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Food stress causes differential survival of socially parasitic caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli integrated in colonies of host and non-host Myrmica ant species by Elmes, G.W, Wardlaw, J.C, Schonrogge, K, Thomas, J.A, Clarke, R.T

“…Final instar larvae of Maculinea rebeli Hirschke (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) are social parasites of Myrmica Latreille (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) nests. In the…”
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Host propagation permits extreme local adaptation in a social parasite of ants by Schönrogge, K, Gardner, M.G, Elmes, G.W, Napper, E.K.V, Simcox, D.J, Wardlaw, J.C, Breen, J, Barr, B, Knapp, J.J, Pickett, J.A, Thomas, J.A

“…The Red Data Book hoverfly species Microdon mutabilis is an extreme specialist that parasitises ant societies. The flies are locally adapted to a single host,…”
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Changes in chemical signature and host specificity from larval retrieval to full social integration in the myrmecophilous butterfly Maculinea rebeli by Schonrogge, K, Wardlaw, J.C, Peters, A.J, Everett, S, Thomas, J.A, Elmes, G.W

“…The ant social parasite, Maculinea rebeli shows high levels of host specificity at a regional scale. While 68-88% of caterpillars in the field are adopted by…”
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Polymorphic growth rates in myrmecophilous insects by Schonrogge, K, Wardlaw, J.C, Thomas, J.A, Elmes, G.W

“…and new data for…”
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Polymorphic growth in larvae of the butterfly Maculinea rebeli, a social parasite of Myrmica ant colonies by Thomas, J.A, Elmes, G.W, Wardlaw, J.C

“…growth rates, representing the most efficient way of exploiting the limited, yet steady, daily supply of food available to cuckoo–feeding parasites of…”
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capacity of a Myrmica ant nest to support a predacious species of Maculinea butterfly by Thomas, J.A, Wardlaw, J.C

“…Caterpillars of Maculinea arion are obligate predators of the brood of Myrmica sabuleti ants. In the laboratory, caterpillars eat the largest available ant…”
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Do Maculinea rebeli caterpillars provide vestigial mutualistic benefits to ants when living as social parasites inside Myrmica ant nests? by Wardlaw, J.C., Thomas, J.A., Elmes, G.W.

“…Caterpillars of the lycaenid butterfly Maculinea rebeli Hirschke (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) live for 11–23 months as social parasites in Myrmica (Hymenoptera:…”
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Host specificity among Maculinea butterflies in Myrmica ant nests by Thomas, J.A, Elmes, G.W, Wardlaw, J.C, Woyciechowski, M

“…Ecological studies have been made of all 5 European species of Maculinea. These confirm that M. nausithous and M. rebeli live underground in Myrmica ant nests…”
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effect of queen ants on the survival of Maculinea arion larvae in Myrmica ant nests by Thomas, J.A, Wardlaw, J.C

“…The mortality of Maculinea arion caterpillars was measured in both laboratory and wild Myrmica nests, and found to be nearly 3 times higher in nests that had…”
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Variability in oviposition by workers of six species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) by WARDLAW, J. C, ELMES, G. W

“…Oviposition by workers of 6 species from genus Myrmica - M. rubra, M. ruginodis, M. sabuleti, M. scabrinodis, M. schencki and M. sulcinodis - was compared…”
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CA repeat polymorphism at the TCF8 locus by Wardlaw, J C, Brodie, S G, Seddon, H L, Williams, T M

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comparison of the effect of temperature on the development of large hibernated larvae of four species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Elmes, G.W, Wardlaw, J.C

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Quantitative aspects of queen control over reproduction in the ant Myrmica by Brian, M.V, Jones, R.M, Wardlaw, J.C

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population study of the ants Myrmica sabuleti and Myrmica scabrinodis, living at two sites in the south of England. I. A comparison of colony populations by Elmes, G.W, Wardlaw, J.C

“…(1) The size and structure of colonies of Myrmica sabuleti Meinert living at two well-grazed grassland sites have been investigated for several years by the…”
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comparison of the effect of a queen upon the development of large hibernated larvae of six species of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) by Elmes, G.W, Wardlaw, J.C

“…The results are given from experiments on the effect of a queen upon the growth and development of large hibernated larvae of six species of Myrmica . These…”
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population study of the ants Myrmica sabuleti and Myrmica scabrinodis living at two sites in the south of England. II. Effect of above-nest vegetation by Elmes, G.W, Wardlaw, J.C

“…(1) Myrmica nests in well-grazed grassland are not readily visible and it was assumed that there would be few detectable differences in the above-nest flora…”
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