Majer, J. D. 1972. The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms. Bulletin of Entomological Research 62:151-160.

Majer, J. D. 1976a. The maintenance of the ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms. Journal of Applied Ecology 13:123-144.

Majer, J. D. 1976b. The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms: further structural considerations. Journal of Applied Ecology 13:145-155.

Majer, J. D. 1983. Notes on a deformed worker of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 10:11-12.

Rossbach, M. H.; Majer, J. D. 1983. A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 66:85-90.

Majer, J. D. 1984. Recolonisation by ants in rehabilitated open-cut mines in northern Australia. Reclamation and Revegetation Research 2:279-298.

Majer, J. D. 1985. Recolonization by ants of rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, with particular reference to seed removal. Australian Journal of Ecology 10:31-48.

Majer, J. D.; Brown, K. R. 1987 ("1986"). The effects of urbanization on the ant fauna of the Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 69:13-17.

Majer, J. D. 1988. The Formicidae. Pp. 219-224 in: Specht, R. L. (ed.) 1988. Mediterranean-type ecosystems. A data source book. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, xii + 248 pp.

Majer, J. D. 1990. The abundance and diversity of arboreal ants in northern Australia. Biotropica 22:191-199.

Majer, J. D.; Queiroz, M. V. B. 1990. The composition of ant communities in Brasilian Atlantic rainforest. Pp. 704-705 in: Veeresh, G. K.; Mallik, B.; Viraktamath, C. A. (eds.) 1990. Social insects and the environment. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., xxxi + 765 pp.

Andersen, A. N.; Majer, J. D. 1991. The structure and biogeography of rainforest ant communities in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia. Pp. 333-346 in: McKenzie, N. L.; Johnston, R. B.; Kendrick, P. G. (eds.) 1991. Kimberley rainforests. Chipping Norton, N.S.W.: Surrey Beatty & Sons, xviii + 490 pp.

Majer, J. D.; Camer-Pesci, P. 1991. The ant mosaic in tropical Australian tree crops and native ecosystems - is there a mosaic? Biotropica 23:173-181.

De Kock, A. E.; Giliomee, J. H.; Pringle, K. L.; Majer, J. D. 1992. The influence of fire, vegetation age and Argentine ants (Iridomyrmex humilis) on ant communities in Swartboskloof. Pp. 203-215 in: van Wilgen, B. W.; Richardson, D. M.; Kruger, F. J.; van Hensbergen, H. J. (eds.) 1992. Fire in South African fynbos: ecosystem, community, and species response at Swartboskloof. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, xxi + 325 pp.

Majer, J. D. 1993. Comparison of the arboreal ant mosaic in Ghana, Brazil, Papua New Guinea and Australia - its structure and influence on ant diversity. Pp. 115-141 in: LaSalle, J.; Gauld, I. D. (eds.) 1993. Hymenoptera and biodiversity. Oxford: CAB International, xi + 348 pp.

Majer, J. D.; Queiroz, M. V. B. 1993. Distribution and abundance of ants in a Brazilian subtropical coffee plantation. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 36(2):29-35.

Majer, J. D.; Delabie, J. H. C. 1994. Comparison of the ant communities of annually inundated and terra firme forests at Trombetas in the Brazilian Amazon. Insectes Sociaux 41:343-359.

Majer, J. D.; Delabie, J. H. C.; Smith, M. R. B. 1994. Arboreal ant community patterns in Brazilian cocoa farms. Biotropica 26:73-83.

Majer, J. D. 1996. Ant recolonization of rehabilitated bauxite mines at Trombetas, Pará, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 12:257-273.

Majer, J. D.; Beeston, G. 1996. The biodiversity integrity index: an illustration using ants in Western Australia. Conservation Biology 10:65-73.

Majer, J. D.; Delabie, J. H. C.; McKenzie, N. L. 1997. Ant litter fauna of forest, forest edges and adjacent grassland in the Atlantic rain forest region of Bahia, Brazil. Insectes Sociaux 44:255-266.

Majer, J. D. 1997. The use of pitfall traps for sampling ants - a critique. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 56:323-329. PDF

Majer, J. D.; Kitching, R. L.; Heterick, B. 1998. North-south patterns within arboreal ant assemblages from rain forests in eastern Australia. [Abstract.]. P. 297 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.

Majer, J. D.; Nichols, O. G. 1998. Long-term recolonization patterns of ants in Western Australian rehabilitated bauxite mines with reference to their use as indicators of restoration success. Journal of Applied Ecology 35:161-182.

Andersen, A. N.; Majer, J. D. 2000. The Australian rain forest ant fauna: a biogeographic overview. Pp. 51-58 in: Agosti, D.; Majer, J.; Alonso, L.; Schultz, T. (eds.) 2000. Sampling ground-dwelling ants: case studies from the world's rain forests. Perth, Australia: Curtin University School of Environmental Biology (Bulletin No. 18), xii + 75 pp. PDF

Agosti, D.; Majer, J. D.; Alonso, L. E.; Schultz, T. R. (eds.) 2000. Ants. Standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, xix + 280 pp. PDF

Agosti, D.; Majer, J.; Alonso, L.; Schultz, T. (eds.) 2000. Sampling ground-dwelling ants: case studies from the world's rain forests. Perth, Australia: Curtin University School of Environmental Biology (Bulletin No. 18), xii + 75 pp. PDF

Majer, J. D.; Shattuck, S. O.; Andersen, A. N.; Beattie, A. J. 2004. Australian ant research: fabulous fauna, functional groups, pharmaceuticals, and the Fatherhood. Australian Journal of Entomology 43:235-247. PDF

Gove, A. D.; Majer, J. D.; Rico-Gray, V. 2005. Methods for conservation outside of formal reserve systems: the case of ants in the seasonally dry tropics of Veracruz, Mexico. Biological Conservation 126:328-338. PDF

Gove, A. D.; Majer, J. D. 2006. Do isolated trees encourage arboreal ant foraging at ground-level? Quantification of ant activity and the influence of season, in Veracruz, Mexico. Agriculture Ecosystems and the Environment 113:272-276. PDF