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Ambavane, Priyanka A ; More, Nikhil P ; Borges, Renee M. (2021) Exploitation of Strobilanthes ixiocephala (Acanthaceae) flower buds by bees Journal of Pollination Ecology, 26 . ISSN 1920-7603

Gupta, Satyajeet ; Borges, Renee M. ; Dunn, Jenny (2021) Hopping on: Conspecific traveller density within a vehicle regulates parasitic hitchhiking between ephemeral microcosms Journal of Animal Ecology, 90 (4). pp. 899-908. ISSN 0021-8790

Yadav, Pratibha ; Kumble, Anusha L. K. ; Ghara, Mahua ; Bessière, Jean-Marie ; Borges, Renee M. (2021) How to Break into a Microcosm: Localization of Hidden Hosts by Fig Wasp Parasitoids Current Science, 121 (1). p. 141. ISSN 0011-3891

Gupta, Satyajeet ; Kumble, Anusha L. K. ; Dey, Kaveri ; Bessière, Jean-Marie ; Borges, Renee M. (2021) The Scent of Life: Phoretic Nematodes Use Wasp Volatiles and Carbon Dioxide to Choose Functional Vehicles for Dispersal Journal of Chemical Ecology, 47 (2). pp. 139-152. ISSN 0098-0331

Venkateswaran, Vignesh ; Borges, Renee M. (2021) Staying in the club: Exploring criteria governing metacommunity membership for obligate symbionts under host–symbiont feedback Journal of Theoretical Biology, 510 . p. 110512. ISSN 0022-5193

Zachariah, Nikita ; Singh, Saurabh ; Murthy, Tejas G. ; Borges, Renee M. (2020) Bi-layered architecture facilitates high strength and ventilation in nest mounds of fungus-farming termites Scientific Reports, 10 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

Zachariah, Nikita ; Murthy, Tejas G. ; Borges, Renee M. (2020) Moisture alone is sufficient to impart strength but not weathering resistance to termite mound soil Royal Society Open Science, 7 (8). p. 200485. ISSN 2054-5703

Somanathan, Hema ; Krishna, Shivani ; Jos, Elsa M. ; Gowda, Vishwas ; Kelber, Almut ; Borges, Renee M. (2020) Nocturnal Bees Feed on Diurnal Leftovers and Pay the Price of Day – Night Lifestyle Transition Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 . ISSN 2296-701X

Gupta, Satyajeet ; Borges, Renee M. ; Biere, Arjen (2019) Density‐dependent fitness effects stabilize parasitic hitchhiking within a mutualism Functional Ecology, 33 (12). pp. 2304-2315. ISSN 0269-8463

Yadav, Pratibha ; Desireddy, Sathish ; Kasinathan, Srinivasan ; Bessière, Jean-Marie ; Borges, Renee M. (2018) History Matters: Oviposition Resource Acceptance in an Exploiter of a Nursery Pollination Mutualism Journal of Chemical Ecology, 44 (1). pp. 18-28. ISSN 0098-0331

Yadav, Pratibha ; Borges, Renee M. (2018) Host–parasitoid development and survival strategies in a non-pollinating fig wasp community Acta Oecologica, 90 . pp. 60-68. ISSN 1146-609X

Katariya, L. ; Ramesh, P. B. ; Sharma, A. ; Borges, R. M. (2018) Local hypoxia generated by live burial is effective in weed control within termite fungus farms Insectes Sociaux, 65 (4). pp. 561-569. ISSN 0020-1812

Venkateswaran, Vignesh ; Kumble, Anusha L. K. ; Borges, Renee M. (2018) Resource dispersion influences dispersal evolution of highly insulated insect communities Biology Letters, 14 (10). p. 20180111. ISSN 1744-9561

Yadav, Pratibha ; Borges, Renee M. (2018) Why resource history matters: age and oviposition history affect oviposition behaviour in exploiters of a mutualism Ecological Entomology, 43 (4). pp. 473-482. ISSN 0307-6946

Krishnan, Anusha ; Borges, Renee M. (2018) A fig tree in a concrete jungle: fine-scale population genetic structure of the cluster fig Ficus racemosa in an urban environment Urban Ecosystems, 21 (1). pp. 171-181. ISSN 1083-8155

