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55. Latty and Trueblood, in press. How do insects choose flowers? A review of multi-attribute flower choice by flower-visiting insects. Journal of animal ecology
54. Harvey, J.A., Heinen, R., Armbrecht, I. et al. International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 174–176 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1079-8
53. White, TE and Latty, T, in press. Flies improve the salience of iridescent sexual signals by orienting toward the sun. Behavioural ecology
52. Tasker, P., Reid, C., Young, A.D., Threlfall, C.G. and Latty, T., 2020. If you plant it, they will come: quantifying attractiveness of exotic plants for winter-active flower visitors in community gardens. Urban Ecosystems, 23(2), pp.345-354.
51 . Dunn, L., Lequerica, M., Reid, C.R. and Latty, T. 2020, Dual ecosystem services of syrphid flies (Diptera: Syrphidae): pollinators and biological control agents. Pest Manag Sci, 76: 1973-1979. doi:10.1002/ps.5807
50. Bulle Bueno FG, Gloag R, Latty T, Ronai I 2020. Irreversible sterility of workers and high-volume egg production by queens in the stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria. Journal of Experimental Biology; 2020. DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.05.136002.
49. Latty, T., Dakos, V 2019. The risk of threshold responses, tipping points, and cascading failures in pollination systems. Biodivers Conserv 28, 3389–3406 .
48.Oberhauser, F.B., Middleton, E.J., Latty, T. and Czaczkes, T.J., 2019. Meat ants cut more trail shortcuts when facing long detours. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(21).
47. Lowe, E.C., Latty, T., Webb, C.E., Whitehouse, M.E. and Saunders, M.E., 2019. Engaging urban stakeholders in the sustainable management of arthropod pests. Journal of Pest Science, pp.1-16.
46. Hosokawa, A., Reid, C.R. and Latty, T., 2019. Slimes in the city: The diversity of myxomycetes from inner-city and semi-urban parks in Sydney, Australia. Fungal Ecology, 39, pp.37-44.
45. Vanderstock, A.M., Latty, T., Leonard, R.J. and Hochuli, D.F., 2018. Mines over matter: Effects of foliar particulate matter on the herbivorous insect, Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Applied Entomology.
44.Luo D, Reid CR, Makinson JC, Beekman M, Latty T 2018. Route selection but not trail clearing are influenced by detour length in the Australian meat ants. Insectes Sociaux. 2018:1-0.
43. Chapman, N. C., Byatt, M., Cocenza, R. D. S., Nguyen, L. M., Heard, T. A., Latty, T., & Oldroyd, B. P. (2018). Anthropogenic hive movements are changing the genetic structure of a stingless bee (Tetragonula carbonaria) population along the east coast of Australia. Conservation Genetics, 1-9.
41. Smith-Ferguson, J., Reid, C., Latty, T., Beekman, M. (2017). Hansel, Gretel and the slime mould how an external spatial memory aids navigation in complex environments. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50(41), 1-11.
40. Bell, M., Perera, S., Piraveenan, M., Bliemer, M., Latty, T., Reid, C. (2017). Network growth models: A behavioural basis for attachment proportional to fitness. Scientific Reports, 7, 1-1
39. Makinson, J., Threlfall, C., Latty, T. (2017). Bee-friendly community gardens: Impact of environmental variables on the richness and abundance of exotic and native bees. Urban Ecosystems, 20(2), 463-476.
38. Reid, C., Latty, T. (2016). Collective behaviour and swarm intelligence in slime moulds. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 40(6), 798-80
37. Reid, C. R., MacDonald, H., Mann, R. P., Marshall, J. A., Latty, T., & Garnier, S. (2016). Decision-making without a brain: how an amoeboid organism solves the two-armed bandit. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 13(119), 20160030.
36. Pettit, L., Latty, T. (2016). Greenhead ants Rhytidoponera metallica make trade-offs between food temperature and food concentration. Ecological Entomology, 41(5), 527-531
35. Middleton, E., Latty, T. (2016). Resilience in social insect infrastructure systems. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13(116), 1-1
34. Tan, K., Latty, T., Dong, S., Liu, X., Wang, C., Oldroyd, B. (2015). Individual honey bee (Apis cerana) foragers adjust their fuel load to match variability in forage reward. Scientific Reports, 5(16418), 1-7.
33. Bottinelli, E. van Wilgenburg, D. J. T. Sumpter, T. Latty 2015. Local cost minimization in ant transport networks: from small-scale data to large-scale trade-offs. Proceedings of the royal society: Interface. Early online DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0780.
32. Byatt, M., Chapman, N., Latty, T., Oldroyd, B. (2016). The genetic consequences of the anthropogenic movement of social bees. Insectes Sociaux, 63(1), 15-24.es
31.Beekman, M., Latty, T. (2015). Brainless but Multi-Headed: Decision Making by the Acellular Slime Mould Physarum polycephalum. Journal of Molecular Biology, 427(23), 3734-3743.
30. Latty, T and Beekman M 2015. Slime moulds use heuristics based on within-patch experience to decide when to leave. Journal of Experimental Biology 218(8), 1175-1179.
29. Reid, C. R., Garnier, S., Beekman, M. and Latty, T 2015. Information integration and multiattribute decision making in non-neuronal organisms. Animal Behaviour 100, 44-50 .
