Samuel N. Beshers

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Samuel N. Beshers is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel N. Beshers has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 4 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Samuel N. Beshers's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (6 papers). Samuel N. Beshers is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (6 papers). Samuel N. Beshers collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Belgium. Samuel N. Beshers's co-authors include Jennifer H. Fewell, James F. A. Traniello, Sean O’Donnell, Audrey Dussutour, Vincent Fourcassié, Y. Oono, Gene E. Robinson, Zhi Huang, J. L. Deneubourg and Jean‐Louis Deneubourg and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Entomology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Animal Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

Samuel N. Beshers

13 papers receiving 982 citations

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2001 628 citations Samuel N. Beshers, Jennifer H. Fewell Annual Review of Entomology profile →

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13 of 13 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Regulation of division of labor in insects: a colony-level perspective 2023 ·Current Opinion in Insect Science ·Samuel N. Beshers	3
2	Priority rules govern the organization of traffic on foraging trails under crowding conditions in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica 2009 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·Audrey Dussutour, Samuel N. Beshers, (unknown), Vincent Fourcassié	28
3	Individual and collective problem-solving in a foraging context in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica 2008 ·Animal Cognition ·Audrey Dussutour, J. L. Deneubourg, Samuel N. Beshers, Vincent Fourcassié	42
4	Crowding increases foraging efficiency in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica 2007 ·Insectes Sociaux ·Audrey Dussutour, Samuel N. Beshers, Jean‐Louis Deneubourg, Vincent Fourcassié	35
5	The role of male disease susceptibility in the evolution of haplodiploid insect societies 2004 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Sean O’Donnell, Samuel N. Beshers	61
6	MODELS OFDIVISION OFLABOR INSOCIALINSECTS breakdown → 2001 ·Annual Review of Entomology ·Samuel N. Beshers, Jennifer H. Fewell	628
7	Social Inhibition and the Regulation of Temporal Polyethism in Honey Bees 2001 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Samuel N. Beshers, Zhi Huang, Y. Oono, Gene E. Robinson	74
8	A natural history of Pleotomodes needhami Green (coleoptera: lampyridae): A firefly symbiont of ants 1998 ·John Sivinski, James E. Lloyd, Samuel N. Beshers, Lloyd R. Davis, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paula E. Cushing, Erik Petersson	9
9	Division of labour and ‘foraging for work’: simulating reality versus the reality of simulations 1997 ·Animal Behaviour ·Simon K. A. Robson, Samuel N. Beshers	18
10	Polyethism and the adaptiveness of worker size variation in the attine antTrachymyrmex septentrionalis 1996 ·Journal of Insect Behavior ·Samuel N. Beshers, James F. A. Traniello	34
11	Maximization of foraging efficiency and resource defense by group retrieval in the ant Formica schaufussi 1991 ·Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology ·James F. A. Traniello, Samuel N. Beshers	35
12	Polymorphism and size-pairing in the harvester antPogonomyrmex badius: a test of the ecological release hypothesis 1991 ·Insectes Sociaux ·James F. A. Traniello, Samuel N. Beshers	31
13	Species-specific alarm/recruitment responses in a neotropical termite 1985 ·Die Naturwissenschaften ·James F. A. Traniello, Samuel N. Beshers	20

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