Book:
D. M. Gordon.1999. Ants at Work: how an insect society is organized. Free Press, Simon and Schuster. 2000 paperback, W. W. Norton.
Refereed:
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. Heller, N.E., Sanders, N. J., Shors, J. W. and D. M. Gordon. Rainfall facilitates the spread, and time alters the impact of the invasive Argentine ant. Oecologia doi: 10.1007/s00442-007-0911-z pdf
2007. Gordon, D. M., Holmes, S. and S. Nacu. The short-term regulation of foraging in harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/arm125 pdf
2007. Suni, S. and D. M. Gordon. Queens produce males in harvester ants. Molecular Ecology 16:5149-5155.
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 doi:10.1093/beheco/arl105 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., Sanders, N.J. 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 2004. D. Wagner,
J B Jones and D M Gordon. Development of harvester 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.
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. 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.
1999. Gordon, D. M. and Mehdiabadi, N. Encounter
rate and task allocation in harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
45:370-77.
1999. Wagner, D. and D. M. Gordon. Colony
age, neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants.
Oecologia 119:175-182.
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
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.
1998. Gordon, D. M. and A. Kulig. The effect
of neighboring colonies on mortality in harvester ants. Journal of Animal
Ecology 67: 141-148.
1997. Gordon, D. M. and D. Wagner. Neighborhood
density and reproductive potential in harvester ants. Oecologia 109:556-560.
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.
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.
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.
1996. Human, K. G. and D. M. Gordon. Exploitative
and interference competition between the Argentine ant and native ant species.
Oecologia 105:405-412.
1995. Gordon, D. M. The expandable network
of ant exploration. Animal Behaviour 50:995-1007.
1995. Gordon, D. M. The development of an
ant colony’s foraging range. Animal Behaviour 49: 649-659.
1993. Gordon, D. M. The spatial scale of seed
collection by harvester ants. Oecologia 95: 479-487.
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
40:373-400.
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.
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.
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.
1989. Silverton, J. and D. M. Gordon. A framework
for the analysis of plant behaviour. Annual Reviews of Ecology and Systematics,
vol. 20.
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.
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.
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.
1986. Gordon, D. M. The dynamics of the daily
round of the harvester ant colony. Animal Behaviour 34: 1402-1419.
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.
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.
Invited:
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.
climate and interspecific neighbours on mortality of red harvester
ants. Ecological Entomology 29:632-637. pdf
ant colonies alters soil chemistry. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
36:797-804. pdf
