Keyword

ant foraging behavior

Description: The behavioral processes by which ants search for, obtain, transport, and allocate food, studied in animal behavior and collective systems.

Primary topic: Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (70%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/ant-foraging

Ant colony optimization

2006 · Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, et al. · IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine · 5,320

Ant Algorithms for Discrete Optimization

1999 · Marco Dorigo, Gianni Di Caro, et al. · Artificial Life · 2,811

Ant Colony Optimization

2006 · Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, et al. · IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine · 1,880

Ant colony optimization: Introduction and recent trends

2005 · Christian Blum · Physics of Life Reviews · 1,308

Ants, Rationality, and Recruitment

1993 · A. Kirman · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 986

Ecology of Foraging by Ants

1973 · C. R. Carroll, D. H. Janzen · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 590

Exotic ants: biology, impact, and control of introduced species

1994 · Choice Reviews Online · 483

Foraging Strategies Of Ants

1989 · J F A Traniello · Annual Review of Entomology · 442

Collective decision making through food recruitment

1990 · R. Beckers, J. L. Deneubourg, et al. · Insectes Sociaux · 338

Resource discovery versus resource domination in ants: a functional mechanism for breaking the trade‐off

1998 · Diane W. Davidson · Ecological Entomology · 329

Weeding and grooming of pathogens in agriculture by ants

2001 · Cameron R. Currie, Alison E. Stuart · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 308

Optimal traffic organization in ants under crowded conditions

2004 · Audrey Dussutour, Vincent Fourcassié, et al. · Nature · 293

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Critical thermal limits in Mediterranean ant species: trade‐off between mortality risk and foraging performance

1998 · X. Cerdá, J. Retana, et al. · Functional Ecology · 293

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Colony Size, Communication andAnt Foraging Strategy

1989 · R. Beckers, S. Goss, et al. · Psyche A Journal of Entomology · 287

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Bottom‐up control and co‐occurrence in complex communities: honeydew and nectar determine a rainforest ant mosaic

2004 · Nico Blüthgen, Nigel E. Stork, et al. · Oikos · 254

Modulation of trail laying in the antLasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its role in the collective selection of a food source

1993 · R. Beckers, J. L. Deneubourg, et al. · Journal of Insect Behavior · 253

The role of competition by dominants and temperature in the foraging of subordinate species in Mediterranean ant communities

1998 · Xim Cerdá, Javier Retana, et al. · Oecologia · 248

Dynamics of task switching in harvester ants

1989 · Deborah M. Gordon · Animal Behaviour · 231

On how Pachycondyla apicalis ants suggest a new search algorithm

2000 · N. Monmarché, G. Venturini, et al. · Future Generation Computer Systems · 227

Red Imported Fire Ant Impacts on Wildlife: A Decade of Research

2004 · C. R. ALLEN, D. M. EPPERSON, et al. · The American Midland Naturalist · 221

The blind leading the blind: Modeling chemically mediated army ant raid patterns

1989 · J. L. Deneubourg, S. Goss, et al. · Journal of Insect Behavior · 214

Division of labor in a group of robots inspired by ants' foraging behavior

2006 · Thomas H. Labella, Marco Dorigo, et al. · ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems · 211

Self-organization mechanisms in ant societies. I: Trail recruitment to newly discovered food sources

1987 · Jacques M. Pasteéls, Jean‐Louis Deneubourg, et al. · Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) · 208

Plants Bearing Extrafloral Nectaries and the Associated Ant Community: Interhabitat Differences in the Reduction of Herbivore Damage

1976 · Barbara L. Bentley · Ecology · 208

Effects of social group size on information transfer and task allocation

1996 · Stephen W. Pacala, Deborah M. Gordon, et al. · Evolutionary Ecology · 193

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