Nigel R. Franks

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

Iain D. Couzin, Jens Krause, Nigel R. Franks et al. · Nature · 2005 · 2.7K citations

Animal Behaviour, Behavioral Sciences, Organizational Communication +8

Collective Memory and Spatial Sorting in Animal Groups

Iain D. Couzin, Jens Krause, Richard W. James et al. · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 2002 · 2.1K citations

Animal Behaviour, Cognitive Science, Spatial Sorting +7

Quorum sensing, recruitment, and collective decision-making during colony emigration by the ant Leptothorax albipennis

Stephen C. Pratt, Eamonn B. Mallon, David J. T. Sumpter et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2002 · 441 citations

Insect Social Behavior, Foraging, Quorum Sensing +8

Teaching in tandem-running ants

Nigel R. Franks · Nature · 2006 · 409 citations · Full text

Social Insect, Education, Ant Colony Optimization +2

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

Iain D. Couzin, Nigel R. Franks · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 389 citations · Full text

Pattern Formation, Foraging, Movement Rules +14