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, 02.-05. 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.

Ants

Occasional identification of ant species