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    Publications

    Book chapters

    • Drijfhout, F.P, and Morgan, E.D. (2010) Terrestrial Natural Products as Antifeedants. In: Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry II Volume 4 Ed. Mander L. and Liu H.-W., Elsevier.
    • Drijfhout, F.P. (2010) Cuticular Hydrocarbons: A New tool in Forensic Entomology? Pp. In: Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology. J. Amendt et al. (eds) Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
    • Drijfhout, F.P., Kather, R., and Martin, S.J. (2010) The role of cuticular hydrocarbons in insects. Pp. 91-114. In: Behavioral and Chemical Ecology Eds. W. Zhang and H. Liu. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

    Peer reviewed

    2012

    • Blount JD, Rowland HM, Drijfhout FP, Endler JA, Inger R, Sloggett JJ, et al. How the ladybird got its spots: effects of resource limitation on the honesty of aposematic signals. Functional Ecology. 2012 Apr;26(2).
    • Bonckaert W, Drijfhout FP, d'Ettorre P, Billen J, Wenseleers T. Hydrocarbon Signatures of Egg Maternity, Caste Membership and Reproductive Status in the Common Wasp. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2012 Jan;38(1).
    • Guillem RM, Drijfhout FP, Martin SJ. Using chemo-taxonomy of host ants to help conserve the large blue butterfly. Biological Conservation. 2012 Apr;148(1).
    • Martin SJ, Shemilt S, Drijfhout FP. Effect of time on colony odour stability in the ant Formica exsecta. Naturwissenschaften. 2012 Apr;99(4).
    • Martin SJ, Vitikainen E, Drijfhout FP, Jackson D. Conspecific Ant Aggression is Correlated with Chemical Distance, but not with Genetic or Spatial Distance. Behavior Genetics. 2012 Mar;42(2).
    • Martin S, Trontti K, Shemilt S, Drijfhout F, Butlin R, Jackson D. Weak patriline effects are present in the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of isolated Formica exsecta ants but they disappear in the colony environment. Ecology and evolution. 2012 2012-Sep;2(9).
    • Moore HE, Adam CD, Drijfhout FP. Potential use of hydrocarbons for ageing Lucilia sericata blowfly larvae to establish the Post-mortem Interval (PMI). Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2012.
    • Vieira AS, Morgan ED, Drijfhout FP, Camargo-Mathias MI. Chemical Composition of Metapleural Gland Secretions of Fungus-Growing and Non-fungus-growing Ants. Journal of chemical ecology. 2012 2012-Oct;38(10).

    2011

    • Helantera H, Lee YR, Drijfhout FP, Martin SJ. Genetic diversity, colony chemical phenotype, and nest mate recognition in the ant Formica fusca. Behavioral Ecology. 2011 Jul-Aug;22(4):710-6.
    • Kather R, Drijfhout FP, Martin SJ. Task Group Differences in Cuticular Lipids in the Honey Bee Apis mellifera. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2011 Feb;37(2):205-12.
    • Martin SJ, Helantera H, Drijfhout FP. Is parasite pressure a driver of chemical cue diversity in ants? Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2011 Feb 22;278(1705):496-503.

    2010

    • Drijfhout FP. Cuticular Hydrocarbons: A New Tool in Forensic Entomology? Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology. 2010 2010.
    • Lommelen E, Wenseleers T, Johnson CA, Drijfhout FP, Billen J, Gobin B. A Combination of Fertility Signals and Aggression Regulates Reproduction in the Ant Gnamptogenys striatula. Journal of Insect Behavior. 2010 May;23(3):236-49.
    • Martin SJ, Carruthers JM, Williams PH, Drijfhout FP. Host Specific Social Parasites (Psithyrus) Indicate Chemical Recognition System in Bumblebees. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2010 Aug;36(8):855-63.
    • Nunes TM, Morgan ED, Drijfhout FP, Zucchi R. Caste-specific cuticular lipids in the stingless bee Friesella schrottkyi. Apidologie. 2010 Sep-Oct;41(5):579-88.
    • Vicente Hernandez J, Rodriguez D, Tarano Z, Drijfhout FP, Sainz-Borgo C. Are Postpharyngeal or Mandibular Gland Secretions the Source for Nestmate Recognition in Camponotus atriceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? Sociobiology. 2010 2010;56(3):775-93.

    2009

    • Billen J, Morgan ED, Drijfhout F, Farmier K. Unusual structural and chemical characteristics of the Dufour gland in the ant Meranoplus diversus. Physiological Entomology. 2009;34(1):93-7.
    • Martin SJ, Drijfhout FP. How Reliable is the Analysis of Complex Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles by Multivariate Statistical Methods? Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2009 Mar;35(3):375-82.
    • Martin SJ, Drijfhout FP. Nestmate and Task Cues are Influenced and Encoded Differently within Ant Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2009 Mar;35(3):368-74.
    • Martin SJ, Helantera H, Kiss K, Lee YR, Drijfhout FP. Polygyny reduces rather than increases nestmate discrimination cue diversity in Formica exsecta ants. Insectes Sociaux. 2009 Nov;56(4):375-83.
    • Martin SJ, Zhong WH, Drijfhout FP. Long-term stability of hornet cuticular hydrocarbons facilitates chemotaxonomy using museum specimens. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2009 Apr;96(4):732-7.
    • Martin SJ, Zhong W, Drijfhout FP. Long-term stability of hornet cuticular hydrocarbons facilitates chemotaxonomy using museum specimens. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2009 Apr;96(4):732-7.
    • Martin S, Drijfhout F. A Review of Ant Cuticular Hydrocarbons. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2009 Oct;35(10):1151-61.

    2008

    • Cremer S, D'Ettorre P, Drijfhout FP, Sledge MF, Turillazzi S, Heinze J. Imperfect chemical female mimicry in males of the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Naturwissenschaften. 2008;95(11):1101-5.
    • Cremer S, Ugelvig LV, Drijfhout FP, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Seifert B, et al. The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants. Plos One. 2008 Dec 3;3(12).
    • Lommelen E, Johnson CA, Drijfhout FP, Billen J, Gobin B. Egg marking in the facultatively queenless ant Gnamptogenys striatula: The source and mechanism. Journal of Insect Physiology. 2008;54(4):727-36.
    • Martin SJ, Helantera H, Drijfhout FP. Colony-specific hydrocarbons identify nest mates in two species of Formica ant. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2008;34(8):1072-80.
    • Martin SJ, Helantera H, Drijfhout FP. Evolution of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon patterns in Formica ants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2008;95(1):131-40.
    • Martin SJ, Takahashi JI, Ono M, Drijfhout FP. Is the social parasite Vespa dybowskii using chemical transparency to get her eggs accepted? Journal of Insect Physiology. 2008;54(4):700-7.
    • Martin SJ, Vitikainen E, Helantera H, Drijfhout FP. Chemical basis of nest-mate discrimination in the ant Formica exsecta. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences.
    • 2008;275(1640):1271-8.
    • Ugelvig LV, Drijfhout FP, Kronauer DJC, Boomsma JJ, Pedersen JS, Cremer S. The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: Integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches. Bmc Biology. 2008;6.

    2007

    • Beekman M, Martin SJ, Drijfhout F, Oldroyd BP. Higher removal rate of eggs laid by anarchistic queens - a cost of anarchy? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2007;61:1847-53.
    • Martin SJ, Jenner EA, Drijfhout FP. Chemical deterrent enables a socially parasitic ant to invade multiple hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2007;274:2717-22.
    • Martin SJ, Takahashi J, Drijfhout FP. Setosa membrane structure and occurrence of eicosenol in honeybees (Apis sp.). Apidologie. 2007 Jan-Feb;38(1):104-9.
    • Richard FJ, Poulsen M, Drijfhout F, Jones G, Boomsma JJ. Specificity in chemical profiles of workers, brood and mutualistic fungi in Atta, Acromyrmex, and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2007;33:2281-92.

    2006

    • Lommelen E, Johnson CA, Drijfhout FP, Billen J, Wenseleers T, Gobin B. Cuticular hydrocarbons provide reliable cues of fertility in the ant Gnamptogenys striatula. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2006 Sep;32(9):2023-34.

    2005

    • Drijfhout FP, Kochansky J, Lin S, Calderone NW. Components of honeybee royal jelly as deterrents of the parasitic Varroa mite, Varroa destructor. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2005 Aug;31(8):1747-64.
    • Martin S, Chaline N, Drijfhout F, Jones G. Role of esters in egg removal behaviour in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2005 Nov;59(1):24-9.

    2004

    • Jungnickel H, da Costa AJS, Tentschert J, Patricio E, Imperatriz-Fonseca VL, Drijfhout F, et al. Chemical basis for inter-colonial aggression in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona bipunctata (Hymenoptera : Apidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 2004;50(8):761-6.

    2000-2003

    • Drijfhout FP, Groot AT, van Beek TA, Visser JH. Mate location in the green capsid bug, Lygocoris pabulinus. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata. 2003 Feb;106(2):73-7.
    • Drijfhout FP, Groot AT, Posthumus MA, van Beek TA, de Groot A. Coupled gas chromatographic-electroantennographic responses of Lygocoris pabulinus (L.) to female and male produced volatiles. Chemoecology. 2002;12(2):113-8.
    • Drijfhout FP, Groot AT. Close-range attraction in Lygocoris pabulinus (L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2001 Jun;27(6):1133-49.
    • Drijfhout FP, Van Beek TA, Visser JH, De Groot A. On-line thermal desorption-gas chromatography of intact insects for pheromone analysis. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2000 Jun;26(6):1383-92.
    • Griepink FC, Drijfhout FP, Van Beek TA, Visser JH, De Groot A. Analysis of sex pheromone gland content of individual Symmetrischema tangolias by means of direct gland introduction into a two-dimensional gas chromatograph. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 2000 Apr;26(4):1013-23.

    Before 2000

    •  Groot AT, Timmer R, Gort G, Lelyveld GP, Drijfhout FP, Van Beek TA, et al. Sex-related perception of insect and plant volatiles in Lygocoris pabulinus. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 1999;25(10):2357-71.
    • Drijfhout FP, Fraaije MW, Jongejan H, van Berkel WJH, Franssen MCR. Enantioselective hydroxylation of 4-alkylphenols by vanillyl alcohol oxidase. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 1998;59(2):171-7.
    • Groot AT, Visser JH, Geerts R, Drijfhout FP, van Beek TA. Behavioural response of Lygocoris pabulinus (Heteroptera : Miridae) to potential sex pheromone compounds. Proceedings of the Section Experimental and Applied Entomology of the Netherlands Entomological Society (Nev). 1998:191-5.