28. Tan, K, Dong, S, Liu, X, Chen, W, Wang, Y, Oldroyd,BP, Latty,T 2015. Phantom alternatives influence food preferences in the eastern honey bee Apis cerana. Journal of Animal Ecology 84(2); 509-517
27. Cabanes,G., van Wilgenberg,E., Beekman,M and Latty T 2014. Ants build transportation networks that optimise cost and efficiency at the expense of robustness. Behavioural Ecology. Early online
26. Perna, A., and Latty T 2014. Animal transportation networks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 11(100), 20140334
25. Yip, V, Beekman, M and Latty T 2014. Foraging strategies of the acellular slime moulds Didymium iridis and Didymium bahiense. Fungal Ecology 11, 29-36.
24. Tan, K., Latty, T, Hu, Z., Wang, Z., Yang, S., Chen,. W. & Oldroyd, B. 2013. Preferences and tradeoffs in nectar temperature and nectar concentration in the Asian hive bee Apis cerana. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1-8
23. Reid, C.R, Beekman, M, Latty, T and Dussutour, D.2013. Amoeboid organism uses extracellular secretions to make smart foraging decisions. Behavioural Ecology, 24(4), 812-818
22. Latty,T and Beekman, M 2013. Keeping track of changes: the performance of ant colonies in dynamic environments. Animal Behaviour,85(3):637–643
21.Young, H. C., Reid, T. G., Randall, L. A., Lachowsky, L. E., Foster, D. J., Pengelly, C. J., Latty, T. & Reid, M. L. 2013. Influences of movement behavior on animal distributions at edges of homogeneous patches. International Journal of Zoology, 2013, 8.
20. Lihoreau, M., Latty, T. & Chittka, L. 2012. An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects. Frontiers in Physiology,
19.Reid, C.R., Latty,T. & Beekman,M. 2012 Making a trail: Informed Argentine ants lead colony to the best food by U-turning coupled with enhanced pheromone-laying. 84 (6), Animal Behaviour, 1579-1587
18. Reid, C. R., Latty, T., Dussutour, A. & Beekman, M. 2012. Slime mold uses an externalized spatial “memory” to navigate in complex environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109, 17490-17494.
17.Symonds, MRE, Latty, T, Mcgrath, MJL 2012. Reproductive consequences of male arrival order in the bark beetle, Ips Grandicollis. Journal of Insect Behaviour, 25, 401-407
16. Granovskiy,B, Latty,T; Duncan,M; Sumpter, D J.T, Beekman, M 2012. How dancing honey bees keep track of changes: the role of inspector bees. BehaviouralEcology,23, 588-596
15. Wallin KF, Latty TM, Ross DW, 2011. Orientation Behavior of the Predator Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Host Tree Odors in a Multi-Chambered Olfactometer. Environmental Entomology 40:864-872.
14. Nicolis, S. C., Zabzina, N., Latty, T. & Sumpter, D. J. T. 2011 Collective Irrationality and Positive Feedback. PLoS One 6, e1890
13. Latty, T., Ramsch, K., Ito, K., Nakagaki, T., Sumpter, D. J. T., Middendorf, M. & Beekman, M. 2011. Structure and formation of ant transportation networks. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 8, 1298-1306.
12. Latty, T. & Beekman, M. 2010 Speed–accuracy trade-offs during foraging decisions in the acellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum. Early access:Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
11. Latty, T. & Beekman, M. 2010 Irrational decision-making in an amoeboid organism: transitivity and context-dependent preferences. Early access: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
10. Dussutour, A., Latty, T., Beekman, M. & SJ., S. 2010 Amoeboid organism solves complex nutritional challenges. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences107, 4607-461
9. Latty TM and Reid ML 2010 Who goes first? Condition and danger dependent pioneering in a group-living beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Behavioral Ecology andSociobiology 64: 639-64
8. Latty, TM and Beekman, M (2009). Food quality and the risk of light exposure effect patch choice decisions in the acellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum.Ecology 91: 22-27
7. Latty, TM and Beekman,M (2009). Food quality affects search strategy in the acellular slime mould, Physarum polycephalum. Behavioural Ecology 20: 1160 - 1167.
6. Latty,TM Duncan M, and Beekman M (2009). High bee traffic disrupts transfer of directional information in flying honey bee swarms. Animal Behaviour 78:117-121
5. Latty,TM Magrath, MJL and Symonds, MRE(2009). Harem size and oviposition behaviour in a polygynous bark beetle. Ecological Entomology 34(5):562-56
4. Latty, TM and ML Reid (2009). First in line or first in time: Effects of settlement order and arrival date on reproductive success in a group-living beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Journal of Animal Ecology 78 (3): 549-555
3. Wallin, K and Latty TM (2008). Novel intermediate-term individual marking technique for slugs. Journal of Molluscan studies 74 (3):299-301
2. Bailey, S, Hargreaves, A, Hechtenthal S, Laird. R, Latty, TM, Reid, T, Teucher, A, and J Tindall (2007). Empty flowers as a pollination enhancement strategy. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:1245-1262
1. Latty, TM (2006). Flexible mate guarding tactics in the dragonfly Sympelrum internum (Odonata: Libellulidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 19: 469-477.
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