Publications
2022
Muratore, I.B., Fandozzi, E.M., Traniello, J.F.A. 2022. Behavioral performance and division of labor influence brain mosaicism in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes. J. Comp. Physiol. A 208: 325–44.
Rosengaus, R.B., Traniello, J.F.A., Bakker, T.C.M. 2022. Sociality and disease: behavioral perspectives in ecological and evolutionary immunology. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 76:98.
Coto, Z., Traniello, J.F.A. 2022. Social brain energetics: ergonomic efficiency, neurometabolic scaling, and metabolic polyphenism in ants. Integr Comp Biol. doi: 10.1093/icb/icac048.
Harrison, J.F., Biewener, A., Bernhardt, J.R., Brown, J.H., Coto, Z.N., Duell, M.E., Lynch, M., Moffett, E.R., Norin, T., Pettersen, A.K., Smith, F.A., Somjee, U., Traniello, J.F.A., Williams T.M. 2022. An integrated perspective on current hypotheses and experimental tests for causes of hypometric metabolic scaling in animals. Int. Comp. Biol. Integr Comp Biol doi: 10.1093/icb/icac136
Traniello, J.F.A., Linksvayer T.A., Coto, Z.N. 2022. Social complexity and brain evolution: Insights from ant neuroarchitecture and genomics. Curr. Opin. Ins. Sci., in press.
2021
Coto, Z., Traniello, J.F.A. 2021. Social evolution, brain size, and metabolism. Front. Physiol. 12:612865.
Wyszynski, S.I., Shelton, E.F., Torres, M.A., Traniello, J.F.A. 2021. Deep roots of sectarianism. Science https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6516/533/tab-e-letters
Giraldo, Y.M., Muscedere, M.L., Traniello, J.F.A. 2021. Eusociality and senescence: neuroprotection and physiological resilience to aging in insect and mammalian systems. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9:673172.
DeSilva, J.M., Traniello, J.F.A., Claxton, A., Fannin, L.D. 2021. When and why did human brains decrease in size? A new change-point analysis and insights from brain evolution in ants. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:742639 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.742639
Azorsa, F., Muscedere, M.L., Traniello, J.F.A. 2021. Socioecology and evolutionary neurobiology of predatory ants. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:804200
Arganda S., Arganda-Carreras, I., Gordon, D.G., Hoadley, A.P., Pérez-Escudero, A., Giurfa, M., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2021. Statistical atlases and automatic labelling strategies to accelerate the analysis of social insect brain evolution. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:745707.
2020
Arganda, S., Hoadley, A.P., Razdan E.S., Muratore, I.M., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2020. The neuroplasticity of division of labor: worker polymorphism, compound eye structure and brain organization in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes. J. Comp. Physiol. A 206:651-662.
Muratore, I.B., Traniello, J.F.A. 2020. Fungus-growing ants as models for the integrative analysis of cognition and brain evolution. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 14:599234.
2019
Kamhi J.F., Ilieş I., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2019. Social complexity and brain evolution: comparative analysis of modularity and integration in formicine ant brain organization. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 93: 4-18.
Gordon, D.G., Zelaya, A., Arganda-Carreras, I., Arganda, S., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2019. Neurobiological correlates of extreme morphological and behavioral specialization in the turtle ant Cephalotes varians. PLoS One 14: e0213618.
2018
Gordon, D.G., Zelaya A, Ronk K, and Traniello, J.F.A. 2018. Interspecific comparison of mushroom body synaptic complexes of dimorphic workers in the ant genus Pheidole. Neuroscience Letters 662:110-114.
Gordon, D.G. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2018. Synaptic organization in an exceptionally polymorphic social insect. Neuroscience Letters 676: 46-50.
Gordon, D.G., Moreau, M., Fourcassie, F., Traniello, J.F.A. 2018. Worker size-related behavior in the extremely polymorphic ant Pheidole rhea. Insectes Sociaux 65: 431-438.
2017
Kamhi J.F., Sandridge, A., Walker, C., Robson, S.K.A., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2017 Colony organization and worker brain development in ants: does division of labor reduce neuroplasticity? Devel. Neurobiol. 77: 1072-1075
Waxman, H., Muscedere, M.L., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2017. Behavioral performance and neural systems are robust to sensory injury in workers of the ant Pheidole dentata. Brain Behav. Evol. 89:195-208
Arganda-Carreras, I., Gordon D.G., Arganda, S., Beaudoin M., Kamhi. J.F., Hoadley, A.P., Traniello J.F.A2017. Group-wise 3D registration based templates to study the evolution of ant worker neuroanatomy.
Kamhi J.F., Arganda, S., Moreau, C.S., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2017. Origins of aminergic regulation of behavior in complex insect social systemsFrontiers in Systems Neuroscience 11:74.
Gordon, D.G., Ilieş, I., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2017. Behavior, brain, and morphology in a complex insect society: trait integration and social evolution in the polymorphic ant Pheidole rheaBehav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 71:166.
2016
Giraldo, Y.M., Kamhi, J.K., Fourcassie, V., Moreau, M., Rusakov, A., Wimberly, L., Diloreto, A., Kordek, A. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2016 Lifespan behavioral and neural resilience in a social insectProc. R. Soc. B 283(1822):20152603.
Robson, S.K.A. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2016. Division of labor in complex societies: a new age of integrative analysis. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 70: 995-998.
Giraldo, Y.M. Rusakov, A., Diloreto, A., Kordek, A and Traniello, J.F.A2016.Age, worksite location, neuromodulators, and task performance in the ant Pheidole dentata.Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 1-15.
Kamhi J.F., Gronenberg, W.G., Robson, S.K.A., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2016. Social complexity influences brain production and operation costs in antsProc. Roy. Soc. B 283: 20161949
2015
Ilies, I., Muscedere, M.L., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2015. Neuroanatomical and morphological trait clusters in the ant genus Pheidole: evidence for modularity and integration in brain structure.Brain Behav. Evol. 85:63-76.
Kamhi J.F, Nunn, K., Robson, S.K.A., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2015. Polymorphism and division of labour in a socially complex ant: neuromodulation of aggression in the Australian weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina. Proc. R. Soc. B 282 20150704; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0704
Muscedere, M.L., Helms Cahan, S., Helms, K. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2015. Geographic and life-history variation in ant queen colony founding correlate with brain amine levelsBehav. Ecol. 27(1):arv152
Feinerman, O. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2015. Social complexity, diet, and brain evolution: modeling the effects of colony size, worker size, brain size, and foraging behavior on colony fitness in antsBehav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 69:1-12.
2014
Muscedere, M.L., Gronenberg, W., Moreau, C.M. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2014Investment in higher-order central processing regions is not constrained by brain size in social insectsProc. Roy. Soc. B. 281 1784 20140217; doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0217 1471-2954
Giraldo, Y.M. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2014Worker senescence and the sociobiology of aging in antsBehav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 68: 1901-1919
Giraldo, Y., Patel, E., Gronenberg, W. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2013Worker subcaste division of labor and structural plasticity in an extrinsic serotonin-like immunoreactive mushroom body neuron in the ant Pheidole dentataNeuroscience Letters 534: 107-111.
2013
Muscedere, M.L., Djermoun, A, and Traniello. J.F.A. 2013. Brood-care experience, nursing performance, and neural development in the ant Pheidole dentata. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 67: 775-784.
Smith, A. R., Muscedere, M.L., Seid, M. A., Traniello, J. F. A., & Hughes, W. O. H. 2013. Biogenic amines are associated with worker task performance but not patriline in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior. J. Comp. Physiol. A 199: 1117-1127.
Kamhi J.F, and Traniello, J.F.A. 2013. Biogenic amines and collective organization in a superorganism: neuromodulation of social behavior in ants. Brain Behav. Evol. 82: 220-236.
2012
Muscedere, M.L., Johnson, N., Kamhi, J. F., Gillis, B. C. and Traniello. J.F.A. 2012. Serotonin modulates worker responsiveness to trail pheromone in the ant Pheidole dentata. J. Comp. Physiol. A 198:219-227.
Booth, W., Brent, C.S., Calleri, D.V., Rosengaus, R.B., Traniello, J.F.A. and Vargo, E.L. 2012. Population genetic structure and colony breeding system in dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis nuttingi). Insectes Sociaux 59:127-137.
Muscedere, M.L., and Traniello. J.F.A. 2012. Division of labor in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole is associated with distinct patterns of worker brain organization. PLoS One 7: e31618.
Mertl, A.L., Traniello J.F.A., Ryder Wilkie K.T., and Constantino, R. 2012. Associations of two ecologically significant social insect taxa in an Amazonian rainforest: is there a relationship between ant and termite species richness? Psyche Article ID 312054, 12 pp. doi:10.1155/2012/312054
Kamhi, J.F., Giraldo, Y.M., Nunn, K., Patel, E., Walker, C.L., Gronenberg, W., and J.F.A. Traniello. 2012. Brain structure and division of labor in ants: the neuroecology of social complexity. 500.14/EEE9. Society for Neuroscience Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Muscedere ML, Waxman H, Traniello JFA. 2012. Is afferent sensory information required for development of central input and processing regions of the insect olfactory system in the ant Pheidole dentata? IBID. 501.03.
Traniello, J. F. A. 2012. Behavioral Biology: An Introduction to the Genetics, Physiology, Neuroscience, Ecology and Evolution of Behavior. McGraw-Hill.
