TY  - JOUR
AU  - Trigos-Peral, G.
AU  - Maák, István Elek
AU  - Schmid, S.
AU  - Chudzik, P.
AU  - Czaczkes, T.J.
AU  - Witek, M.
AU  - Casacci, L.P.
AU  - Sánchez-García, D.
AU  - Lőrincz, Adam
AU  - Kochanowski, M.
AU  - Heinze, J.
TI  - Urban abiotic stressors drive changes in the foraging activity and colony growth of the black garden ant Lasius niger
JF  - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
J2  - SCI TOTAL ENVIRON
VL  - 915
PY  - 2024
SN  - 0048-9697
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170157
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34531297
ID  - 34531297
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Martin, Rayanne
AU  - Leroy, Chloé
AU  - Maák, István Elek
AU  - d'Ettorre, Patrizia
TI  - Group phenotypic composition drives task performances in ants
JF  - BIOLOGY LETTERS
J2  - BIOL LETT-UK
VL  - 20
PY  - 2024
IS  - 1
SP  - 20230463
EP  - 6
PG  - 6
SN  - 1744-9561
DO  - 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0463
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34531286
ID  - 34531286
AB  - Differences in individual behaviour within a group can give rise to functional dissimilarities between groups, particularly in social animals. However, how individual behavioural phenotypes translate into the group phenotype remains unclear. Here, we investigate whether individual behavioural type affects group performance in a eusocial species, the ant Aphaenogaster senilis . We measured individual behavioural traits and created groups of workers with similar behavioural type, either high-exploratory or low-exploratory workers. We tested these groups in four different, ecologically relevant, tasks: reaction to an intruder, prey retrieval from a maze, nest relocation and tool use. We show that, compared to groups of low-exploratory workers, groups of high-exploratory workers were more aggressive towards intruders, more efficient in collecting prey, faster in nest relocation and more likely to perform tool use. Our results demonstrate a strong link between individual and collective behaviour in ants. This supports the ‘behavioural type hypothesis' for group dynamics, which suggests that an individual's behaviour in a social environment reflects its own behavioural type. The average behavioural phenotype of a group can therefore be predicted from the behavioural types of individual group members.
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lőrincz, Adam
AU  - Hábenczyus, Alida Anna
AU  - Kelemen, András
AU  - Ratkai, Bonita
AU  - Tölgyesi, Csaba
AU  - Lőrinczi, Gábor
AU  - Frei, Kata
AU  - Bátori, Zoltán
AU  - Maák, István Elek
TI  - Wood-pastures promote environmental and ecological heterogeneity on a small spatial scale
JF  - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
J2  - SCI TOTAL ENVIRON
VL  - 906
PY  - 2024
PG  - 11
SN  - 0048-9697
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167510
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34187575
ID  - 34187575
N1  - Összes idézések száma a WoS-ban: 0
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - CONF
AU  - Ratkai, Bonita
AU  - Bán, K.
AU  - Bátori, Zoltán
AU  - Frei, Kata
AU  - Li, G.
AU  - Lőrincz, Adam
AU  - Lőrinczi, Gábor
AU  - Pécsy, F.
AU  - Maák, István Elek
TI  - Karsztos élőhelyszigetek hatásai egy hangyafaj populációinak funkcionális és viselkedésbeli jellegeire
T2  - Magyar Etológiai Társaság XXV. Konferenciája; 2023. október 26-28.; Debrecen; Programfüzet és Absztrakt kötet
PY  - 2023
SP  - 19
EP  - 19
PG  - 1
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34532219
ID  - 34532219
LA  - Hungarian
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - CONF
AU  - Maák, István Elek
TI  - Egyedi különbségektől a kollektív viselkedésekig: a szociális szerveződés jellegzetességei hangyáknál
T2  - Magyar Etológiai Társaság XXV. Konferenciája; 2023. október 26-28.; Debrecen; Programfüzet és Absztrakt kötet
PY  - 2023
SP  - 12
EP  - 12
PG  - 1
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34532197
ID  - 34532197
LA  - Hungarian
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - CONF
AU  - Maák, István Elek
AU  - Markó, Bálint
AU  - Bán, K.
