Books:
- Applied Myrmecology: A World Perspective. Editores: Robert K. Vander Meer,
Klaus Jaffe and Aragua Cedeno. Westview Press, Bolder, USA, 1990, 741 pp.
- Guia al Mundo de las Hormigas. Equinoccio, USB, Caracas, 1993. ISBN
980-237-058-4
- Flávio Henrique
Caetano, Klaus Jaffé & Fernando José Zara. Formigas: Biologia e Anatomia. Rio Claro,
2002, 131pp.
- José Vicente
Hernández y Klaus Jaffe: Los Bachacos: Biología, manejo y control. 2002
Papers:
160- Leaf-cutter
ant species (Hymenoptera: Atta)
differ in the types of cues used to differentiate between self and others. Animal Behavior (in press). José V.
Hernández, W. Goitía, A. Osio, A. Cabrera, H. Lopez, C. Sainz And K. Jaffe
150- CABRERA A., WILLIAMS D., HERNANDEZ JV., CAETANO
FH. and JAFFE K. Metapleural and post-pharyngeal gland secretions from workers
of the ants Solenopsis invicta and S. geminata. Chemistry &
Biodiversity 1: 303-311, 2004.
147-
ZARA, F.J.., F.H. CAETANO, A.C.G.
CABRERA & K. JAFFE. Ultrastructure of last larval instar fat body cells of Pachycondyla
(=Neoponera) villosa (Formicidae: Ponerinae): cytochemical and chemical
analysis. Animal Biology, 53: 1-16, 2003
144- JAFFE, K., J. V. HERNANDEZ, W. GOITÍA, A. OSIO,
F. OSBORN, H. CERDA, A. ARAB, J. RINCONES, R. GAJARDO, L. CARABALLO, C. ANDARA,
H. LOPEZ. Flower ecology in the neotropics: a flower-ant love-hate
relationship. In: Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics
and Resource Use in the Canopy. Edited by Yves Basset, Vojtech
Novotny, Scott Miller and Roger Kitching, Cambridge University Press, 2003 pp. 213-219.
140-
Zara, F., A. Cabrera, K. Jaffé & F.
Caetano. Chemical analyses of different larval instars and tissues of Pachycondyla
(Neoponera) villosa (Formicidae: Ponerinae). Sociobiology 39: 89-101,
2002.
138- HERNANDEZ J.V., LOPEZ H and JAFFE K. Nestmate
recognition signals of the ant Atta
laevigata. J Insect Physiol. 48: 287-295, 2001
136- JAFFE K, CAETANO, FH, SANCHEZ P,
HERNANDEZ JV, RINCONES J, CARABALLO L. Sensitivity of colonies and individuals
of Cephalotes ants to antibiotics imply a feeding symbiosis with gut
microorganisms. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:6, 2001
132- BLÜTHGEN N., M. VERHAAGH, W. GOITÍA, K. JAFFÉ, W.
MORAWETZ, W. BARTHLOTT. How plants shape the ant community in the Amazonian
rainforest canopy: the role of extrafloral nectaries and homopteran honeydew. Oecologia: 125: 229-240, 2000
130-
ZANETTI R, JAFFE K, VILELA, E. ZANUNCIO J y LEITE H. Efeito da densidade e do
tamanho de sauveiros sobre a producao de madeira em eucaliptus. An. Soc. Entomol. Brasil 29:
105-112. 2000
126- HERNANDEZ J.V., CABRERA A. and JAFFE K. Mandibular
gland secretion in different castes of the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata. J.
Chem Ecol 25: 2433-2444, 1999
122- HERNANDEZ J.V. RAMOS C. BORJAS M. y JAFFE K.
Growth of Atta laevigata nests in pine plantations. Florida Entomol. 82:
97-103, 1999
121- OSBORN F., GOITIA W., CABRERA M., and JAFFE K.
Ants, plants and butterflies as bioindicators: a comparative study of different
strata in neotropical forests. Studies of Neotropical Fauna & Environment
34: 59-64, 1999.
120- CABRERA M., JAFFE K., GOITIA W., and OSBORN F.
Recovery of disturbed ecosystems as monitored by ant and vegetation diversity
in forests and surrounding savannas of Venezuela. Studies of Neotropical Fauna
& Environment 33: 85-92, 1998
117- MAYHE A and JAFFE K, On the biogeography of the
Attini. Ecotropicos 11: 1998
110-
MIRAS,B., ISSA, S. and JAFFE K. Diseño y evaluación de trampas para la captura
de Neoleucinodes elegantalis cebadas con hembras virgenes. Agron. Tropical 47: 315-330, 1997
99- CABRERA M. and JAFFE K. Mutualism between
myrmecophytic melastomes and their ant inhabitants: a trophic interaction
between Tococa guianensis and an Azteca species. Ecotropicos 7: 1-10,
1994 (publicado en 1996).
98- WHITEHOUSE M and JAFFE K: The ant wars: Combat
strategies, territoriality and nest defense in the leaf-cutting ant Atta
laevigata. Animal Behaviour 51: 1207-1217, 1996 (Included in the annual supplement
of the Encyclopedia Britannica 1997)
97- FONK C and JAFFE K: On the energetic cost of
sociality. Phys. Behav. 59: 713-719, 1996.
95- HERNANDEZ J.V. and , CAETANO F.H. Characterization
of the mandible and mandibular glands in different castes of the leaf-cutting
ant Atta laevigata using scanning electron microscopy. Bol. Ent. Ven. 10: 51-56, 1995.
92-
HERNANDES J.V. y JAFFE K. Manejo de plagas de hormigas Atta en plantaciones
de pino caribe. Ann. Soc. Bras. Ent. 24: 287-298, 1995
90- JAFFE K, RAMOS C and ISSA S. Trophic interactions
between ants and termites that share a common nest. Ann Entomol Soc Amer. 88:
328-333, 1995
89- WHITEHOUSE M and JAFFE K: Nestmate recognition in
the leaf- cutting ant Atta laevigata. Insectes Sociaux, 42: 157-166, 1995
88-
GOITIA W, BOSQUE C and JAFFE K. Interacción polinizador - hormiga en cacao. Turrialba, 42: 178-186, 1992
(publicado en 1995)
87- JAFFE K, BLUM M., FALES, HM, MASON RT and CABRERA A.
On insect attractants from pitcher plants of the genus Heliamphora
(Sarraceniaceae). J. Chem
Ecol. 21: 379-384, 1995
85- RAMOS C., JAFFE K. y
HERNANDEZ J.V. Distribución espacial de colonias de Atta laevigata en
plantaciones adultas de Pino Caribe. Bol. Tec. Idefor 8: 32-36, 1994
83- JAFFE K and FONCK C. Energetics of social phenomena:
Physics applied to evolutionary biology. Il Nuovo Cimiento D. 16(6): 543-553,
1994
81- JAFFE K and LATTKE J. Ant fauna of the French and
Venezuelan Islands in the Caribbean. In: Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact and
Control of Introduced Species; D.F. Williams Ed., Westview Press, 1994, pp
181-190.
79- JAFFE K, LATTKE, J. and PEREZ R. : Ants on the
tepuys of the Guiana shield: a zoogeographic study. Ecotropicos, 6: 22-29, 1993
75- JAFFE K and HEBLIN-BERALDO M.J. Oxygen consumption
and the evolution of order: Negentropy criteria applied to the evolution of
ants. Experientia 49, 587-592, 1993
74- JAFFE K. Surfing ants. Florida
Entomologist, 76, 182-188, 1993.
69- PAVIS C, MALOSSE C, DUCROT PH,
HOWSE PE, JAFFE K, DESCOINS C: Defensive secretion of first-instar larvae of
rootstalk borer weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus L (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae), to the fire-ant Solenopsis geminata (F.) (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae). J. Chem. Ecol., 18, 2055-2068, 1992.
68- JAFFE, K, MICHELANGELI F.,
GONZALEZ J.M., MIRAS B and RUIZ M.C. 1992. Carnivory in pitcher plants of the
genus Heliamphopra (Sarraceniaceae). New Phytologist. 122, 733-744, 1992.
67- JAFFE K and DENEBOURG, J.L.: On foraging,
recruitment systems and optimum number of scouts in ants. Insect Sociaux, 39,
201-213, 1992.
65- SALZEMAN A, NAGNAN P, TELLIER F, JAFFE K:
Leaf-cutting ant Atta laevigata marks its territory with colony-specific
Dufours gland secretion. J. Chem. Ecol. 18, 183-196, 1992.
63- JAFFE K and DELASCIO F.: Plant-social insect communities
in a hylean savannah; a non-specific interaction. Ecotropicos, 4, 60-67, 1991
62- JAFFE K, MAULEON H and KERMARREC A. Qualitative evaluation of ants as
biological control agents with special reference to predators on Diaprepes
spp (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on citrus groves in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Rencontres Caraibes en lutte biologique,
C. Pavis & A. Kermarrec Ed, INRA, Paris, 1991, pp 405-416.
60- SALZEMANN
A y JAFFE K: Polyethisme et defense de la societe chez la fourmi
champignonniste Atta laevigata. Insectes Sociaux 38, 149-159, 1991
59- GONZALEZ
J, JAFFE K. y MICHELLANGELI F: Competition for prey between the carnivorous
Bromeliaceae Brochinia reducta and Sarraceneacea Heliamphora heterodoxa.
Biotropica 23, 177-184, 1991
58-
JAFFE K, ALVAREZ M I & COLMENARES O: On the communication systems of the
Dolichorinae ants Azteca foreli (Emery) and Conomyrma sp. Bol Entomol
Ven N.S. 5, 162-178, 1990.
57- JAFFE, K. MAULEON, H. and KERMARREC, A: Predatory
ants of Diaprepes spp in citrus groves in Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Florida Entomol. 73(4), 684-687, 1990
56- GUAJARA M.S., VILELA E.F. & JAFFE K: Orientation
in the ant Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans. Applied Myrmecology,
Vander Meer, Jaffe & Cedeno; Editores, Westview Press, 1990, pp 367-372
55- SALZEMANN A & JAFFE K : Territorial ecology of
the leaf- cutting ant Atta laevigata. Applied Myrmecology, Vander Meer,
Jaffe & Cedeno; Editores, Westview Press, 1990, pp 345-354.
54- JAFFE K, RAMOS C, LAGALLA C & PARRA L:
Orientation cues used by ants. Insectes Sociaux 37, 101-115, 1990
53- SALZEMAN A y JAFFE K: On the territorial behaviour
of field colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Atta laevigata. J. Insect Physiol.
36, 133-138, 1990
47- ROMERO, H. and JAFFE, K.: On methods for sampling of
Formicidae in savannahs. Biotropica 21, 348-352, 1989
46- JAFFE K & PINO E: Chemical communication among
workers of the ant Crematogaster sumichrasti. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 33,
149-156, 1989.
45- JAFFE, K. and VILELA, E: On nest densities of the
leaf- cutting ant Atta cephalotes in a tropical rain forest. Biotropica
21, 234-237, 1989
44- JAFFE, K. PAVIS, C. VANSUYT, H. and KERMARREC. A:
extrafloral nectaries on flowers of the orchid Spathoglottis plicata
Blume. Biotropica, 21,
278-279, 1989
42- NACCARATA
V. y JAFFE K: Diseño de cebos tóxicos para bachacos Atta spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bol.
Entomol. Venezolano N.S. 5, 81-88, 1989
41- JAFFE, K. and PEREZ, E. : A comparative study of
brain morphology in ants. Brain Behav. Evol., 33, 25-33, 1989
40- HERZOG, H., MULLER, M.C., GRANIER, M., LATTKE, J. Y
JAFFE K.: Etnomirmecologia Yanomami. Acta Terramaris, 1, 66-70, 1989
39- JAFFE K & MULLER, M.C.: Etnomirmecologia
Yecuana. Acta Terramaris, 1, 60-65,
1989
38- JAFFE, K. ROMERO, H and LATTKE, J.
Mirmecofauna de los tepuies Marahuaka y Huachamakare en el Territorio Federal
Amazonas, Venezuela. Acta
Terramaris, 1, 45-48, 1989
36- JAFFE K & MARQUEZ M: On agonistic behaviour
among workers of the Ponerinae ant Ectatomma ruidum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Insectes Sociaux, 34, 87-95,
1987
35-
VILELA E., JAFFE K. Y LUCIA T.: A linguagem dos odores. Ciencia Hoje(35), 26-31, 1987.
34-JAFFE K.: Learning abilities of ants and complexity
of social systems. In: Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects; Eder J and
Rembold H Eds., Verlag J. Peperny, Munchen, pp 134-135, 1987.
32-JAFFE K, Evolution of territorial behaviour and nest-mate
recognition systems in ants. Experientia suppl. Vol. 54. Behaviour in Social
Insects, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, p. 295-311, 1987
30-VILELA E, JAFFE K & HOWSE P
E: Orientation in leaf-cutting ants. Animal Behaviour. 35, 1443-1453, 1987.
