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empirical test of Lanchester's square law: mortality during battles of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta by Plowes, N.J.R, Adams, E.S

“…Lanchester's models of attrition describe casualty rates during battles between groups as functions of the numbers of individuals and their fighting abilities…”
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Metalloproteinase-dependent cleavage of neuregulin and autocrine stimulation of vascular endothelial cells by Kalinowski, April, Plowes, Nicola J.R, Huang, Qunhua, Berdejo-Izquierdo, Carla, Russell, Raymond R, Russell, Kerry S

“…Inflammation is often accompanied by robust angiogenesis. Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) express erbB receptors and their ligand, neuregulin-1, and can…”
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Solenopsis invicta virus 3: Further Host-Specificity Tests with Native Solenopsis Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Porter, Sanford D, Valles, Steven M, Wild, Alexander L, Dieckmann, Roberta, Plowes, Nicola J. R

“…A thorough understanding of host specificity is essential before pathogens can be used as biopesticides or self-sustaining biocontrol agents. In order to…”
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Pygidial gland chemistry and potential alarm-recruitment function in column foraging, but not solitary, Nearctic Messor harvesting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) by Hölldobler, Bert, Plowes, Nicola J.R., Johnson, Robert A., Nishshanka, Upul, Liu, Chongming, Attygalle, Athula B.

“…•Column foraging Nearctic Messor have large pygidial gland reservoirs.•Pygidial gland secretions act as air-borne alarm-recruitment pheromones.•n-Tridecane,…”
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Not just going with the flow: foraging ants attend to polarised light even while on the pheromone trail by Freas, Cody A., Plowes, Nicola J. R., Spetch, Marcia L.

“…The polarisation pattern of skylight serves as an orientation cue for many invertebrates. Solitary foraging ants, in particular, rely on polarised light to…”
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Traveling through light clutter: Path integration and panorama guided navigation in the Sonoran Desert ant, Novomessor cockerelli by Freas, Cody A., Plowes, Nicola J.R., Spetch, Marcia L.

“…•Novomessor cockerelli foragers attend to both path-integration and visual panorama cues.•When in conflict, foragers initially oriented only to the path…”
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Pheromone cue triggers switch between vectors in the desert harvest ant, Veromessor pergandei by Freas, Cody A., Congdon, Jenna V., Plowes, Nicola J. R., Spetch, Marcia L.

“…The desert harvester ant ( Veromessor pergandei ) employs a mixture of social and individual navigational strategies at separate stages of their foraging trip…”
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Same but different: Socially foraging ants backtrack like individually foraging ants but use different mechanisms by Freas, Cody A., Congdon, Jenna V., Plowes, Nicola J.R., Spetch, Marcia L.

“…[Display omitted] •Backtracking inconsistent with established criteria in solitary foraging species.•Backtracking mediated by the foraging column rather than…”
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Self-organizing conflicts: Group assessment and the spatio-temporal dynamics of ant territory battles by Adams, Eldridge S., Plowes, Nicola J.R.

“…[Display omitted] •Ant territorial battles self-organize from distributed decisions by many individuals.•Search patterns by unengaged ants strongly affect the…”
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An empirically based simulation of group foraging in the harvesting ant, Messor pergandei by Plowes, Nicola J.R., Ramsch, Kai, Middendorf, Martin, Hölldobler, Bert

“…We present an empirically based group model of foraging interactions in Messor pergandei, the Sonoran desert harvesting ant. M. pergandei colonies send out…”
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Chemical communication during foraging in the harvesting ants Messor pergandei and Messor andrei by Plowes, Nicola J. R, Colella, Tom, Johnson, Robert A, Hölldobler, Bert

“…We combined behavioral analyses in the laboratory and field to investigate chemical communication in the formation of foraging columns in two Nearctic seed…”
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New exocrine glands in ants: the hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Hölldobler, Bert, Obermayer, Malu, Plowes, Nicola J. R, Fisher, Brian L

“…Fisher and Robertson (Insect Soc 46: 78–83, 1999) discovered the production of silk-like secretions emerging from slit-shaped openings along the anterior…”
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