2011
Muscedere, M.L., Berglund, J.L., and Traniello. J.F.A. 2011. Polymorphism and division of labor during foraging cycles in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus (Formicidae; Attini). J. Insect Behavior 24: 94-105.
Muscedere, M.L., Traniello. J.F.A. and Gronenberg, W. 2011. Coming of age in an ant colony: cephalic muscle maturation accompanies behavioral development in Pheidole dentata. Naturwissenschaften 98: 783-793.
2010
Calleri, D.V., Rosengaus, R.B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2010. Disease resistance in the drywood termite Incisitermes schwarzi (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae): does nesting ecology affect immunocompetence? Journal of Insect Science 10:44.
Mertl, A. L., Sorenson, M., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2010. Interspecific variation and ecological correlates in the hyperdiverse ground-foraging Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) community of Amazonian Ecuador. Insectes Sociaux 57: 441-452.
Traniello, J.F.A. 2010. Pheidole: sociobiology of a highly diverse genus. Chapter 366 in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (M. D. Breed and J. Moore, eds.). Elsevier.
Rosengaus, R.B., Traniello, J.F.A., and Bulmer, M.S. 2010. Ecology, Behavior and Evolution of Disease Resistance in Termites. Pp. 165-192 in Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis. Bignell, D.E., Roisin, Y. and Lo, N., eds. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Ryder Wilkie K.T., Mertl, A.L. and Traniello JFA. 2010. Species diversity and distribution patterns of the ants of Amazonian Ecuador. PLoS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0013146.
Giraldo, Y., Wong, A., Rusakov, A. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2010. Subcaste and age-related patterns of behavioral development and neurodegeneration in the ant Pheidole dentata. Proceedings of the XVI Congress of the International Union of the Study of Social Insects, Copenhagen. p. 174.
Muscedere, M.L. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2010. Intra- and interspecific neuroanatomical variation among behaviorally differentiated workers in the ant genus Pheidole. Oral presentation, Proceedings of the XVI Congress of the International Union of the Study of Social Insects, Copenhagen. p. 335.
2009
Fefferman, N.H. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2009. Social insects as models in epidemiology: establishing the foundation for an interdisciplinary approach to disease and sociality. Pp. 545-571 in: Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity (Gadau, J. and Fewell, J., eds). Harvard University Press
Traniello, J.F.A. 2009. Recruitment Communication. In: Encyclopedia of Insects (V. Resch and R. Carde, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego.
Muscedere, M.L., Willey, T., Traniello, J.F.A. 2009. Age and task efficiency in the ant Pheidole dentata: young minor workers are not specialist nurses. Animal Behaviour 77: 911-918.
Mertl, A. L. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2009. Behavioral evolution in the major worker subcaste of twig-nesting Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): does morphological specialization influence task plasticity? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1411-1426.
Mertl, A. L., K. T. Ryder Wilkie and Traniello, J.F.A. 2009. Species Richness, Density and Composition of Litter-nesting Ant Communities along an Amazonian Flooding Gradient. Biotropica 41:633-641.
Ryder Wilkie KT, Mertl AL, and Traniello J.F.A. 2009. Diversity of ground-dwelling ant communities in primary and secondary forests in Amazonian Ecuador. Mymecological News 12: 139-147.
Muscedere, M.L., Seid, M., Johnson, N., Willey, T., Gillis, B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2009. Brains, neurotransmitters, nursing, and foraging in the ant Pheidole dentata. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: E122-E122.
2008
Seid, M., Li, C., Goode, K., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2008. Age- and subcaste -related patterns of serotonergic immunoreactivity in the optic lobes of the ant Pheidole dentata. Developmental Neurobiology 68
Brent, C.S., Traniello, J.F.A., Dargin, J., and Vargo, E.L. 2008. Benefits and costs of secondary polygyny in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Environmental Entomology 37:883-888.
2007
Pie, M.R. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2007a. Morphological evolution in the ant genus PheidoleJournal of Zoology 271: 99-109.
Fefferman, N.H., Traniello, J.F.A., Rosengaus, R.B. and Calleri, D.V. 2007b. Evolution of disease prevention and resistance in social insects: modeling the survival consequences of immunity, hygienic behavior and colony organizationBehav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61: 565-577.
Rosengaus, R.B., Cornelisse, T., Guschanski, K.and Traniello, J.F.A. 2007c. Inducible immune proteins in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Naturwissenschaften 94: 25-33.
Calleri, D.V., Rosengaus, R.B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2007d. Immunity and reproduction during colony foundation in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Physiological Entomology 32: 136-142.
Ryder Wilkie, K. T., Mertl, A.L., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2007f. Biodiversity below ground: probing the subterranean ant fauna of Amazonian Ecuador. Naturwissenschaften 94: 725-731. (with cover illustration)
2006
Calleri, D.V., Rosengaus, R.B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006a. Trade-offs between immunity and reproduction in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Insectes Sociaux 53: 204-211.
