Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Schödl, S.; Espadaler, X.; Seifert, B.; Christian, E.; Stauffer, C. 2004. Phylogeny and bionomics of Lasius austriacus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 51:24-29.

Arthofer, W.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Konrad, H.; Espadaler, X.; Stauffer, C. 2005. Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the study of habitat fragmentation in the harvester ant Messor structor. Conservation Genetics 6:859-861. PDF

Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Sanetra, M.; Heller, G.; Stauffer, C.; Christian, E.; Seifert, B. 2005. Queen size dimorphism in the ant Tetramorium moravicum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): morphometric, molecular genetic and experimental evidence. Insectes Sociaux 52:186-193. PDF

Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Sanetra, M.; Ljubomirov, T.; Antonova, V.; Christian, E.; Stauffer, C. 2005. Towards DNA-aided biogeography: an example from Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 42:23-35. PDF

Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Trager, J. C.; Moder, K.; Sanetra, M.; Christian, E.; Stauffer, C. 2006. Tetramorium tsushimae, a new invasive ant in North America. Biological Invasions 8:117-123. PDF

Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Moder, K.; Seifert, B.; Sanetra, M.; Dyreson, E.; Stauffer, C.; Christian, E. 2006. A multidisciplinary approach reveals cryptic diversity in western Palearctic Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:259-273. PDF

Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Konrad, H.; Moder, K.; Christian, E.; Seifert, B.; Crozier, R. H.; Stauffer, C.; Buschinger, A. 2006a. No sympatric speciation here: multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:777-787. PDF

Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Konrad, H.; Moder, K.; Christian, E.; Seifert, B.; Crozier, R. H.; Stauffer, C.; Buschinger, A. 2006b. Erratum - No sympatric speciation here: multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:1006-1006. PDF

Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Sanetra, B. S.; Christian, E.; Stauffer, C. 2007. Lineage specific evolution of an alternative social strategy in Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91:247-255.

Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Seifert, B.; Stauffer, C.; Christian, E.; Crozier, R. H.; Steiner, F. M. 2007. Without morphology, cryptic species stay in taxonomic crypsis following discovery. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:391-392. PDF

Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Konrad, H.; Seifert, B.; Christian, E.; Moder, K.; Stauffer, C.; Crozier, R. H. 2008. Specificity and transmission mosaic of ant nest-wall fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105:940-943. PDF

Maruyama, M.; Steiner, F. M.; Stauffer, C.; Akino, T.; Crozier, R. H.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2008. A DNA and morphology based phylogenetic framework of the ant genus Lasius with hypotheses for the evolution of social parasitism and fungiculture. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:237. 10.1186/1471-2148-8-237 PDF

Cremer, S.; Ugelvig, L. V.; Drijfhout, F. P.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Seifert, B.; Hughes, D. P.; Schulz, A.; Petersen, K. S.; Konrad, H.; Stauffer, C.; Kiran, K.; Espadaler, X.; d'Ettorre, P.; Aktaç, N.; Eilenberg, J.; Jones, G. R.; Nash, D. R.; Pedersen, J. S.; Boomsma, J. J. 2008. The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS ONE 3(12):e3838. 10.1371/journal.pone.0003838 PDF

Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Seifert, B.; Stauffer, C.; Christian, E.; Crozier, R. H. 2010. Integrative taxonomy: A multisource approach to exploring biodiversity. Annual Review of Entomology 55:421-438. PDF

Steiner, F. M.; Seifert, B.; Grasso, D. A.; Le Moli, F.; Arthofer, W.; Stauffer, C.; Crozier, R. H.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2011. Mixed colonies and hybridisation of Messor harvester ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11:107-134. PDF

Steiner, F. M.; Csősz, S.; Markó, B.; Gamisch, A.; Rinnhofer, L.; Folterbauer, C.; Hammerle, S.; Stauffer, C.; Arthofer, W.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127:387-404. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005 PDF