Veröffentlichungen

Wallberg, A., Schöning, C.,  Webster, M.T., Hasselmann, M. (2017) Two extended haplotype blocks are associated with adaptation to high altitude habitats in East African honey bees.  PLoS Genetics 13: e1006792. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006792

Koops, K., Schöning, C.,  Isaji, M., Hashimoto, C. (2015) Cultural differences in ant-dipping tool length between neighbouring chimpanzee communities at Kalinzu, Uganda. Scientific Reports 5: 12456. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12456

Koops, K., Schöning, C., McGrew, W.C., Matsuzawa, T. (2015) Chimpanzees prey on army ants at Seringbara, Nimba Mountains, Guinea: Predation patterns and tool use characteristics. American Journal of Primatology 77: 319-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22347

Lechner, S., Ferretti, L., Schöning, C., Kinuthia, W., Willemsen, D., Hasselmann, M. (2014) Nucleotide variability at its limit? Insights into the number and evolutionary dynamics of the sex-determining specificities of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 282-287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mst207

Gruber, K., Schöning, C., Otte, M., Kinuthia, W., Hasselmann, M. (2013) Distinct subspecies or phenotypic plasticity? Genetic and morphological differentiation of mountain honey bees in East Africa. Ecology and Evolution 3: 3204-3218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.711 

Greggers, U., Schöning, C., Degen, J., Menzel, R. (2013) Scouts behave as streakers in honey bee swarms. Naturwissenschaften 100: 805-809. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-013-1077-7

Kleinschroth, F., Schöning, C., Kung’u, J., Kowarik, I., Cierjacks, A. (2013) Regeneration of the East African key tree species Ocotea usambarensis is still inhibited one decade after logging suspension. Forest Ecology and Management 291: 396-403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.021

Schöning, C., Gisder, S., Geiselhardt, S., Kretschmann, I., Bienefeld, K., Hilker, M., Genersch, E. (2012) Evidence for damage-oriented hygienic behaviour towards Varroa destructor-parasitised brood in the western honey bee Apis mellifera. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 264-271. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/2/264.full.pdf+html

Kronauer, D.J.C, Peters, M.K., Schöning, C., Boomsma, J.J. (2011) Hybridization in East African swarm-raiding army ants. Frontiers in Zoology 8: 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-8-20

Schöning, C., Shepard, L., Sen, A., Kinuthia, W., Ogutu, J.O. (2011) Should I stay or should I go now? Patch use by African army ant colonies in relation to food availability and predation. Insectes Sociaux 58: 335-343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-011-0172-z

Sanz, C.M., Schöning, C., Morgan, D.B. (2010) Chimpanzees prey on army ants with specialized tool set. American Journal of Primatology 72: 17-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20744

Kronauer, D.J.C., Schöning, C., D’Ettore, P., Boomsma, J.J. (2010) Colony fusion and worker reproduction after queen loss in army ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 755-763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1591

Schöning, C., Czusdi, C., Kinuthia, W., Ogutu, J. (2010) Influence of driver ant swarm raids on earthworm prey densities in the Mount Kenya forest: implications for prey population dynamics and colony migrations. Insectes Sociaux 57: 73-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-009-0052-y

Schöning, C., Njagi, W., Kinuthia, W. (2008) Prey spectra of two swarm-raiding army ant species in East Africa. Journal of Zoology 274: 85-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00360.x

Schöning, C., Kronauer, D.J.K., Gotwald, W.H. Jr., Vilhelmsen, L., Boomsma, J.J. (2008) Taxonomy of the West African army ant Dorylus gribodoi Emery 1892 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 1749: 39-52. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01749p052.pdf

Schöning, C., Humle, T., Möbius, Y., McGrew, W.C. (2008) The nature of culture: technological variation in chimpanzee predation on army ants revisited. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 48-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.12.002

Schöning, C. (2008) Ant-dipping and the culture question. SWARA 31 (2): 10-13. 

Schöning, C., Moffett, M. (2007) Driver ants invading a termite nest – why do the most catholic predators of all seldom take this abundant prey? Biotropica 39: 663-667. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00296.x

Kronauer, D.J.C., Schöning, C., Vilhelmsen, L., Boomsma, J.J. (2007) A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-56

Schöning, C., Ellis, D., Fowler, A., Sommer, V. (2007) Army ant availability and consumption by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes vellerosus) at Gashaka / Nigeria. Journal of Zoology 271: 125-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00177.x

Schöning, C., Kinuthia, W., Boomsma, J.J. (2006) Does the afrotropical army ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus go extinct in fragmented forests? Journal of East African Natural History 95: 163-179. http://dx.doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317

Kronauer, D.J.C., Schöning, C., Boomsma, J.J. (2006) Male parentage in the army ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus. Molecular Ecology 15: 1147-1151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02850.x

Schöning, C. (2005) Driver ants. SWARA 28 (4): 40-45. 

Schöning, C., Kinuthia, W., Franks, N.R. (2005) Evolution of allometries in the worker caste of Dorylus army ants. Oikos 110: 231-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13672.x

Schöning, C., Njagi, W., Franks, N.R. (2005) Temporal and spatial patterns in the emigrations of the army ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus at Mt Kenya. Ecological Entomology 30: 532-540. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00720.x

Kronauer, D.J.C., Schöning, C., Pedersen, J., Boomsma, J.J., Gadau, J. (2004) Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony-fission in African army ants. Molecular Ecology 13: 2381-2388. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02262.x

Schöning, C., Espadaler, X., Hensen, I., Roces, F. (2004) Seed predation of the tussock grass Stipa tenacissima L. by ants (Messor spp.) in southeastern Spain: the adaptive value of trypanocarpy. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 43-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-1963

Schöning, C., Flieger, M., Pertz, H. (2001) Complex interactions of ergovaline with 5-HT2A, 5-HT1B/1D and alpha1 receptors in isolated arteries of rat and guinea pig. Journal of Animal Science 79: 2202–2209. http://www.journalofanimalscience.org/content/79/8/2202.long