Evolution of cooperation
Pierce,
N.E., Braby, M.F., Heath, A., Lohman, D.J., Mathew, J., Rand, D.B., and M.A.
Travassos. 2002. The ecology and evolution of ant association in the Lycaenidae
(Lepidoptera). Annual Review of Entomology 47: 733-771.Abstract
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Fraser, A.M., Axén, A.H., and N.E. Pierce. 2001. Assessing the quality
of different ant speciesd as partners of a myrmecophilous butterfly. Oecologia
129: 452-460. Abstract
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Pierce, N.E. 2001. Peeling the onion: symbioses between ants and blue butterflies. In: Dugatkin, L.A. (ed.) Model systems in behavioral ecology, Princeton University Press, Princeton, , pp. 41-56.
Hsu, R., Briscoe, A.D., Chang, B.S.W. and N.E. Pierce. 2001. Molecular evolution of a long wavelength-sensitive opsin in mimetic Heliconius butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 72: 435-449. Abstract | pdf
Yu, D.W., Wilson, H.B., and N.E. Pierce. 2001. Colonization trade-offs and the interaction with environmental heterogeneity. Ecology 82: 1761-1771.Abstract | pdf
Travassos, M.A., and N.E. Pierce. 2000. Acoustics, context and function of vibrational signalling in a lycaenid butterfly-ant mutualism. Animal Behaviour 60: 13-26.
Yu, D. and N.E. Pierce. 1998. A castration parasite in a putative ant-plant mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 265: 375-382. Abstract | pdf
Axen, A. and N.E. Pierce. 1998. Aggregation as a cost reducing strategy for lycaenid larvae. Behavioral Ecology 9: 109-115.
Costa,
J.T., McDonald, J.H. and N.E. Pierce. 1996. The effect of ant association
on population genetic structure of the mutualistic butterfly, Jalmenus
evagoras (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society 58: 287-306. Abstract
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Costa, J.T. and N.E. Pierce. 1996. Social evolution in the Lepidoptera: ecological
context and communication in larval societies. In: Crespi, B.J.and J.C. Choe
(eds) Social competition and cooperation in insects and arachnids, Volume
II: Evolution of sociality pp. 407-442.
Pierce, N.E. 1995. Predatory and parasitic Lepidoptera: carnivores living
on plants. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49: 412-453.
Carlin, N.F., Gladstein, D.S., Berry, A.J. and N.E. Pierce. 1995. Absence
of kin discrimination in a soldier-producing aphid, Ceratovacuna japonica
(Hemiptera: Pemphigidae; Cerataphidini). Journal of the New York Entomological
Society 102: 287-298.
Fiedler, K., Seufert, P. Pierce, N.E., Pearson, J.G., and T. Baumgarten. 1995.
Exploitation of lycaenid-ant mutalisms by braconid parasitoids. Journal
of Research on the Lepidoptera 31: 153-168. Abstract
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Taylor, M.F.J., S.W. McKechnie, N.E. Pierce, and M. Kreitman. 1993. The lepidopteran mitochondrial control region: structure and evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 10: 1259-1272.
Baylis M. and N.E.Pierce. 1992. The effects of ant mutualism on the foraging and diet of lycaenid caterpillars. In: Stamp NE & Casey TM (eds) Caterpillars: Ecological and Evolutionary Constraints on Foraging. Chapman and Hall, New York, pp. 404-421.
Pierce
N.E., Nash D.R., Baylis M. and E.R. Carper. 1991. Variation in the attractiveness
of lycaenid butterfly larvae to ants. In: Cutler D & Huxley C (eds) Ant-plant
interactions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 131-143.
Pierce N.E. 1989. Butterfly-ant mutualisms. In: Grubb PJ & Whittaker J
(eds.) Towards a more exact ecology, Blackwell, Oxford, pp 299-324.
Pierce,
N.E. 1987. The evolution and biogeography of associations between lycaenid
butterflies and ants. In: P.H. Harvey & L. Partridge (eds.) Oxford Surveys
in Evol Biol Vol. IV, pp 89-116.
Pierce, N.E., R.L. Kitching, R.C. Buckley, M.F.J. Taylor and K. Benbow. 1987.
Costs and benefits of cooperation between the Australian lycaenid butterfly,
Jalmenus evagoras and its attendant ants. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 21: 237-248.
Pierce, N.E. and W.R. Young. 1986. Lycaenid butterflies and ants: two-species
stable equilibria in mutualistic, commensal, and parasitic interactions. American
Naturalist.128: 216-227. pdf
Pierce, N.E. and S. Easteal. 1986. The selective advantage of attendant ants
for the larvae of a lycaenid butterfly, Glaucopsyche lygdamus. Jouranl
of Animal Ecology 55: 451-462. Abstract
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Pierce, N.E. and M.A. Elgar. 1985. The influence of ants on host plant selection
by Jalmenus evagoras, a myrmecophilous lycaenid butterfly. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 16: 209-222.
Pierce,
N.E. 1984. Amplified species diversity: a case study of an Australian lycaenid
butterfly and its attendant ants. In: Vane Wright RI & Ackery PR (eds)
Biology of butterflies. XI Symp R Entomol Soc (Lond). Academic Press, London,
pp 197-200.
Pierce N.E. and P.S. Mead. 1981. Parasitoids as selective agents in the symbiosis
between lycaenid butterfly caterpillars and ants. Science 211: 1185-1187
Abstract
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