All Outputs (2)

Coupled information networks drive honeybee (Apis mellifera) collective foraging (2023)
Journal Article
J. Hasenjager, M., Hoppitt, W., Cunningham‐Eurich, I., R. Franks, V., & Leadbeater, E. (2023). Coupled information networks drive honeybee (Apis mellifera) collective foraging. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14029

Collective behaviour by eusocial insect colonies is typically achieved through multiple communication networks that produce complex behaviour at the group level but often appear to provide redundant or even competing information. A classic example o... Read More about Coupled information networks drive honeybee (Apis mellifera) collective foraging.

Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring (2023)
Journal Article
R. Franks, V., Thorogood, R., & Brekke, P. (2023). Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring. Molecular Ecology, 32(17), 4898-4910. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17066

Across the animal kingdom, newly independent juveniles form social associations that influence later fitness, mate choice and gene flow, but little is known about the ontogeny of social environments, particularly in wild populations. Here we test whe... Read More about Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring.