Collective decision‐making when quantity is more important than quality: Lessons from a kidnapping social parasite

Not too big, not too small: raids at moderately sized hosts lead to optimal outcomes for a slave-making ant

(2020) Julie S. Miller   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The importance of words: revising the social insect lexicon

(2020) M. D. Breed   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Acromyrmex fowleri: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf-cutting ants from South America, with a discussion of social parasite biogeography in the Neotropical region

(2019) C. Rabeling et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Different bees, different needs: how nest-site requirements have shaped the decision-making processes in homeless honeybees ( Apis spp.)

(2018) Madeleine Beekman et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Collective decision making in the red dwarf honeybee Apis florea: do the bees simply follow the flowers?

(2017) J. C. Makinson et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

I smell where you walked - how chemical cues influence movement decisions in ants

(2016) Miriam Wüst et al.   OIKOS

Trail Pheromones: An Integrative View of Their Role in Social Insect Colony Organization

(2015) Tomer J. Czaczkes et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Forewarned is forearmed: aggression and information use determine fitness costs of slave raids

(2014) I. Kleeberg et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The description of mate choice

(2014) D. A. Edward   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The Ecology of Collective Behavior

(2014) Deborah M. Gordon   PLOS BIOLOGY

Collective decision-making in microbes

(2014) Adin Ross-Gillespie et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Ant colonies outperform individuals when a sensory discrimination task is difficult but not when it is easy

(2013) Takao Sasaki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Group Size and Its Effects on Collective Organization

(2011) Anna Dornhaus et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Deciding on the wing: in-flight decision making and search space sampling in the red dwarf honeybee Apis florea

(2011) Konrad Diwold et al.   Swarm Intelligence

Slave-making ants prefer larger, better defended host colonies

(2010) Sebastian Pohl et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Moving home: nest-site selection in the Red Dwarf honeybee (Apis florea)

(2010) James C. Makinson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Locally adapted social parasite affects density, social structure, and life history of its ant hosts

(2009) Susanne Foitzik et al.   ECOLOGY

On optimal decision-making in brains and social insect colonies

(2009) J. A. R. Marshall et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface