The following are those scholarly publications of greatest concern to specialists for which I have PDFs. As for my publications of widest academic interest, find them here (while my articles for the lay reader are here). Or look for me on: Google Scholar.
Convergent evolution of levee building behavior among distantly related ants in a floodplain ant assemblage. Insectes Sociaux (2011) 58:263-269 (coauthors Ed LeBrun, David Holway)
Marauder ants. Pp. 569-576 in, Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Christoper Starr, ed. (2019). Springer
Outnumbered: A new dominant ant species with genetically diverse supercolonies from Ethiopia. Insectes Sociaux (2019) 64:141-147 (coauthors Magdalena Sorger, Margaret Lowman)
The species seekers. BioSciences (2011) 61:827-828
Driver ants invading a termite nest: Why do the most catholic predators of all seldom take this abundant prey? Biotropica (2007) 39:663-667 (coauthor Caspar Schöning)
The highs and lows of tropical forest canopies. Journal of Biogeography (2002) 29:1263-1265
The nature and limits of canopy biology. Selbyana (2001) 22:155-179
Crown structure and biodiversity in Fitzroya cupressoides, the giant conifers of Alerce Andino National Park. Selbyana (2001) 22:76-88 (coauthors Joel Clement, David Shaw, et al.)
In Memoriam: Joseph Slowinski 1960-2001. Selbyana (2001) 22:180
What's ‘up?’ A critical look at the basic terms of canopy biology. Biotropica (2000) 32:569-596
Canopy access techniques. Pp. 3-26 in, The Forest Canopies (1995). Margaret Lowman & Nalini Nadkarni, eds. San Diego, California: Academic Press (coauthor Margaret Lowman)
Africa from the treetops. American Biology Teacher (1995) 57:393-401 (coauthor Margaret Lowman).
Wall-papering and elaborate nest architecture in the ponerine ant genus Harpegnathos. Insectes Sociaux (1994) 41:211-218 (coauthors Christian Peeters, Bert Hölldobler, Musthak Ali)
Recruitment communication and pheromone trails in the neotropical ants, Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) spininodis and L. (N.) echinatinodis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (1994) 50:850-852 (coauthor Robin Stuart)
The tropical rainforest canopy: Researching a new frontier. Selbyana (1993) 14:115-118
The ecology of tropical rain forest canopies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (1993) 8:104-107 (coauthor Margaret Lowman)
A new technique for taxonomic and ecological sampling in rain forest canopies. Selbyana (1993) 14:75-79 (coauthors Margaret Lowman, Bruce Rinker)
Cooperative foraging in Daceton, with a survey of group foraging in ants. Research and Exploration (1992) 8:220-231
Physical castes in ant workers: Problems in Daceton armigerum and other ants. Psyche (1991) 98:283-292 (coauthor John Tobin)
Chemical communication in the dacetine ant, Daceton armigerum. Journal of Chemical Ecology (1990) 16:1207-1220 (coauthors Bert Hölldobler, Jackie Palmer)
Foraging dynamics in the group-hunting ant, Pheidologeton diversus. Journal of Insect Behavior (1988) 1:309-331
Foraging in the Malayan swarm-raiding ant, Pheidologeton silenus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1988) 81:356-361
Cooperative food transport by an Asiatic ant, Pheidologeton diversus. Research and Exploration (1988) 4:386-394
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Ants that go with the flow: A new method of orientation by mass communication. Naturwissenschaften (1987) 74:551-553
Division of labor and diet in an extremely polymorphic ant Pheidologeton diversus. National Geographic Research (1987) 3:282-304
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Behavior of Malayan group-predatory ant Proatta butteli: Old-World relative of attine ants. Insectes Sociaux (1986) 33:444-457
Observations on Lophomyrmex ants from Kalimantan, Java, and Malaysia. Malaysian Nature Journal (1986) 39:207-211
Mandibles that snap: Behavior of the ant Mystrium camillae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica (1986) 18:361-362
Behavior of the minute dimorphic ant Oligomyrmex overbecki (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (1986) 93:107-116
Trap-jaw predation and other behavior in two species of Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux (1986) 33:85-99
Behavior of the Asiatic harvesting ants Acanthomyrmex notabilis and A. dyak. Psyche (1985) 92:165-179
An Indian ant’s novel method for obtaining water. National Geographic research (1985) 1:146-149
Swarm raiding in a myrmicine ant. Naturwissenschaften (1984) 71:588-590
Size and proportion relationships between beaked sea snakes and their prey Biotropica (1980) 13:15-19 (coauthor Harold Voris)
Movements of the lizard Basiliscus plumifrons. Milwaukee Public Museum contributions in Biology and Geology (1980) 36:1-8 (coauthors Rich Sadjak, Max Nickerson, Robert Henderson)
Behavioral regulatory mechanisms in populations of the butterfly Mechanitis isthmia in Costa Rica. Deutschlandes Entomologische Zeitschrift (1979) 26:21-38 (coauthor Allen Young)
Studies on the population biology of the tropical butterfly Mechanitis isthmia in Costa Rica. American Midland Naturalist (1979) 101:309-319 (coauthor Allen Young).