Publication list
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in press
Menzel F. & Schmitt T. (in press): First evidence for an interspecific selection pressure on chemical recognition cues. Evolution
2012
The Marie Curie SPECIATION Network (2012): What do we need to know about speciation? Trends in Ecology and Evolution
2011
Leonhardt S.D., Form S., Blüthgen N., Schmitt T. & Feldhaar H. (2011): Genetic relatedness and chemical profiles in an unusually peaceful eusocial bee. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37, 1117-1126.
Schlechter J., Schmitt T. & Peschke K. (2011): A contact antiaphrodisiac pheromone supplied by the spermatophore in the rove beetle Aleochara curtula: mode of transfer and evolutionary significance. Naturwissenschaften 98, 855-862.
Haberer W., Schmitt T., Schreier P. & Müller J.K. (2011) Intended and unintended receivers of the male pheromones of the burying beetles Nicrophorus humator and Nicrophorus vespilloides. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 140, 122-126.
Leonhardt S., Schmitt T. & Blüthgen N. (2011): Tree resin composition, collection behaviour and selective filters shape chemical profiles of tropical bees (Apidae: Meliponini). PLoS One 6(8), e23445.
Leonhardt, S.D., Wallace, H.M. & Schmitt T. (2011): The cuticular profiles of Australian stingless bees are shaped by resin of the euclypt tree Corymbia torelliana. Austral Ecology 36, 537-543.
Niehuis O., Büllesbach J., Judson A.K., Schmitt T. & Gadau J. (2011): Genetics of cuticular hydrocarbons in F2 hybrid males of Nasonia giraulti and Nasonia vitripennis. Heredity 107, 61-70.
Steiger S., Schmitt T. & Schaefer H. M. (2011): The dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, London 278, 970-979.
Leonhardt S., Blüthgen N. & Schmitt T. (2011): Chemical profiles of body surfaces and nests from six Bornean stingless bee species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37, 98-104.
2010
Menzel F., Woywod M., Blüthgen N. & Schmitt T. (2010): Behavioural and chemical mechanisms behind a Mediterranean ant-ant association. Ecological Entomology 35, 711-720.
Drescher J., Blüthgen N., Schmitt T., Bühler J. & Feldhaar H. (2010): Societies drifting apart? Behavioral, genetic and chemical differentiation between supercolonies in the yellow crazy ant Anaplolepis gracilipes. PlosOne 5, e13581.
Leonhardt S., Zeilhofer S., Blüthgen N. & Schmitt T. (2010): Singless bees use terpenes as olfactory cues to find resin sources. Chemical Senses 35, 593-601.
Leonhardt S., Jung L.-M., Schmitt T. & Blüthgen N. (2010): Terpenoids tame aggressors: role of chemicals in stingless bee communal nesting. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 64, 1415-1523.
Menzel F., Pokorny T., Blüthgen N. & Schmitt T. (2010): Trail-sharing among tropical ants: interspecific use of trail pheromones? Ecological Entomology 35, 495-503.
Kaltenpoth M., Schmitt T., Polidori C., Koedam D. & Strohm E. (2010): Symbiotic streptomycetes in the antennae of South American Trachypus digger wasps (Hymenoptera, Carbronidae). Physiological Entomology 35, 196-200.
Raychoudhury R., Desjardins C.A., Buellesbach J., Loehlin D.W., Grillenberger B.K., Beukeboom L., Schmitt T. & Werren J.H. (2010): Behavioural and genetic characteristics of a new species of Nasonia. Heredity 104, 278-288.
The Nasonia Genome Working Group (2010): Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three Nasonia species. Science 327, 343-348.
2009
Kaltenpoth M., Schmitt T. & Strohm E. (2009): Hydrocarbons of the antennal gland secretion of female European beewolves, Philanthus triangulum (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Chemoecology 19, 219-225.
Menzel F., Schmitt T. & Blüthgen N. (2009): Interspecific nestmate recognition in two parabiotic ant species: acquired recognition cues and low inter-colony discrimination. Insectes Sociaux 56, 251-260.
Leonhardt S., Blüthgen N. & Schmitt T. (2009): Smelling like resin: terpenoids account for species-specific cuticular profiles in Southeast-Asian stingless bees. Insectes Sociaux 56, 157-170.
Kroiss J., Schmitt T. & Strohm E. (2009): Evidence for a “chemical insignificance” strategy adopted by the cuckoo wasp Hedychrum rutilans, a parasitoid of the European beewolf Philanthus triangulum (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae and Crabronidae). Entomological Science 12, 9-16.
Geiselhardt S., Schmitt T. & Peschke K. (2009): Chemical composition and pheromonal function of the defensive secretions in the subtribe Stizopina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Opatrini). Chemoecology 19, 1-6
2008
Menzel F., Blüthgen N. & Schmitt T. (2008): Tropical parabiotic ants: Highly unusual cuticular substances and low interspecific discrimination. Frontiers in Zoology 5,16.