Ferster, B., Pie, M. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006b. Morphometric variation in North American Pogonomyrmex and Solenopsis ants: caste evolution through ecological release or dietary change? Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 18: 19-32.
Seid, M. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006c. Age-related repertoire expansion and division of labor in Pheidole dentata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new perspective on temporal polyethism and behavioral plasticity in ants. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 60:631-644.
Calleri, D.V., Reid, E.M., Rosengaus, R.B., Vargo, E.L. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006d. Inbreeding and disease resistance in a social insect: effects of heterozygosity on immunocompetence in the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 273: 2633-2640.
Ryder-Wilkie, K. T., Mertl, A.L., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006h. Tropical subterranean biodiversity: a new method for studying an understudied ant fauna. Proceedings of the XV Congress of the International Union of the Study of Social Insects, Washington, D. C. p. 213-214.
Willey, T., Muscedere, M.L. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006i. Age and brood care in the ant Pheidole dentata: are callows really specialists? IBID. p.244-245.
Traniello, J.F.A., Calleri, D.V., Reid, E.M., Vargo, E.L. and Rosengaus, R.B. 2006j. Inbreeding, outbreeding and infection resistance in the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. IBID. p.63.
Mertl, A.L. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006k. Subcaste morphology and behavioral plasticity in a community of tropical Pheidole. IBID p.113.
Muscedere, M.L. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006l. Comparative neuromorphology of North American Pheidole: evidence for the evolution of a mosaic brain. IBID. p.261-262.
Berglund, J.L., Genuardi, M., Muscedere, M.L. and Traniello. J.F.A. 2006m. Polymorphism and division of labor in the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex octospinosus during cycles of foraging and gardening. IBID. p.242-243
Rosengaus, R.B., Postava-Davignon, M. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2006n. Social transmission of immunity: nestmate interactions, the upregulation of immune proteins and the development of colony-level immunocompetence in the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. IBID. pp.67-68.
2005
Seid, M. A, Harris, K.M., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2005a. Age-related changes in the number and structure of synapses in the lip region of the ant Pheidole dentata. J. Comp. Neurol. 488:269-277.
Seid, M. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2005b. Age-related changes in biogenic amines in individual brains of the ant Pheidole dentata. Naturwissenschaften 92: 198-201.
Pie, M.R., Rosengaus, R.B., Calleri, D.V. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2005c. Density and disease resistance in group-living insects: do eusocial species exhibit density-dependent prophylaxis? Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 17: 41-50.
Calleri, D.V., Rosengaus, R.B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2005d. Disease and colony foundation in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis: The survival advantage of nestmate pairs. Naturwissenschaften 92:300-304.
2004
Pie, M.R., Rosengaus, R. B., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2004a. Nest architecture, activity pattern, worker density and the dynamics of disease transmission in social insects. Journal of Theoretical Biology 226: 45-51.
Crosland, M.W.J., Traniello, J.F.A., and Scheffrahn, R.H. 2004b. Social organization in the drywood termite Cryptotermes cavifrons: is there polyethism? Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 16: 117-132.
Rosengaus, R.B., Traniello, J.F.A., Lefebvre, M.L., and Maxmen, A.B. 2004c. Fungistatic activity of the sternal gland secretion of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Insectes Sociaux 51:1-6.
2003
Thorne, B.L. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2003a. Comparative social biology of basal taxa of ants and termites. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 48: 283-306.
Rosengaus R.B., Moustakas J.E., Calleri D.V. and Traniello J.F.A. 2003b. Nesting ecology and cuticular microbial loads in dampwood (Zootermopsis angusticollis) and drywood termites (Incisitermes minor, I. schwarzi, Cryptotermes cavifrons). Journal of Insect Science. 2003. 3:31
Traniello, J.F.A. 2003c. Recruitment Communication. Ch. 7 in: Encyclopedia of Insects (V. Resch and R. Carde, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego.
2002
Robson, S. K. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2002a. Transient division of labor and behavioral specialization in the ant Formica schaufussi. Naturwissenschaften 89:128-131.
Bulmer, M. S. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2002b. Lack of aggression and spatial association of colony members in Reticulitermes flavipes. J. Insect Behavior 15: 121-126.
Traniello, J.F.A., Rosengaus, R.B. and Savoie, K. 2002c.The development of immunocompetence in a social insect: evidence for the group facilitation of disease resistance. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99:6838-6842.
Brent, C.S. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2002d. Changes in ovarian maturation in response to enhanced dietary nitrogen in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis Hagen (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Environmental Entomology 31:313-318.
Bulmer, M. S. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2002e. Foraging range expansion in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): evidence from the genetic substructure of colonies. Environmental Entomology 31: 293-298.
2001
Brent, C.S. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2001a. Social influence of larvae on ovarian maturation in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Physiological Entomology 26:78-85.
Bulmer, M.S., Adams, E.A. and Traniello J.F.A2001b. Variation in colony structure in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 49: 236-243.
Rosengaus, R.B. and Traniello, J.F.A2001c. Disease susceptibility and the adaptive nature of colony demography in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 50: 546-556.
Brent, C.S. and Traniello, J.F.A 2001d. Influences of sex-specific stimuli on ovarian maturation in primary and secondary reproductives of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis Hagen. Phys. Entomol. 26: 239-247.
Brent, C.S. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2001e. Social regulation of testicular development in primary and secondary males of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis Hagen (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Insectes Sociaux 48: 384-391.
Traniello, J. F. A. 2001. Readings in Sociobiology. Courier Publishing.
2000
Traniello, J.F.A. and Leuthold, R. 2000a. The Behavioral Ecology of Foraging in Termites. Chapter 7, pp. 141-168, in Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology. (Abe, T., Higashi, T., and Bignell, D., Eds.) Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht.
Rosengaus R.B., Lefebvre M.L., and Traniello, J.F.A . 2000b. Inhibition of fungal spore germination by Nasutitermes: evidence for a possible antiseptic role of soldier defensive secretionsJ. Chem. Ecol. 26: 21- 39.
Rosengaus, R.B., Traniello, J.F.A., Lefebrve, M.L. and Carlock, D. 2000c. Social transmission of disease between adult male and female reproductives of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 12: 419-433.
1999
Thorne, B.L., Traniello, J.F.A., Adams, E.A. and Bulmer, M. 1999a. Reproductive organization of colonies of subterranean termites, Reticulitermes. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution11: 149-169.
Rosengaus, R.B., Traniello, J.F.A., Chen, T. Lefebrve, M. and Karp, R.D. 1999b. Immunity in a social insect. Naturwissenschaften 86: 588-591.
Rosengaus, R.B., Lefebrve, M., Jordan, C., Traniello, J.F.A. 1999c. Pathogen alarm behavior in termites: a new form of communication in social insects. Naturwissenschaften 86: 544-548.
Robson, S.K., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1999d. Key individuals and the organization of labor in ants. pp. 239-259 in Information Processing in Social Insects (Detrain, C., Deneubourg, J.-L., and Pasteels, J.M., eds.) Birkhauser
1998
Crosland, M.W.J., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1998a. Studies of division of labour in termites using monocaste colonies. Ethology 104: 57-67.
Brown, J.J. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1998b. Regulation of brood care in the dimorphic castes of the ant Pheidole morrisi (Hymenoptera:Formicidae): effects of caste ratio, colony size and colony needs. J. Insect Behav. 11: 209-219.
Robson, S.K. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1998c. Resource assessment, recruitment behavior and the organization of cooperative foraging in the ant Formica schaufussi. J. Insect Behav. 11:1-22.
Rosengaus, R.B., Maxmen, A., Coates, L., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1998d. Disease resistance: a benefit of sociality in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 44: 125-134.
Rosengaus, R.B., Guldin, M. R., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1998e. Inhibitory effect of fecal pellets on fungal spore germination in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. J. Chem. Ecol. 24: 1697-1706.
Book Reviews
Traniello, J.F.A. 2011. Ant Encounters. Myrmecological News 14:36
Mertl AL, Traniello JFA. 2011. Review of Ant Ecology, Lach L, Parr C and Abbott K (Eds.). Entomological Society of America
Traniello, J.F.A. 2013. A Field Guide to the Ants of New England. Quart. Rev. Biol. 88: 360.
Giraldo, Y., Traniello, J.F.A. 2018. The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life. Quart. Rev. Biol. in press.
Editorials and Commentaries
Bakker T.C.M. and Traniello J.F.A. 2011. Editorial: new chief editors. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 65:1669-1670.
Bakker T.C.M. and Traniello J.F.A. 2013. Special issue on multimodal communication. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 67: 1379.
Traniello J.F.A. and Bakker T.C.M. 2013. Editorial fairness: speed, accuracy and awareness benefit authors. Trends Ecol. Evol. 29: 68-69.
Traniello J.F.A. and Bakker T.C.M. 2015. Minimizing observer bias in behavioral research: blinded methods reporting requirements for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.
Traniello J.F.A. 2016. Do polygamous marriages among liberal arts disciplines produce better scientists? The Conversation http://theconversation.com/do-polygamous-marriages-among-liberal-arts-disciplines-produce-better-scientists-53779
Traniello J.F.A and Bakker T.C.M. 2016. Intellectual theft: the perils and consequences of plagiarism. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 70: 1789-1791.
Bakker T.C.M. and Traniello J.F.A. 2016. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 1991-1993.
