.

Tragust, Simon, et al. Data from: Pupal Cocoons Affect Sanitary Brood Care and Limit Fungal Infections in Ant Colonies. Dryad, 2014, doi:10.5061/dryad.nc0gc.

Cremer, Sylvia. “Gemeinsame Krankheitsabwehr in Ameisengesellschaften.” Zoologie, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 2014, pp. 23–30.

Cremer, Sylvia. “Soziale Immunität: Wie Sich Der Staat Gegen Pathogene Wehrt  Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften.” Soziale Insekten in Einer Sich Wandelnden Welt, vol. 43, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2014, pp. 65–72.

Stroeymeyt, Nathalie, et al. “Organisational Immunity in Social Insects.”10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.001__Current Opinion in Insect Science, vol. 5, no. 1, Elsevier, 2014, pp. 1–15, doi:10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.001.

Tragust, Simon, et al. “Pupal Cocoons Affect Sanitary Brood Care and Limit Fungal Infections in Ant Colonies.”10.1186/1471-2148-13-225__BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 13, no. 1, 225, BioMed Central, 2013, doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-225.

Tragust, Simon, et al. “Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison.”10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.034__Current Biology, vol. 23, no. 1, Cell Press, 2013, pp. 76–82, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.034.

Ugelvig, Line V., and Sylvia Cremer. “Effects of Social Immunity and Unicoloniality on Host Parasite Interactions in Invasive Insect Societies.”10.1111/1365-2435.12013__Functional Ecology, vol. 26, no. 6, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, pp. 1300–12, doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12013.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “The Dynamics of Male-Male Competition in Cardiocondyla Obscurior Ants.”10.1186/1472-6785-12-7__BMC Ecology, vol. 12, 7, BioMed Central, 2012, doi:10.1186/1472-6785-12-7.

Konrad, Matthias, et al. “Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies.”10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300__PLoS Biology, vol. 10, no. 4, e1001300, Public Library of Science, 2012, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300.

Konrad, Matthias, et al. Data from: Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies. Dryad, 2012, doi:10.5061/dryad.sv37s.

Tragust, Simon, et al. Data from: Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison. Dryad, 2012, doi:10.5061/dryad.61649.

Schrempf, Alexandra, et al. “Social Influence on Age and Reproduction Reduced Lifespan and Fecundity in Multi Queen Ant Colonies.”10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02278.x__Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 24, no. 7, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, pp. 1455–61, doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02278.x.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “Competition and Opportunity Shape the Reproductive Tactics of Males in the Ant Cardiocondyla Obscurior.”10.1371/journal.pone.0017323__PLoS One, vol. 6, no. 3, e17323, Public Library of Science, 2011, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017323.

Ugelvig, Line V., et al. “Rapid Anti-Pathogen Response in Ant Societies Relies on High Genetic Diversity.”10.1098/rspb.2010.0644__Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, vol. 277, no. 1695, Royal Society, The, 2010, pp. 2821–28, doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0644.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Michael K. Sixt. “Analogies in the Evolution of Individual and Social Immunity.”10.1098/rstb.2008.0166__Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 364, no. 1513, Royal Society, The, 2009, pp. 129–42, doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0166.

Ugelvig, Line V., et al. “The Introduction History of Invasive Garden Ants in Europe: Integrating Genetic, Chemical and Behavioural Approaches.”10.1186/1741-7007-6-11__BMC Biology, vol. 6, no. 11, BioMed Central, 2008, doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-11.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “Imperfect Chemical Female Mimicry in Males of the Ant Cardiocondyla Obscurior.”10.1007/s00114-008-0430-8__Naturwissenschaften, vol. 95, no. 11, Springer, 2008, pp. 1101–05, doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0430-8.

Suefuji, Masaki, et al. “Queen Number Influences the Timing of the Sexual Production in Colonies of Cardiocondyla Ants.”10.1098/rsbl.2008.0355__Biology Letters, vol. 4, no. 6, Royal Society, The, 2008, pp. 670–73, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0355.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants.”10.1371/journal.pone.0003838__PLoS One, vol. 3, no. 12, Public Library of Science, 2008, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003838.

Ugelvig, Line V., and Sylvia Cremer. “Social Prophylaxis: Group Interaction Promotes Collective Immunity in Ant Colonies.”10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.029__Current Biology, vol. 17, no. 22, Cell Press, 2007, pp. 1967–71, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.029.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “Social Immunity.”10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.008__Current Biology, vol. 17, no. 16, Cell Press, 2007, pp. 3–702, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.008.

