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Sumana, A. and Starks, P. T. (2004) The function of darts in the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus. Naturwissenschaften . 91, 220-223.
Nonacs, P., Reeve, H. K. and Starks, P. T. (2004) Optimal reproductive skew models fail to predict aggression in wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 271, 811-817.
Starks, P. T. (2003) Selection for uniformity: xenophobia and invasion success. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 18, 159-162.
Starks, P. T. (2003) Natal nest recognition in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 40, 53-60.
Starks, P. T. (2002) The adaptive significance of stabilimenta in orb-webs: a hierarchical approach. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 39, 307-315.
Starks, P. T. and Peters, J. M. (2002) Semi-nondestructive genetic sampling from paper wasps. Insectes Sociaux. 49, 20-22.
Starks, P. T. (2001) Alternative reproductive tactics in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus with specific focus on the sit-and-wait tactic. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 38, 189-199.
Starks, P. T., Blackie, C. A. and Seeley, T. D. (2000) Fever in honeybee colonies. Naturwissenschaften. 87:229-231.
Reeve, H. K., Starks, P. T., Peters, J. M. and Nonacs, P. (2000) Genetic support for the evolutionary theory of reproductive transactions in social wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 267:75-79.
Starks, P. T. and Gilley, D. C. (1999) Heat shielding: a novel method of colonial thermoregulation in honeybees, Apis mellifera. Naturwissenschaften. 86:438-440.
Reeve, H. K., Peters, J. M., Nonacs, P. and Starks, P. T. (1998) Dispersal of first "workers" in social wasps: causes and implications of an alternative reproductive strategy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95: 13737-13742.
Starks, P. T., Fischer, D. J., Watson, R. E., Melikian, G. L., & Nath, S. D. (1998) Context- dependent nestmate discrimination in the paper wasp, Polistes dominulus: A critical test of the optimal acceptance threshold model. Animal Behaviour. 56: 449-458.
Starks, P. T. (1998) A novel 'sit and wait' reproductive strategy in social wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 265: 1407-1410.
Starks, P. T. & Poe, E. S. (1997) Male-stuffing in wasp societies. Nature. 389: 450.
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