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Dr. Mag. Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner
Date and place of Birth:
- 28 April 1975, Vienna - Austria
- School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville
- School of Marine and Tropical Biology
James Cook University
Townsville
Queensland 4811
Australia
- Australia
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- Conservation and invasion biology, Ecology and evolution of symbioses, Phylogeny and phylogeography, Population genetics, Social organisation, Systematics and taxonomy
- Austria, Australia
- Predators and microsporidia transmission in forest insects (principal investigator: G. Hoch, 2008 -);
Molecular, morphological and ecological characterisation of the alpine ant, Tetramorium sp.A (2007 -);
Identification of cuticular hydrocarbons encoding nestmate recognition in ants (2007 -); Evolutionary history of promiscuous Chthonolasius ants (2006 -);
Genetic paradox of invasions (2006 -);
Molecular phylogeny of the ant genus Lasius (principal investigator: M. Maruyama, 2005 -);
Nutritional ecology of Central European ants (2005 -);
Population genetics, phylogenetics, and morphometry to trace hybridisation patterns in harvester ants (2005 -);
Molecular and morphological reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the ant genus Tetramorium (2004 -);
Phylogeny, phylogeography and systematics of the ant genus Messor (2004 -);
Evolution of hypersociality in the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus (principal investigator: S. Cremer, 2003 -);
Effects of habitat fragmentation (2003 -)
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Qian Z-Q, Crozier YC, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Crozier RH (in press) Characterization of expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite loci in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Conservation Genetics.
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Seifert B (in press) Morphology-based taxonomy is essential to link molecular research to nomenclature. Contributions to Natural History
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Pautasso M (2008) Ants and people: a test of two mechanisms potentially responsible for the large-scale human population-biodiversity correlation for Formicidae in Europe. Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01968.x
Maruyama M, Steiner FM, Akino T, Crozier RH, Schlick-Steiner BC (2008) A DNA and morphology based phylogenetic framework of the ant genus Lasius with hypotheses for the evolution of social parasitism and fungiculture. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:237
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Konrad H, Seifert B, Christian E, Moder K, Stauffer C, Crozier RH (2008) Specificity and transmission mosaic of ant nest wall fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105:941-944
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, VanDerWal JJ, Reuther K, Christian E, Stauffer C, Suarez AV, Williams SE, Crozier RH (2008) Combined modelling of distribution and niche in invasion biology: a case study of two invasive Tetramorium ant species. Diversity and Distributions 14: 538-545
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2008) Ants [in German]. In: Sauberer N, Moser D, Grabherr G (eds) Biodiversity in Austria [in German]. Bristol-Stiftung, Zürich and Haupt, Bern, Stuttgart, Wien. pp. 258-264
Steiner FM, Arthofer W, Schlick-Steiner BC, Crozier RH, Stauffer C (2007) Twenty four new microsatellite markers in two invasive pavement ants, Tetramorium sp.E and T. tsushimae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Conservation Genetics 9:757-759
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Moder K, Stauffer C, Arthofer W, Buschinger A, Espadaler X, Christian E, Einfinger K, Lorbeer E, Schafellner C, Ayasse M, Crozier RH (2007) Abandoning aggression but maintaining self-nonself discrimination as a first stage in ant supercolony formation. Current Biology 17:1903-1907
Fiedler K, Kuhlmann F, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Gebauer G (2007) Stable N-isotope signatures of central European ants - assessing positions in a trophic gradient. Insectes Sociaux 54:393-402
Arthofer W, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Avtzis DN, Crozier RH, Stauffer C (2007) Lessons from a beetle and an ant: coping with taxon-dependent differences in microsatellite development success. Journal of Molecular Evolution 65:304-307
Schlick-Steiner BC, Seifert B, Stauffer C, Christian E, Crozier RH, Steiner FM (2007) Without morphology cryptic species stay in taxonomic crypsis following discovery. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:391-392
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Sanetra M, Seifert B, Christian E, Stauffer C (2007) Lineage specific evolution of an alternative social strategy in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91:247-255
Steiner FM, Arthofer W, Schlick-Steiner BC, Crozier RH, Stauffer C (2007) Eleven microsatellite loci in the sociobiologically enigmatic ant, Lasius austriacus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7:498-500
Moder K, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Cremer S, Christian E, Seifert B (2007) Optimal species distinction by discriminant analyses: comparing established methods of character selection with a combination procedure using ant morphometrics as case study. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45:82-87
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Moder K, Stauffer C, Christian E (2006) Integrative biodiversity research: The landscape ecologically relevant ants of the genus Tetramorium. [in German]. In: Universität für Bodenkultur (ed) bokuINSIDE II. Sustainable results from the Responsible University. [in German]. Guthmann-Peterson, Wien & Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, pp 29-38
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Zettel H (2006) Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1855, T. scabrum Mayr, 1879 sp.rev., T. manobo (Calilung, 2000) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - three good species. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:181-191
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Moder K (2006) Morphology-based cyber identification engine to identify ants of the Tetramorium caespitum/impurum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:175-180
