G. W. Elmes

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

Toshiharu Akino, Jennifer J. Knapp, Jeremy A. Thomas et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1999 · 277 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17

Host specificity among Maculinea butterflies in Myrmica ant nests

Jeremy A. Thomas, G. W. Elmes, J. C. Wardlaw et al. · Oecologia · 1989 · 225 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +13

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

G. W. Elmes, Jeremy A. Thomas, J. C. Wardlaw et al. · Journal of Insect Conservation · 1998 · 172 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +13

Larvae of <i>Maculinea rebeli</i>, a large‐blue butterfly, and their <i>Myrmica</i> host ants: wild adoption and behaviour in ant‐nests

G. W. Elmes, Jeremy A. Thomas, J. C. Wardlaw · Journal of Zoology · 1991 · 114 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +13

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

Jeremy A. Thomas, G. W. Elmes · Ecological Entomology · 1998 · 113 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +17