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The Narrow-headed Ant (Formica
exsecta)
In recent years, populations of
F.exsecta in the UK have become severely localised due to habitat loss
and competition with other ant species. Viable populations are restricted
to the forest complex of Abernethy-Glenmore-Rothiemurchus in Speyside.and
to one site in South-West England. The decline of F. exsecta has
attracted significant research effort into the causes of decline, the
habitat requirements, distribution and status of the ant. Much of this
work has been carried out by University students and inevitably forms part
of the ‘grey’ literature of postgraduate theses and undergraduate
dissertations. This page aims to provide a listing of any material
reporting the results of research on F. exsecta and to make as much
as possible of this available for download. The main thing is that anyone
who might be planning research should know what unpublished papers are
available as well as what they are and where they can be accessed.
Reports and publications
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Agosti, D. & Hauschteck-Jungen E. (1987) Polymorphism of males in
Formica exsecta Nyl. (Hym: Formicidae). Ins. Soc. 34 (4), 280-290
Barrett, K.E.J. (1979) Provisional Atlas of the Insects of the British
Isles, Part 5 Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ants. (2nd Edition). Institute of
Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood Experimental Station, Huntingdon.
Bliss, P., Katzerke, A. & Neumann, P. (2006). The role of molehills and
grasses for filial nest founding in the wood ant Formica exsecta
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, 47, 903–913.
Brian, M. V. (1952) The structure of a dense natural ant population.
Journal of Animal Ecology 21, 12-24.
Brian, M.V. (1977). Ants. London: Collins.
Brian, M.V. & Brian, A.D. (1951) Insolation and ant population in the West
of Scotland. Trans R. ent Soc. Lond. 102, 303-330.
Brown, M. & Judge, R. (2007). Report: Preliminary investigation into
mating patterns and nest structure in Formica exsecta in the UK using
microsatellite markers. Unpublished.
Brown, W. & Keller, L. (2000). Colony sex ratios vary with queen number
but not relatedness asymmetry in the ant Formica exsecta. Proc. R. Soc.
Lond. B, 267, 1751–1757.
Brown, W. & Keller, L. (2002). Queen recruitment and split sex ratios in
polygynous colonies of the ant Formica exsecta. Ecol. Letters, 5, 102–109
Brown, W., Liautard, C. & Keller, L. (2002) Sex-ratio dependent execution
of queens in polygynous colonies of the ant Formica exsecta. Oecologia,
134. 12-17
Carroll, S. (2008). Formica exsecta in Devon in 2008. Unpublished report
for Hymettus Ltd. Download
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Carroll, S. (2009). Formica exsecta in Devon in 2009. Unpublished report
for Hymettus Ltd.
Dallas, J.F., Gow, J.L., Jones, A.M. & Young, M.R. (1998). Genetic
evidence for social polymorphism in the rare wood ant Formica exsecta Nyl.
in Scotland. British Ecological Society Bulletin SEPG 1528
England, D. (1996). Formica exsecta on Chudleigh Knighton Heath. Report
for BSc Hons. Exeter University.
Felber, K. M. (1997). Habitat preference of the rare red wood ant Formica exsecta in Abernethy Forest. Honours degree thesis, University of
Aberdeen.
Fortelius, W. Pamilio, P. Rosengren, R. & Lundstrom, L. (1987). Male size
dimorphism and alternative reproductive tactics in Formica exsecta ants
(Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologicia Fennici 24, 45–54.
Gallagher, P. (2010). Narrow-headed ant (Formica exsecta) Black Wood of
Rannoch (Camghouran) site survey. Unpublished report for Scottish Wildlife
Trust. download
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Goropashnaya, A., Fedorov, V., Seifert, B. & Pamilo, P. (2007).
Phylogeography and population structure in the ant Formica exsecta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) across Eurasia as reflected by mitochondrial DNA
variation and microsatellites. Ann. Zool. Fennici. 44, 462-474.
Gyllenstrand, N, Gertsch, P.J. & Pamilo, P (2002). Polymorphic
microsatellite DNA markers in the ant Formica exsecta. Molecular Ecology
Notes, 2, 67–69.
Hoare, R.J.B., Hughes, J., Jones, A. & Ramel, G.J.L. (1996). A review of
the status of Formica exsecta Nylander (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) in
Scotland 1994. The Entomologist, 115, 23–29.
Hughes, J. (2006). A review of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in
Scotland.
Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 178 (ROAME No.
F04AC319).
Hughes, J. (1997). Review of the distribution of Formica exsecta Nylander
in Scotland with a survey of sites with no recent records. Scottish
Natural Heritage Research Survey and Monitoring Report No 81.
Hunter, D.P. (2000). Competetive interactions between the wood-ants
Formica exsecta Nylander and Formica aquilonia Yarrow (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae). Honours degree thesis, University of Aberdeen.
James, P. (2008). Baseline data gathering for monitoring Formica exsecta
in the designated Conservation Zone, Glenmore Forest: A brief account of
the methodology and summary findings of fieldwork carried out in August
and September 2008. Unpublished.
Johnstone, J.A. (1998). Quantification of threats to the rare narrow
headed wood ant (Formica exsecta) at Abernethy Forest. Honours degree
thesis, University of Aberdeen.
Jones, S. (2009). Distribution pattern and the effect of density on
survival and resource capture in the Narrow-headed Ant, Formica exsecta
Nyl. University of East Anglia.
Kümmerli, R. & Keller, L. (2007a). Contrasting population genetic
structure for workers and queens in the putatively unicolonial ant Formica exsecta. Molecular Ecology, 16, 4493-4503.
Kümmerli, R. & Keller, L. (2007b). Reproductive specialization in
multiple-queen colonies of the ant Formica exsecta. Behavioural Ecology,
18, 375-383.
Kümmerli, R. & Keller, L. (2008). Reproductive parameters vary with social
and ecological factors in the polygynous ant Formica exsecta. Oikos, 117,
580-590.
Kümmerli, R., Helms, K. & Keller, L. (2005). Experimental manipulation of
queen number affects colony sex ratio investments in the highly polygynous
ant Formica exsecta. Proc. R. Soc. B, 272, 1789–1794.
Liautard, C. & Keller, L. (2001). Restricted effective queen dispersal at
a microgeographic scale in polygynous populations of the ant Formica exsecta. International Journal of Organic Evolution, 55, 2484–2492.
Littlewood, N. (2001). Can a habitat suitability model predict and explain
the distribution of a rare invertebrate? MSc thesis, University of
Aberdeen.
Littlewood, N.A. & Young, M.R. (2008). A habitat suitability model for the
narrow-headed ant, Formica exsecta, evaluated against independent data.
Insect Conservation and Diversity 1, 108–113
Maggini, R., Guisan, A. & Cherix, D. (2002). A stratified approach for
modelling the distribution of the ant species Formica exsecta in the Swiss
National Park. Biodiversity and Conservation, 11, 2117–2141.
Martin, S., Vitikainen, E., Helanterä, H. & Drijfhout F. (2008). Chemical
basis of nest-mate discrimination in the ant Formica exsecta. Proc. R.
Soc. B, 275, 1271-1278.
Pamilo, P. (1991). Life span of queens in the ant Formica exsecta.
Insectes Sociaux, 38, 111–119.
Perrett, J.R. & Stradling D.J. (1997). Population status and reproductive
biology of the endangered British ant Formica exsecta in Devon.
Unpublished report for English Nature.
Perrett, J.R. & Stradling D.J. (1998). Formica exsecta: population census
and artificial colony establishment in Devon, 1998. Unpublished report for
English Nature.
Perrett, J.R. & Stradling, D.J. (1999) Formica exsecta: Population census
and artificial colony establishment in Devon, 1999.Unpublished report for
English Nature, 65 pp.
Perrett, J.R. and Stradling, D.J. (2000) Formica exsecta: Population
census and artificial colony establishment in Devon, 2000.Unpublished
report for English Nature, 41 pp.
Perrett, J.R. and Stradling, D.J. (2001) Formica exsecta: Population
census and artificial colony establishment in Devon, 2001.Unpublished
report for English Nature, 53 pp.
Pisarski, B. (1972). La structure des colonies polycaliques de Formica (Copotoformica)
exsecta Nyl. Ekologia Polska, 20, 111–116.
Ramel, G. J. L. (1994). The state of Formica exsecta on Chudleigh Knighton
Heath from a survey between 1/6/94 and 5/7/1994. Report to Devon Wildlife
Trust.
Rao, S. (2007). Determining the habitat requirements for the narrow headed
ant in Deeside to inform conservation management: Report of findings for
key partners and woodland managers. Unpublished.
Sacré, V.M. (1999). Spatial relationships in a wood ant community at
Glenmore Forest Reserve. Honours degree thesis, University of Aberdeen.
Seppa, P., Gyllenstrand, N., Corander, J. & Pamilo, P. (2004).
Co-existence of the social types: genetic population structure in the ant
Formica exsecta. Evolution, 58, 2462–2471.
Schutz, M., Kretz, C., Dekoninck, L., Iravani, M. & Risch, A. (2008).
Impact of Formica exsecta Nyl. on seed bank and vegetation patterns in a
subalpine grassland ecosystem. J. Appl. Entomol., 132, 295-305.
Stradling, D.J. & Hoy, S.P. (1993). The Ant Formica exsecta an endangered
species. Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. An unpublished report to
Worldwide
Fund for Nature on Project 199/88.
Stradling, D.J. & Salm, N. (2002) Formica exsecta: Population census and
artificial colony establishment in Devon, 2002. Unpublished report for
English Nature, 23 pp.
Stradling, D.J. (2003) Formica exsecta: Population census in Devon, 2003.
Unpublished report for English Nature, 17 pp.
Stradling, D.J. (2003) Survey for the narrow-headed ant (Formica exsecta)
at the A38/B3344 and A38/A382 junctions, Devon. August/September 2003.
Unpublished report to Parsons Brinckerhoff for the Highways Agency 18 pp.
Stradling, D.J. (2004) Formica exsecta: Population census in Devon, 2004.
Unpublished report for English Nature, 24 pp.
Stradling, D.J. (2005) Formica exsecta: Population census in Devon, 2005.
Unpublished report for English Nature, 24 pp.
Stradling, D.J. (2005) Survey for the narrow-headed ant (Formica exsecta)
at the A38/B3344 and A38/A382 junctions, Devon. August/September 2005.
Unpublished report to Parsons Brinckerhoff for the Highways Agency 23 pp.
Sundstrom, L., Keller, L. & Chapusiat, M. (2003). Inbreeding and
sex-biased gene flow in the ant Formica exsecta. Evolution, 57, 1552–1561.
Tuddenham, A. (1999). Chudleigh Knighton Heath 4th Management plan
01/04/1999-31/03/2004. Unpublished report for Devon Wildlife Trust.
Yarrow, I.H.H. (1954). Formica exsecta Nylander (Hym., Formicidae) in
the British Isles. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 90, 183–185.
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