[HTML][HTML] Regulation of ant foraging: a review of the role of information use and personality
Animals live in heterogeneous environments where food resources are transient and have
to be exploited rapidly. Ants show a wide range of foraging strategies and this activity is …
to be exploited rapidly. Ants show a wide range of foraging strategies and this activity is …
[PDF][PDF] Advanced cognition in ants
TJ Czaczkes - Myrmecological News, 2022 - dictionnaire-amoureux-des-fourmis …
Interest in the advanced cognitive abilities of insects has grown rapidly over the past
decades. However, most studies have taken place on a handful of model organisms: fruit …
decades. However, most studies have taken place on a handful of model organisms: fruit …
Insect navigation: use of maps or Ariadne's thread?
R Wehner, S Wehner - Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
Animals which regularly depart from and return to fixed positions in their environment can
resort to two principally different ways of navigation by using egocentric or geocentric …
resort to two principally different ways of navigation by using egocentric or geocentric …
Arthropods
R Wehner - Animal homing, 1992 - Springer
More than 200 years ago, Lazzaro Spallanzani (Accademia d'Italia, 1934) wondered how
birds—sand martins in his case—found their way back home after they had been displaced …
birds—sand martins in his case—found their way back home after they had been displaced …
Synergy between social and private information increases foraging efficiency in ants
TJ Czaczkes, C Grüter, SM Jones… - Biology …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Insect societies integrate many information sources to organize collective activities such as
foraging. Many ants use trail pheromones to guide foragers to food sources, but foragers can …
foraging. Many ants use trail pheromones to guide foragers to food sources, but foragers can …
Tradeoffs, competition, and coexistence in eastern deciduous forest ant communities
KL Stuble, MA Rodriguez-Cabal, GL McCormick, I Jurić… - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
Ecologists have long sought to explain the coexistence of multiple potentially competing
species in local assemblages. This is especially challenging in species-rich assemblages in …
species in local assemblages. This is especially challenging in species-rich assemblages in …
The neuroplasticity of division of labor: worker polymorphism, compound eye structure and brain organization in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
S Arganda, AP Hoadley, ES Razdan… - Journal of Comparative …, 2020 - Springer
Our understanding of how sensory structure design is coupled with neural processing
capacity to adaptively support division of labor is limited. Workers of the remarkably …
capacity to adaptively support division of labor is limited. Workers of the remarkably …
Wood ants orient to magnetic fields
Y Ҫamlitepe, DJ Stradling - Proceedings of the Royal …, 1995 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We report here, the first evidence that ants Formica rufa L. exhibit a magnetic compass
response. For a period of seven days, foragers were trained to visit a food source accessed …
response. For a period of seven days, foragers were trained to visit a food source accessed …
[HTML][HTML] The View from the Trees: Nocturnal Bull Ants, Myrmecia midas, Use the Surrounding Panorama While Descending from Trees
Solitary foraging ants commonly use visual cues from their environment for navigation.
Foragers are known to store visual scenes from the surrounding panorama for later …
Foragers are known to store visual scenes from the surrounding panorama for later …
Nocturnal orientation in the black carpenter antCamponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JH Klotz, BL Reid - Insectes Sociaux, 1993 - Springer
The black carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer), a predominantly nocturnal
Formicine ant, responds to a hierarchy of visual and tactile cues when orienting along odor …
Formicine ant, responds to a hierarchy of visual and tactile cues when orienting along odor …