J. Korb - Publications
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Papers in international Peer-Reviewed Journals (since 2017)
114. Lin S, Pen I, Korb J (2023) Effect of food restriction on survival and reproduction of a termite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36: 542-549
113. Silué KS, Koné NA, Konaté S, Roisin Y, Korb J (2022) Conservation management and termites: a case study from central Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa). Journal of Tropical Ecology 38: 304-311
112. Bernadou A, Kramer BH, Korb J (2021) Major evolutionary transitions in social insects, the importance of worker sterility and life history trade-offs. Front Ecol Evol 9: 732907. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.732907
111. Elsner D, Hartfelder K, Korb J (2021) Molecular underpinnings of division of labour among workers in a socially complex termite. Scientific Reports 11: 18269. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97515-w
110. Casalla R, Scheffrahn RH, Korb J (2021) Rugitermes ursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ZooKeys 1057: 23-36. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1057.65877
109. Monroy Kuhn JM, Meusemann K, Korb J (2021) Disentangling the aging gene expression network of termite queens. BMC Genomics 22: 339. DOI:10.1186/s12864-021-07649-4
108. Lin S, Werle J, Korb J (2021) Transcriptomic analyses of the termite, Cryptotermes secundus, reveal a gene network underlying a long lifespan and high fecundity Communications Biology 4:384. DOI:10.1038/s42003-021-01892-x
107. Korb J, Greiner C, Foget M, Geiler A (2021) How can termites achieve their unparalleled postembryonic developmental plasticity? A test for the role of intermolt-specific high juvenile hormone titers. Front Ecol Evol 9: 619594. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.619594
106. Korb J & Heinze J (2021) Ageing and sociality: why, when, and how does sociality change ageing patterns? Phil Trans R Soc B 376:20190727. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0727
105. Kramer BH, Nehring V, Buttstedt A, Heinze J, Korb J, Libbrecht R, Meusemann K, Paxton RJ, Séguret A, Schaub F, Bernadou A (2021). Oxidative stress and senescence in social insects: a significant but inconsistent link? Phil Trans R Soc B 376:20190732. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0732
104. Korb J, Meusemann K…. (2021) Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the mechanisms underpinning ageing and fecundity in social insects. Phil Trans R Soc B 376: 20190728. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0728. (15 co-authors)
103. Rau V, Korb J (2021) The effect of environmental stress on ageing in a termite species with low social complexity. Phil Trans R Soc B 376: 20190739. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0739
102. Korb J, Silué SK, Koné NA (2020) Can differences in symbiont transmission mode explain the abundance and distribution of fungus-growing termites in West Africa? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 600318. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.600318
101. Meusemann K, Korb J, Schughart M, Staubach F (2020) No evidence for signle-copy immune-gene specific signals of selection in termites. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 26. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00026
100. Cakpo Tossou YT, Sinsin B, Korb J (2020) Diversity of xylophagous beetles and vulnerability of debarked medicinal plants in Southern Benin. African Journal of Ecology 58: 80-91
99. Waidele L, Korb J, Voolstra CR, Dedeine F, Staubach F (2019) Ecological specificity of the metagenome in a set of lower termite species supports contribution of the microbiome to adaptation of the host. Animal Microbiome1: 13. DOI:10.1186/s42523-019-0014-2
98. Kubacka J, Gerlée A, Foucher J, Korb J, Podmokla E (2019) Correlates of blood parasitism in a threatened marshland passerine: infection by kinetoplastids of the genus Trypanosoma is related to landscape metics of habitat edge. Parasitology 146: 1036-1046
97. Casalla R, Korb J (2019) Phylogenetic community structure and niche differentiation in termites of the tropical dry forest of Colombia. Insects 10: 103. DOI: 10.3390/insects10040103
96. Schyra J, Gbenyedji JNKB, Korb J (2019) A comparison of termite assemblages from West African savannah and forest ecosystems using morphological and melecular markers. PLoS One 14:e0216986
95. Schyra J, Korb J (2019) Termite communities along a disturbance gradient in a West African savanna. Insects 10: e17
94. Casalla R, Korb J (2019) Termite diversity in Neotropical dry forests of Colombia and the potential role of rainfall in structuring termite diversity. Biotropica 1-13. DOI: 10.1111/btb.12626
93. Monroy Kuhn JM, Meusemann K, Korb J (2019) Long live the queen, the king and the commoner? Transcript expression differences between old and young in the termite Cryptotermes secundus. PLoS One 14:e0210371
92. Korb J, Kasseney B. D., Cakpo Y. T., Casalla Daza, R. H., Gbenyedji J. N. K. B., Ilboudo M. E., Josens G., Koné N. A., Meusemann K., Ndiaye A. B., Okweche S. I., Poulsen M., Roisin Y., Sankara F. (2019) Termite taxonomy, challenges and prospects: West Africa, a case example. Insects 10: e32
91. Schyra J, Scheu S, Korb J (2019) Cryptic niche differentiation in West African savannah termites as indicated by stable isotopes. Ecological Entomology 44:190-196. DOI: 10.1111/een.12687
90. Elsner D, Meusemann K, Korb J (2018) Longevity and transposon defense, the case of termite reproductives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 115: 5504-5509