Zachariah, Nikita ; Das, Aritra ; Murthy, Tejas G. ; Borges, Renee M. (2017) Building mud castles: a perspective from brick-laying termites Scientific Reports, 7 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

Chanam, Joyshree ; Borges, Renee M. (2017) Cauline domatia of the ant-plant Humboldtia brunonis (Fabaceae) Flora, 236-23 . pp. 58-66. ISSN 0367-2530

Junker, Robert R. ; Kuppler, Jonas ; Amo, Luisa ; Blande, James D. ; Borges, Renee M. ; van Dam, Nicole M. ; Dicke, Marcel ; Dötterl, Stefan ; Ehlers, Bodil K. ; Etl, Florian ; Gershenzon, Jonathan ; Glinwood, Robert ; Gols, Rieta ; Groot, Astrid T. ; Heil, Martin ; Hoffmeister, Mathias ; Holopainen, Jarmo K. ; Jarau, Stefan ; John, Lena ; Kessler, Andre ; Knudsen, Jette T. ; Kost, Christian ; Larue-Kontic, Anne-Amélie C. ; Leonhardt, Sara Diana ; Lucas-Barbosa, Dani ; Majetic, Cassie J. ; Menzel, Florian ; Parachnowitsch, Amy L. ; Pasquet, Rémy S. ; Poelman, Erik H. ; Raguso, Robert A. ; Ruther, Joachim ; Schiestl, Florian P. ; Schmitt, Thomas ; Tholl, Dorothea ; Unsicker, Sybille B. ; Verhulst, Niels ; Visser, Marcel E. ; Weldegergis, Berhane T. ; Köllner, Tobias G. (2017) Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications New Phytologist, 220 (3). pp. 739-749. ISSN 0028-646X

Katariya, Lakshya ; Ramesh, Priya B. ; Borges, Renee M. (2017) Dynamic environments of fungus-farming termite mounds exert growth-modulating effects on fungal crop parasites Environmental Microbiology, 20 (3). pp. 971-979. ISSN 1462-2912

Katariya, Lakshya ; Ramesh, Priya B. ; Gopalappa, Thejashwini ; Desireddy, Sathish ; Bessière, Jean-Marie ; Borges, Renee M. (2017) Fungus-Farming Termites Selectively Bury Weedy Fungi that Smell Different from Crop Fungi Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43 (10). pp. 986-995. ISSN 0098-0331

Venkateswaran, Vignesh ; Shrivastava, Amitabh ; Kumble, Anusha L. K. ; Borges, Renee M. (2017) Life-history strategy, resource dispersion and phylogenetic associations shape dispersal of a fig wasp community Movement Ecology, 5 (1). ISSN 2051-3933

Katariya, Lakshya ; Ramesh, Priya B. ; Gopalappa, Thejashwini ; Borges, Renee M. (2017) Sex and diversity: The mutualistic and parasitic fungi of a fungus-growing termite differ in genetic diversity and reproductive strategy Fungal Ecology, 26 . pp. 20-27. ISSN 1754-5048

Nieh, James C. ; Somanathan, Hema ; Borges, Renee Maria ; Warrant, Eric J. ; Kelber, Almut (2017) Visual Adaptations for Mate Detection in the Male Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tenuiscapa PLoS One, 12 (1). e0168452. ISSN 1932-6203

Yadav, Pratibha ; Borges, Renee M. (2017) The insect ovipositor as a volatile sensor within a closed microcosm Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (9). pp. 1554-1557. ISSN 0022-0949

Kandasami, Ramesh K. ; Borges, Renee M. ; Murthy, Tejas G. (2016) Effect of biocementation on the strength and stability of termite mounds Environmental Geotechnics, 3 (2). pp. 99-113. ISSN 2051-803X

Bain, A. ; Borges, R. M. ; Chevallier, M. H. ; Vignes, H. ; Kobmoo, N. ; Peng, Y. Q. ; Cruaud, A. ; Rasplus, J. Y. ; Kjellberg, F. ; Hossaert-Mckey, M. (2016) Geographic structuring into vicariant species-pairs in a wide-ranging, high-dispersal plant–insect mutualism: the case of Ficus racemosa and its pollinating wasps Evolutionary Ecology, 30 (4). pp. 663-684. ISSN 0269-7653