AU  - Lőrincz, Adam
TI  - Effect of different wood-pasture habitat types on ant functional traits
T2  - 7th Central European Section Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
PB  - Babeş-Bolyai Tudományegyetem Biológia és Geológia Kar
C1  - Kolozsvár
PY  - 2023
SP  - 29
EP  - 29
PG  - 1
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34532178
ID  - 34532178
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - CONF
AU  - Ratkai, Bonita
AU  - Bán, K.
AU  - Bátori, Zoltán
AU  - Frei, Kata
AU  - Li, Gábor
AU  - Lőrincz, Adam
AU  - Lőrinczi, Gábor
AU  - Pécsy, F.
AU  - Maák, István Elek
TI  - Effects of sinkhole habitats on the functional and behavioural traits of Myrmica ruginodis
T2  - 7th Central European Section Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
PB  - Babeş-Bolyai Tudományegyetem Biológia és Geológia Kar
C1  - Kolozsvár
PY  - 2023
SP  - 38
PG  - 1
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34531473
ID  - 34531473
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - CONF
AU  - Trigos, Peral G.
AU  - Witek, M.
AU  - Chudzik, P.
AU  - Lőrincz, Adam
AU  - Sánchez-García, D.
AU  - Maák, István Elek
AU  - Heinze, J.
TI  - Development of ant colonies in an urban-rural gradient
T2  - 7th Central European Section Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
PB  - Babeş-Bolyai Tudományegyetem Biológia és Geológia Kar
C1  - Kolozsvár
PY  - 2023
SP  - 45
PG  - 1
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34531461
ID  - 34531461
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Trigos-Peral, G.
AU  - Maák, István Elek
AU  - Ślipiński, P.
AU  - Witek, M.
TI  - Behavioral and morphological traits influencing variation in task performance of Camponotus vagus ants
JF  - INSECTES SOCIAUX
J2  - INSECT SOC
VL  - 70
PY  - 2023
IS  - 4
SP  - 451
EP  - 461
PG  - 11
SN  - 0020-1812
DO  - 10.1007/s00040-023-00937-0
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34531304
ID  - 34531304
AB  - The colony performance of social insects is supported by an efficient allocation of tasks among workers in the colony. The division of labor among ant workers is linked to age and caste polyethism, however, only a few studies have shown the relationship between workers’ behavioral variation and task performance. In this study, we investigated the task syndrome by testing the relationship between behavioral traits with task performance and location switching (switching the performance of tasks from inside to outside the nest) in the same-age workers of Camponotus vagus ants. We also investigated the division of labor in workers with and without location switching by checking if each caste is characterized by specific behavioral traits or tasks. Moreover, we checked whether the difference in the worker’s body size and its lifespan can influence task performance. Our results support the existence of task syndrome in ant workers by showing how individuals with specific behavioral traits are more likely to perform specific tasks within the colony. Moreover, the time of location switching was correlated with the tasks performed by the workers ( brood care , selfgrooming and walking ) and their behavioral traits ( aggressiveness and total distance ). In addition, worker size and lifespan are shown to influence task performance by the workers. Altogether, our study underpins the relationship between the behavioral traits and the task allocation and performance of workers within an ant colony.
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  - 

TY  - CONF
AU  - Lőrincz, Adam
AU  - Lőrinczi, Gábor
AU  - Módra, Gábor
AU  - Maák, István Elek
TI  - A táplálékgyűjtő eszközhasználat megvalósulása mindenevő és maggyűjtő hangyáknál
T2  - Magyar Etológiai Társaság XXV. Konferenciája; 2023. október 26-28.; Debrecen; Programfüzet és Absztrakt kötet
PY  - 2023
SP  - 18
PG  - 1
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34436814
ID  - 34436814
LA  - Hungarian
DB  - MTMT
ER  -