Alexandra Achenbach

Summary

Affiliation: University of Munich
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi First evidence for slave rebellion: enslaved ant workers systematically kill the brood of their social parasite protomognathus americanus
    Alexandra Achenbach
    Department Biology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 82152 Planegg Martinsried, Germany
    Evolution 63:1068-75. 2009
  2. ncbi Locally adapted social parasite affects density, social structure, and life history of its ant hosts
    Susanne Foitzik
    Department of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, 82152 Planegg Martinsried, Germany
    Ecology 90:1195-206. 2009

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. ncbi First evidence for slave rebellion: enslaved ant workers systematically kill the brood of their social parasite protomognathus americanus
    Alexandra Achenbach
    Department Biology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 82152 Planegg Martinsried, Germany
    Evolution 63:1068-75. 2009
    ..Our discovery is analogous to recent findings in hosts of avian brood parasites where perfect mimicry of parasite eggs leads to the evolution of chick recognition as a second line of defense...
  2. ncbi Locally adapted social parasite affects density, social structure, and life history of its ant hosts
    Susanne Foitzik
    Department of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, 82152 Planegg Martinsried, Germany
    Ecology 90:1195-206. 2009
    ..americanus: slave-making colonies fared better in their sympatric host population, as they contained more slave-making ant workers and slaves at the end of our 27-month experiment...