Bakker T.C.M. and Traniello J.F.A. 2017. Behave in your parasite’s interests. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.
Traniello J.F.A and Bakker T.C.M. 2017. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology in post-truth society. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.71: 76
Publications 1977-1997
Traniello, J.F.A. 1977. Recruitment behavior, orientation, and the organization of foraging in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus DeGeer. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2: 61-79.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1978. Caste in a primitive ant: absence of age polyethism in Amblyopone. Science 202: 770-772.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1980a. Colony specificity in the trail pheromone of an ant. Naturwissenschaften 67: 360.
Holldobler, B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1980b. The pygidial gland and chemical recruitment communication in Pachycondyla (=Termitopone) laevigata. J. Chem. Ecol. 6: 883-893.
Holldobler, B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1980c. Tandem running pheromone in ponerine ants. Naturwissenschaften 67: 360.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1981a. Enemy deterrence in the recruitment strategy of a termite: soldier-organized foraging in Nasutitermes costalis. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 78: 1976-1979.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Jayasuriya, A.K. 1981b. The sternal gland and recruitment communication in the primitive ant Aneuretus simoni. Experientia 37: 46.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Jayasuriya, A.K. 1981c. Chemical communication in the primitive ant Aneuretus simoni: the role of the pygidial and sternal glands. J. Chem. Ecol. 7: 1023-1033.
Adams, E.A. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1981d. Chemical interference competition in Monomorium minimum. Oecologia 51: 265-270.
Levings, S.C. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1982a. Territoriality, nest dispersion, and community structure in ants. Psyche 88: 265-319.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1982b. Population structure and social organization in Amblyopone pallipes. Psyche 89: 65-80.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1982c. Recruitment and orientation components in a termite trail pheromone. Naturwissenschaften 69: 343-344.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1983a. Social organization and foraging success in Lasius neoniger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): behavioral and ecological aspects of recruitment communication. Oecologia 59: 94-100.
Calabi, P., Traniello, J.F.A. and Werner, M. 1983b. Age polyethism: its occurrence in the ant Pheidole hortensis and some general consideration. Psyche 90: 395-412.
Traniello, J.F.A., Fujita, M.S. and Bowen, R.V. 1984a. Ant foraging behavior: ambient temperature influences prey selection. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 15: 65-68.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Holldobler, B. 1984b. Chemical communication during tandem running in Pachycondyla obscuricornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 10: 783-794.
Traniello, J.F.A., Thorne, B.L. and Prestwich, G.D. 1984c. Chemical composition and efficacy of the cephalic gland secretion of Armitermes chagresi. J. Chem. Ecol. 10: 531-543.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Busher, C. 1985a. Chemical regulation of foraging in the Neotropical termite Nasutitermes costalis. J. Chem. Ecol. 11: 319-332.
Traniello, J.F.A., Rosengaus, R.B. and Levy, C.K. 1985b. Single and double isotope labeling of social insect colonies: gamma-emitting radionuclides as individually identifiable markers. Entom. exp. appl. 38: 87-92.
Leibensperger, L., Traniello, J.F.A. and Fraser, J. 1985c. Olfactory cues utilized by female Gromphadorhina portentosa (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) during mate choice. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 78: 629-634.
Busher, C., Calabi, P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1985d. Polymorphism and division of labor in the Neotropical ant Camponotus sericeiventris Guerin. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 78: 221-228.
Hall, P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1985e. Behavioral bioassays of termite trail pheromones. Recruitment and orientation effects of cembrene-A in Nasutitermes costalis (Isoptera: Termitidae) and discussion of factors affecting termite response in experimental contexts. J. Chem. Ecol. 11: 1503-1573.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Beshers, S.N. 1985f. Species-specific alarm/recruitment responses in a Neotropical termite. Naturwissenschaften 72: 491-492.
Jayasuriya, A.K. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1985g. The biology of the primitive ant Aneuretus simoni (Emery). I: Distribution, abundance, colony structure, and foraging ecology. Insectes Sociaux 32: 363-374.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Jayasuriya, A.K. 1986h. The biology of the primitive ant Aneuretus simoni (Emery). II: The social ethogram and division of labor. Insectes Sociaux 32: 375-388.
Rosengaus, R.B., Traniello, J.F.A. and Levy, C.K. 1986i. Social transfer, elimination, and biological half-lives of gamma-emitting radionuclides in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Z. ang. entom. 101: 287-294.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Levings, S.C. 1986j. Intra- and intercolony patterns of nest dispersion in the ant Lasius neoniger: correlations with territoriality and foraging ecology. Oecologia 69: 413-419.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1987a. Individual and social modification of behavior in response to environmental factors. In: From Individual to Collective Behavior in Social Insects. (J.M. Pasteels and J.-L. Deneubourg, eds.).
Traniello, J.F.A. 1987b. The evolution of individual and social strategies of foraging in the ant Formica schaufussi. pp. 511- 12. In: Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects. (J. Eder and H. Rembold, eds.). J. Peperny Verlag.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1987c. Foraging strategies of social insects. pp. 499-500 In: Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects. (J. Eder and H. Rembold, eds.). J. Peperny Verlag.
Beshers, S.N. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1987d. Determinants of social structure in the ant Novomessor albisetosus. Ibid, p. 133
Calabi, P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1987e. Ecological correlates of physical and age caste ratios in the ant Pheidole dentata. In: Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects. (J. Eder and H. Rembold, eds.). J. Peperny Verlag.
Scott, M.P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1987f. Behavioral cues trigger rapid ovarian development in the burying beetle Nicrophorus tomentosus. J. Insect Physiol. 33: 693-696.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1987g. Comparative foraging ecology of North Temperate ants: the role of worker size and cooperative foraging in prey selection. Insectes Sociaux 34: 118-130.
Scott, M.P., Traniello, J.F.A. and Fetherston, I.A. 1987. Competition between ants and burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.) for prey: differences between northern and southern temperate sites. Psyche 94: 325-332.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1988a. Variation in foraging behavior among workers of the ant Formica schaufussi: ecological correlates of search behavior and the modification of search pattern. pp. 91-112 In: Interindividual Behavioral Variability in Social Insects (R.L. Jeanne, ed.). Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
Kozol, A.J., Scott, M.P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1988b. The American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus: Studies on the natural history of a declining species. Psyche 95: 167-176.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1989a. Foraging strategies of ants. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 34: 191-210.
Calabi, P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1989b. Social organization in the ant Pheidole dentata physical and age caste ratios lack ecological correlates. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 24: 69-78.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1989c. Chemical trail systems, orientation, and territoriality in the ant Lasius neoniger. J. Insect Behavior. 2: 339-354.
Calabi, P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1989d. Behavioral flexibility in the age castes of the ant Pheidole dentata. J. Insect Behavior. 2: 663-677.
Scott, M.P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1989e. Insect guardians of the underworld. Natural History (June) pp. 32-37.
Scott, M.P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1990a. Behavioral and ecological correlates of male and female parental care and reproductive success in burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.). Animal Behaviour 39:274-283.
Rosengaus, R. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1990b. Studies on the evolution of monogamy and eusociality in termites. pp. 31-32 in Social Insects and the Environment (G.K. Veeresh, B. Mallick and C.A. Viraktamath, eds.). Oxford and IBH Publishing Co.
Beshers, S.N. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1990c. Colony demography and fitness in Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Ibid, pp. 340-341.
Traniello, J.F.A., Beshers, S.N., Fourcassie, V., Loh, H.S. and Hennemann, L. 1990d. Search behavior in the ant Formica schaufussi: social organization and ecology of individual patterns. Ibid., pp. 543-544.
Fetherston, I., Scott, M.P. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1990e. Parental care in burying beetles: male and female roles and the organization of brood care behaviors. Ethology 85:177-190.
Traniello, J.F.A., Fourcassie, V. and Graham, T. 1991a. Search behavior and foraging ecology of the ant Formica schaufussi: colony-level and individual patterns of organization. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 3:35-47.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Beshers, S.N. 1991b. Size-pairing and polymorphism in the ant Pogonomyrmex badius: a test of the ecological release hypothesis. Insectes Sociaux 38:121-128.
Rosengaus, R.B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1991c. Biparental care in incipient colonies of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. J. Insect Behav. 4:633-647.
Traniello, J.F.A. and Beshers, S.N. 1991d. Maximization of foraging efficiency and resource defense by cooperative retrieval in the ant Formica schaufussi. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 29: 283-289.
Fourcassie, V., Coughlin, D., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1992a. Fractal analysis of search behavior in ants. Naturwissenschaften 79: 87-89.
Traniello, J.F.A., Kozol, A.J., and Fournier, M.A. 1992b. Resource-related spatial patterns of search in the ant Formica schaufussi: a field study. Psyche 99: 87-93.
Fourcassie, V., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1993a. Effects of experience on food-searching behavior in the ant Formica schaufussi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) J. Insect Behav. 6: 287-299.
Rosengaus, R.B., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1993b. Temporal polyethism in incipient colonies of the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis: a single multiage caste. J. Insect Behav. 6: 237-252.
Rosengaus, R.B., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1993c. Disease risk as a cost of outbreeding in the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 6641-6645.
Featherston, I., Scott, M.P., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1994a. Behavioral compensation for mate loss in the burying beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis. Anim. Behav. 47: 777-785.
Traniello, J.F.A., and Robson, S.K. 1994b. Asymmetries in recruitment behavior and recruitment response in the ant Formica schaufussi. p. 148 in Les Insectes Sociaux (A. Lenoir, G. Arnold, and M. Lepage, eds.). Universite Paris Nord.