Strohm E., Herzner G., Kaltenpoth, M., Boland W., Schreier P., Geiselhardt S., Peschke K. & Schmitt T. (2008): The chemistry of the postpharyngeal gland of female European Beewolves. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 575-583.
Oettler J., Schmitt T., Herzner G. & Heinze J. (2008): Chemical profiles of mated and virgin queens, egg-laying intermorphs and workers of the ant Crematogaster smithi. Journal of Insect Physiology 54, 672-679.
Haberer W., Schmitt T., Peschke K., Schreier P. & Müller J. K. (2008): Ethyl 4-methyl heptanoate: a male-produced pheromone of Nicrophorus vespilloides. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 94-98
Strohm E., Kroiss J., Herzner G., Laurien-Kehnen C., Boland W., Schreier P. & Schmitt T. (2008): A cuckoo in wolves’ clothing? Chemical mimicry in a specialized cuckoo wasp of the European beewolf (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae and Crabronidae). Frontiers in Zoology 5,2.
2007
Herzner G., Schmitt T., Peschke K., Hilpert A. & Strohm E. (2007): Food wrapping with the postpharyngeal gland secretion by females of the European beewolf Philanthus triangulum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33, 849-859.
Schmitt T., Herzner G., Weckerle B., Schreier P. & Strohm E. (2007): Volatiles of foraging honeybees Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and their potential role as semiochemicals. Apidologie 38, 164-170.
2006
Kroiss J., Schmitt T., Schreier P., Strohm E. & Herzner G. (2006): A selfish function of a social gland? A postpharyngeal gland functions as sex pheromone reservoir in males of a solitary wasp. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32, 2763-2776.
Brandt M., Heinze J., Schmitt T. & Foitzik, S. (2006): Convergent evolution of the Dufour’s gland secretion as a propaganda substance in the slave-making ant genera Protomognathus and Harpagoxenus. Insectes Sociaux 53, 291-299.
Herzner G., Schmitt T., Schreier P. & Strohm E. (2006): Brothers smell similar: Variation in the sex pheromone of male European Beewolves and its implications for inbreeding avoidance. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89, 433-442.
2005
Böll S., Schmitt T., Burschka C., Schreier P., Schwappach P. & Herrmann J. V. (2005): Calciumtartrate crystals in the midgut of the grape leafhopper. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31, 2847-2856.
Herzner G., Schmitt T., Linsenmair, K. E. & Strohm E. (2005): Prey recognition by females of the European beewolf and its potential for a sensory trap. Animal Behaviour 70, 1411-1418.
Brandt M., Heinze J., Schmitt T. & Foitzik, S. (2005): A chemical level in the coevolutionary arms race between an ant social parasite and its hosts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18, 576-586.
2004
Schmitt T., Krell F.-T. & Linsenmair K. E. (2004): Quinone mixture as attractant for necrophagus dung beetles on dead millipedes. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30, 731-740.
Endler A., Liebig J., Schmitt T., Parker J., Jones G., Schreier P. & Hölldobler B. (2004): Surface hydrocarbons of queen eggs regulate worker reproduction in a social insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA 101, 2945-2950.
2003
Herzner G., Schmitt T., Linsenmair K. E. & Strohm E. (2003): Flagellar sensilla in male and female European beewolves, Philanthus triangulum F. (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Entomologica Fennica 14, 237–247.
Schmitt T., Strohm E., Herzner G., Bicchi C., Krammer G., Heckel F. & Schreier P. (2003): (S)-2,3-Dihydrofarnesoic acid, a new component in cephalic glands of male European beewolves Philanthus triangulum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29, 2469-2479.
2002
Strohm E., Schmitt T., Herzner G. & Schreier P. (2002): Wolves in sheep's fur? Chemical camouflage in the European beewolf and its major brood parasitoid. Zoology (Jena) 105(Suppl. 5), 30.
Fregin S., Herzner G., Schmitt T. Schreier P. & Strohm, E. (2002): Which factors determine fighting success in male European beewolves (Philanthus triangulum, Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)? Zoology (Jena) 105(Suppl. 5), 24.
1999
Schmitt T. & Lehman N. (1999): Non-unity molecular heritability demonstrated by continuous evolution in vitro. Chemistry & Biology 6, 857-869.
Krell F.-T., Schmitt T. & Linsenmair K. E. (1999): The rhinoceros beetle Cyphonistes tuberculifrons Quedenfeldt 1884 attracted by quinones (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Dynastinae): primary olfactory attraction of a saprophagous beetle by its source of food? Tropical Zoology 12, 297-308
1997
Krell F.-T., Schmitt T. & Linsenmair K. E. (1997): Diplopod defensive secretions as attractants for necrophagous scarab beetles (Diplopoda; Insecta, Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 51, 281-285. |
