Books:
D. M. Gordon. 2010. Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior. Princeton University Press.
D. M. Gordon. 1999. Ants at Work: how an insect society is organized. Free Press, Simon and Schuster. 2000 paperback, W. W. Norton.
Refereed:
2011. Sorrells, T.R., L.Y. Kuritzky, P.G. Kauhanen, K. Fitzgerald, S.J. Sturgis, J. Chen, C.A. Dijamco, K.N. Basurto, and D.M. Gordon. Chemical defense by the native Winter Ant (Prenolepis imparis) against the invasive Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile). PLoS ONE 6(4):e18717. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018717 pdf
2011. Sturgis, S.J., M.J. Green, and D.M. Gordon. Hydrocarbons on harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) middens guide foragers to the nest. Journal of Chemical Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s10886-011-9947-y. pdf
2011. Pinter-Wollman, N., R. Wollman, A. Guetz, S. Holmes, and D.M. Gordon. The effect of individual variation on the structure and function of interaction networks in harvester ants. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. DOI 10.1098/rsif.2011.0059. pdf
2011. Gordon, D.M. The fusion of ecology and behavioral ecology. Behavioral Ecology 22(2): 225-230 pdf
2011. Gordon, D.M., A. Guetz, M.J. Greene, and S. Holmes. Colony variation in the collective regulation of foraging by harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology 22(2): 429-435 pdf
2011. Pringle, E., Dirzo R. and D.M. Gordon. Indirect benefits of symbiotic coccoids for an ant-defended myrmecophytic tree. Ecology 92(1):37-46. pdf
2009. Suni, S. and D.M. Gordon. Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal distance in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Heredity 104(2):168-173. pdf
2009. Frederickson, M.E. and D.M. Gordon. The intertwined population biology of two Amazonian myrmecophytes and their symbiotic ants. Ecology 90(6):1595-1607. pdf
2009. Beverly, B., H. McLendon, S. Nacu, S. Holmes, and D.M. Gordon. How site fidelity leads to individual differences in the foraging activity of harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology 20:633-638. pdf
2008. Heller, N.E., K.K. Ingram and D.M. Gordon. Nest connectivity and colony structure in unicolonial Argentine ants. Insectes Sociaux 55: 397-403.pdf
2008. Gordon, D. M., S. Holmes and S. Nacu. The short-term regulation of foraging in harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology 19:217-222. pdf
2008. Heller, N.E., N.J. Sanders, J.W. Shors and D.M. Gordon. Rainfall facilitates the spread, and time alters the impact of the invasive Argentine ant. Oecologia 155:385-395. pdf
2007. Gordon, D. M. Control without hierarchy. Nature 4468:143. pdf
2007. Greene, M.J. and D.M. Gordon. How patrollers set foraging direction in harvester ants. American Naturalist 170:943-948. pdf
2007. Suni, S., C. Gignoux and D. M. Gordon. Male parentage in dependent-lineage populations of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Molecular Ecology 16:5149-5155. pdf
2007. Frederickson, M. and D. M. Gordon. The devil to pay: a cost of mutualism with Myrmelachista schumanni ants in "devil's gardens" is increased herbivory on Duroia hirsuta trees. Proceedings Royal Society B 274:1117-1123. pdf
2007. Greene, M.J. and D.M. Gordon. Interaction rate informs harvester ant task decisions. Behavioral Ecology 18:451-455. pdf
2007. Greene, M.J. and D.M. Gordon. Structural complexity of chemical recognition cues affects the perception of group membership in the ants Linepithema humile and Aphaenogaster cockerelli. Journal Experimental Biology 201:897-905. pdf
2006. Linksvayer, T., M.J. Wade and D.M. Gordon. Genetic caste determination in harvester ants: possible origin and maintenance by cyto-nuclear epistasis. Ecology 87:2185-2193. pdf
2006. Schafer, R.J., S. Holmes and D.M. Gordon. Forager activation and food availability in harvester ants. Animal Behaviour 71:815-822. pdf
2006. V.P. Volny, M.J. Greene and D.M. Gordon. Brood production and lineage discrimination in a harvester ant population with genetic caste determination. Ecology 87:2194-2200. pdf
2006. Heller, Nicole E., and D.M. Gordon. Seasonal spatial dynamics and causes of nest movement in colonies of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). Ecological Entomology 31:499-510. pdf
2006. Heller, N.E., N.J. Sanders and D.M. Gordon. Linking spatial and temporal scales in the study of an Argentine ant invasion. Biological Invasions 8:501-507. pdf
2005. Frederickson, M., M.J. Greene and D.M. Gordon. Ants bedevil devil's gardens. Nature 437:495-496. pdf
2005. K. K. Ingram, P. Oefner and D. M. Gordon. Task-specific expression of the foraging gene in harvester ants. Molecular Ecology 14: 813-818. pdf
