2024
Richardson TO, Kay T, Keller L, Stroeymeyt N (2024)
Pheromone relay networks in the honeybee: messenger workers distribute the queen’s fertility signal throughout the hive.
BMC Biology
22:288, 10.1186/s12915-024-02083-w
Masson F., Brown R.L., Vizueta J., Irvine T.C.T., Xiong Z., Romiguier J., Stroeymeyt N. (2024)
Pathogen-specific social immunity is associated with erosion of individual immune function in an ant.
Nature Communications 15: 9260, 10.1038/s41467-024-53527-4
Leckie L., Andon M.S., Bruce K., Stroeymeyt N. (2024)
Architectural Immunity: ants alter their nest networks to fight epidemics.
bioRxiv 2024.08.30.610481, 10.1101/2024.08.30.610481
Kay T., Motes-Rodrigo A., Royston A., Richardson T.O., Stroeymeyt N., Keller L. (2024)
Ant social network structure is highly conserved across species.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291: 20240898, 10.1098/rspb.2024.0898
Rüegg M., Motes-Rodrigo A., Tuleu A., Stroeymeyt N., Richardson T.O., Sakar M.S., Keller L. (2024)
Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 15(1): 117-129, 10.1111/2041-210X.14244
2023
Schläppi D, Al-Hashemi A, Wasif V, Masson F, Stroeymeyt N (2023)
Synergistic effects of the insecticide flupyradifurone and the entomopathogen Metarhizium brunneum in ants.
bioRxiv 2023.07.31.551355, 10.1101/2023.07.31.551355
2022
Richardson T.O., Stroeymeyt N., Crespi A., Keller L. (2022)
Two simple movement mechanisms for spatial division of labour in social insects.
Nature Communications 13: 6985, 10.1038/s41467-022-34706-7
2021
Stockmaier S., Stroeymeyt N., Shattuck E.C., Hawley D.M., Meyers L.A., Bolnick D.I. (2021)
Infectious diseases and social distancing in nature.
Science 371(6533): eabc8881, 10.1126/science.abc8881
Schlaeppi D., Stroeymeyt N., Neumann P. (2021)
Unintentional effects of neonicotinoids on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Myrmecological News 31: 181-184, 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:181
Richardson T.O., Coti A., Stroeymeyt N., Keller L. (2021)
Leadership – not followership – determines performance in ant teams.
Communications Biology 4(1): 535, 10.1038/s42003-021-02048-7
2018
Stroeymeyt N., Grasse A.V., Crespi A., Mersch D.P., Cremer S., Keller L. (2018)
Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect.
Science 362(6417): 941-945, 10.1126/science.aat4793
2017
Richardson T.O., Liechti J.I., Stroeymeyt N., Bonhoeffer S., Keller L. (2017)
Short-term activity cycles impede information transmission in ant colonies.
PLoS Computational Biology 13(5): e1005527, 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005527
Stroeymeyt N., Joye P., Keller L. (2017)
Polydomy enhances foraging performance in ant colonies.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1853): 20170269, 10.1098/rspb.2017.0269
Stroeymeyt N., Giurfa M., Franks N.R. (2017)
Information certainty determines social and private information use in ants.
Scientific Reports 7: 43607, 10.1038/srep43607
2014
Stroeymeyt N., Jordan C., Mayer G., Hovsepian S., Giurfa M., Franks NR. (2014)
Seasonality in communication and collective decision-making in ants.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281(1780): 20133108, 10.1098/rspb.2013.3108
Stroeymeyt N., Casillas-Perez B., Cremer S. (2014)
Organisational immunity in social insects.
Current Opinion in Insect Science 5: 1-15, 10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.001
Stroeymeyt N., Keller L. (2014)
Editorial overview: Social insects: The internal rules of ant societies.
Current Opinion in Insect Science 5: iv-v, 10.1016/j.cois.2014.10.002
2013
Franks N.R., Richardson T.O., Stroeymeyt N., Hogan P.M., Marshall J.A.R., Schlegel T. (2013)
Speed–cohesion trade-offs in collective decision making in ants and the concept of precision in animal behaviour.
Animal Behaviour 85(6): 1233-1244, 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.010
2011
Stroeymeyt N., Franks N.R., Giurfa M. (2011)
Knowledgeable individuals lead collective decisions in ants.
The Journal of Experimental Biology 214:3046-3054, 10.1242/jeb.059188
Stroeymeyt N., Robinson E.J.H., Hogan P., Marshall J.A.R., Giurfa M., Franks N.R. (2011)
Experience-dependent flexibility in collective decision-making by house-hunting ants.
Behavioral Ecology 22: 535-542, 10.1093/beheco/arr007
2010
Stroeymeyt N., Giurfa M., Franks N.R. (2010)
Improving decision speed, accuracy and group cohesion through early information gathering in house-hunting ants.
Plos ONE 5(9): e13059, 10.1371/journal.pone.0013059
Stroeymeyt N., Guerrieri F.J., van Zweden J., d’Ettorre P. (2010)
Rapid decision-making with side-specific perceptual discrimination in ants. Plos ONE 5(8): e12377, 10.1371/journal.pone.0012377
2007
Stroeymeyt N., Brunner E., Heinze J. (2007)
‘Selfish worker policing’ controls worker reproduction in a Temnothorax ant.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1449-1457, 10.1007/s00265-007-0377-3