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List of works by Nigel R. Franks

Ants determine their next move at rest: motor planning and causality in complex systems.

scientific article

Ants show a leftward turning bias when exploring unknown nest sites

scientific article

Asymmetric ommatidia count and behavioural lateralization in the ant Temnothorax albipennis.

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Collective memory and spatial sorting in animal groups.

scientific article

Complementary landmarks facilitate ant navigation

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Digging the optimum pit: antlions, spirals and spontaneous stratification

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move

scientific article (publication date: 3 February 2005)

Exploration adjustment by ant colonies

scientific article

Optimal foraging and the information theory of gambling

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Plant-animal worms round themselves up in circular mills on the beach

article

Self-organized lane formation and optimized traffic flow in army ants

scientific article

Social behaviour and collective motion in plant-animal worms.

scientific article published in February 2016

Social flocculation in plant-animal worms

article

The Bayesian superorganism: externalized memories facilitate distributed sampling

scientific article published on 17 June 2020

The influence of the few: a stable 'oligarchy' controls information flow in house-hunting ants.

scientific article published in February 2018