Schlick-Steiner BC, F.M. Steiner & H. Zettel (2006) A personal obituary for Stefan Schödl (1957 - 2005). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: III-XIV
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Konrad H, Linksvayer TA, Quek S-P, Christian E, Stauffer C, Buschinger A (2006) Phylogeny and evolutionary bistory of queen polymorphic Myrmecina ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). European Journal of Entomology 103:619-626
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Moder K, Bruckner A, Fiedler K, Christian E (2006) Assessing ant assemblages: Pitfall trapping versus nest counting. Insectes Sociaux 53:274-281
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Moder K, Seifert B, Sanetra M, Dyreson E, Stauffer C, Christian E (2006) A multidisciplinary approach reveals cryptic diversity in western Palearctic Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:259-273
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Konrad H, Markó B, Csösz S, Heller G, Ferencz B, Sipos B, Christian E, Stauffer C (2006) More than one species of Messor harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Central Europe. European Journal of Entomology 103:469-476
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Höttinger H, Nikiforov A, Moder K, Christian E (2006) Maculinea alcon and M. rebeli (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) - one or two Alcon Blues?: Larval cuticular compounds and egg morphology of East Austrian populations. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 107B:165-180
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Trager JC, Moder K, Sanetra M, Christian E, Stauffer C (2006) Tetramorium tsushimae, a new invasive ant in North America. Biological Invasions 8:117-123
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Konrad H, Moder K, Christian E, Seifert B, Crozier RH, Stauffer C, Buschinger A (2006) No sympatric speciation here: Multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:777-787
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2006) Grasshoppers and mantids. [in German]. In: Oberleitner I, Wolfram G, Achatz-Blab A (eds) Haline habitats in Austria. [in German]. Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Wien, pp 130-134
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2006) Ants. [in German]. In: Oberleitner I, Wolfram G, Achatz-Blab A (eds) Haline habitats in Austria. [in German]. Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Wien, pp 143-145
Zulka KP, Mazzuccon K, Korner I, Holzer T, Sauberer N, Danihelka J, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Wolfram G (2006) Threats to and protection of haline habitats. [in German]. In: Oberleitner I, Wolfram G, Achatz-Blab A (eds) Haline habitats in Austria. [in German]. Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Wien, pp 169-194
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Stauffer C, Buschinger A (2005) Life history traits of a European Messor harvester ant. Insectes Sociaux 52:360-365
Arthofer W, Konrad H, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Espadaler X, Stauffer C (2005) Microsatellite loci for the study of habitat fragmentation in the harvester ant Messor structor. Conservation Genetics 6:859-861
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Steiner HM (2005) Effect of extensification of coppice management on Central European ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologia generalis 28:23-37
Englisch T, Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2005) Fine-scale grassland assemblage analysis in Central Europe: ants tell another story than plants. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 7:61-67
Grabenweger G, Kehrli P, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Stolz M, Bacher S (2005) Predator complex of the horse chestnut leafminer Cameraria ohridella: identification and impact assessment. Journal of Applied Entomology 129:353-362
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Moder K, Bruckner A, Christian E (2005) Congruence of data from different trapping periods of ant pitfall catches (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 46:105-116
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Sanetra M, Heller G, Stauffer C, Christian E, Seifert B (2005) Queen size dimorphism in the ant Tetramorium moravicum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Morphometric, molecular genetic and experimental evidence. Insectes Sociaux 52:186-193
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Sanetra M, Ljubomirov T, Antonova V, Christian E, Stauffer C (2005) Towards DNA-aided biogeography: an example from Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 42:23-35
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Holzinger W, Komposch C, Pazoutova S, Sanetra M, Christian E (2004) A novel relationship between ants and a leafhopper (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Entomology 101:689-692
Zettel H, Ljubomirov T, Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Grabenweger G, Wiesbauer H (2004) The European ant hunters Tracheliodes curvitarsus and T. varus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) taxonomy, species discrimination, distribution, and biology. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 6:39-47
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2004) Edge effects on the diversity of ant assemblages in a xeric alluvial habitat in central Europe. Entomologia generalis 27:49-56
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Höttinger H, Nikiforov A, Mistrik R, Schafellner C, Baier P, Christian E (2004) A butterfly's chemical key to various ant forts: intersection-odour or aggregate-odour multi-host mimicry?. Naturwissenschaften 91:209-214
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Schödl S, Espadaler X, Seifert B, Christian E, Stauffer C (2004) Phylogeny and bionomics of Lasius austriacus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 51:24-29
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Buschinger A (2004) Myrmecophilous crickets (Myrmecophilus spp.) in the scientific no-man's land of Central Europe (Ensifera: Myrmecophilidae). [in German]. Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik 4:67-73
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2004) The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [in German]. In: Paill W (ed) The natural roof of the powerplant Friesach. A succession study. [in German]. Schriftenreihe Forschung im Verbund 87:55-65
