Tschinkel, W. R., C. D. Willson and H. A. Bern. Sex pheromone of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor). J. Exp. Zool. 164: 81-86 (1967). (full text, PDF)

*Tschinkel, W. R. Defensive secretions of the beetle, Zophobas rugipes. Amer. Zool. 7: 83 (1967) (Abstract). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. Phenols and quinones from the defensive secretion of the tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas rugipes. J. Insect Physiol. 15: 191-200 (1969). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. Chemical studies on the sex pheromone of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 63: 626-627 (1970). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R., and C. D. Willson. Inhibition of pupation due to crowding in some tenebrionid beetles. J. Exp. Zool. 176: 137-146 (1971). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. 6-Alkylated-naphthoquinones from defensive secretion of the tenebrionid beetle, Argoporis alutacea. J. Insect Physiol. 18: 711-722 (1972). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R., and P. G. Close. The trail pheromone of the termite, Trinervitermes trinervoides. J. Insect Physiol. 19: 707-721 (1973).

Tschinkel, W. R. The sorption of water vapor by windborne plant debris in the Namib Desert. Madoqua II 2: 21-24 (1973). (full text, PDF)

Walsh, J. P., and W. R. Tschinkel. Brood recognition by contact pheromone in the imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Anim. Behav. 22: 695-704 (1974).

Doyen, J. T., and W. R. Tschinkel. Population size, microgeographic distribution and habitat separation in some tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 67: 617-626 (1974). (full text, PDF)

*Tschinkel, W. R. (Cover photo of the Jan/Feb 1973 issue of Insect World Digest).

Tschinkel, W. R., and A. Bhatkar. Oriented mound building in the ant, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Environ. Entomol. 3: 667-673 (1974).

Tschinkel, W. R. A comparative study of the chemical defensive system of tenebrionid beetles. I. Chemistry of the secretion. J. Insect Physiol. 21: 753-783 (1975). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. A comparative study of the chemical defensive system of tenebrionid beetles. III. Morphology of the glands. J. Morphol. 145: 355-370 (1975). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. Unusual occurrence of aldehydes and ketones in the defensive secretion of the tenebrionid beetle, Eleodes beameri. J. Insect Physiol. 21: 659-671 (1975). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. A comparative study of the chemical defensive system of tenebironid beetles. II. Defensive behavior and ancillary features. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 68: 439-453 (1975). (full text, PDF)

Howard, D. R., and W. R. Tschinkel. Aspects of necrophoric behavior in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Behaviour 56: 157-180 (1976).

Tschinkel, W. R., and G. van Belle. Dispersal of larvae of the tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas rugipes, in relation to weight and crowding. Ecology 57: 161-168 (1976). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R., and J. T. Doyen. Sound production by substratal tapping in the tentyriid beetles of the genus Eusattus. Coleopt. Bull. 30: 331-335 (1976). (full text, PDF)

Eisner, T., T. H. Jones, D. J. Aneshansley, W. R. Tschinkel, R. E. Silberglied and J. Meinwald. Chemistry of defensive secretions of bombardier beetles (Brachinini, Metriini, Ozaenini, Paussini). J. Insect Physiol. 23: 1383-1386 (1977). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R., and D. F. Howard. Queen replacement in orphaned colonies of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 3: 297-310 (1978).

Tschinkel, W. R. Dispersal behavior of the larval tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas rugipes. Physiol. Zool. 51: 300-313 (1978). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. Ovoviviparity in some tenebrionid beetles. Coleopt. Bull. 32: 315-318 (1978). (full text, PDF)

Lloyd, H. S., S. L. Evans, A. H. Khan, W. R. Tschinkel, and M. S. Blum. 8-Hydroxyisocoumarin and 3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxyisocoumarin in the defensive secretion of the tenebrionid beetle, Apsena pubescens. Insect Biochem. 8: 333-336 (1978). (full text, PDF)

*Dawson, J., P. C. Hayward, L. R. Fox, and W. R. Tschinkel. An Introduction to Experimental Biology, Kendall Hunt, 1976. A Laboratory Manual.