29-JAFFE K.:
Evolución del comportamiento agonistico y de territorialidad en hormigas. Anais do VII Encontro de
Myrmecologia do Estado de Sao Paulo. F.H. Caetano Ed. Rio Claro, UNESP, p. 1-23, 1986.
28-JAFFE K,
SANCHEZ P & TABLANTE A.: Ecología de Formicidae en plantaciones de Theobroma
cacao en Barlovento, Venezuela. Revista Theobroma, 16(3),189-197, 1986.
27-JAFFE K, ARAGORT W & LOPEZ M E: On the
communication systems in the ants Pseudomyrmex termitarius and P.
triplarinus. Insectes Sociaux 33, 105-117, 1986.
26-JAFFE K: Control of Atta and Acromyrmex
spp in pine tree plantations in the Venezuelan llanos. Fire Ant and
Leaf-Cutting Ants; Biology and Management Vander Meer & Lofgreen Ed.,
Westview Press, Boulder Colorado, 1986, p 409-416
25-JAFFE K: Nestmate recognition and territorial marking
in Solenopsis geminata and in some Attini. Fire Ant and Leaf-Cutting
Ants; Biology and Management Vander Meer & Lofgren Ed., Westview Press,
Boulder, Colorado, 1986 p 211-222.
24-JAFFE K & NAVARRO J.G:
Comunicacion quimica entre obreras de la hormiga cortadora de pasto Acromyrmex
landolti Forel 1884. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 28, 351-362, 1985
23-NAVARRO J G & JAFFE K: On the adaptive value of nest features of the
grass cutting ant Acromyrmex landolti. Biotropica, 17, 347-348, 1985
22-JAFFE K & VILLEGAS G: On the communication
systems of the fungus growing ant Trachymyrmex urichi. Insectes Sociaux,
32, 257-274, 1985
21-JAFFE K, VILLEGAS G, COLMENARES O, PUCHE H, ZABALA N,
ALVAREZ M, NAVARRO J G & PINO E: Two different decision making systems in
recruitment to food in ant societies. Behaviour, 92, 9-21, 1985.
20-JAFFE K:
Evolución de los sistemas de comunicación química en hormigas. Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 61:
189-203, 1984.
17-JAFFE K & SANCHEZ C: On the nestmate recognition
system and territorial marking behaviour in the ant Camponotus rufipes. Insectes Sociaux, 31, 302-315, 1984.
16-JAFFE K
& SANCHEZ C: Comportamiento alimentario y sistema de reclutamiento en la
hormiga Camponotus rufipes. Acta Cientifica Venezolana, 35, 270-277, 1984
15-JAFFE K & PUCHE C: Colony specific territorial
marking with the metapleural gland secretion in the ant Solenopsis geminata (Fabr).
Journal of Insect Physiology, 30, 265-270, 1984
14-JAFFE K: Negentropy and the evolution of chemical
recruitment in ants. Journal of theoretical Biology, 106, 587-604, 1984
13-JAFFE K & MARCUSE M: Nestmate recognition and
territorial behaviour in the ant Odontomachus bauri Emery (Formicinae:
Ponerinae). Insectes Sociaux, 30, 466-481, 1983
12-JAFFE K: Chemical communication systems in the ant Atta
cephalotes. Social Insects in the Tropics, Jaisson Ed., Univ. Paris Nord,
Vol 2, 165-180, 1983.
11-JAFFE K:
La evolución del comportamiento social en hormigas. Atlantida (USB, Caracas),
22, 29-31, 1983
10-GONCALVES
C R & JAFFE K: Acromyrmex subterraneus Forel 1893 y A. coronatus
(Fabricius 18O4), hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nuevas para Venezuela. Boletin de Entomologia de Venezuela,
N.S.,2, 56, 1982
6-JAFFE K: A theoretical analysis of the communication
system for chemical mass recruitment in ants. Journal of Theoretical Biology,
84, 589-6O9, 198O
5-JAFFE K, BAZIRE-BENAZET M & HOWSE P E: An
integumentary pheromone secreting gland in Atta sp. Territorial marking
with a colony specific pheromone in Atta cephalotes. Journal of Insect
Physiology, 25, 833-839, 1979
2-JAFFE K & HOWSE P E: The mass recruitment system of
the leaf- cutting ant Atta cephalotes. Animal Behaviour, 27, 930-939,
1979