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2004) Book review. "Gorb, E. & Gorb, S. 2003: Seed dispersal by ants in a deciduous forest ecosystem: Mechanisms, strategies, adaptations. - Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 242 pp." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 6:22
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Schödl S, Seifert B (2004) Corrigendum concerning "Schlick-Steiner, B.C., F.M. Steiner, S. Schödl & B. Seifert 2003. Lasius austriacus sp.n., a Central European Ant Related to the Invasive Species Lasius neglectus. Sociobiology, 41: 725-736." Sociobiology 43:389
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Bracko G, Paill W, Seifert B (2003) The temporary social parasite Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850) new to Slovenia, and Myrmica bessarabica Nassonov, 1889 corrected into M. specioides Bondroit, 1918 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Entomologica Slovenica 11:159-162
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Schödl S (2003) Red data book of selected animal taxa in Lower Austria - Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [in German]. Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, Abteilung Naturschutz, St. Pölten
Buschinger A, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Espadaler X (2003) On the geographic distribution of queen polymorphism in Myrmecina graminicola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 5:37-41
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Schödl S, Zettel H (2003) New data on the ants of Vienna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [in German]. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 5:31-35
Steiner FM, Sielezniew M, Schlick-Steiner BC, Höttinger H, Stankiewicz A, Górnicki A (2003) Host specificity revisited: New data on Myrmica host ants of the lycaenid butterfly Maculinea rebeli. Journal of Insect Conservation 7:1-6
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Schödl S (2003) A case study to quantify the value of voucher specimens for invertebrate conservation: Ant records in Lower Austria. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:2321-2328
Höttinger H, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2003) The Alcon blue Maculinea alcon in eastern Austria: endangering and conservation (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Ekologia (Bratislava) 22:107-118
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Moder K (2003) Ant nests in linear habitats: A new technique for estimating the density of sedentary organisms. Simulation and case study. Sociobiology 42:163-174
Buschinger A, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Sanetra M (2003) Anergates atratulus, an exceptionally rare parasitic ant. [in German]. Ameisenschutz aktuell 17:1-6
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Schödl S, Seifert B (2003) Lasius austriacus sp.n., a Central European ant related to the invasive species Lasius neglectus. Sociobiology 41:725-736
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Buschinger A (2003) First record of unicolonial polygyny in Tetramorium cf. caespitum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 50:98-99
Steiner FM, Schödl S, Schlick-Steiner BC (2003) Checklist of the ants of Austria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), as at October 2002. [in German]. Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik 3:17-25
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Nikiforov A, Kalb R, Mistrik R (2002) Cuticular hydrocarbons of Tetramorium ants from Central Europe: Analysis of GC-MS data with Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) and implications for systematics. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28:2569-2584
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Seifert B, Straka U (2002) Lasius platythorax host of Lasius distinguendus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 49:299
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2002) Ants in a critically endangered xerix alluvial habitat - conservation biological assessment and contribution to find conservation strategies. [in German]. Natur und Landschaft 77:379-387
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Höttinger H (2002) Threats to and protection of the ant blue Maculinea rebeli in Lower Austria and Burgenland (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). [in German]. Linzer biologische Beiträge 34:349-376
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Seifert B (2002) Lasius flavus - a host species of Lasius mixtus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 39:141-143
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2002) Using ants in nature conservation practice. Their multiple applicability in comparison with other animal taxa. [in German]. Naturschutz & Landschaftsplanung 34:5-12
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2001) The honey ant Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new for Carinthia and the first time in an alpine habitat. [in German]. Carinthia II 191/111:459-460
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2000) First record of the cave cricket Troglophilus neglectus Krauss, 1879 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) in a block field. [in German]. Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik 1:35-38
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2000) The bog dwelling ant Myrmica vandeli Bondroit 1920: First record for East Austria and applicability in nature conservation. [in German]. Ameisenschutz aktuell 14:113-115
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2000) A new subterranean trap: First data from the Steinernes Meer (Carinthia, Austria). [in German]. Carinthia II 190/110:475-482
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (1999) Faunistic-ecological investigations of the free living ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Vienna. [in German]. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 3:9-53
Dietrich CO, Schlick B, Steiner F (1998) Ants during inundations (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - observations from East Autria in July 1997. [in German]. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 2:35-41
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Moder K, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2007) Optimal species distinction by discriminant analysis. Poster presented at the Statistical Computing 2007, Schloss Reisensburg (Günzburg), Germany.
