In my dissertation I investigated the influence of behavioral variation between and within ant colonies on group performance. In particular, I analyzed how evolution shapes behavior in response to ecological conditions, and whether within-group diversity improves productivity as suggested by theory. Our field and laboratory experiments showed that behavioral diverse groups are more productive. Different aggression levels within colonies were beneficial under competitive field situations, whereas diversity in brood care and exploratory behavior were favored in non-competitive laboratory situations. We then examined whether population density and social parasite presence shape aggression through phenotypic plasticity and/or natural selection...
We review the different levels of reproductive conflict within ant societies. Workers and queens may...
A salient question in invasion biology is to elucidate what traits make some species invasive and no...
Social insects are used as models for understanding the evolution of sociality because they show see...
In my dissertation I investigated the influence of behavioral variation between and within ant colon...
In meiner Dissertation beschäftigte ich mich mit unterschiedlichen Verteidungsstrategien, derenrnEf...
Animal personality, or consistent, individual differences in behavior over time, are ubiquitous acro...
Social insects have been particularly evolutionarily successful: they dominate terrestrial ecosystem...
<div><p>Animal groups can show consistent behaviors or personalities just like solitary animals. We ...
International audienceSocial insects have been particularly evolutionarily successful: they dominate...
The flexibility of organisms to respond plastically to their environment is fundamental to their fit...
In my doctoral thesis I investigated the evolution of demographic traits within eusocial Hymenoptera...
Social insect societies are characterized not only by a reproductive division of labor between the q...
Social behavior is an important contributor to the success of widely distributed animal taxa, includ...
Abstract: Consistent individual differences in personality traits should be favoured when those trai...
Identifying the factors that promote the success of biological invasions is a key pursuit in ecology...
We review the different levels of reproductive conflict within ant societies. Workers and queens may...
A salient question in invasion biology is to elucidate what traits make some species invasive and no...
Social insects are used as models for understanding the evolution of sociality because they show see...
In my dissertation I investigated the influence of behavioral variation between and within ant colon...
In meiner Dissertation beschäftigte ich mich mit unterschiedlichen Verteidungsstrategien, derenrnEf...
Animal personality, or consistent, individual differences in behavior over time, are ubiquitous acro...
Social insects have been particularly evolutionarily successful: they dominate terrestrial ecosystem...
<div><p>Animal groups can show consistent behaviors or personalities just like solitary animals. We ...
International audienceSocial insects have been particularly evolutionarily successful: they dominate...
The flexibility of organisms to respond plastically to their environment is fundamental to their fit...
In my doctoral thesis I investigated the evolution of demographic traits within eusocial Hymenoptera...
Social insect societies are characterized not only by a reproductive division of labor between the q...
Social behavior is an important contributor to the success of widely distributed animal taxa, includ...
Abstract: Consistent individual differences in personality traits should be favoured when those trai...
Identifying the factors that promote the success of biological invasions is a key pursuit in ecology...
We review the different levels of reproductive conflict within ant societies. Workers and queens may...
A salient question in invasion biology is to elucidate what traits make some species invasive and no...
Social insects are used as models for understanding the evolution of sociality because they show see...