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

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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.

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

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Hölldobler, B. 1995. The chemistry of social regulation: multicomponent signals in ant societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92:19-22.

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Hölldobler, B.; Haskins, C. P. 1977. Sexual calling behavior in primitive ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:793-794.

Hölldobler, B.; Janssen, E.; Bestmann, H. J.; Leal, I. R.; Oliveira, P. S.; Kern, F.; König, W. A. 1996. Comunication in the migratory termite-hunting ant Pachycondyla (=Termitopone) marginata (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 178:47-53.

Hölldobler, B.; Liebig, J.; Alpert, G. D. 2002. Gamergates in the myrmicine genus Metapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 89:305-307.

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Hölldobler, B.; Möglich, M. 1980. The foraging system of Pheidole militicida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 27:237-264.

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

Hölldobler, B.; Obermayer, M.; Wilson, E. O. 1992. Communication in the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 171:9-16.

Hölldobler, B.; Oldham, N. J.; Alpert, G. D.; Liebig, J. 2002. Predatory behavior and chemical communication in two Metapone species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chemoecology 12:147-151.

Hölldobler, B.; Oldham, N. J.; Morgan, E. D.; König, W. A. 1995. Recruitment pheromones in the ants Aphaenogaster albisetosus and A. cockerelli (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 41:739-744.