Hughes, David, and Sylvia Cremer. “Plasticity in Anti-Parasite Behaviours and Its Suggested Role in Invasion Biology.”10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.025__Animal Behaviour, vol. 74, no. 5, Elsevier, 2007, pp. 1593–99, doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.025.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “Attack of the Invasive Garden Ant: Aggression Behaviour of Lasius Neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against Native Lasius Species in Spain.” Myrmecological News, vol. 9, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik, 2006, pp. 13–19.

Moder, Karl, et al. “Optimal Species Distinction by Discriminant Analysis: Comparing Established Methods of Character Selection with a Combination Procedure Using Ant Morphometrics as a Case Study.”10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x__Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, vol. 45, no. 1, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006, pp. 82–87, doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00372.x.

Heinze, Jürgen, et al. “Stealthy Invaders: The Biology of Cardiocondyla Tramp Ants.”10.1007/s00040-005-0847-4__Insectes Sociaux, vol. 53, no. 1, Springer, 2006, pp. 1–7, doi:10.1007/s00040-005-0847-4.

Ustinova, Jana, et al. “Long Repeats in a Huge Gemome: Microsatellite Loci in the Grasshopper Chorthippus Biguttulus.”10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6__Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 62, no. 2, Springer, 2006, pp. 158–67, doi:10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6.

Schrempf, Alexandra, et al. “Sexual Cooperation: Mating Increases Longevity in Ant Queens.”10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036__Current Biology, vol. 15, no. 3, Cell Press, 2005, pp. 267–70, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036.

De Menten, Ludivine, et al. “Primary Sex Ratio Adjustment by Ant Queens in Response to Local Mate Competition.”10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.005__Animal Behaviour, vol. 69, no. 5, Elsevier, 2005, pp. 1031–35, doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.005.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Jacobus Boomsma. The Drawback of Mobility: Invasive Species in a Globalised World. Elsevier, 2005.

Heinze, Jürgen, et al. “Production of Winged and Wingless Males in the Ant, Cardiocondyla Minutior.”10.1007/s00040-004-0740-6__Insectes Sociaux, vol. 51, no. 3, Springer, 2004, pp. 275–78, doi:10.1007/s00040-004-0740-6.

Anderson, Carl, et al. “Live and Let Die: Why Fighter Males of the Ant Cardiocondyla Kill Each Other but Tolerate Their Winged Rivals.”10.1093/beheco/14.1.54__Behavioral Ecology, vol. 14, no. 1, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 54–62, doi:10.1093/beheco/14.1.54.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Jürgen Heinze. “Stress Grows Wings: Environmental Induction of Winged Dispersal Males in Cardiocondyla Ants.”10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00012-5__Current Biology, vol. 13, no. 3, Cell Press, 2003, pp. 219–23, doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00012-5.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Jürgen Heinze. “Zwischen Hochzeitsflug Und Brudermord: Reproduktive Taktiken Bei Ameisenmännchen.” Blick in Die Wissenschaft, vol. 12, no. 15, Schnell und Steiner, 2003, pp. 32–36.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Jürgen Heinze. “Adaptive Production of Fighter Males: Queens of the Ant Cardiocondyla Adjust the Sex Ratio under Local Mate Competition.”10.1098/rspb.2001.1892__Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, vol. 269, no. 1489, Royal Society, The, 2002, pp. 417–22, doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1892.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “A Transitional Stage between the Ergatoid and Winged Male Morph in the Ant Cardiocondyla Obscurior.”10.1007/s00040-002-8305-z__Insectes Sociaux, vol. 49, no. 3, Springer, 2002, pp. 221–28, doi:10.1007/s00040-002-8305-z.

Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “Chemical Mimicry: Male Ants Disguised by the Queen’s Bouquet.”10.1038/419897a__Nature, vol. 419, Nature Publishing Group, 2002, pp. 897–897, doi:10.1038/419897a.

Turillazzi, Stefano, et al. “A Method for Analysing Small-Size Specimens in GC-MS.” Insect Social Life, vol. 4, Elsevier, 2002, pp. 169–75.

Cremer, Sylvia. “Paternity Analysis with AFLPs in Cardiocondyla Ants.” Futura: The Journal of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, vol. 15, no. 1, Hippokrates, 2000, pp. 68–71.

Cremer, Sylvia, and Michael Greenfield. “Partitioning the Components of Sexual Selection: Attractiveness and Agonistic Behaviour in Male Wax Moths, Achroia Grisella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae).”10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x__Ethology, vol. 104, no. 1, Wiley-Blackwell, 1998, pp. 1–9, doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x.