Zachary Shaffer

Linear recruitment leads to allocation and flexibility in collective foraging by ants

Zachary Shaffer, Takao Sasaki, Stephen C. Pratt · Animal Behaviour · 2013 · 64 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +9

A Simple Behavioral Model Predicts the Emergence of Complex Animal Hierarchies

Takao Sasaki, Clint A. Penick, Zachary Shaffer et al. · The American Naturalist · 2016 · 42 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +12

The foundress’s dilemma: group selection for cooperation among queens of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus

Zachary Shaffer, Takao Sasaki, Brian R. Haney et al. · Scientific Reports · 2016 · 41 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology +15

Division of labour promotes the spread of information in colony emigrations by the ant <i>Temnothorax rugatulus</i>

Gabriele Valentini, Naoki Masuda, Zachary Shaffer et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2020 · 22 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +14

Multimodal cues facilitate nest recognition in carpenter bee aggregations

Madeleine M. Ostwald, Zachary Shaffer, Stephen C. Pratt et al. · Animal Behaviour · 2019 · 19 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +13