 Ants
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Insects of the family Formicidae, very common and widespread, probably the most successful of all the insect groups. All ants are social insects, and most colonies contain three castes, queens, males, and workers. Their habits are often very elaborate and a great many studies have been made of ant behavior. Ants produce a number of secretions that function in offense, defense, and communication. (From Borror, et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p676)
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D001000
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B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.875.205
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ants" by people in Profiles.
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Mooney EH, Fahland AC, Nolan HA, Swift AM, Schorr R. Host-plant phenology mediates facultative ant mutualism in the rare butterfly, Celastrina humulus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Environ Entomol. 2023 Dec 15; 52(6):1082-1094.
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Avinery R, Aina KO, Dyson CJ, Kuan HS, Betterton MD, Goodisman MAD, Goldman DI. Agitated ants: regulation and self-organization of incipient nest excavation via collisional cues. J R Soc Interface. 2023 05; 20(202):20220597.
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McCreery HF, Bilek J, Nagpal R, Breed MD. Effects of load mass and size on cooperative transport in ants over multiple transport challenges. J Exp Biol. 2019 09 03; 222(Pt 17).
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Friedman DA, Greene MJ, Gordon DM. The physiology of forager hydration and variation among harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) colonies in collective foraging behavior. Sci Rep. 2019 03 26; 9(1):5126.
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Robinson A, Inouye DW, Ogilvie JE, Mooney EH. Multitrophic interactions mediate the effects of climate change on herbivore abundance. Oecologia. 2017 Oct; 185(2):181-190.
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Gibb H, Dunn RR, Sanders NJ, Grossman BF, Photakis M, Abril S, Agosti D, Andersen AN, Angulo E, Armbrecht I, Arnan X, Baccaro FB, Bishop TR, Boulay R, Br?hl C, Castracani C, Cerda X, Del Toro I, Delsinne T, Diaz M, Donoso DA, Ellison AM, Enriquez ML, Fayle TM, Feener DH, Fisher BL, Fisher RN, Fitzpatrick MC, G?mez C, Gotelli NJ, Gove A, Grasso DA, Groc S, Guenard B, Gunawardene N, Heterick B, Hoffmann B, Janda M, Jenkins C, Kaspari M, Klimes P, Lach L, Laeger T, Lattke J, Leponce M, Lessard JP, Longino J, Lucky A, Luke SH, Majer J, McGlynn TP, Menke S, Mezger D, Mori A, Moses J, Munyai TC, Pacheco R, Paknia O, Pearce-Duvet J, Pfeiffer M, Philpott SM, Resasco J, Retana J, Silva RR, Sorger MD, Souza J, Suarez A, Tista M, Vasconcelos HL, Vonshak M, Weiser MD, Yates M, Parr CL. A global database of ant species abundances. Ecology. 2017 Mar; 98(3):883-884.
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Bubak AN, Yaeger JD, Renner KJ, Swallow JG, Greene MJ. Neuromodulation of Nestmate Recognition Decisions by Pavement Ants. PLoS One. 2016; 11(11):e0166417.
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McCreery HF, Dix ZA, Breed MD, Nagpal R. Collective strategy for obstacle navigation during cooperative transport by ants. J Exp Biol. 2016 Nov 01; 219(Pt 21):3366-3375.
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Szewczyk T, McCain CM. A Systematic Review of Global Drivers of Ant Elevational Diversity. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0155404.
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Sapin E, Keedwell E, Frayling T. Ant colony optimisation of decision tree and contingency table models for the discovery of gene-gene interactions. IET Syst Biol. 2015 Dec; 9(6):218-25.
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