All Stories

  1. Adaptive radiation and social evolution of the ants

    Article • Cell, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  2. From the inside out: Were the cuticular Pseudonocardia bacteria of fungus-farming ants originally domesticated as gut symbionts?

    Article • PNAS Nexus, October 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Richard Nash

  3. Snow leopards exhibit non-stationarity in scale-dependent habitat selection between two national protected areas in China

    Article • Ecological Modelling, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  4. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Structure in Danish Populations of the Alcon Blue Butterfly Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller)

    Article • Diversity, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr David Richard Nash

  5. Grand Challenges in Coevolution

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, January 2022, Frontiers

    Dr David Richard Nash

  6. Ectoparasitic fungi of Myrmica ants alter the success of parasitic butterflies

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  7. Host Ant Change of a Socially Parasitic Butterfly (Phengaris alcon) through Host Nest Take-Over

    Article • Insects, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr David Richard Nash

  8. Changes in host ant communities of Alcon Blue butterflies in abandoned mountain hay meadows

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  9. Phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander , 1846 species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and their conservation implications

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  10. Patterns of host use by brood parasiticMaculineabutterflies across Europe

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  11. The evolution of abdominal microbiomes in fungus‐growing ants

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  12. Ecological specialization is associated with genetic structure in the ant-associated butterfly family Lycaenidae

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  13. Sex allocation and maintenance of androdioecy in the pedunculated barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, July 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Richard Nash

  14. Mutualisms and How to Analyze Them

    Article • Conservation Biology, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  15. Gene flow and effective population sizes of the butterfly Maculinea alcon in a highly fragmented, anthropogenic landscape

    Article • Biological Conservation, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  16. Molecular substitution rate increases with latitude in butterflies: evidence for a trans-glacial latitudinal layering of populations?

    Article • Ecography, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  17. Eavesdropping on cooperative communication within an ant-butterfly mutualism

    Article • The Science of Nature, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  18. Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  19. Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations ofMaculinea alcon

    Article • PeerJ, March 2016, PeerJ

    Dr David Richard Nash

  20. Reduced entomopathogen abundance in Myrmica ant nests—testing a possible immunological benefit of myrmecophily using Galleria mellonella as a model

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, October 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  21. Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, April 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Hermogenes Fernandez-Marin, Dr David Richard Nash

  22. Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  23. Evidence that microgynes of Myrmica rubra ants are social parasites that attack old host colonies

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Sämi Schär, Dr David Richard Nash

  24. Sperm mixing in the polyandrous leaf‐cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  25. Evolution: Sympatric Speciation the Eusocial Way

    Article • Current Biology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  26. Assessing reintroduction schemes by comparing genetic diversity of reintroduced and source populations: A case study of the globally threatened large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion)

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  27. Chemically armed mercenary ants protect fungus-farming societies

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr David Richard Nash

  28. When every sperm counts: factors affecting male fertility in the honeybee Apis mellifera

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, June 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Richard Nash

  29. Differences in oviposition strategies between two ecotypes of the endangered myrmecophilous butterflyMaculinea alcon(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) under unique syntopic conditions

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  30. Dynamic Disease Management in Trachymyrmex Fungus-Growing Ants (Attini: Formicidae)

    Article • The American Naturalist, April 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Dr David Richard Nash

  31. Regulation and specificity of antifungal metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  32. Dispersal and gene flow in the rare, parasitic Large Blue butterflyMaculinea arion

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  33. Dynamic Wolbachia prevalence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: potential for a nutritional symbiosis

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  34. A comparative study of exocrine gland chemistry in Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Article • Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  35. A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris–Maculinea clade

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  36. Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  37. Testing the adjustable threshold model for intruder recognition on Myrmica ants in the context of a social parasite

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  38. Survival and growth of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in laboratory nests of three Myrmica ant species

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  39. IMMUNE DEFENSE IN LEAF-CUTTING ANTS: A CROSS-FOSTERING APPROACH

    Article • Evolution, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  40. Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: estimating variance components and possible trade-offs

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  41. Host ant independent oviposition in the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon

    Article • Biology Letters, October 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  42. Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  43. Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  44. Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  45. The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants

    Article • PLOS One, December 2008, PLOS

    Dr David Richard Nash

  46. Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, November 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Richard Nash

  47. Sperm length evolution in the fungus-growing ants

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, September 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Richard Nash

  48. Communication between hosts and social parasites

    Article • August 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Jacobus J. Boomsma, Dr David Richard Nash

  49. Patterns of host ant use by sympatric populations of Maculinea alcon and M. ‘rebeli’ in the Carpathian Basin

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, June 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  50. A Mosaic of Chemical Coevolution in a Large Blue Butterfly

    Article • Science, January 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr David Richard Nash

  51. Process rather than pattern: finding pine needles in the coevolutionary haystack

    Article • Journal of Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  52. The origin of the chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nestmate recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, May 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  53. Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  54. The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in large blue butterflies

    Article • November 2004, Nature

    Dr David Richard Nash

  55. The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2003, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Richard Nash

  56. Geographical variation in host-ant specificity of the parasitic butterflyMaculinea alconin Denmark

    Article • Ecological Entomology, July 2002, Wiley

    Dr David Richard Nash

  57. Adoption of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) by three Myrmica ant species

    Article • Animal Behaviour, July 2001, Elsevier

    Dr David Richard Nash

  58. Feather pecking in growers: A study with individually marked birds

    Article • British Poultry Science, May 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Richard Nash

  59. The Recruitment of Parasitoid Species to Two Invading Herbivores

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, May 1995, JSTOR

    Dr David Richard Nash

  60. The Pattern of Spread of Invading Species: Two Leaf-Mining Moths Colonizing Great Britain

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, March 1995, JSTOR

    Dr David Richard Nash

  61. The small-scale spatial distribution of an invading moth

    Article • Oecologia, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Richard Nash

  62. Estimating the Spread of Small Invading Organisms Using Information from the Public

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, January 1994, JSTOR

    Dr David Richard Nash

  63. Sexual cannibalism in the garden spider Araneus diadematus

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar, Dr David Richard Nash