2012

Milet-Pinheiro P, Ayasse M, Schlindwein C, Dobson HEM, Dötterle S (2012) Host location by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee: innate and learned behavior. Behavioral Ecology, DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr219

2011

Ayasse M,  Arroyo J (2011) Pollination and plant reproductive biology. Plant Biology 13:1-6.

Ayasse M, Stökl J, Francke W (2011) Chemical Ecology and speciation in sexually deceptive orchids. Phytochemistry 72:1667–1677.

Burger H, Dötterl S, Häberlein C, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2011) An arthropod deterrent attracts specialised bees to their host plants. Oecologia, accepted

Dobson HE, Ayasse M, O’Neal KA, Jacka JA (2011) Is flower selection influenced by chemical impriniting to larval food provisions in the generalist bee Osmia bicornis (Megachilidae). Apidologie, submitted

Gögler J, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2011) Two phylogenetically distinct species of sexually deceptive orchids mimic the sex pheromone of their single common pollinator, the cuckoo bumblebee Bombus vestalis. Chemoecology DOI 10.1007/s00049-011-0085-3.

Jarau S, Hemmeter K, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2011) A scientific note on trail pheromone communication in a stingless bee, Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Apidologie 42:708–710

Kreuter K, Bunk E, Lückemeyer A, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2011) How the social parasitic bumblebee Bombus bohemicus sneaks into power of reproduction. Behav Ecol Sociobiol, DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1294-z

Reichle C, Aguila I, Ayasse M, Jarau S (2011) Stingless bees (Scaptotrigona pectoralis) learn foreign trail pheromones and use them to find food. J Comp Physiol A 197:243-249

Vereecken NJ, Streinzer M, Ayasse M, Spaethe J, Paulus HF, Stökl J, Cortis P, Schiestl FP (2011) Integrating past and present studies on Ophrys pollination - a comment on Bradshaw et al.. Bot J Linn Soc 165:329–335.

von Hoermann C, Ruther J, Reibe S, Madea B, Ayasse M (2011) The importance of carcass volatiles as attractants for the hide beetle Dermestes maculatus (De Geer). Forensic Science International 212:173-179 

Wells K, Lakim MB, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2011) Pitchers of Nepenthes rajah collect faecal droppings from both diurnal and nocturnal small mammals and emit fruity odour. J Trop Ecol 27:347- 353.

2010

Ayasse M (2010) Chemical Ecology in deceptive orchids. Chemoecology (2010) 20:171–178.

Ayasse M, Gögler J, Stökl J (2010) Pollinator-driven speciation in sexually deceptive orchids of the genus Ophrys. In: Evolution in action – Adaptive Radiations and the Origins of Biodiversity. Glaubrecht M (ed), Springer Verlag.

Bunk E, Sramkova A, Ayasse M (2010) The role of trail pheromones in host nest recognition of the social parasitic bumblebees Psithyrus bohemicus and Psithyrus rupestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Chemoecology 20:189–198.

Burger H, Ayasse M, Häberlein C, Schulz S, Dötterl S (2010). Echium-specific cues for host-plant recognition in the oligolectic bee Hoplitis adunca. S Afr J Bot 76: 788-795, doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2010.08.003

Burger H, Dötterl S, Ayasse M (2010) Host plant finding and recognition by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee. Funct Ecol 24:1234–1240.

Conrad T, Paxton RJ, Barth FG, Francke W, Ayasse M (2010) Female choice in the red mason bee, Osmia rufa (L.) (Megachilidae). J Exp Biol 213:4065-4073.

Jarau S, Dambacher J, Twele R, Aguilar I, Francke W, Ayasse M (2010) The trail pheromone of a stingless bee, Trigona corvina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) varies between populations, Chem Senses 35: 593–601.

Jarau S, van Veen J, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2010) A scientific note on virgin queen acceptance in stingless bees: evidence for the importance of queen aggression. Apidologie 41: 38-39.

Jarau S, van Veen JW, Twele R, Reichle C, Herrera Gonzales E, Aguilar I, Francke W, Ayasse M (2010) Workers make the queens in Melipona bees: Identification of geraniol as a caste determining compound from labial glands of nurse bees. J Chem Ecol 36:565-569.