Sustr V, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2007) Presence of digestive enzymes in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a short review. Talk presented at the Soil Zoology Workshop 2007, Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Botond S, Ferencz B, Markó B, Csosz S, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Stauffer C, Popescu O (2006) Cryptic species of the Messor structor species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): molecular and morphological data. [in Hungarian]. Talk presented at the 7th Magyar Ökologus Kongresszus, Budapest, Hungary.
Maruyama M, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Konrad H, Stauffer C, Akino T (2005) Evolution of social parasitism in the genus Lasius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Talk presented at the 65th meeting of the Entomological Society of Japan, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Seifert B, Sanetra M, Heller G, Christian E, Stauffer C (2005) Phylogeography of queen dimorphism in the Western Palearctic ant Tetramorium moravicum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Poster presented at the Entomologentagung Dresden, 2005, University of Dresden, Germany.
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC, Trager JC, Moder K, Sanetra M, Christian E, Stauffer C (2004) Tetramorium tsushimae, a new invasive ant in North America. Poster presented at the 7. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Nikiforov A, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Moder K, Seifert B, Stauffer C, Christian E, Mistrik R (2004) Combined data analysis with SOM and 3D- Fuzzy Clustering: GC-MS, DNA and morphometric data of the ant genus Tetramorium. Poster presented at the 52nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Seifert B, Schödl S, Espadaler X, Stauffer C, Christian E (2003) The advantage of combining different disciplines in fine-scale systematics: Lasius austriacus, the latest addition to the Central European ant family. Talk presented at the 18th Meeting of the German speaking Section of the IUSSI, University of Regensburg, Germany.
Nikiforov A, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Kalb R, Mistrik R (2001) Classification of GC-MS Data of epicuticular hydrocarbons from Tetramorium ants by Self-Organizing Maps for morphological determinations. Poster presented at the 49th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. May 27-31, 2001
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Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (in press) Ants - unknown force in the Viennese Woods. [in German]. In: Mrkvicka A (ed) Bioregion Vienna: Viennese Woods. [in German].
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (in press) The pannonic minority among the ants of Vienna. [in German]. In: Fischer M (ed) Bioregion Vienna: Pannonic region. [in German].
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2006) The ants of the Sattnitz mountains: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. [in German]. In: Golob B, Zwander H (eds) The Sattnitz. Nature conglomerate in southern Carinthia. A field guide. [in German]. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, pp 237-242
Steiner FM, Schlick-Steiner BC (2005) Ants - cunning strategists of the Griffen castle hill. [in German]. In: Komposch C, Wieser C (eds) Griffen castle hill - stronghold of biodiversity. [in German]. Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, pp 231-234
Friess T, Gutleb B, Hafner F, Honsig-Erlenburg W, Komposch C, Komposch B, Mildner P, Paill W, Sampl H, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Streitmaier D, Wiedner P, Wieser C (2003) Animals. [in German]. In: Golob B (ed) The Nock Mountains. A field guide. [in German]. Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, pp 243-297
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2002) Ants - A Bug's Life on Mt. Mussen. [in German]. In: Wieser C, Komposch C (eds) Alpine meadows of the Mussen. Species rich cultural landscape of the Lesach Valley in the Gailtal Alps. [in German]. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, pp 211-214
Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM (2001) Unfamiliar superpower. [in German]. Aublick 11:3
- Fascination by Ants
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