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P. Gonz\u00e1lez-Lleida, D. A. Saureu, & R. C. Oliveira (2026) Context-dependent aggression and ecological dominance in a Mediterranean ant community<\/a>. Insectes Sociaux.<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00040-026-01094-w<\/p>\n

D. A. Saureu, P. Gonzales-Lleida & R.C. Oliveira (2026). Hormonal modulation of brood allocation underlying evolutionary conflicts in the supercolonial ant Tapinoma darioi. <\/em><\/a>Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. <\/strong>10.1007\/s00265-026-03720-w<\/p>\n

V. Di Pietro, R.C. Oliveira & T. Wenseleers (2025). Early-season helping yields increasing returns to scale at the onset of eusociality<\/a>. Evolution Letters.<\/strong> 10.1093\/evlett\/qraf033<\/p>\n

P. Nunes-Silva, A.L. Acosta, R.C. Borges, B.M. Freitas, R.C. Oliveira, Giannini, T.C. & V.L. Imperatriz-Fonseca (2025). Climate change will alter Amazonian bumblebees\u2019 distribution, but effects are species-specific<\/a>. Frontiers in Bee Science.<\/strong>\u00a0doi.org\/2025.3.10.3389\/frbee.2025.1510004.<\/p>\n

J.E. Batista, R.C. da Silva, D.L. do Nascimento, R.C. Oliveira, C.A. Oi & F.S. Nascimento (2024) .<\/em>\u00a0Nestmate Recognition in Two\u00a0Melipona<\/em>\u00a0Stingless Bee Species: The Effect of Cuticular Chemical Profiles and Colony Distance<\/a>.\u00a0Journal of<\/strong> I<\/strong>nsect<\/strong> Behavior<\/strong>. doi.org\/10.1007\/s10905-024-09852-z<\/p>\n

V. Di Pietro, C. Menezes, M. G. de Britto Frediani, D. J. Pereira, M. Fajgenblat, H. M., T. Ferreira, T. Wenseleers & R.C. Oliveira (2024). The inheritance of alternative nest architectural traditions in stingless bees<\/a>. Current Biology. <\/strong>doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2024.02.073<\/p>\n

A. L. Acosta; C. Santos; V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca; R. C. Oliveira & T. C. Giannini (2024). A methodological approach to identify priority zones for monitoring and assessment of wild bee species under climate change<\/a>. Frontiers in Bee Science.<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0doi.org\/10.3389\/frbee.2024.1329844<\/p>\n

H.M. Ferreira; D.A. Alves; L. Cool; C.A. Oi; R.C. Oliveira & T. Wenseleers (2024). Toward greater realism in inclusive fitness models: the case of caste fate conflict in insect societies<\/a>. Evolution Letters.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0qrad068. doi.org\/10.1093\/evlett\/qrad068<\/p>\n

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E. Beck; T. Wenseleers & R.C. Oliveira (2023). The effect of forager loss on honeybee workers temporal polyethism and social network structure<\/a>. Apidologie.<\/strong> 54, 51. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13592-023-01030-y.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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V. Di Pietro; P. Govoni; K. H. Chan; R. C. Oliveira; Wenseleers T.& P. Berg (2022). Evolution of self-organised division of labour driven by stigmergy in leaf-cutter ants<\/a>. <\/span>Scientific Reports<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 12,\u00a0<\/span>no. 1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 21971,\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>ISSN: 2045-2322<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

V. Di Pietro; H. M. Ferreira; A. Van Oystaeyen; F. W\u00e4ckers; T. Wenseleers & R. C. Oliveira (2022). Distinct Colony Types Caused by Diploid Male Production in the Buff-Tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 10,\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 2296-701X<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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R. C. Oliveira; V. Di Pietro; J. J. G. Quezada-Euan; J. R. Pech; H. Moo-Valle & T. Wenseleers (2022). <\/span>Tragedy of the commons in Melipona bees revisited<\/a>. <\/span>Biology Letters<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 18,\u00a0<\/span>no. 1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 20210498,\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>ISSN: 1744-957X<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

