Publications

Selected publications. For a full list visit my Google Scholar page
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Czaczkes, T. J., Grüter, C., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2015). Trail pheromones: an integrative view of their role in colony organisation. Annual Review of Entomology. 60, 581-599.

Czaczkes, T. J., Czaczkes, B., Iglhaut, C. & Heinze, J. (2015) Composite collective decision making. Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Czaczkes, T. J., Franz, S., Witte, V., & Heinze, J. (2015) Perception of collective path use affects path selection in ants. Animal Behaviour 99, 15-24.

Czaczkes, T. J. (2014) How to not get stuck—negative feedback due to crowding maintains flexibility in ant foraging. Journal of Theoretical Biology 360, 172-180.

Czaczkes, T. J., Schlosser, L., Heinze, J., & Witte, V. (2014). Ants use directionless odour cues to recall odour-associated locations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 68(6), 981–988.

Czaczkes, T. J., Grüter, C., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2013). Negative feedback in ants: crowding results in less trail pheromone deposition. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 10(81).

Czaczkes, T. J., Grüter, C., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2013). Ant Foraging on Complex Trails: Route Learning and the Role of Trail Pheromones in Lasius niger. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 188–197.

Czaczkes, T. J., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2013). Cooperative Transport in Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and elsewhere. Myrmecological News, (18), 1–11.

Czaczkes, T. J., Grüter, C., Jones, S. M., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2011). Synergy between social and private information increases foraging efficiency in ants. Biology Letters, 7(4), 521–524.

Czaczkes, T. J., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2011). Simple rules result in the adaptive turning of food items to reduce drag during cooperative food transport in the ant Pheidole oxyops. Insectes Sociaux, 58(1), 91–96.

Grüter, C., Czaczkes, T. J., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2011). Decision making in ant foragers (Lasius niger) facing conflicting private and social information. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, 141–148.