Kreuter K, Twele R, Francke W and Ayasse M (2010) Specialist Bombus vestalis and generalist Bombus bohemicus use different odour cues to find their host Bombus terrestris. Anim Behav 80:297-302.

Reichle C, Jarau S, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2010) Recruits of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis learn food odors from the nest atmosphere. Naturwissenschaften 97(5):519-524.

Stökl J, Brodmann J, Dafni A, Ayasse M & Hansson B S (2010) Smells like aphids: orchid flowers mimic aphid alarm pheromones to attract hoverflies for pollination. Proc Roy Soc B 278:1216-1222, doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1770

2009

Brodmann J, Twele R, Francke W, Yi-bo L, Xi-qiang S, Ayasse M (2009) Orchid mimics honeybee alarm pheromone in order to attract hornets for pollination. Curr Biol 19:1368-1372

Gögler J, Stökl J, Sramkova A, Twele R, Francke W, Cozzolino S, Cortis P, Scrugli A, Ayasse M (2009) Menage a trois — two endemic species of deceptive orchids and one pollinator species. Evolution 63:2222-2234

Jarau S, Van Veen JW, Aguilar I, Ayasse M (2009) Virgin queen execution in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii: The sign stimulus for worker attacks. Apidologie 40: 496–507

Kalko EKV, Ayasse M (2009) Study and analysis of odor involved in the behavioral ecology of bats. In: Behavioral methods in the study of bats. Kunz TH, Parsons S (eds), John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

Sramkova A, Ayasse M (2009) Chemical ecology involved in invasion success of the cuckoo bumblebee Bombus vestalis and workers of its host Bombus terrestris. Chemoecology 19: 55-62

Stangler ES, Jarau S, Hrncir M, Zucchi R, Ayasse M (2009) Identification of trail pheromone compounds from the labial glands of the stingless bee Geotrigona mombuca. Chemoecology 19:13-19

Stökl J, Schlüter PM, Stuessy TF, Paulus HF, Fraberger R, Erdmann D, Schulz C, Francke W, Assum G, Ayasse M (2009) Speciation in sexually deceptive orchids: Pollinator driven selection maintains discrete odour-phenotypes in hybridizing species. Biol J Linn Soc 98:439–451

Teichert H, Dötterl S, Zimma B, Ayasse M, Gottsberger G (2009) Perfume-collecting male euglossine bees as pollinators of a basal angiosperm: the case of Unonopsis stipitata (Annonaceae), Plant Biology 11:29–37

Yildizhan S, Loon Jv, Sramkova A, Ayasse M, Arsene C, Broeke C, Schulz S (2009) Aphrodisiac Pheromones from the Wings of the Small Cabbage White and Large Cabbage White Butterflies, Pieris rapae and Pieris brassicae. ChemBioChem 10 (10):1666-1677

2008

Brodmann J, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2008) Pollinator-attracting semiochemicals of the wasp-flower Epipactis helleborine. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 16:171-174

Brodmann J, Twele R, Francke W, Hölzler G, Zhang Q-H, Ayasse M (2008) Orchid mimics green leaf volatiles to attract prey-hunting wasps for pollination. Current Biology 18:740-744

Burger H, Dötterl S, Ayasse M (2008) Importance of olfactory and visuel cues of Echium for host-plant finding of the oligolectic bee Osmia adunca (Megachilidae). Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 16:163-166

Gögler J, Stökl J, Sramkova A, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2008) The role of pollinator attracting scent in the sexually deceptive orchids Ophrys chestermanii, O. normanii and O. tenthredinifera. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 16:175-178

Soro A, Ayasse M, Zobel MU, Paxton RJ (2008) Complex sociogenetic organization and the origin of unrelated workers in a eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum, Insect Soc 56: 55-63.

Sramkova A, Ayasse M (2008) Psithyrus females possess wax glands, Insect Soc 55: 404-406

Sramkova A, Schulz C, Twele R, Francke W, Ayasse M (2008) Fertility signals in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Naturwissenschaften 95 (6):515-522

Stökl J, Schlüter PM, Stuessy TF, Paulus HF, Assum G, Ayasse M (2008) Scent variation and hybridization cause the displacement of a sexually deceptive orchid species. Am J Bot 95(4):472-481

2007

Ayasse M (2007) Chemical Mimicry in sexually deceptive orchids of the genus Ophrys. Phyton 46:221-223.