R. C. Oliveira; J. Zweden & T. Wenseleers (2022). <\/span>Similarities in Recognition Cues Lead to the Infiltration of Non-Nestmates in an Ant Species<\/a>. <\/span>Journal of Chemical Ecology<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 48,\u00a0<\/span>no. 1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 16-26,\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>ISSN: 1573-1561<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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C. A. Oi; T. Wenseleers &<\/span> R. C. Oliveira (2021). Causes and Consequences of Reproductive Conflicts in Wasp Societies<\/a>\u00a0Book Chapter. <\/span>In:\u00a0<\/span>Prezoto, F.; Nascimento, F.; Barbosa, B. C.; Somavilla, A. (Ed.):\u00a0Neotropical Social Wasps<\/strong>. <\/span>pp. 147-178,\u00a0<\/span>Springer,\u00a0<\/span>Cham,\u00a0<\/span>2021<\/span>,\u00a0ISBN: 978-3-030-53509-4<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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R. C. Oliveira; F. A. L. Contrera; H. Arruda; R. Jaff\u00e9; L. Costa; G. Pessin; G. C. Venturieri; P. Souza &<\/span> V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca (2021). Foraging and Drifting Patterns of the Highly Eusocial Neotropical Stingless Bee Melipona fasciculata Assessed by Radio-Frequency Identification Tags<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 9,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 708178,\u00a0<\/span>2021<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 2296-701X<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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R. C. Oliveira; J. Warson; D. Sillam-Dusses; B. Herrera-Malaver; K. Verstrepen; J. G. Millar &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2020). Identification of a queen pheromone mediating the rearing of adult sexuals in the pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Biology Letters.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>vol. 16,\u00a0<\/span>no. 8,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 20200348,\u00a0<\/span>2020<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1744-957X<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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T. Wenseleers; C. A. Oi &<\/span> R. C. Oliveira (2020). Worker Policing<\/a>\u00a0Book Chapter. <\/span>In:\u00a0<\/span>Starr, Christopher K. (Ed.):\u00a0Encyclopedia of Social Insects<\/strong>. <\/span>137-1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 1-8,\u00a0<\/span>Springer,\u00a0<\/span>Cham,\u00a0<\/span>2020<\/span>,\u00a0ISBN: 978-3-319-90306-4<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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T. Wenseleers; S. Princen; R. C. Oliveira &<\/span> C. A. Oi (2020). Conflicts of Interest Within Colonies<\/a>\u00a0Book Chapter. <\/span>In:\u00a0<\/span>Starr, Christopher K. (Ed.):\u00a0Encyclopedia of Social Insects<\/strong>. <\/span>28-1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 1-15,\u00a0<\/span>Springer,\u00a0<\/span>Cham,\u00a0<\/span>2020<\/span>,\u00a0ISBN: 978-3-319-90306-4<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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C. Dufresnes; G. Mazepa; D. Jablonski; R. C. Oliveira; T. Wenseleers; D. A. Shabanov; M. Auer; R. Ernst; C. Koch; H. E. Ramirez-Chaves; K. P. Mulder; E. Simonov; A. Tiutenko; D. Kryvokhyzha; P. L. Wennekes; O. I. Zinenko; O. V. Korshunov; A. M. Al-Johany; E. A. Peregontsev; R. Masroor; C. Betto-Colliard; M. Denoel; L. J. Borkin; D. V. Skorinov; R. A. Pasynkova; L. F. Mazanaeva; J. M. Rosanov; S. Dubey &<\/span> S. Litvinchuk (2019). Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 141,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 106615,\u00a0<\/span>2019<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1095-9513<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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C. A. Oi; R. C. Oliveira; J. Zweden; S. Mateus; J. G. Millar; F. Nascimento &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2019). Do primitively eusocial wasps use queen pheromones to regulate reproduction? A case study of the paper wasp Polistes satan<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 7,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 199,\u00a0<\/span>2019<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 2296-701X<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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S. A. Princen; R. C. Oliveira; U. R. Ernst; J. G. Millar; J. S. Zweden &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2019). Honeybees possess a structurally diverse and functionally redundant set of queen pheromones<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 286,\u00a0<\/span>no. 1905,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 20190517,\u00a0<\/span>2019<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1471-2954<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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L. Holman; J. S. Zweden; R. C. Oliveira; A. Oystaeyen &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2017). Conserved queen pheromones in bumblebees: a reply to Amsalem et al<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>PeerJ<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 5,\u00a0<\/span>pp. e3332,\u00a0<\/span>2017<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 2167-8359<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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R. C. Oliveira; A. Vollet-Neto; C. Akemi Oi; J. S. Zweden; F. Nascimento; C. Sullivan Brent &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2017). Hormonal pleiotropy