89. Schyra J, Hausberger B, Korb J (2018) Phylogenetic community structure of Southern African termites (Isoptera). Sociobiology 65:15-23
88. Korb J (2018) Chemical fertility signaling in termites: idiosyncrasies and commonalities in comparison with ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology 44: 818-826
87. Kremer LPM, Korb J, Bornberg-Bauer E (2018) Reconstructed evolution of insulin receptors in insects reveals duplications in early insects and cockroaches. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol Dev Evol) 330: 305-311
86. Jongepier E, Kemena C, Lopez-Ezquerra A, Belles X, Bornberg-Bauer E, Korb J (2018) Remodeling of the juvenile hormone pathway through caste-biased gene expression and positive selection along a gradient of termite eusociality. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol Dev Evol) 330: 296-304
85. Harrison MC, et al... Korb J*, Bornberg-Bauer E (2018) Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: e 557 * one of three corresponding authors
84. Cakpo Tossou YT, Sinsin B, Korb J (2018) Economical assessment of medicina plants debarked by riparian population of Lokoli swampy forest (Southern Benin). International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies 25: 149-161
83. Waidele L, Korb J, Voolstra CR, Künzel S, Dedeine F, Staubach F (2017) Differential ecological specificity of protist and bacterial microbiomes across a set of termite species. Frontiers in Microbiology 8 :e2518
82. Wild G, Korb J (2017) Evolution of delayed dispersal and subsequent emergence of helping, with implications for cooperative breeding. Journal of Theoretical Biology 427: 53-64
81. Korb J, Belles X (2017) Juvenile hormone and hemimetabolon eusociality: a comparison of cockroaches with termites. Current Opinion in Insect Science 22: 109-116
80. Cakpo YT, Tovissodé C, Biaou C, Toko I, Lougégnoni, Sinsin B, Korb J (2017) Ethnobotanic assessment of debarked medicinal plants in southern Benin: the case of the Lokoli Swampy Forest and Lama Protected Forest. International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Research 3: 3036-3061
Papers in international Peer-Reviewed Journals (2016-2011)
68. Poulsen M et al… Korb J, Aanen DK, Wang J, Boomsma J, Zhang G (2014) Holobiomic division of labor in fungus-farming termites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111: 14500-14505
67. Hoffmann K, Gowin J, Hartfelder K, Korb J (2014) The scent of royalty: a P450 gene signals reproductive status in a social insect. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 2689-2696
66. Terrapon N et al... Korb J*, Zhang G, Liebig L (2014) Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome. Nature Communication 5: e3636. * one of four corresponding authors
65. Korb J (2014) Robots acting locally and building globally. Science 343: 742-743
64. Schmidt A, Jacklyn P, Korb J (2014) ‘Magnetic’ termite mounds: is their unique shape an adaptation to facilitate gas exchange and improve food storage? Insectes Sociaux 61: 41-49
63. Schmidt A, Jacklyn P, Korb J (2013) Isolated in an ocean of grass: low levels of gene flow between termite subpopulations. Molecular Ecology 22: 2096-2105
62. Korb J, Roux EA (2012) Why join a neighbour: fitness consequences of colony fusions in termites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 2161-2170
61. Sridhar H, et al. Canales-Delgadillo J (2012) Positive relationships between association strength and phenotypic similarity characterize the assembly of mixed-species bird flocks worldwide. The American Naturalist 180 (6): 777-790
60. Salewski V, Canales-Delgadillo J, Flade M, Wink M, Korb J (2012) Eleven new microsatellite loci in the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola). Conservation Genetic Resources 4: 279-2825955. Hausberger B, Kimpel D, van Neer A, Korb J (2011) Uncovering cryptic species diversity of a termite community in a West African savanna. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 964-969
53. Abbot, P et al. (137 authors) (2011) Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471 (7339) E1-E4
52. Korb J, Salewski, V (2011) Unearthening old data: Darwin was indeed correct about earthworm behavior. Evolution: Education and Outreach 4: 133-136
Papers in international Peer-Reviewed Journals (2010-2005)
49. Korb J, Foster K R (2010) Ecological competition favours cooperation in termite societies. Ecology Letters 13: 754-760
46. Korb J, Weil T, Hoffmann K, Foster, K R, Rehli, M (2009) A gene necessary for reproductive suppression in Termites. Science 324: 758 (Supporting Online Marterial)
45. Korb J, Hoffmann K, Hartfelder, K (2009) Endocrine signatures underlying plasticity in postembryonic development of a lower termite, Cryptotermes secundus (Kalotermitidae). Evolution & Development 11: 3: 269-277
44. Roux EA, Roux M, Korb J (2009) Selection on defensive traits in a sterile caste – caste evolution, a mechanism to overcome life-history trade-offs? Evolution & Development 11: 80-87
39. Korb J, Hartfelder K (2008) Life history and development - a framework for understanding developmental plasticity in lower termites. Biological Reviews 83: 295-313
38. Korb J (2007) Termites. Current Biology 17: R995-999
37. Korb J (2007) Workers of a drywood termite do not work. Frontiers in Zoology 4: e7
36. Korb J, Heinze J (2007) Dissecting cooperation. Behavioural Processes 76: 78-80
35. Korb J, Schneider K (2007) Does kin structure explain the occurrence of workers in the lower termite Cryptotermes secundus? Evolutionary Ecology 21: 817-828
