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Hölldobler, B.; Stanton, R. C.; Engel, H. 1976. A new exocrine gland in Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its possible significance as a taxonomic character. Psyche (Cambridge) 83:32-41.

Hölldobler, B.; Obermayer, M.; Peeters, C. 1996. Comparative study of the metatibial gland in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoomorphology (Berlin) 116:157-167.

Hölldobler, B. 1980. Canopy orientation: a new kind of orientation in ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 210:86-88.

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

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

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005a. The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:7411-7414. PDF

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Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. The multiple recruitment systems of the African Weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 3:19-60. PDF

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Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1992. Pheidole nasutoides, a new species of Costa Rican ant that apparently mimics termites. Psyche (Cambridge) 99:15-22.

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Hölldobler, B. 1960. Über die Ameisenfauna in Finnland-Lappland. Waldhygiene 3:229-238. PDF

Hölldobler, B. 1961. Temperaturunabhaengige rhythmische Erscheinungen bei Rossameisenkolonien (Camponotus ligniperda Latr. und Camponotus herculeanus L.) (Hym. Form.). Insectes Sociaux 8:13-22.

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Hölldobler, B. 1973. Zur Ethologie der chemischen Verständigung bei Ameisen. Nova Acta Leopoldina (n.s.)37(2):259-292.

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Hölldobler, B. 1976b. Tournaments and slavery in a desert ant. Science (Washington, D. C.) 192:912-914.

Hölldobler, B. 1976c. The behavioral ecology of mating in harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pogonomyrmex). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:405-423.

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Hölldobler, B. 1981. Zur Evolution von Rekrutierungssignalen bei Ameisen. Nova Acta Leopoldina (n.s.)54:431-447.

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

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