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Overview

Graham W. Elmes is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within the biological and environmental sciences, focusing primarily on the study of insects and ecological dynamics.

The scientist's work is categorized within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their research extends into subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Key topics explored include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Among the publications attributed to Graham W. Elmes is a recent paper titled "Ants of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Vietnam, with a description of a new species", published in 2024 in the Internet Archive (Internet Archive). This publication has garnered citations, indicating engagement with the scientific community.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Alexander Radchenko
  • Bui Tuan Viet
  • Winfrith Newburg
  • Hoang Quoc Viet

Graham W. Elmes has published in venues such as:

  • Internet Archive (Internet Archive)

Best Publications

  • Chemical mimicry and host specificity in the butterfly Maculinea rebeli, a social parasite of Myrmica ant colonies

    T. Akino;J. J. Knapp;J. A. Thomas;G. W. Elmes

  • Host specificity among Maculinea butterflies in Myrmica ant nests

    J. A. Thomas;G. W. Elmes;J. C. Wardlaw;M. Woyciechowski

  • The ecology of Myrmica ants in relation to the conservation of Maculinea butterflies

    G.W. Elmes;J.A. Thomas;J.C. Wardlaw;M.E. Hochberg

  • When rare species become endangered: cryptic speciation in myrmecophilous hoverflies

    Karsten Schönrogge;Boyd Barr;Judith C. Wardlaw;Emma Napper

  • Larvae of Maculinea rebeli, a large-blue butterfly, and their Myrmica host ants: wild adoption and behaviour in ant-nests

    G. W. Elmes;J. A. Thomas;J. C. Wardlaw

  • Higher productivity at the cost of increased host‐specificity when Maculinea butterfly larvae exploit ant colonies through trophallaxis rather than by predation

    J. A. Thomas;G. W. Elmes

  • Effects of latitude, altitude and climate on the habitat and conservation of the endangered butterfly Maculinea arion and its Myrmica ant hosts

    J.A. Thomas;D.J. Simcox;J.C. Wardlaw;G.W. Elmes

  • Differences in host-ant specificity between Spanish, Dutch and Swedish populations of an endangered butterfly, Maculinea alcon (Dennis et Schiff.) (Lepidoptera).

    G.W. Elmes;J.A. Thomas;O. Hammarstedt;M.L. Munguira

  • Interspecific differences in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Myrmica ants are sufficiently consistent to explain host specificity by Maculinea (large blue) butterflies

    G. W. Elmes;T. Akino;J. A. Thomas;R. T. Clarke

  • Population dynamic consequences of direct and indirect interactions involving a large blue butterfly and its plant and red ant hosts

    M. E. Hochberg;R. T. Clarke;G. W. Elmes;J. A. Thomas

  • Larvae of Maculinea rebeli, a large-blue butterfly and their Myrmica host ants: patterns of caterpillar growth and survival

    G. W. Elmes;J. C. Wardlaw;J. A. Thomas

  • Polymorphic growth in larvae of the butterfly Maculinea rebeli, a social parasite of Myrmica ant colonies

    J. A. Thomas;G. W. Elmes;J. C. Wardlaw

  • A modelling study of the population dynamics of a large blue butterfly, Maculinea rebeli, a parasite of red ant nests

    Michael E. Hochberg;Jeremy A. Thomas;Graham W. Elmes

  • Polymorphic growth rates in myrmecophilous insects

    K. Schonrogge;J.C. Wardlaw;J.A. Thomas;G.W. Elmes

  • Changes in chemical signature and host specificity from larval retrieval to full social integration in the myrmecophilous butterfly Maculinea rebeli.

    K. Schönrogge;J. C. Wardlaw;A. J. Peters;S. Everett

  • Observations on the Density of Queens in Natural Colonies of Myrmica rubra L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Unknown

  • Population dynamics in the genus Maculinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

    J. A. Thomas;R. T. Clarke;G. W. Elmes;M. E. Hochberg

  • Food–plant niche selection rather than the presence of ant nests explains oviposition patterns in the myrmecophilous butterfly genus Maculinea

    Unknown

  • Extreme host specificity by Microdon mutabilis (Diptera: Syrphiae), a social parasite of ants

    G. W. Elmes;B. Barr;J. A. Thomas;R. T. Clarke

  • The Effects of Spatial Patterns in Habitat Quality on Community Dynamics within a Site

    R. T. Clarke;J. A. Thomas;G. W. Elmes;M. E. Hochberg

  • Basal hatching by Maculinea butterfly eggs: a consequence of advanced myrmecophily?

    J. A. Thomas;M. L. Munguira;J. Martin;G. W. Elmes

  • Specializations and host associations of social parasites of ants.

    J. A. Thomas;K. Schönrogge;G. W. Elmes;M. D. E. Fellowes

Frequent Co-Authors

J. A. Thomas
J. A. Thomas University of Oxford
Ralph T. Clarke
Ralph T. Clarke Bournemouth University
Michael E. Hochberg
Michael E. Hochberg University of Montpellier
Karsten Schönrogge
Karsten Schönrogge Imperial College London
Michal Woyciechowski
Michal Woyciechowski Jagiellonian University
Michael G. Gardner
Michael G. Gardner Flinders University
Thomas Hovestadt
Thomas Hovestadt University of Würzburg
Nicolas Mouquet
Nicolas Mouquet University of Montpellier
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
John A. Pickett
John A. Pickett Cardiff University

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