Bartz, S. H.; Hölldobler, B. 1982. Colony founding in Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the evolution of foundress associations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 10:137-147.

Hölldobler, B.; Engel, H.; Taylor, R. W. 1982. A new sternal gland in ants and its function in chemical communication. Naturwissenschaften 69:90-91.

Hölldobler, B.; Engel-Siegel, H. 1982. Tergal and sternal glands in male ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 89:113-132.

Hölldobler, B. 1982a. The cloacal gland, a new pheromone gland in ants. Naturwissenschaften 69:186-187.

Hölldobler, B. 1982b ("1981"). Trail communication in the dacetine ant Orectognathus versicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 88:245-257.

Hölldobler, B. 1982c. Chemical communication in ants: new exocrine glands and their behavioral function. Pp. 312-317 in: Breed, M. D.; Michener, C. D.; Evans, H. E. (eds.) 1982. The biology of social insects. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the IUSSI, Boulder, Colorado, August 1982. Boulder: Westview Press, xii + 420 pp.

Hölldobler, B. 1982d. Communication, raiding behavior and prey storage in Cerapachys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 89:3-23.

Carlin, N. F.; Hölldobler, B. 1983. Nestmate and kin recognition in interspecific mixed colonies of ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 222:1027-1029.

Meinwald, J.; Wiemer, D. F.; Hölldobler, B. 1983. Pygidial gland secretions of the ponerine ant Rhytidoponera metallica. Naturwissenschaften 70:46-47.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983a. Queen control in colonies of weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76:235-238.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983b. The evolution of communal nest-weaving in ants. American Scientist 71:490-499.

Hölldobler, B.; Taylor, R. W. 1984 ("1983"). A behavioral study of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark. Insectes Sociaux 30:384-401.

Traniello, J. F. A.; Hölldobler, B. 1984. Chemical communication during tandem running in Pachycondyla obscuricornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 10:783-794.

Hölldobler, B. 1984a. Communication during foraging and nest-relocation in the African stink ant, Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 65:40-52.

Hölldobler, B. 1984b. Evolution of insect communication. Pp. 349-377 in: Lewis, T. (ed.) 1984. Insect communication. 12th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London. London: Academic Press, xvii + 414 pp.

Bellas, T.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Constituents of mandibular and Dufour's glands of an Australian Polyrhachis weaver ant. Journal of Chemical Ecology 11:525-538.

Hölldobler, B. 1985 ("1984"). A new exocrine gland in the slave raiding ant genus Polyergus. Psyche (Cambridge) 91:225-235.

Hölldobler, B.; Bartz, S. H. 1985. Sociobiology of reproduction in ants. Fortschritte der Zoologie 31:237-257.

Hölldobler, B.; Engel-Siegel, H. 1985 ("1984"). On the metapleural gland of ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 91:201-224. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Caste-specific techniques of defense in the polymorphic ant Pheidole embolopyx (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 32:3-22.

Carlin, N. F.; Hölldobler, B. 1986. The kin recognition system of carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.). I. Hierarchical cues in small colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 19:123-134. PDF

Hölldobler, B. 1986 ("1985"). Liquid food transmission and antennation signals in ponerine ants. Israel Journal of Entomology 19:89-99.

Wheeler, D. E.; Hölldobler, B. 1986 ("1985"). Cryptic phargmosis: the structural modifications. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:337-353.

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1986. Ecology and behavior of the Neotropical cryptobiotic ant Basiceros manni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 33:70-84. PDF

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1986a. Soil-binding pilosity and camouflage in ants of the tribes Basicerotini and Stegomyrmecini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoomorphology (Berlin) 106:12-20.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1986b. Ecology and behavior of the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 33:45-58.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1986c. Nest area exploration and recognition in leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes). Journal of Insect Physiology 32:143-150.

Carlin, N. F.; Halpern, R.; Hölldobler, B.; Schwartz, P. 1987. Early learning and the recognition of conspecific cocoons by carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.). Ethology 75:306-316.

Franks, N. R.; Hölldobler, B. 1987. Sexual competition during colony reproduction in army ants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 30:229-243.

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1988. Dense heterarchies and mass communication as the basis of organization in ant colonies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3:65-68.