Hossaert-McKey, M. ; Proffit, M. ; Soler, C. C. L. ; Chen, C. ; Bessière, J.-M. ; Schatz, B. ; Borges, R. M. (2016) How to be a dioecious fig: Chemical mimicry between sexes matters only when both sexes flower synchronously Scientific Reports, 6 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

Krishnan, Anusha ; Ghara, Mahua ; Kasinathan, Srinivasan ; Pramanik, Gautam Kumar ; Revadi, Santosh ; Borges, Renee M. (2015) Plant reproductive traits mediate tritrophic feedback effects within an obligate brood-site pollination mutualism Oecologia, 179 (3). pp. 797-809. ISSN 0029-8549

Ranganathan, Yuvaraj ; Bessière, Jean-Marie ; Borges, Renee M. (2015) A coat of many scents: Cuticular hydrocarbons in multitrophic interactions of fig wasps with ants Acta Oecologica, 67 . pp. 24-33. ISSN 1146-609X

Chanam, Joyshree ; Kasinathan, Srinivasan ; Pramanik, Gautam K. ; Jagdeesh, Amaraja ; Joshi, Kanchan A. ; Borges, Renee M. (2014) Context dependency of rewards and services in an Indian ant–plant interaction: southern sites favour the mutualism between plants and ants Journal of Tropical Ecology, 30 (3). pp. 219-229. ISSN 0266-4674

Ghara, Mahua ; Ranganathan, Yuvaraj ; Krishnan, Anusha ; Gowda, Vishwas ; Borges, Renee M. (2014) Divvying up an incubator: How parasitic and mutualistic fig wasps use space within their nursery microcosm Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 8 (3). pp. 191-203. ISSN 1872-8855

Krishnan, Anusha ; Joshi, Kanchan Anand ; Abraham, Ambily ; Ayyub, Shreya ; Lahiry, Mohini ; Mukherjee, Ritwika ; Javadekar, Saniya Milind ; Narayan, Vignesh ; Borges, Renee M. (2014) Finding hidden females in a crowd: Mate recognition in fig wasps Acta Oecologica, 57 . pp. 80-87. ISSN 1146-609X

Chanam, Joyshree ; Kasinathan, Srinivasan ; Pramanik, Gautam K. ; Jagdeesh, Amaraja ; Joshi, Kanchan A. ; Borges, Renee M. (2014) Foliar Extrafloral Nectar ofHumboldtia brunonis(Fabaceae), a Paleotropic Ant-plant, is Richer than Phloem Sap and More Attractive than Honeydew Biotropica, 47 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0006-3606

Chen, Xiao-Yong ; Krishnan, Anusha ; Pramanik, Gautam Kumar ; Revadi, Santosh V. ; Venkateswaran, Vignesh ; Borges, Renee M. (2014) High Temperatures Result in Smaller Nurseries which Lower Reproduction of Pollinators and Parasites in a Brood Site Pollination Mutualism PLoS One, 9 (12). e115118. ISSN 1932-6203

Chanam, Joyshree ; Sheshshayee, Madavalam Sreeman ; Kasinathan, Srinivasan ; Jagdeesh, Amaraja ; Joshi, Kanchan A. ; Borges, Renee M. ; Kay, Adam (2014) Nutritional benefits from domatia inhabitants in an ant-plant interaction: interlopers do pay the rent Functional Ecology, 28 (5). pp. 1107-1116. ISSN 0269-8463

Krishnan, Anusha ; Borges, Renee M. ; Bartomeus, Ignasi (2014) Parasites exert conflicting selection pressures to affect reproductive asynchrony of their host plant in an obligate pollination mutualism Journal of Ecology, 102 (5). pp. 1329-1340. ISSN 0022-0477

Shenoy, Megha ; Radhika, Venkatesan ; Satish, Suma ; Borges, Renee M. (2012) Composition of Extrafloral Nectar Influences Interactions between the Myrmecophyte Humboldtia brunonis and its Ant Associates Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38 (1). pp. 88-99. ISSN 0098-0331

Dev, Suma A. ; Kjellberg, Finn ; Hossaert-McKey, Martine ; Borges, Renee M. (2011) Fine-scale population genetic structure of two dioecious Indian keystone species, Ficus hispida and Ficus exasperata (Moraceae) Biotropica, 43 (3). pp. 309-316. ISSN 0006-3606

