All Outputs (4)

Landmarks and ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs (2013)
Journal Article
Bruendl, A. C., Basari, N., Hemingway, C. E., Roberts, N. W., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2014). Landmarks and ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(6), 944-954. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.087296

© 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. During a tandem run, a single leading ant recruits a single follower to an important resource such as a new nest. To examine this process, we used a motorized gantry, which has not previously been u... Read More about Landmarks and ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs.

Nest-seeking rock ants (Temnothorax albipennis) trade off sediment packing density and structural integrity for ease of cavity excavation (2013)
Journal Article
Minter, N. J., Minter, N. J., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2013). Nest-seeking rock ants (Temnothorax albipennis) trade off sediment packing density and structural integrity for ease of cavity excavation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67(11), 1745-1756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1582-x

We investigated excavation and nest site choice across sediment-filled cavities in the ant Temnothorax albipennis. Colonies were presented with sediment-filled cavities, covering a spectrum from ones that should be quick to excavate but will form a w... Read More about Nest-seeking rock ants (Temnothorax albipennis) trade off sediment packing density and structural integrity for ease of cavity excavation.

Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes (2013)
Journal Article
Doran, C., Pearce, T., Connor, A., Schlegel, T., Franklin, E., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2013). Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes. Biology Letters, 9(5), 20130685. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0685

Organisms should invest more in gathering information when the pay-off from finding a profitable resource is likely to be greater. Here, we ask whether animal societies put more effort in scouting for a new nest when their current one is of low quali... Read More about Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes.

Individual and social information gathering are fine-tuned to the internal state of the group (2013)
Journal Article
Gottlieb, D., Phillips, B. B., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2013). Individual and social information gathering are fine-tuned to the internal state of the group. Animal Behaviour, 85(6), 1479-1484

It is well known that the environment a group inhabits influences the frequency at which its members use information gained from one another, that is, social information. However, the potential link between internal state (i.e. individual and socia... Read More about Individual and social information gathering are fine-tuned to the internal state of the group.