For the past decade, the study of personality has become a topic on the frontier of behavioral
ecology. However, most studies have focused on exploring inter-individual behavioral …

The ecological dominance of ants has to a great extent been achieved through their
collective action and complex social organization. Ants provide diverse model systems to …

Study of social traits in offspring traditionally reflects on interactions in simple family groups,
with famous examples including parent-offspring conflict and sibling rivalry in birds and …

The cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) of the ant Lasius niger are described. We observe a
high local colony specificity of the body cuticular profile as predicted for a monogynous and …

The insect order Hymenoptera is speciose, diverse and common. Many wasps, bees and
ants are well known for their ability, and propensity, to engage in agonistic interactions via …

Severe environmental conditions filter community species compositions, forming clines of
functional diversity along environmental gradients. Here, the changes in functional diversity …

Social insects offer unique opportunities to test predictions regarding the evolution of
cooperation, life histories and communication. Colony founding by groups of unrelated …

In ants, workers of different sizes may perform various tasks, even in so‐called monomorphic
species with relatively low body size variation. However, it is unclear if the body size …

In battles between rival groups, aggression levels, and ultimately the outcome, may be
influenced by the number of individuals and the resource-holding potential (RHP) of the …

Pathogens exert a strong selection pressure on organisms to evolve effective immune
defences. In addition to individual immunity, social organisms can act cooperatively to …