Tschinkel, W. R., and D. R. Howard. A simple, non toxic home remedy against fire ants. J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 15:102-105 (1980).

Wood, L. A., and W. R. Tschinkel. Quantification and modification of worker size variation in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Insectes Soc. 28: 117-128 (1981).

Glunn, F. J., D. F. Howard, and W. R. Tschinkel. Food preference in colonies of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Insectes Soc. 28: 217-222 (1981).

Tschinkel, W. R., and J. T. Doyen. Comparative anatomy of the defensive gland, ovipositor and female genital tube of the tenebrionid beetles. Intl. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 9: 321-369 (1980). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. Larval dispersal and cannibalism in natural population of Zophobas atratus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Anim. Behav. 29:990-996 (1981). (full text, PDF)

Howard, D. F., and W. R. Tschinkel. The effect of colony size and starvation on food flow in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 7: 293-300 (1980).

Howard, D. F., and W. R. Tschinkel. Flow of food in colonies of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta: a multi-factorial approach. Physiol. Entomol. 6: 297-306 (1981).

Howard, D. F., and W. R. Tschinkel. Internal storage of liquid food in isolated workers of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. J. Insect Physiol. 27: 67-74 (1981).

Tschinkel, W. R., and D. F. Howard. Colony founding by pleometrosis in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 12: 103-113 (1983).

*Tschinkel, W. R., P. C. Hayward, B. Felgenhauer, and B. Mahoney. An Introduction to Animal Diversity: A Laboratory Manual, Burgess Publ. Co., Inc. (1980).

Blum, M. S., T. H. Jones, G. J. House, and W. R. Tschinkel. Defensive secretions of tiger beetles: cyanogenetic basis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 69B: 903-904 (1981).

Doyen, J. T., and W. R. Tschinkel. Phenetic and cladistic relationships among tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera). System. Entomol. 7: 127-183 (1982).

*Tschinkel, W. R. History and biology of fire ants, in Proceedings of the Symposium on the Imported Fire Ant, June 7 10, 1982, Atlanta, GA, USDA APHIS EPA.

*Tschinkel, W. R. Behavioral physiology, in Fundamentals of Insect Physiology, M. S. Blum, ed., Wiley Interscience, 1985.

Tschinkel, W. R. Social regulation of egg laying rate in queens of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Physiol. Entomol. 13:237-250 (1987).

Tschinkel, W. R. Zophobas rugipes and Z. atratus are the same species. Coleop. Bull. 38: 325-333 (1984).

Tschinkel, W. R., and N. Nierenberg. The possible importance of relatedness in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 76: 989-991 (1983).

Porter, S. D. and W. R. Tschinkel. Fire ant polymorphism: the ergonomics of brood production. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 16: 323-336 (1985). (full text, PDF)

Porter, S. D., and W. R. Tschinkel. Fire ant polymorphism: factors affecting worker size. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78: 381-386 (1985).

Porter, S. D., and W. R. Tschinkel. Adaptive value of nanitic workers in newly founded red imported fire ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 79: 723-726 (1988).

Hill, C. S., and W. R. Tschinkel. Defensive secretion production in the tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas atratus: effects of age, sex and milking frequency. J. Chem. Ecol. 11: 1083-1092 (1985).

Tschinkel, W. R. The ecological nature of the fire ant, some aspects of colony function and some unanswered questions, in Fire Ants and Leaf cutter Ants: Biology and Management, C. S. Lofgren and R. K. Vander Meer, eds. Westview Press, 1986.

Tschinkel, W. R. The relationship between ovariole number and spermathecal sperm count in ant queens: a new allometry. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 80: 208-211 (1987).

Tschinkel, W. R. Fire ant queen longevity and age: estimation by sperm depletion. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 80: 263-266 (1987).

