Wilson, E. O. 1976a. The organization of colony defense in the ant Pheidole dentata Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:63-81. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1976b. A social ethogram of the Neotropical arboreal ant Zacryptocerus varians (Fr. Smith). Animal Behavior 24:354-363. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1976c. Behavioral discretization and number of castes in an ant species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:141-154. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1976d. Which are the most prevalent ant genera? Studia Entomologica 19:187-200. PDF

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977a. The number of queens: an important trait in ant evolution. Naturwissenschaften 64:8-15.

Wilson, E. O. 1977a. [Review of: Wheeler, G. C., Wheeler, J. 1976. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 7:1-108.]. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:975.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977b. Weaver ants: social establishment and maintenance of territory. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:900-902.

Wilson, E. O. 1977b ("1976"). The first workerless parasite in the ant genus Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 83:277-281. PDF

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977c. Weaver ants. Scientific American 237(6):146-154.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. The multiple recruitment systems of the African Weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 3:19-60. PDF

Oster, G. F.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. Caste and ecology in the social insects. Princeton: Princeton University Press, xv + 352 pp.

Wilson, E. O. 1978. Division of labor in fire ants based on physical castes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 51:615-636.

Wilson, E. O. 1979. The evolution of caste systems in social insects. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 123:204-210.

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1980. Sex differences in cooperative silk-spinning by weaver ant larvae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 77:2343-2347.

Wilson, E. O. 1981a. Epigenesis and the evolution of social systems. Journal of Heredity 72:70-77.

Wilson, E. O. 1981b. Communal silk-spinning by larvae of Dendromyrmex tree-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 28:182-190.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983a. Queen control in colonies of weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76:235-238.

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983b. The evolution of communal nest-weaving in ants. American Scientist 71:490-499.

Wilson, E. O. 1984a. The relation between caste ratios and division of labor in the ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16:89-98.

Wilson, E. O. 1984b. Tropical social parasites in the ant genus Pheidole, with an analysis of the anatomical parasitic syndrome (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 31:316-334. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1985 ("1984"). Behavior of the cryptobiotic predaceous ant Eurhopalothrix heliscata, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 31:408-428. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Caste-specific techniques of defense in the polymorphic ant Pheidole embolopyx (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 32:3-22.

Wilson, E. O. 1985a. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 1. Two new myrmicine genera and an aberrant Pheidole. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:1-9. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1985b. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 2. The first fossil army ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:11-16. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:17-37. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1985d. The sociogenesis of insect colonies. Science (Washington, D. C.) 228:1489-1495.

Wilson, E. O. 1985e. Invasion and extinction in the West Indian ant fauna: evidence from the Dominican amber. Science (Washington, D. C.) 229:265-267.

Wilson, E. O. 1985f. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:205-216. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1985g. The principles of caste evolution. Fortschritte der Zoologie 31:307-324.

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1986. Ecology and behavior of the Neotropical cryptobiotic ant Basiceros manni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 33:70-84. PDF