2005. D M Gordon, J Chu, A Lillie, M Tissot, and N Pinter. Variation in the transition from inside to outside work in the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Insectes Sociaux 52:212-217. pdf
2004. N. J. Sanders
and D. M. Gordon. The interactive effects of
climate and interspecific neighbours on mortality of red harvester
ants. Ecological Entomology 29:632-637. pdf
2004. D. Wagner,
J B Jones and D M Gordon. Development of harvester
ant colonies alters soil chemistry. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
36:797-804. pdf
2003. Greene, M.J. and D.M. Gordon. Cuticular hydrocarbons inform task decisions. Nature 423:32. pdf
2003. Ingram, K.K. and D.M. Gordon. Genetic analysis of dispersal dynamics in an invading population of Argentine ants, Linepithema humile. Ecology 84:2832-2842. pdf
2003. Adler, F.R. and D.M. Gordon. Optimization, conflict and non-overlapping foraging ranges in ants. American Naturalist 162:529-543. pdf
2003. Sanders, N.J., N.J. Gotelli, N.E. Heller, and D.M. Gordon. Community disassembly by an invasive ant species. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 2474-2477. pdf
2003. Sanders, N.J. and D.M. Gordon. Resource dependent interactions and the organization of desert ant communities. Ecology 84: 1024-1031. pdf
2002. Gordon, D.M. The regulation of foraging activity in red harvester ant colonies. American Naturalist 159:509-518. pdf
2002. Volny, V.P. and D.M. Gordon. Genetic basis for queen-worker dimorphism in a social insect. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:6108-6111. pdf
2001. Volny, V.P. and D.M. Gordon. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Mol Ecol Notes 2:302-303. pdf
2001. Wagner, D., Tissot, M. and D. M. Gordon. Task-related environment alters the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants. J. Chemical Ecology 27:1805-1819.
2001. Pereira, H. and D. M. Gordon. A trade-off in task allocation between sensitivity to the environment and response time. J. Theoretical Biology 208:165-184.
2001. Sanders, N. J., Barton, K.E., and D. M. Gordon. Dynamics of the distribution and impact of the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in northern California. Oecologia 127:123-130.
2001. Gordon, D. M., L. Moses, M. Falkowitz-Halpern, and E. H. Wong. Effect of weather on infestation of buildings by the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. American Midland Naturalist 146:321-328. pdf
2001. Nelson, D. R., Tissot, M., Nelson, L. J. Fatland, C. L, and D. M. Gordon. Novel wax esters and hydrocarbons in the cuticular surface lipids of the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology part B, in press.
2000. Wagner, D., Tissot, M., Cuevas, W., and D. M. Gordon. Harvester ants utilize cuticular hydrocarbons in nestmate recognition. J. Chemical Ecology 26 (10):2245-2257.
2000. Sanders, N. and D. M. Gordon. The effects of interspecific interactions on resource use and behavior in a desert ant. Oecologia 125: 436:443.
2000. Brown M. J. F, Gordon D. M. How resources and encounters affect the distribution of foraging activity in a seed-harvesting ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 195-203.
1999. Gordon, D. M. Interaction patterns and task allocation in ant colonies. In C. Detrain, J M Pasteels, J L Deneubourg, eds. Information Processing in Social Insects. Birkhuaser Verlag. pp. 51-67. pdf
1999. Human, K. G. and D. M. Gordon. Behavioral interactions of the invasive Argentine ant with native species. Insectes Sociaux 46:159-163. pdf
1999. Gordon, D. M. and Mehdiabadi, N. Encounter rate and task allocation in harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45:370-77. pdf
1999. Wagner, D. and D. M. Gordon. Colony age, neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants. Oecologia 119:175-182. pdf
1998. D Wagner, M. J. F. Brown, P. Broun, W. Cuevas, L. E. Moses, D. L. Chao and D. M. Gordon. Task-related differences in the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. J Chemical Ecology 24:2021-2037 pdf
1998. Human, K. G., Weiss, S., Weiss, A., Sandler B. and Gordon D. M. The effect of abiotic factors on the local distribution of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) and native ant species. Environmental Entomology 27:822-833. pdf
1998. Gordon, D. M. and A. Kulig. The effect of neighboring colonies on mortality in harvester ants. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 141-148. pdf
1997. Gordon, D. M. and D. Wagner. Neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants. Oecologia 109:556-560. pdf
1997. Brown, M. J. F. and D. M. Gordon. Individual specialisation and encounters between harvester ant colonies. Behaviour 134: 849-866.
1997. Human, K. G. and D. M. Gordon. Effects of Argentine ants on invertebrate biodiversity in northern California. Conservation Biology 11:1242-1248.
1997. D. Wagner, M. J. F. Brown and D. M. Gordon. Harvester ant nests, soil biota and soil chemistry. Oecologia 112:232-236.
1996. Gordon, D. M. The population consequences of territorial behavior. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12:63-66.
1996. Gordon, D. M. The organization of work in social insect colonies. Nature 380:121-124. pdf
1996. Gordon, D. M. and A. W. Kulig. Founding, foraging and fighting: colony size and the spatial distribution of harvester ant nests. Ecology 77:2393-2409. pdf
1996. Pacala, S. W., D. M. Gordon and H.C.J. Godfray. Effects of social group size on information transfer and task allocation. Evolutionary Ecology 10:127-165. pdf
1996. Human, K. G. and D. M. Gordon. Exploitative and interference competition between the Argentine ant and native ant species. Oecologia 105:405-412. pdf
1995. Gordon, D. M. The expandable network of ant exploration. Animal Behaviour 50:995-1007. pdf
1995. Gordon, D. M. The development of an ant colony’s foraging range. Animal Behaviour 49: 649-659. pdf
1993. Gordon, D. M. The spatial scale of seed collection by harvester ants. Oecologia 95: 479-487. pdf
1993. Gordon, D. M., R. E. H. Paul, and K. Thorpe. What is the function of encounter patterns in ant colonies? Animal Behaviour 45:1083-1100. pdf
1992. Gordon, D. M. Wittgenstein and ant-watching. Biology & Philosophy 7:13-25.
1992. Adler, F. R. and D. M. Gordon. Information collection and spread by networks of patrolling ants. American Naturalist 140:373-400. pdf
1992. Gordon, D. M., R. Rosengren and L. Sundstrom. The allocation of foragers in red wood ants. Ecological Entomology 17:114-120.
1992. Gordon, D. M. Nest relocation in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Annals Entomol. Soc. Am. 85(1):44-47.
1992. Gordon, D. M. B. Goodwin, and L. E. H. Trainor. A parallel distributed model of ant colony behaviour. Journal of Theoretical Biology 156:293-307. pdf
1992. Gordon, D. M. How colony growth affects forager intrusion in neighboring harvester ant colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31:417-427. pdf
1991. Gordon, D. M. Comment on “Short-term activity cycles in ants." American Naturalist 137:260-61.
1991. Gordon, D. M. Variation and change in behavioral ecology. Ecology 72:1196-1203. pdf
1991. Gordon, D. M. Behavioral flexibility and the foraging ecology of seed-eating ants. American Naturalist 138:379-411. pdf
1989. Gordon, D. M. Ants distinguish neighbours from strangers. Oecologia 81:198-200. pdf
1989. Silverton, J. and D. M. Gordon. A framework for the analysis of plant behaviour. Annual Reviews of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 20. pdf
1989. Gordon, D. M. Caste and change in social insects. In Oxford Surveys in Evolu-tionary Biology, vol. 6, P. Harvey and L. Partridge, eds., p. 56-72. Oxford University Press. pdf
1989. Gordon, D. M. Dynamics of task switching in harvester ants. Animal Behaviour 38: 194-204. pdf
1988. Gordon, D. M. Group-level exploration tactics in fire ants. Behaviour 104:162-175. pdf
1988. Gordon, D. M. Nest-plugging: interference competition in desert harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus and Novomessor cockerelli ). Oecologia 75: 114-117.
1987. Gordon, D. M. and B. Holldobler. Worker longevity in harvester ants. Psyche 94: 341-46.
1987. Gordon, D. M. Group-level dynamics in harvester ants: young colonies and the role of patrolling. Animal Behaviour 35:833-843. pdf
1986. Gordon, D. M. The dynamics of the daily round of the harvester ant colony. Animal Behaviour 34: 1402-1419. pdf
1985. Gordon, D. M. Do we need more ethograms? Zietschrift fur Tierpsychologie 68: 340-342.
1984. Gordon, D. M. The persistence of role in exterior workers of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius. Psyche 91(3-4): 251-266.
1984. Gordon, D. M. Harvester ant middens: refuse or boundary? Ecological Entomology 9:403-412.
1984 . Gordon, D. M. Species-specific patterns in the social activities of harvester ant colonies. Insectes Sociaux 31(1):74-86. pdf
1983. Gordon, D. M. Daily rhythms in social activities of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius. Psyche 90(4):413-423.
1983. Gordon, D. M. The relation of recruitment rate to activity rhythms in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. J. Kansas Entomological Society 56(3):277-285.
1983. Gordon, D. M. Dependence of necrophoric response to oleic acid on social context in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius. J. Chemical Ecology 9(1): 105-111. pdf
Invited:
2010. Gordon, D. M. Colonial studies. Boston Review, September 2010. pdf
2003. Gordon, D.M. The organization of work in social insect colonies. Complexity 8: 43-46. pdf
2001. Gordon, D.M. The development of ant colony behavior. In Oyama, S., R. Gray, and P. Griffiths, eds. Cycles of Contingency: Developmental Systems and Evolution. MIT Press.
2001. Gordon, D.M. Task allocation in ant colonies. In Segel, L., ed. Design Principles for the Immune System and other Disturbed Autonomous Systems. Oxford University Press.
2001. Hirsh, A.E. and D.M. Gordon. Distributed problem solving in social insects. Annals of Mathematics and Artifical Intelligence 31:199-221.
2000. Gordon, D.M. The evolution of social behavior. In Singh, R. S. and C. Krimbas, eds. Evolutionary Genetics: From Molecules to Morphology. Cambridge University Press.
1997. Gordon, D. M. Networking ants. Natural History. September 1997 p. 26.
1996. Gordon, D. M. Task allocation and interaction rates in ant colonies. In Greenberg, G. and Tobach, E. eds., Comparative Psychology of Invertebrates: The Field and Laboratory Study of Insect Behavior. Garland Publishing, Inc.
1995. Gordon, D. M. The development of organization in ant colonies. American Scientist 83:50-57.
1993. Gordon, D. M. Communal Dwellings. In Animal Behaviour. T. Halliday, ed. Weldon Russell Publishing.
1994. Gordon, D. M. How social insect colonies respond to variable environments. In Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolution. L. Real, ed. University of Chicago Press.
1992. Gordon, D. M. Phenotypic plasticity. In Keywords in Evolutionary Biology. E. A. Lloyd and E. F. Keller, eds. Harvard University Press. p.255-262.
1988. Gordon, D. M. Behavior changes - finding the rules. In Processes and Metaphors in the Evolutionary Paradigm. M. Ho and S. Fox, eds. London: Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1988. Gordon, D. M. Groups, change and the ordinary: some new questions about ant behavior. In Advances in Myrmecology, R. H. Arnett, ed. New York: E.J. Brill Co.
1987. Gordon, D. M. The group context of role switching in harvester ants. In Inter-individual Behavioral Variability in Social Insects. R.L. Jeanne, ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
1987. Gordon, D. M. The dynamics of group behavior. In Perspectives in Ethology, vol. 7. P.P.G. Bateson and P.H. Klopfer, eds. New York: Plenum Press.
1986. Gordon, D. M. The development of organizational flexibility in harvester ant colonies. In Evolution of Social Behavior and Integrative Levels. G. Greenberg and E. Tobach, eds. Lawrence Hillbaum Press.
Reviews:
1998. Review of J.K. Parrish and W.M. Hamner, eds. Animal Groups in Three Dimensions. Animal Behaviour 56:798-799.
1998. Review of R. K. Vandermeer, M . D. Breed, M. L. Winston, K. E. Espelie, eds., Pheromone Communication in Social Insects: Ants, Wasps, Bees and Termites. Quarterly Review Biology 73:361.
1996. How sociobiology explains ant behavior. Review of A. Bourke and N. Franks, Social Evolution in Ants. Ecology 77.
1996. Gordon, D. M. Soldier production under threat. News and Views, Nature 379:583-584.
1995. Gordon, D. M. Look to the ant, thou sluggard. Review of B. Holldobler and E. O. Wilson, Journey to the Ants. Nature 372:292.
1995. Gordon, D. M. Peter and the Wolf. Review of P. Steinhart, The Company of Wolves. Stanford magazine, September 1995.
1995. Gordon, D. M. Review of J.H. Hunt and C.A. Nalepa, eds, Nourishment and Evolution in Insect Societies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10:90.
1993. Gordon, D. M. Untangling data and theory. Review of D. H. Wise, Spiders in Ecological Webs. Nature 362: 800.