Fraberger RJ, Ayasse M (2007) Mating behavior, male territoriality and chemical communication in the European spiral-horned bees, Systropha planidens and S. curvicornis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). J Kansas Entomol Soc 80 (4):348–360

Hodgkison R, Ayasse M, Kalko EKV, Häberlein C, Schulz S, Mustapha WAW, Zubaid A, Kunz TH (2007) Chemical ecology of fruit bat foraging behavior in relation to the fruit odors of two species of paleotropical bat-dispersed figs (Ficus hispida and Ficus scortechinii). J Chem Ecol 33:2097-2110

Schorkopf DLP, Jarau S, Francke W, Twele R, Zucchi R, Hrncir M, Schmidt VM, Ayasse M, Barth FG (2007) Spitting out information. Trigona bees deposit saliva to signal resource locations. Proc R Soc B 274:895-898

Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Moder K, Stauffer C, Arthofer W, Buschinger A, Espadaler X, Christian E, Einfinger K, Lorbeer E, Schafellner C, Ayasse M, Crozier RH (2007) Abandoning Aggression but Maintaining Self-Nonself Discrimination as a First Stage in Ant Supercolony Formation. Current Biology 17:1903–1907

Stökl J, Twele R, Erdmann D, Francke W, Ayasse M (2007) Comparison of the flower odour of the sexually deceptive orchid Ophrys iricolor and the female sex pheromone of its pollinator Andrena morio. Chemoecology online

2006

Ayasse M (2006) Floral scent and pollinator attraction in sexually deceptive orchids. In: Dudareva N, Pichersky E (eds) Biology of Floral Scent, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 219-242

Jarau S, Schulz CM, Hrncir M, Francke W, Zucchi R, Barth FG, Ayasse M (2006) Hexyl decanoate, the first trail pheromone compound identified in a stingless bee (Trigona recursa). J Chem Ecol 32:1555-1564

Eltz T, Ayasse M, Lunau K (2006) Species-specific antennal response to tibial fragrances in male orchid bees. J Chem Ecol 32:71-79

Krieger G, Duchateaux M-J, Ibarra F, Francke W, Ayasse M (2006) Identification of queen sex pheromone components in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. J Chem Ecol 32:453-471

2005

Dobson HEM, Raguso RA, Knudsen JT, Ayasse M (2005) Scent as an attractant. In: Dafni A, Kevan PG, Husband BC (eds) Practical Pollination Biology. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge, ON, Canada.

Stökl J, Paulus HF, Dafni A, Schulz C, Francke W, Ayasse M (2005) Pollinator attracting odour signals in sexually deceptive orchids of the Ophrys fusca group. Pl Syst Evol 254:105-120

2004

Ayasse M (2004) Chemical Mimicry and reproductive success in sexually deceptive orchids. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 14:161-166

D’Ettorre P, Heinze J, Schulz C, Francke W, Ayasse M (2004) Does she smell like a queen? Chemoreception of a cuticular hydrocarbon signal in the ant Pachycondyla inverse. J Exp Biol 207:1085-1091

Jarau S, Hrncir M, Ayasse M, Schulz C, Francke W, Zucchi R, Barth FG (2004) A stingless bee (Melipona seminigra) marks food sources with a pheromone from its claw retractor tendons. J Chem Ecol 30(4):793-804

Zimma B, Ayasse M, Tengö J, Ibarra F, Francke W (2004) The role of semiochemicals in the reproductive biology of parasitic bumblebees. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 14:195-198.