Tschinkel, W. R. Distribution of the fire ants Solenopsis invicta and S. geminata in north Florida in relation to habitat and disturbance. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 81: 76-81 (1988).

Tschinkel, W. R. Seasonal life history and nest architecture of a cold loving ant, Prenolepis imparis. Insectes Soc. 34: 143-164 (1987).

Tschinkel, W. R. Colony growth and the ontogeny of worker polymorphism in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 22: 103-115 (1988). (full text, PDF)

Porter, S. D., and W. R. Tschinkel. Foraging in Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): effects of weather and season. Envir. Entomol. 16: 802-808 (1987).

Tschinkel, W. R., and S. D. Porter. The efficiency of sperm use in queens of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 81: 777-781 (1988).

Hood, W. G., and W. R. Tschinkel. Desiccation resistance in arboreal and terrestral ants. Physiol. Entomol. 15: 23-35 (1990).

Tschinkel, W. R. Insect sociometry: a field in search of data. Insectes Soc. 38: 77-82 (1991).

Tschinkel, W. R. Brood raiding in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta: laboratory and field observations. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 85: 638-646 (1992).

Tschinkel, W. R. Sociometry and sociogenesis in colonies of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta during one annual cycle. Ecol. Monogr. 63: 425-457 (1993).

Tschinkel, W. R. Crowding, maternal age and age at pupation in the life history of Zophobas rugipes (Coleoptera: Tenebironidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 86: 278-297 (1993).

*Tschinkel, W. R. The fire ant: still unvanquished. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci., in Biological Pollution: The Control and Impact of Invasive Exotic Species, ed. B. N. McKnight, Indiana Acad. Sci., Indianapolis (1993).

Tschinkel, W. R. Brood raiding and the population dynamics of founding and incipient colonies of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Ecol. Entomol. 17: 179-188 (1992).

Tschinkel, W. R. Resource allocation, brood production and cannibalism during colony founding in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 33: 209-223 (1993).

Porter, S. D., and W. R. Tschinkel. Fire ant thermal preferences: behavioral control of growth and metabolism. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 32: 321-329 (1993).

Enrödy-Younga, S., and W. Tschinkel. Estimation of population size and dispersal in Anomalipus mastodon Fåhraeus 1870 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platynotini). Ann. Transvaal Mus. 36: 21- 30 (1993). (full text, PDF)

Adams, E. S., and W. R. Tschinkel. Density dependent competition in fire ants: effects on colony survivorship and size variability. J. Anim. Ecol. 64: 315-324 (1995).

Cassill, D. L., and W. R. Tschinkel. Allocation of liquid food to larva via trophallaxis in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Anim. Behav., 50: 801-813 (1995). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R., E. S. Adams, and T. Macon. Territory area and colony size in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. J. Anim. Ecol. 64: 473-480 (1995).

Adams, E. S., and W. R. Tschinkel. Spatial dynamics of colony interactions in young populations of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Oecologia, 102: 156-163 (1995).

McInnes, D. A., and W. R. Tschinkel. Queen dimorphism and reproductive strategies in the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 36: 367-376 (1995).

McInnes, D. A., and W. R. Tschinkel. Mermithid nematode parasitism of Solenopsis ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of northern Florida. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 89: 231-237 (1996).

Tschinkel, W. R. Stimulation of fire ant queen fecundity by a highly specific brood stage. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 88: 876-882 (1995).

Adams, E. S., and W. R. Tschinkel. Effects of foundress number on brood raids and queens survival in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 37: 233-242 (1995).

Tschinkel, W. R. A newly-discovered mode of colony founding among fire ants. Insectes Soc. 43: 267-276 (1996).

Cassill, D., and W. R. Tschinkel. A duration constant for worker-to-larva trophallaxis in fire ants. Insectes Soc. 43: 149-166 (1996).

Tschinkel, W. R., and C. A. Hess. The arboreal ant community of a pine forest in northern Florida. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 92: 63-70 (1999).