helps maintain queen signal honesty in a highly eusocial wasp<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Scientific Reports<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 7,\u00a0<\/span>no. 1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 1654,\u00a0<\/span>2017<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 2045-2322<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A. Vollet-Neto; R. C. Oliveira; S. Schillewaert; D. A. Alves; T. Wenseleers; F. S. Nascimento; V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca &<\/span> F. L. W. Ratnieks (2017). Diploid Male Production Results in Queen Death in the Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona depilis<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Chemical Ecology<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 43,\u00a0<\/span>no. 4,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 403-410,\u00a0<\/span>2017<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1573-1561<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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R. C. Oliveira; C. A. Oi; A. Vollet-Neto &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2016). Intraspecific worker parasitism in the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris<\/a>. <\/span>Animal Behaviour<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 113,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 79-85,\u00a0<\/span>2016<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 00033472<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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L. U. Haberbeck; R. C. Oliveira; B. Vivijs; T. Wenseleers; A. Aertsen; C. Michiels &<\/span> A. H. Geeraerd (2015). Variability in growth\/no growth boundaries of 188 different Escherichia coli strains reveals that approximately 75% have a higher growth probability under low pH conditions than E. coli O157:H7 strain ATCC 43888<\/a>. <\/span>Food Microbiology<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 45,\u00a0<\/span>no. Pt B,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 222-30,\u00a0<\/span>2015<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1095-9998<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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C. A. Oi; A. Van Oystaeyen; R. C. Oliveira; J. G. Millar; K. J. Verstrepen; J. S. Zweden &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2015). Dual effect of wasp queen pheromone in regulating insect sociality<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Current Biology<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 25,\u00a0<\/span>no. 12,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 1638-40,\u00a0<\/span>2015<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1879-0445<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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C. A. Oi; J. S. Zweden; R. C. Oliveira; A. Van Oystaeyen; F. S. Nascimento &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2015). The origin and evolution of social insect queen pheromones: Novel hypotheses and outstanding problems<\/a>. <\/span>Bioessays<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 37,\u00a0<\/span>no. 7,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 808-21,\u00a0<\/span>2015<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1521-1878<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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R. C. Oliveira; C. A. Oi; M. M. Nascimento; A. Vollet-Neto; D. A. Alves; M. C. Campos; F. Nascimento &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2015). The origin and evolution of queen and fertility signals in Corbiculate bees<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>BMC Evolutionary Biology<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 15,\u00a0<\/span>no. 1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 254,\u00a0<\/span>2015<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1471-2148<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A. Van Oystaeyen; R. C. Oliveira; L. Holman; J. S. Zweden; C. Romero; C. A. Oi; P. d’Ettorre; M. Khalesi; J. Billen; F. Wackers; J. G. Millar &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2014). Conserved class of queen pheromones stops social insect workers from reproducing<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Science<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 343,\u00a0<\/span>no. 6168,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 287-90,\u00a0<\/span>2014<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 1095-9203<\/span>. Joint first author<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A. Van Oystaeyen; D. Araujo Alves; R. C. Oliveira; D. Lima do Nascimento; F. Nascimento; J. Billen &<\/span> T. Wenseleers (2013). Sneaky queens in Melipona bees selectively detect and infiltrate queenless colonies<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Animal Behaviour<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 86,\u00a0<\/span>no. 3,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 603-609,\u00a0<\/span>2013<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 00033472<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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R. C. Oliveira; C. Menezes; A. E. E. Soares & <\/span>V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca (2012). Trap-nests for stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)<\/a>. <\/span>Apidologie<\/strong>. <\/span>vol. 44,\u00a0<\/span>no. 1,\u00a0<\/span>pp. 29-37,\u00a0<\/span>2012<\/span>,\u00a0ISSN: 0044-8435<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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