2003 and earlier

Ayasse M, Schiestl F, Paulus HF, Ibarra F, Francke W (2003) Pollinator attraction in a sexually deceptive orchid by means of unconventional chemicals. Proc R Soc London B  270:517-522

Zimma BO, Ayasse M, Tengo J, Ibarra F, Schulz C, Francke W (2003) Do social parasitic bumblebees use chemical weapons? (Hymenoptera, Apidae), J Comp Physiol A 189:769-775

Ayasse M, Paxton R (2002) Brood protection in social insects. In: Hilker M, Meiners T (eds). Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition. Blackwell, Berlin, 117-148

Paxton RJ, Ayasse M, Field J, Soro A (2002) Complex sociogenetic organization and reproductive skew in a primitively eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum, as revealed by microsatellite. Mol Ecol 11:2405-2416

Schiestl FP, Ayasse M (2002) Do changes in floral odor cause sympatric speciation in sexually deceptive orchids? Pl Syst Evol 234:111-119

Ayasse M, Paxton R, Tengö J (2001) Mating behavior and chemical communication in the hymenoptera. Ann Rev Entomol 46:31-78

Schiestl FP, Ayasse M (2001) Post-pollination emission of a repellent compound in a sexually deceptive orchid: a new mechanism for maximizing reproductive success? Oecologia 126:531-534

Ayasse M, Schiestl F, Paulus HF, Löfstedt C, Hansson B, Ibarra F, Francke W (2000) Evolution of reproductive strategies in the sexually deceptive orchid Ophrys sphegodes: How does flower-specific variation of odor signals influence fitness? Evolution 54(6):1995-2006

Schiestl FP, Ayasse M (2000) Post mating odor in females of the solitary bee, Andrena nigroaenea (Apoidea, Andrenidae), inhibits male mating behavior. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 48:303-307

Schiestl FP, Ayasse M, Paulus HF, Löfstedt C, Hansson BS, Ibarra F, Francke W (2000) Sex pheromone mimicry in the Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes): patterns of hydrocarbons as key mechanism for pollination by sexual deception. J Comp Physiol A 186:567-574

Ayasse M, Engels W, Lübke G, Francke W (1999) Mating expenditures reduced via female sex pheromone modulation in the primitively eusocial halictine bee, Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) malachurum (Hymenoptera: Haltictidae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 45:95-106

Ayasse M, Birnbaum J, Tengö J, Doorn A van, Taghizadeh T, Francke W (1999) Caste- and colony-specific chemical signals on eggs of the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Chemoecology 9(3):119-126

Schiestl FP, Ayasse M, Paulus HF, Löfstedt C, Hansson B, Ibarra F, Francke W (1999) Orchid pollination by sexual swindle. Nature 399:421-422

Ayasse M, Schiestl F, Paulus HF, Erdmann D, Francke W (1997) Chemical communication in the reproductive biology of Ophrys sphegodes. Mitt Dtsch Ges Allg Angew Ent 11:473-476

Schiestl FP, Ayasse M, Paulus HF, Erdmann D, Francke W (1997) Variation of floral scent emission and post pollination changes in individual flowers of Ophrys sphegodes subsp. sphegodes (Miller)(Orchidaceae). J Chem Ecol 23 (12):2881-2896

Ayasse M, Marlovits TC, Tengö J, Taghizadeh T, Francke W (1995) Are there pheromonal dominance signals in the bumblebee Bombus hypnorum L (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Apidologie 26(1):163-180

Sick M, Ayasse M, Tengö J, Engels W, Lübke G, Francke W (1994)Sphecodes bees and their halictid hosts: Nest intrusion, intranidal behavior, and Dufour's gland volatiles (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Insect Behav 7 (1):101-117 Host-Parasite relationship in six Species of

Ayasse M, Engels W, Hefetz A, Tengö J, Lübke G, Francke W (1993)Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Insect Soc 40:41-58 Ontogenetic patterns of volatiles identified in Dufour's gland extracts from queens and workers of the primitively eusocial halictine bee,

Tengö J, Sick M, Ayasse M, Svensson BG, Lübke G, Francke W (1992)Sphecodes bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Biochem Syst Ecol 20(4):351-362 Species specificity of Dufour's gland morphology and volatile secretions in kleptoparasitic

Ayasse M, Engels W, Hefetz A, Lübke G, Francke W (1990) Ontogenetic patterns in amounts and proportions of Dufour's gland volatile secretions in virgin and nesting queens of Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Z Naturforsch 45c:709-714

Ayasse M, Leys R, Pamilo P, Tengö J (1990) Kinship in communally nesting Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) bees is indicated by composition of Dufour's gland secretions. Biochem Syst Ecol 18:453-460

Smith BH, Ayasse M (1987) Kin-based male mating preferences in two species of halictine bees. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 20:313-318