All Outputs (3)

Cuticular chemistry of males and females in the ant Formica fusca (2012)
Journal Article
Chernenko, A., Holman, L., Helanterä, H., & Sundström, L. (2012). Cuticular chemistry of males and females in the ant Formica fusca. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38, 1474-1482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0217-4

Communication between organisms involves visual, auditory, and olfactory pathways. In solitary insects, chemical recognition cues are influenced mainly by selection regimes related to species recognition and sexual selection. In social insects, chemi... Read More about Cuticular chemistry of males and females in the ant Formica fusca.

Are queen ants inhibited by their own pheromone? Regulation of productivity via negative feedback (2012)
Journal Article
Holman, L., Leroy, C., Jørgensen, C., Nielsen, J., & d’Ettorre, P. (2013). Are queen ants inhibited by their own pheromone? Regulation of productivity via negative feedback. Behavioral Ecology, 24(2), 380-385. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars174

Social organisms have evolved diverse and complex regulatory mechanisms that allow them to coordinate group-level functions. Signals and cues produced by other group members facilitate assessment of the group’s current state, allowing the receiver to... Read More about Are queen ants inhibited by their own pheromone? Regulation of productivity via negative feedback.

Costs and constraints conspire to produce honest signaling: insights from an ant queen pheromone (2012)
Journal Article
Holman, L. (2012). Costs and constraints conspire to produce honest signaling: insights from an ant queen pheromone. Evolution, 66(7), 2094-2105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01603.x

Signal costs and evolutionary constraints have both been proposed as ultimate explanations for the ubiquity of honest signaling, but the interface between these two factors is unclear. Here, I propose a pluralistic interpretation, and use game theory... Read More about Costs and constraints conspire to produce honest signaling: insights from an ant queen pheromone.