The dynamics of collective sorting: Robot-like ants and ant-like robots JL Deneubourg, S Goss, N Franks, A Sendova-Franks, C Detrain, ... | 1543 | 1991 |
Brood sorting by ants: distributing the workload over the work-surface NR Franks, AB Sendova-Franks Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 30, 109-123, 1992 | 239 | 1992 |
Spatial relationships within nests of the antLeptothorax unifasciatus (Latr.) and their implications for the division of labour AB Sendova-Franks, NR Franks Animal Behaviour 50 (1), 121-136, 1995 | 195 | 1995 |
Task allocation in ant colonies within variable environments (a study of temporal polyethism: experimental) A Sendova-Franks, NR Franks Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 55, 75-96, 1993 | 154 | 1993 |
Radio tagging reveals the roles of corpulence, experience and social information in ant decision making EJH Robinson, TO Richardson, AB Sendova-Franks, O Feinerman, ... Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 63, 627-636, 2009 | 140 | 2009 |
Emergency networking: famine relief in ant colonies AB Sendova-Franks, RK Hayward, B Wulf, T Klimek, R James, R Planqué, ... Animal Behaviour 79 (2), 473-485, 2010 | 100 | 2010 |
Improvement in collective performance with experience in ants EA Langridge, NR Franks, AB Sendova-Franks Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56, 523-529, 2004 | 97 | 2004 |
Social resilience in individual worker ants and its role in division of labour AB Sendova-Franks, NR Franks Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1994 | 95 | 1994 |
Algorithms for building annular structures with minimalist robots inspired by brood sorting in ant colonies M Wilson, C Melhuish, AB Sendova-Franks, S Scholes Autonomous Robots 17 (2), 115-136, 2004 | 94 | 2004 |
Self-assembly, self-organization and division of labour AB Sendova-Franks, NR Franks Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1999 | 94 | 1999 |
How experienced individuals contribute to an improvement in collective performance in ants EA Langridge, AB Sendova-Franks, NR Franks Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, 447-456, 2008 | 82 | 2008 |
Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one? NR Franks, KA Hardcastle, S Collins, FD Smith, KME Sullivan, ... Animal Behaviour 76 (2), 323-334, 2008 | 75 | 2008 |
Division of labour within teams of New World and Old World army ants NR Franks, AB Sendova-Franks, C Anderson Animal Behaviour 62 (4), 635-642, 2001 | 72 | 2001 |
Convergent evolution, superefficient teams and tempo in Old and New World army ants NR Franks, AB Sendova-Franks, J Simmons, M Mogie Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1999 | 61 | 1999 |
Division of labour in a crisis: task allocation during colony emigration in the ant Leptothorax unifasciatus (Latr.) AB Sendova-Franks, NR Franks Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 36, 269-282, 1995 | 54 | 1995 |
Ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs NR Franks, TO Richardson, S Keir, SJ Inge, F Bartumeus, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 213 (10), 1697-1708, 2010 | 53 | 2010 |
Brood sorting by ants: two phases and differential diffusion AB Sendova-Franks, SR Scholes, NR Franks, C Melhuish Animal Behaviour 68 (5), 1095-1106, 2004 | 53 | 2004 |
Testing the limits of social resilience in ant colonies SJ Backen, AB Sendova-Franks, NR Franks Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48, 125-131, 2000 | 53 | 2000 |
Do ants need to be old and experienced to teach? EL Franklin, EJH Robinson, JAR Marshall, AB Sendova-Franks, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (8), 1287-1292, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
How ants use quorum sensing to estimate the average quality of a fluctuating resource NR Franks, JP Stuttard, C Doran, JC Esposito, MC Master, ... Scientific reports 5 (1), 11890, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |