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Ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs (2010)
Journal Article
Franks, N. R., Richardson, T. O., Keir, S., Inge, S. J., Bartumeus, F., & Sendova-Franks, A. B. (2010). Ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(10), 1697-1708. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.031880

Tandem runs are a form of recruitment in ants. During a tandem run, a single leader teaches one follower the route to important resources such as sources of food or better nest sites. In the present study, we investigate what tandem leaders and follo... Read More about Ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs.

Record dynamics in ants (2010)
Journal Article
Richardson, T. O., Robinson, E. J., Christensen, K., Jensen, H. J., Franks, N. R., & Sendova-Franks, A. B. (2010). Record dynamics in ants. PLoS ONE, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009621

The success of social animals (including ourselves) can be attributed to efficiencies that arise from a division of labour. Many animal societies have a communal nest which certain individuals must leave to perform external tasks, for example foragin... Read More about Record dynamics in ants.

Emergency networking: famine relief in ant colonies (2010)
Journal Article
Planqué, R., Sendova-Franks, A. B., Hayward, R. K., Wulf, B., Klimek, T., James, R., …Franks, N. R. (2010). Emergency networking: famine relief in ant colonies. Animal Behaviour, 79(2), 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.035

Resource distribution is fundamental to social organization, but it poses a dilemma. How to facilitate the spread of useful resources but restrict harmful substances? This dilemma reaches a zenith in famine relief. Survival depends on distributing fo... Read More about Emergency networking: famine relief in ant colonies.