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Brood sorting by ants: Two phases and differential diffusion

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Leptothorax ant colonies sort their brood in concentric annuli with the smallest items in the middle and the largest on the periphery. Such brood sorting is a prime example of collective structure formation by social insects.

Author: Franks, Nigel R., Sendova-Franks, Ana B., Scholes, Samuel R., Melhuish, Chris
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
United States, Science & research, Research

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Centrifugal waste disposal and the optimization of ant nest craters

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The disposal of the materials that arise from nest evacuation by ants is studied. The model for optimum crater formation was developed on both flat and sloping ground and the results that are obtained are given.

Author: Franks, Nigel R., Sendova-Franks, Ana B., Britton, Nicholas F., Denny, A. Jay, Soans, Edward L., Brown, Andrew P., Cole, Ruth E., Havardi, Richard J., Griffiths, Christine J., Ellis, Sian R.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
Environmental aspects, Observations, Nest building, Spatial behavior in animals, Animal spatial behavior, Animal spatial behaviour

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Division of labour within teams of New World and Old World army ants

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New World army ants and Old World army ant teams were studied to determine division of labour within the teams.

Author: Anderson, Carl, Franks, Nigel R., Sendova-Franks, Ana B.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001

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Subjects list: Behavior, Ants, Insect societies
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