34. Salewski V, Korb J (2007) New bird records for Benin. Malimbus 29: 42-45.
33. Schmidt AM, Trindl A, Korb J (2007) Isolation and characterization of ten microsatellite loci in the magnetic termite Amitermes meridionalis (Isoptera: Termitidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 1045-1047
32. Weil T, Rehli M, Korb J (2007) Molecular basis for the reproductive division of labour in a lower termite. BMC Genomics 8: 198
31. Korb J (2006) Limited food induces nepotism in drywood termites. Biology Letters 2: 364-366
30. Korb J, Fuchs A (2006) Termites and mites – adaptive behavioural responses to infestation? Behaviour 143: 891-907
Papers in international Peer-Reviewed Journals (2004-1997)
28. Korb J, Katrantzis S (2004) Influence of environmental conditions on the expression of the sexual dispersal phenotype in a lower termite: Implications for the evolution of workers in termites. Evolution & Development 6: 342-352
27. Korb J, Heinze J (2004) Multilevel selection and social evolution of insect societies. Naturwissenschaften 91: 291-304
26. Korb J, Lenz M (2004) Reproductive decision-making in the termite Cryptotermes secundus (Kalotermitidae) under variable food conditions. Behavioral Ecology 15: 390-395
25. Korb J, Schmidinger S (2004) Help or reproduce? The influence of food availability on kin-based altruism in the drywood termite Cryptotermes secundus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 89-95
24. Roux EA, Korb J (2004) Evolution of eusociality and the soldier caste in termites: a validation of the intrinsic benefit hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 6: 342-352
23. Fuchs A, Schreyer A, Feuerbach S, Korb J (2004) A new technique for termite monitoring using computer tomography and endoscopy. International Journal of Pest Management 50: 63-66
22. Korb J (2003) Thermoregulation and ventilation of termite mounds. Naturwissenschaften 90: 212-219
21. Korb J (2003) The shape of compass termite mounds and its biological significance. Insectes Sociaux 50: 218-221
20. Korb J, Aanen DK (2003) The evolution of uniparental transmission of fungus-growing termites (Macrotermitinae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53: 65-71
19. Korb J, Roux E, Lenz M (2003) Proximate factors influencing soldier development in the basal termite Cryptotermes secundus. Insectes Sociaux 50: 299-303
18. Fuchs A, Heinze J, Reber-Funk C, Korb J (2003) Isolation and characterisation of six microsatellite loci in the drywood termite Cryptotermes secundus (Kalotermitidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 3: 355-357
17. Krell F-T, Korb J, Walter P (2003) The beetle fauna of hyaena latrines: coprocenoses consisting of necrophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Trogidae, Scarabaeidae). Tropical Zoology 16: 145-152
16. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (2002) Evaluation of predation risk in the collectively foraging termite Macrotermes bellicosus. Insectes Sociaux 49: 264-269
15. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (2001) The causes of spatial patterning of mounds of a fungus-cultivating termite: results from nearest-neighbour analysis and ecological studies. Oecologia 127: 324-333
14. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (2001) Resource availability and distribution patterns, indicators of competition between Macrotermes bellicosus and other macro-detritivores in the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. African Journal of Ecology 39: 257-265
13. Korb J (2001) Kathedralen in der Savanne: Termiten und ihre Nester. In: Nestwerk: Architektur und Lebewesen (eds. P.-R. Becker & H. Braun), Isensee, Oldenburg, pp. 122-129
12. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (2000) Ventilation of termite mounds: new results require a new model. Behavioral Ecology 11: 486-494
11. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (2000) Thermoregulation of termite mounds: what role does ambient temperature and metabolism of the colony play? Insectes Sociaux 47: 357-363
10. Korb J, Salewski V (2000) Predation on swarming termites by birds. African Journal of Ecology 38: 173-174
9. Korb J (2000) Methods to study elusive spotted hyenas in the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. Hyaena Specialist Group Newsletter IUCN 7: 3-12
8. Salewski V, Göken F, Korb J, Schmidt S (2000) Has the White-necked Picathartes (Picathartes gymnocephalus) still a chance in Lamto, Ivory Coast? Bird Conservation International 10: 41-46
7. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (1999) The architecture of termite mounds, a result of a trade-off between thermoregulation and gas exchange? Behavioral Ecology 10: 312-316
6. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (1999) Reproductive success of Macrotermes bellicosus (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) in two neighbouring habitats. Oecologia 118: 183-191
3. Korb J, Linsenmair KE (1998) The effects of temperature on the architecture and distribution of Macrotermes bellicosus (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae) mounds in different habitats of a West African Guinea savanna. Insectes Sociaux 45: 51-65
2. Salewski V, Korb J (1998) New bird records from Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast. Malimbus 20: 54-55
1. Grabow K, Korb J, Martens A, Rödel M-O (1997) The use of termite mounds by the dragonfly Crocothemis divisa Karsch 1898 during the pre-reproductive period (Odonata, Libellulidae). Tropical Zoology 10: 1-10
Books and Book Chapters
Korb J (2020) Termites. In: Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_126-1
Heinze J, Korb J, Kramer B (2020) Aging in social insects. In: Encyclopedia of Social Insects (eds. C Starr), Springer, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_3-2
Korb J (2019) Social evolution in termites. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior Vol.4 (ed. JC Choe), Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 609-616
Korb J, Thorne B (2017) Sociality in termites. In: Comparative Social Evolution (eds. DR Rubenstein, P Abbot) Cambridge University Press, pp. 124-152
Korb J (2011) Termite mound architecture, from function to construction. In: Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis (eds. D E Bignell, Y Roisin, N Lo), Springer Press, Heidelberg, pp. 349-374
Roisin, Y, Korb J (2011) Social organisation and the status of workers in termites. In: Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis (eds. D E Bignell, Y Roisin, N Lo), Springer Press, Heidelberg, pp. 133-164
Korb J (2010) Invertebrate social behaviour: Social evolution in termites. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ed. M. Breed/J. Moore), Elsevier, Oxford: 394-400
Korb J (2010) Social insects, major evolutionary transitions and multilevel selection. (ca. 15MB) In: Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms (ed. P. Kappeler), Springer Press, Heidelberg, pp. 179-211
Korb J (2009) Termites: An Alternative Road to Eusociality and the Importance of Group Benefits in Social Insects. In: Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity (eds. J. Gadau & J. Fewell), Harvard University Press, pp. 128-147
Korb J, Heinze J (2008) Ecology of Social Evolution. Edited book, Springer Press, Heidelberg
Korb J (2008) The ecology of social evolution in termites. In: Ecology of Social Evolution (eds. J. Korb & J. Heinze), Springer Press, Heidelberg, pp. 151-174
Korb J, Heinze J (2008) The ecology of social life: A synthesis. In: Ecology of Social Evolution (eds. J. Korb & J. Heinze), Springer Press, Heidelberg, pp.245-259
Korb J (2001) Kathedralen in der Savanne: Termiten und ihre Nester. In: Nestwerk: Architektur und Lebewesen (eds. P.-R. Becker & H. Braun), Isensee, Oldenburg, pp. 122-129
Korb J (1997) Lokale und regionale Verteilung von Macrotermes bellicosus (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae): Stochastik oder Deterministik? Wissenschaft & Technik Verlag, Berlin. 158 pp
Other Publications (selection, without conference papers)
Korb J (2014) Sozialverhalten bei Termiten. Rundgespräche der Kommission für Ökologie: Soziale Insekten in einer sich wandelnden Welt 43: 31- 38
Hirschfelder H-J, Salewski V, Nerb W, Korb J (2011) Schnelle Ausbreitung einer Schwarzmeerform der Gemeinen Kahnschnecke Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus 1758) in der bayerischen Donau. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 85: 1-10
Korb J (2008) Evolution von Kooperation: Termiten, die anderen sozialen Insekten. Jahrbuch der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
Korb J (2007) ‚Careers‘ in the termite colony‘. German Research (DFG) 24-28.