Hahn, D. A., and W. R. Tschinkel. Settlement and distribution of newly-mated queens of the arboreal ant, Crematogaster ashmeadi, in a longleaf pine forest. Insectes Soc. 44: 323-336 (1997).

DeHeer, C. J., and W. R. Tschinkel. The success of alternative reproductive tactics in monogyne populations of the ant Solenopsis invicta: significance for transitions in social organization. Behav. Ecol. 9: 130-135 (1998).

Tschinkel, W. R. The reproductive biology of fire ant societies. BioScience 48: 593-605 (1998).

Tschinkel, W. R. An experimental study of pleometrotic colony-founding in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: what is the basis for association? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 43: 247-257 (1998).

Baldacci, J., and W. R. Tschinkel. An experimental study of colony founding in pine saplings by queens of the arboreal ant, Crematogaster ashmeadi. Insectes Soc. 46:41-44 (1999).

Tschinkel, W. R. Sociometry and sociogenesis of colonies of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius: worker characteristics in relation to colony size and season. Insectes Soc. 45: 385-410 (1998).

Tschinkel, W. R. Sociometry and sociogenesis of colony-level attributes of the Florida harvester ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entom. Soc. Amer. 92: 80-89 (1999).

Cassill, D. L., and W. R. Tschinkel. Information flow during social feeding in ant societies. Book chapter in Information Processing in Social Insects, Detrain and Deneubourg, eds., Birkhauser Verlag, Basel. pp. 69-81 (1999).

Cassill, D. L., and W. R. Tschinkel. Task selection by workers of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 45: 301-310 (1999).

Tschinkel, W.R. Sociometry and sociogenesis of colonies of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, in relation to colony size and season: distribution of workers and seeds in the nest. Insectes Sociaux. 45: 385-410 (1999).

*Tschinkel, W. R. Ants. Microsoft Encarta99 On-line Encyclopedia, released Nov. 1999.

Cassill, D. L., and W.,R. Tschinkel. Ontogeny of colony size and worker:brood ratio in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Insectes Soc. (in press).

Cassill, D. L., and W. R. Tschinkel. Regulation of diet in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. J. Insect Behav. 12: 307-328 (1999).

Cassill, D. L., and W. R. Tschinkel. Effects of colony level attributes on larval feeding in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Insectes Soc. 46: 261-266 (1999). (full text, PDF)

Powell, S., and W. R. Tschinkel. The dominance interactions of the ant, Odontomachus brunneus and the generation of polyethism. J. Insect Behav. 12: 436-440 (1999).

Cassill, D. L., and W. R. Tschinkel. Behavioral and developmental homeostasis in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. J. Insect Physiol. 46: 933-939 (2000). (full text, PDF)

Adams, E. S., and W. R. Tschinkel. Mechanisms of population regulation in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: an experimental study. J. Anim. Ecol. 70:355-369 (2001).

Cassill, D. L., W. R. Tschinkel, and S. B. Vinson. Nest complexity, group size and brood rearing in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Insectes Soc. 49: 158-163 (2002). (full text, PDF)

Tschinkel, W. R. Subterranean ant nest architecture: trace fossils of the future? Paleogeogr. Paleoclim. Paleoecol. (submitted Nov. 2001).

Tschinkel, W. R. Ecosystem engineers and the natural history of the arboreal ant, Crematogaster ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Insect Sci. (submitted Dec. 2001).

Tschinkel W. R., A. Mikheyev, and S. Storz. The allometry of worker polymorphism in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. (submitted Feb. 2002).

Lubertazzi, D., and W. R. Tschinkel. Ant community change across a ground vegetation gradient in north Florida's longleaf pine flatwoods. Oikos (submitted Jan.2001).

Mason, K., and W. R. Tschinkel. Tempo, respiration and activity in whole colonies of ants. Physiol. Entomol. (submitted).

Tschinkel, W. R. Sociometry and sociogenesis of the nest architecture of colonies of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, in relation to colony size. (in preparation).