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Publications

Peer-reviewed publications:

36. Turza, F., Miler, K. (2023). Small workers are more persistent when providing and requiring help in a monomorphic ant. Scientific Reports 13:21580.

35. Turza, F., Miler, K. (2023). Injury shortens life expectancy in ants and affects some risk-related decisions of workers. Animal Cognition 26:1643-1647.

 

34. Miler, K., Scharf, I. (2023). Behavioral differences between pit-building antlions and wormlions suggest limits to convergent evolution. Integrative Zoology 18:710-719.

33. Miler, K., Scharf, I. (2022). Wind impairs pit trap construction and hunting success in a pit-building predator. Journal of Zoology 317:185-194.

32. Miler, K., Czarnoleski, M. (2022). Heat stress during development makes antlion larvae more responsive to vibrational cues. Current Zoology 68:345-350.

31. Miler, K., Scharf, I. (2022). Operant conditioning in antlion larvae and its impairment following exposure to elevated temperatures. Animal Cognition 25:509-518.

30. Miler, K., Stec, D., Pardyak, L., Kamińska, A., Kuszewska, K. (2022). No increase in alcohol dehydrogenase levels following repeated ethanol exposure in young honeybee workers. Physiological Entomology 47:110-116.

29. Turza, F., Miler, K. (2022). Comparative analysis of experimental testing procedures for the elicitation of rescue actions in ants. Current Zoology 68:159-168.

28. Miler, K., Scharf, I. (2022). Convergent evolution of antlions and wormlions: similarities and differences in the behavioral ecology of unrelated trap-building predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76:12.

27. Miler, K., Turza, F. (2021). “O Sister, Where Art Thou?” – A review on rescue of imperiled individuals in ants. Biology 10:1079.

26. Ostap-Chec, M., Opalek, M., Stec, D., Miler, K. (2021). Discontinued alcohol consumption elicits withdrawal symptoms in honeybees. Biology Letters 17:20210182.

25. Miler, K., Czarnoleski, M. (2021). Past thermal conditions affect hunting behaviour in larval antlions. Royal Society Open Science 8:210163.

24. Miler, K., Opalek, M., Ostap-Chec, M., Stec, D. (2021). Diel rhythmicity of alcohol-induced intoxication in the honeybee workers. Journal of Zoology 314:96-103.

23. Miler, K., Stec, D., Kamińska, A., Pardyak, L., Kuszewska, K. (2021). Alcohol intoxication resistance and alcohol dehydrogenase levels differ between the honeybee castes. Apidologie 52:230-241.

22. Miler, K., Stec, D., Czarnoleski, M. (2020). Heat wave effects on the behavior and life history traits of sedentary antlions. Behavioral Ecology 31:1326-1333.

21. Turza, F., Zuber, G., Bzoma, M., Prus, M., Filipiak, M., Miler, K. (2020). Ants co-occurring with predatory antlions show unsuccessful rescue behavior towards captured nestmates. Journal of Insect Behavior 33:1-6.

20. Peryga, M., Miler, K. (2020). A certain note on the wrestling behavior of Haemadipsa picta leeches. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 66:91-93.

19. Kuszewska, K., Miler, K., Woyciechowski, M. (2019). Rebel honeybee workers preferentially respond to high concentrations of sucrose. Apidologie 50:253-261.

18. Miler, K., Gurgul, A., Peryga, M., Czarnoleski, M. (2019). Larger leeches attack from higher ground: size-dependent preferences for ambush sites in the Bornean terrestrial leech Haemadipsa picta. Journal of Tropical Ecology 35:140-143.

17. Miler, K., Yahya, B.E., Czarnoleski, M. (2019). Substrate moisture, particle size and temperature preferences of trap-building larvae of sympatric antlions and wormlions from the rainforest of Borneo. Ecological Entomology 44:488-493.

16. Kuszewska, K., Miler, K., Rojek, W., Ostap-Chec, M., Woyciechowski, M. (2018). Rebel honeybee workers have a tendency to become intraspecific reproductive parasites. Ecology and Evolution 8:11914-11920.

15. Kuszewska, K., Miler, K., Woyciechowski, M. (2018). Honeybee rebel workers invest less in risky foraging than normal workers. Scientific Reports 8:9459.

14. Miler, K., Kuszewska, K., Privalova, V., Woyciechowski, M. (2018). Honeybees show adaptive reactions to ethanol exposure. Scientific Reports 8:8707.

13. Miler, K., Kuszewska, K., Zuber, G., Woyciechowski, M. (2018). Larval antlions show a cognitive ability/hunting efficiency trade-off connected with the level of behavioural asymmetry. Animal Cognition 21:613-617.

12. Antoł, A., Rojek, W., Miler, K., Czarnoleski, M. (2018). Thermal dependence of trap building in predatory antlion larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Journal of Ethology 36:199-203.

11. Kierat, J., Miler, K., Celary, W., Woyciechowski, M. (2018). Interspecific interactions in solitary Aculeata – is the presence of heterospecifics important for females establishing nests? Bulletin of Entomological Research 108:35-39.

10. Miler, K., Yahya, B.E., Czarnoleski, M. (2018). Different predation efficiencies of trap-building larvae of sympatric antlions and wormlions from the rainforest of Borneo. Ecological Entomology 43:255-262.

9. Miler, K., Symonowicz, B., Godzińska, E.J. (2017). Increased risk proneness or social withdrawal? The effects of shortened life expectancy on the expression of rescue behavior in workers of the ant Formica cinerea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 30:632-644.

8. Miler, K., Yahya, B.E., Czarnoleski, M. (2017). Pro-social behaviour of ants depends on their ecological niche – rescue actions in species from tropical and temperate regions. Behavioural Processes 144:1-4.

7. Kuszewska, K., Miler, K., Rojek, W., Woyciechowski, M. (2017). Honeybee workers with higher reproductive potential live longer lives. Experimental Gerontology 98:8-12.

6. Miler, K., Kuszewska, K. (2017). Secretions of mandibular glands are not involved in the elicitation of rescue behaviour in Formica cinerea ants. Insectes Sociaux 64:303-305.

5. Miler, K., Kuszewska, K., Woyciechowski, M. (2017). Larval antlions with more pronounced behavioural asymmetry show enhanced cognitive skills. Biology Letters 13:20160789.

4. Miler, K., Yahya, B.E., Czarnoleski, M. (2016). Reduced damage and epiphyll cover of leaves of Korthalsia rattans that host Camponotus ants in the rain forest of Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology 32:330-334.

3. Kuszewska, K., Miler, K., Filipiak, M., Woyciechowski, M. (2016). Sedentary antlion larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) use vibrational cues to modify their foraging strategies. Animal Cognition 19:1037-1041.

2. Miler, K. (2016). Moribund ants do not call for help. PLOS ONE 7:e0151925.

1. Plesnar-Bielak, A., Skrzynecka, A.M., Miler, K., Radwan, J. (2014). Selection for alternative male reproductive tactics alters intralocus sexual conflict. Evolution 68:2137-2144.

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