Journal Articles: 1989 - 1981

1988
Smiley JT, Atsatt PR, Pierce NE. Local-Distribution of the Lycaenid Butterfly, Jalmenus-Evagoras, in Response to Host Ants and Plants. Oecologia. 1988;76 :416-422. 1989_pierce.pdf
1987
May RM, Pierce NE. No room for loners. Review of Animal Societies: Theories and Facts, Ito Y, JL Brown and J Kikkawa (eds.), Japan Scientific Societies Press. Nature. 1987;330 :32. 1987_may_and_pierce.pdf
Pierce NE. The remarkable life histories of lycaenid butterflies. Insectarium. 1987;24 :4-11. insectarium.pdf
Pierce NE, Kitching RL, Buckley RC, Taylor MFJ, Benbow KF. The Costs and Benefits of Cooperation between the Australian Lycaenid Butterfly, Jalmenus-Evagoras, and Its Attendant Ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 1987;21 :237-248. 1985_pierce_and_elgar.pdf
1986
Pierce NE, Young WR. Lycaenid Butterflies and Ants - 2-Species Stable Equilibria in Mutualistic, Commensal, and Parasitic Interactions. American Naturalist. 1986;128 :216-227. 1986_pierce_and_young.pdf
Pierce NE, Easteal S. The Selective Advantage of Attendant Ants for the Larvae of a Lycaenid Butterfly, Glaucopsyche-Lygdamus. Journal of Animal Ecology. 1986;55 :451-462. 1986_pierce_and_easteal.pdf
1985
Pierce NE, Elgar MA. The Influence of Ants on Host Plant-Selection by Jalmenus-Evagoras, a Myrmecophilous Lycaenid Butterfly. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 1985;16 :209-222. 1985_pierce_and_elgar.pdf
Pierce NE. Lycaenid Butterflies and Ants - Selection for Nitrogen-Fixing and Other Protein-Rich Food Plants. American Naturalist. 1985;125 :888-895. 1985_pierce.pdf
1981
Pierce NE, Mead PS. Parasitoids as Selective Agents in the Symbiosis between Lycaenid Butterfly Larvae and Ants. Science. 1981;211 :1185-1187. 1981_pierce_and_mead.pdf