Supercolonies of ants are perhaps the largest non-human animal societies, at their largest
spanning several millions of individuals and thousands of nests and in invasive species …

Animal colour patterns remain a lively focus of evolutionary and behavioural ecology,
despite the considerable conceptual and technical developments over the last four decades …

Boom-bust population dynamics are a recurrent, widespread, and typically unexplained
property of many species invasions. Declines also occur in invasive social insects from …

The ability to keep stable, healthy colonies in laboratory settings is fundamental for
conducting research on ants and particularly important for developing management tools for …

Antagonistic interactions can affect population growth and dispersal of an invasive species.
Wolbachia are intracellular endosymbiont bacteria that infect arthropod and nematode hosts …

La hormiga sudamericana Nylanderia fulva ha invadido recientemente varios países de
América, causando problemas ecológicos y económicos. Los principales frentes de …

Standardised assays are often used to characterise aggression in animals. In ants, such
assays can be applied at several organisational levels (eg, colony, population) and at …

Simple Summary Aggression is an evolutionarily conserved, complex behavior, essential for
survival, reproduction, and the organization of social hierarchies. It is well studied in adult …

Arthropoda permukaan tanah merupakan kelompok hewan yang sebagian atau seluruh
daur hidupnya berada di permukaan tanah, sehingga dapat dijadikan sebagai bioindikator …

Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are ubiquitous among insects where they form an outer wax
layer that helps maintain water balance and prevent desiccation. In social insects, CHCs …