1) Šobotník , Hanus R., Kalinová B., Piskorski R., Cvačka J., Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. 2008: (E,E)-alpha-farnesene, the alarm pheromone of Prorhinotermes canalifrons (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 34: 478-486.
2) Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Lepoint G., Martin -M. & Roisin Y. 2009: Niche differentiation among Neotropical soldierless soil-feeding termites revealed by stable isotope ratios. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41: 2038-2043.
3) Hanus R., Vrkoslav V., Hrdý I., Cvačka J. & Šobotník J. 2010: Beyond cuticular hydrocarbons: evidence of proteinaceous secretion specific to termite kings and queens. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 277: 995-1002.
4) Šobotník J., Jirošová A. & Hanus R. 2010: Chemical warfare in termites. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 1012-1021. (Invited Review)
5) Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Lepoint G., Martin J.-M., Hardy O.J., Dejean A. & Roisin 2011: Feeding ecology and phylogenetic structure of a complex neotropical termite assemblage, revealed by nitrogen stable isotope ratios. Ecological Entomology 36: 261-269.
6) Šobotník J., Bourguignon T., Hanus R., Demianová Z., Pytelková J., Mareš M., Foltýnová P., Preisler J., Cvačka J., Krasulová J. & Roisin Y. 2012: Explosive backpacks in old termite workers. Science 337: 436. (Rated by Science editors among Top 10 most interesting papers in 2012)
7) Bourguignon T., Lo N., Cameron S.L., Šobotník J., Hayashi Y., Shigenobu S., Watanabe D., Roisin Y., Miura T. & Evans T.A. 2015: The evolutionary history of termites as inferred from 66 mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 406-421.
8) Billen J. & Šobotník J. 2015: Insect exocrine glands. Arthropod Structure & Development 44: 399-400.
9) Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Brabcová J., Sillam-Dusses D., Buček A., Krasulová J., Vytisková B., Demianová Z., Mareš M., Roisin Y. & Vogel H. 2016: Molecular mechanism of the two-component suicidal weapon of Neocapritermes taracua old workers. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33: 809-819.
10) Bourguignon T., Lo N., Šobotník J., Ho S.Y.W., Iqbal N., Coissac E., An M.L., Jendryka M., Sillam-Dusses D., Křížková B., Roisin Y. & Evans T.A. 2017: Mitochondrial phylogenomics resolves the global spread of higher termites, ecosystem engineers of the tropics. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34: 589-597.
11) Wen X.-L., Wen P., Dahlsjö C.A.L., Sillam-Dusses D. & Šobotník J. 2017: Breaking the cipher: ant eavesdropping on the variational trail pheromone of its termite prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 284: 20170121.
12) Bourguignon T., Lo N., Dietrich C., Šobotník J., Sidek S., Roisin Y., Brune A. & Evans T.A. 2018: Rampant host switching shaped the termite gut microbiome. Current Biology 28: 649-654.
All of the publications can be found here or on our ResearchGate profile
Book Chapters
1) Šobotník J. & Dahlsjö C.A.L. 2017: Isoptera. In: Reference Module in Life Sciences, Elsevier, ISBN 9780128096338, more here.
2) Ulyshen M. & Šobotník J. 2018: An Introduction to the Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Saproxylic Insects. In: Saproxylic Insects. Diversity, Ecology and Conservation, Ulyshen M. (Ed.). Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp.1-47. more here.