T. Monnin

Group or solitary dispersal: worker presence and number favour the success of colony foundation in ants

This study shows that worker presence increases ant colony survival and growth, supporting group foundation as advantageous despite fewer propagules.

Habitat fragmentation selects for low dispersal in an ant species

The paper examines how habitat fragmentation affects dispersal in an ant species, finding that apterous queens are more common in fragmented urban parks than in forests.

To disperse or compete? Coevolution of traits leads to a limited number of reproductive strategies

This study uses a simulation model to show how coevolution of reproductive investment and propagule size leads to three equilibrium strategies influenced by resource availability and spatial structure.

Evolution of dispersal and the maintenance of fragmented metapopulations

The paper models how dispersal evolves in fragmented metapopulations and finds that high fragmentation selects for increased dispersal, but this effect diminishes with aggregation.

Implications of the (co)evolution of agriculture and resource foraging for the maintenance of species diversity and community structure

The paper investigates the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of transitioning from predation to agriculture in a three-species model, showing how agricultural investment and resource specialization affect community structure.

From apparent competition to facilitation, impacts of consumer niche construction on the coexistence and stability of consumer-resource communities.

This study examines how consumer niche construction affects coexistence and stability in consumer-resource communities by altering trophic interactions and resource dynamics.