Thomas ML, Becker K, Abbott K, Feldhaar, H (in press) Supercolony mosaics: two different invasions by the yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Biological invasions Thomas ML and Simmons LW (2009) Male derived cuticular hydrocarbons signal sperm competition intensity and affect ejaculate expenditure in crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 276: 383-388 Lach L and Thomas ML (2008) Invasive ants in Australia: documented and potential ecological consequences. Australian Journal of Entomology 47: 275-288 Schneider JM, Herbestein ME, Bruce MJ, Kasumovic MM, Thomas ML and Elgar MA (2008) Sperm competition and genital morphology in the golden orb-web spider Nephila plumipes. Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 233-238 Thomas ML and Simmons LW (2008) Rival male relatedness does not effect ejaculate allocation in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus. PLoS ONE 3: e2151. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002151 Thomas ML and Simmons LW (2008) Sexual dimorphism in cuticular hydrocarbons of the Australian field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 54:1081-1089
Thomas ML and Simmons LW (2008) Cuticular hydrocarbons are heritable in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:801-806 Framenau VW and Thomas ML (2008) The ants of Christmas Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(1): 45-86
Björkman-Chiswell BT, van Wilgenburg E, Thomas ML, Swearer SE and Elgar MA (2008) Absence of aggression, but not nestmate recognition in an Australian population of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. Insectes Sociaux 55:207-212 Simmons LW and Thomas ML (2008) No postcopulatory response to inbreeding by male crickets. Biology Letters 4: 183-185
Thomas ML and Simmons LW (2007) Male crickets adjust the viability of their sperm in response to female mating status. American Naturalist 170: 190-195.
Thomas ML, Christine M. Payne-Makrisâ, Andrew V. Suarez, Neil D. Tsutsui and David A. Holway (2007) Contact between supercolonies elevates aggression in Argentine ants. Insectes Sociaux 54: 225-233.
Thomas ML, Christine M. Payne-Makrisâ, Andrew V. Suarez, Neil D. Tsutsui and David A. Holway (2006) When supercolonies collide: territorial aggression in an invasive and unicolonial social insect. Molecular Ecology 15: 4303-4315
Thomas ML, Tsutsui ND and Holway DA (2005) Intraspecific competition influences the symmetry and intensity of aggression in the Argentine ant. Behavioural Ecology 16: 472-481.
Thomas ML and Holway DA (2005) Condition-specific competition between invasive Argentine ants and Australian Iridomyrmex. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 532-542.
Thomas ML, Dixson A, Coggins V and Holway DA (2005) Food availability and brood number do not influence intraspecific aggression in Argentine ants. Insectes Sociaux 52: 108-113.
Thomas ML and Framenau VW (2005) Foraging decisions of individual workers varies with colony size in the Ectatommine ant Rhytidoponera metallica. Insectes Sociaux 52: 26-30.
Thomas ML (2003) Seasonality and colony size effects on the life history characteristics of Rhytidoponera metallica in temperate south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 51: 551-567
Thomas ML and Elgar MA (2003) Colony size affects division of labour in the ponerine ant Rhytidoponera metallica. Naturwissenschaften 90: 88-92
Thomas ML (2002) Nest site selection and longevity in the ponerine ant Rhytidoponera metallica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 49: 147-152.
Schneider JM, Thomas ML and Elgar MA (2001) Ectomised conductors in the golden orb-web spider, Nephila plumipes (Araneoidea): a male adaptation to sexual conflict? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 49: 410-415.
Thomas ML, Parry LJ, Rachel AA and Elgar MA (1999) Geographic affinity, cuticular hydrocarbons, and colony recognition in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus. Naturwissenschaften 86: 87-92. |
