Mgr. Peter Chanas, Ph.D.
Doctoral thesis
The occurrence of sunning clusters as a part of thermoregulation in red wood ants Formica polyctena
Research internship
University of Würzburg, Germany, Biozentrum, Zoology II, Roces lab, March-May 2020. Sun basking in red wood ants, Formica polyctena: Environmental and social drivers and contribution to the nest heating. Supervisor: Prof. Flavio Roces.
Publications
Chanas P., Frouz J. 2025. Sunning clusters of ants contribute significantly, but weakly to spring heating in the nests of the red wood ants, Formica polyctena. Eur. J. Environ. Sci. 15: 28–33. https://doi.org/10.14712/23361964.2025.4
Chanas, P., Frouz, J. 2025. Factors driving occurrence of sunning clusters in nests of red wood ants Formica polyctena. Insect. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01043-z
Conference
European meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) in Lausanne, Switzerland, 07.-11. July 2024. Factors driving occurrence of sunning clusters in the nests of red wood ants Formica polyctena. Oral presentation.
Popular Science Blog
Sunning clusters, the remarkable phenomenon in red wood ants: What causes their occurrence?
Ants
Occasional identification of ant species
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