The behavior of social organisms raises significant questions about how these systems self-organize efficiently. My research focuses on understanding how individuals, through movement, modulate their interactions and the information they exchange. I study these dynamics in the context of foraging, a universal process that ensures the survival and reproductive success of organisms. Thus, I investigate how social organisms modulate the flow of information (sociality vs. individuality) to maximize collective benefit (food acquisition) in different scenarios (e.g., food quantity, quality, or distribution). I use ants as a model organism, as they represent an example of “supersociality” by centralizing reproduction in a single individual, the queen.

IP: Frederic Bartumeus