Borges, Renee M. ; Ranganathan, Yuvaraj ; Krishnan, Anusha ; Ghara, Mahua ; Pramanik, Gautam (2011) When should fig fruit produce volatiles? Pattern in a ripening process Acta Oecologica, 37 (6). pp. 611-618. ISSN 1146-609X

Ranganathan, Y. ; Borges, R. M. (2010) Reducing the babel in plant volatile communication: using the forest to see the trees Plant Biology, 12 (5). pp. 735-742. ISSN 1435-8603

Shenoy, Megha ; Borges, Renee M. (2010) Geographical variation in an ant-plant interaction correlates with domatia occupancy, local ant diversity, and interlopers Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100 (3). pp. 538-551. ISSN 0024-4066

Dev, Suma A. ; Shenoy, Megha ; Borges, Renee M. (2010) Genetic and clonal diversity of the endemic ant-plant Humboldtia brunonis (Fabaceae) in the Western Ghats of India Journal of Biosciences, 35 (2). pp. 267-279. ISSN 0250-5991

Ghara, Mahua ; Borges, Renee M. (2010) Comparative life-history traits in a fig wasp community: implications for community structure Ecological Entomology, 35 (2). pp. 139-148. ISSN 0307-6946

Borges, Renee M. (2009) Phenotypic plasticity and longevity in plants and animals: cause and effect? Journal of Biosciences, 34 (4). pp. 605-611. ISSN 0250-5991

Borges, Renee M. (2009) Of pungency, pain, and naked mole rats: chili peppers revisited Journal of Biosciences, 34 (3). pp. 349-351. ISSN 0250-5991

Ranganathan, Yuvaraj ; Borges, Renee M. (2009) Predatory and trophobiont-tending ants respond differently to fig and fig wasp volatiles Animal Behaviour, 77 (6). pp. 1539-1545. ISSN 0003-3472

Bhaskara, Ramachandra M. ; Brijesh, C. M. ; Ahmed, Saveer ; Borges, Renee M. (2009) Perception of ultraviolet light by crab spiders and its role in selection of hunting sites Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 195 (4). pp. 409-417. ISSN 0340-7594

Somanathan, Hema ; Kelber, Almut ; Borges, Renee M. ; Wallén, Rita ; Warrant, Eric J. (2009) Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees II: adaptations of eyes and ocelli to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 195 (6). pp. 571-583. ISSN 0340-7594

Somanathan, Hema ; Borges, Renee Maria ; Warrant, Eric James ; Kelber, Almut (2008) Nocturnal bees learn landmark colours in starlight Current Biology, 18 (21). R996-R997. ISSN 0960-9822

Borges, R. M. ; Bessiere, J. -M. ; Hossaert-McKey, M. (2008) The chemical ecology of seed dispersal in monoecious and dioecious figs Functional Ecology, 22 (3). pp. 484-493. ISSN 0269-8463

Somanathan, Hema ; Borges, Renee M. ; Warrant, Eric J. ; Kelber, Almut (2008) Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees I: light intensities and flight activity Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 194 (1). pp. 97-107. ISSN 0340-7594

Shenoy, Megha ; Borges, Renee M. (2008) A novel mutualism between an ant-plant and its resident pollinator Naturwissenschaften, 95 (1). pp. 61-65. ISSN 0028-1042

Somanathan, Hema ; Mali, Subhash ; Borges, Renee M. (2007) Arboreal larder-hoarding in the tropical Indian giant squirrel ratufa indica Ecoscience, 14 (2). pp. 165-169. ISSN 1195-6860

Proffit, Magali ; Schatz, Bertrand ; Borges, Renee M. ; Hossaert-Mckey, Martine (2007) Chemical mediation and niche partitioning in non-pollinating fig-wasp communities Journal of Animal Ecology, 76 (2). pp. 296-303. ISSN 0021-8790

Borges, Renee M. ; Ahmed, Saveer ; Veena Prabhu, C. (2007) Male ant-mimicking salticid spiders discriminate between retreat silks of sympatric females: implications for pre-mating reproductive isolation Journal of Insect Behavior, 20 (4). pp. 389-402. ISSN 0892-7553