Robson, S.K., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1994c. Cooperative prey retrieval in the ant Formica schaufussi: group behavior based upon individual complexity rather than simplicity. IBID, p. 233.
Rosengaus, R.B., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1994d. Pathogens and termite population biology. IBID, p. 189.
Fourcassie, V., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1994e. Food-searching behavior in the ant Formica schaufussi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): response of naive foragers to protein and carbohydrate food. Anim. Behav. 48: 69-79.
Beshers, S.N., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1994f. The adaptiveness of demographic distributions of colonies of the fungus-growing ant Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Ecology 75: 763-775.
Kozol, A.J., Traniello, J.F.A., and Williams, S. M. 1994g. Genetic variation in the endangered American burying beetle. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 87: 928-935.
Traniello, J.F.A., and Robson, S. 1995a. Trail and territorial pheromones in the social insects. Chapter 7 (pp 241-285) in: Chemical Ecology of Insects, Vol. II (W.J. Bell and R. Carde. eds).
Fourcassie, V.J.L, and Traniello, J.F.A. 1995b. Ant search behavior analysis with a video frame grabber. Insectes Sociaux 42: 249-254.
Ferster, B., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1995c. Polymorphism and foraging behavior in Pogonomyrmex badius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): worker size, foraging distance, and load size associations. Environmental Entomology 24: 673-678.
Robson, S.K., Lesniak, M.G., Kothandapani, R., Traniello, J.F.A., Thorne, B.L., and Fourcassie, V. 1995d. Nonrandom search geometry in subterranean termites. Naturwissenschaften 82: 526-528.
Beshers, S.N., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1996a. Polyethism and the adaptiveness of worker size variation in the attine ant Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. J. Insect Behavior 9:61-84.
Thorne, B.L., Russek-Cohen, B., Forschler, B., Breisch, N., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1996b. Evaluation of mark-release-recapture methods for estimating forager population size of subterranean termite colonies. Env. Entomol. 25: 939 – 951.
Traniello. J.F.A. 1997a. Ecology, Colony Demography, and Social Organization in Ants. In: Comparative Psychology of Invertebrates: The Field and Laboratory Study of Insect Behavior (Greenberg, G. and Tobach, E., eds.). Garland Publishing, N.Y.
Traniello, J.F.A., and Rosengaus, R.B. 1997b. Ecology, evolution, and division of labour in social insects. Animal Behaviour 53: 209-213.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1997c. Olfaction and Chemical Communication. Chapter 18, pp. 167-186 in Glaser, J., ed., Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, NY.
Thorne, B.L., Breisch, N.L., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1997d. Incipient colony development in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 30: 145-159.
Crosland, M.W.J., and Traniello, J.F.A. 1997e. Behavioral flexibility in division of labor in the lower termite Reticulitermes fukiensis. Naturwissenschaften 84: 208-211.
Rosengaus, R.B. and Traniello, J.F.A. 1997f. Pathobiology and disease transmission in dampwood termites [Zootermopsis angusticollis (Isoptera: Termopsidae)] infected with the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Sociobiology 30: 185-195.
Crosland, M.W.J., Lok, C.M., Wong, T.C., Shakarad, M., and J.F.A. Traniello. 1997 g. Division of labour in a lower termite: most tasks performed by older workers. Animal Behaviour 54: 999-1012.
Books
Traniello, J.F.A., M.P. Scott and F.E. Wasserman. 1987. Readings in Animal Behavior. Ginn Press.
Text Chapters
Behavioral Biology. Chapter 55 revision, in Biology. Raven et al. McGraw Hill Publishing, 2010.
Animal Behavior. Chapter 44 in Understanding Biology. P. Raven and G. Johnson. Times/Mirror Mosby Publishing. 1991.
Animal Behavior. Chapter 56 in Biology. P. Raven and G. Johnson. Times/Mirror Mosby Publishing. 1991. Revised 1997.
Behavioral Ecology. Chapter 57. Ibid.
Behavioral Biology. Chapter 54 in Biology 9e, Raven et al. McGraw Hill Publishing
Traniello, J.F.A. 2009. Recruitment Communication. In: Encyclopedia of Insects (V. Resch and R. Carde, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego.
Book Reviews
Traniello, J.F.A. 1983. Ecological Interdependencies: Ant-plant interactions in Australia. Science 219: 1418-1419.
Traniello, J.F.A. 1984. Foraging Strategies in Individually Searching Ants Cataglyphis bicolor. Entomol. exp. appl. 35: 215-216.
Traniello, J.F.A. and M.P. Scott. 1988. Analyses in Behavioral Ecology. Quart. Rev. Biol. 63: 485-486.