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House-infesting Ants

House-Infesting Ants is a construct in urban entomology that refers to ant species exhibiting a behavioral and ecological predisposition to invade, establish colonies within, and persist in human dwellings, distinguished from other urban-associated ants by their dependency on indoor environments for survival and reproduction.

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569

Authors

246

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2017–2026

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Variants

Domestic AntsHousehold Ants

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258

Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producing bacteria to control garden parasites

Cameron R. Currie, James A. Scott, Richard C. Summerbell et al. · Nature · 1999 · 869 citations

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Weeding and grooming of pathogens in agriculture by ants

Cameron R. Currie, Alison E. Stuart · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2001 · 309 citations · Full text

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Fungus-Growing Ants

Neal A. Weber · Science · 1966 · 286 citations

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Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison

Simon Tragust, Barbara Mitteregger, Vanessa Barone et al. · Current Biology · 2012 · 256 citations · Full text

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Strategies for choosing between alternatives with different attributes: exemplified by house-hunting ants

Nigel R. Franks, Eamonn B. Mallon, Helen E Bray et al. · Animal Behaviour · 2003 · 238 citations

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Authors

569

  1. GB
    Grzegorz Buczkowski

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    9 publications · 266 citations

    9

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  2. GW
    Gary W. Bennett

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    9 publications · 260 citations

    9

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  3. WM
    William Morton Wheeler

    Harvard University, United States

    5 publications · 80 citations

    5

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  4. NA
    Neal A. Weber

    Swarthmore College, United States

    5 publications · 418 citations

    5

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  5. CR
    Cameron R. Currie

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

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Institutions

246

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    579 citations

  3. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    850 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1K citations

  5. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    796 citations

  8. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    110 citations

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Venues

  1. Insectes Sociaux

    IS · 22 publications · 728 citations

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  2. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 17 publications · 507 citations

    15

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  3. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    9 publications · 368 citations

    9

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  4. Journal of Economic Entomology

    7 publications · 167 citations

    7

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  5. Die Naturwissenschaften

    6 publications · 159 citations

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