Borges, Renee M. (2006) Pictures at an exhibition: bees view Van Gogh's sunflowers Journal of Biosciences, 31 (5). pp. 503-505. ISSN 0250-5991

Schatz, Bertrand ; Proffit, Magali ; Rakhi, B. V. ; Borges, Renee M. ; Hossaert-McKey, Martine (2006) Complex interactions on fig trees: ants capturing parasitic wasps as possible indirect mutualists of the fig-fig wasp interaction Oikos, 113 (2). pp. 344-352. ISSN 0030-1299

Guru Prasad, B. R. ; Borges, Renee M. (2006) Searching on patch networks using correlated random walks: space usage and optimal foraging predictions using Markov chain models Journal of Theoretical Biology, 240 (2). pp. 241-249. ISSN 0022-5193

Gaume, Laurence ; Shenoy, Megha ; Zacharias, Merry ; Borges, Renee M. (2006) Co-existence of ants and an arboreal earthworm in a myrmecophyte of the Indian Western Ghats: anti-predation effect of the earthworm mucus Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22 (3). pp. 341-344. ISSN 0266-4674

Borges, Renee M. (2005) Ernst Mayr and evolutionary biology: polemics and synthesis Current Science, 89 (6). pp. 947-954. ISSN 0011-3891

Borges, Renee M. (2005) Do plants and animals differ in phenotypic plasticity? Journal of Biosciences, 30 (1). pp. 41-50. ISSN 0250-5991

Gaume, Laurence ; Zacharias, Merry ; Grosbois, Vladimir ; Borges, Renee M. (2005) The fitness consequences of bearing domatia and having the right ant partner: experiments with protective and non-protective ants in a semi-myrmecophyte Oecologia, 145 (1). pp. 76-86. ISSN 0029-8549

Somanathan, Hema ; Borges, Renee M. ; Srinivasa Chakravarthy, V. (2004) Does neighborhood floral display matter? Fruit set in carpenter bee-pollinated heterophragma quadriloculare and beetle-pollinated lasiosiphon eriocephalus Biotropica, 36 (2). pp. 139-147. ISSN 0006-3606

Borges, Renee M. ; Gowda, Vinita ; Zacharias, Merry (2003) Butterfly pollination and high-contrast visual signals in a low-density distylous plant Oecologia, 136 (4). pp. 571-573. ISSN 0029-8549

Borges, Renee M. (2002) Warring ants: lessons from Lanchester's laws of combat? Journal of Biosciences, 27 (2). pp. 75-78. ISSN 0250-5991

Borges, Renee M. (2001) Why are chillies pungent? Journal of Biosciences, 26 (3). pp. 289-291. ISSN 0250-5991

Borges, Renee M. (2001) Ant and human farmers face similar problems Journal of Biosciences, 26 (2). pp. 121-122. ISSN 0250-5991

Somanathan, Hema ; Borges, Renee M. (2001) Nocturnal pollination by the carpenter bee xylocopa tenuiscapa (Apidae) and the effect of floral display on fruit set of heterophragma quadriloculare (Bignoniaceae) in India Biotropica, 33 (1). pp. 78-89. ISSN 0006-3606

Borges, Renee M. (2000) Feverish honeybees Journal of Biosciences, 25 (3). pp. 215-216. ISSN 0250-5991

Somanathan, Hema ; Borges, Renee M. (2000) Influence of exploitation on population structure, spatial distribution and reproductive success of dioecious species in a fragmented cloud forest in India Biological Conservation, 94 (2). pp. 243-256. ISSN 0006-3207

Saxena, Rajiv K. ; Siddiqui, Saubiya M. ; Borges, Renee M. (1998) CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotides as new generation adjuvants in DNA and protein vaccines Journal of Biosciences, 23 (3). pp. 164-167. ISSN 0250-5991

Borges, Renee M. (1998) Gender in plants: 1. Why do plants change sex? Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 3 (4). pp. 64-71. ISSN 0971-8044

Borges, Renee M. (1998) Gender in plants: 2. More about why and how plants change sex Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 3 (11). pp. 30-39. ISSN 0971-8044

Borges, Renee M. (1990) Sexual and site differences in calcium consumption by the Malabar Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica Oecologia, 85 (1). pp. 80-86. ISSN 0029-8549