Ajay Narendra
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Narendra A, Seibel A, Ramirez-Esquivel F, Joshi P, McLean D, Robledo-Ospina L, et al.
J Exp Biol
. 2025 Feb;
228(3).
PMID: 39936309
Jumping requires a rapid release of energy to propel an animal. Terrestrial animals achieve this by relying on the power generated by muscles, or by storing and rapidly releasing elastic...
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Robledo-Ospina L, Morehouse N, Escobar F, Tapia-McClung H, Narendra A, Rao D
Naturwissenschaften
. 2023 May;
110(3):23.
PMID: 37219696
Some visual antipredator strategies involve the rapid movement of highly contrasting body patterns to frighten or confuse the predator. Bright body colouration, however, can also be detected by potential predators...
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Gibb H, Bishop T, Leahy L, Parr C, Lessard J, Sanders N, et al.
Funct Ecol
. 2023 Apr;
37(1):13-25.
PMID: 37056633
Current global challenges call for a rigorously predictive ecology. Our understanding of ecological strategies, imputed through suites of measurable functional traits, comes from decades of work that largely focussed on...
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Ogawa Y, Jones L, Ryan L, Robson S, Hart N, Narendra A
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol
. 2023 Apr;
209(4):489-498.
PMID: 37055584
The Green Weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina are iconic animals known for their extreme cooperative behaviour where they bridge gaps by linking to each other to build living chains. They are...
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Rao D, Long S, Tapia-McClung H, Salgado-Espinosa K, Narendra A, Aguilar-Arguello S, et al.
J Exp Biol
. 2022 Dec;
225(24).
PMID: 36478243
Visual animal communication, whether to the same or to other species, is largely conducted through dynamic and colourful signals. For a signal to be effective, the signaller must capture and...
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Aceves-Aparicio A, Narendra A, McLean D, Lowe E, Christian M, Wolff J, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2022 Sep;
119(40):e2205942119.
PMID: 36122198
Spiders, the most specious taxon of predators, have evolved an astounding range of predatory strategies, including group hunting, specialized silk traps, pheromone-loaded bolas, and aggressive mimicry. Spiders that hunt prey...
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Herberstein M, McLean D, Lowe E, Wolff J, Khan M, Smith K, et al.
Sci Data
. 2022 Jun;
9(1):265.
PMID: 35654905
Trait databases have become important resources for large-scale comparative studies in ecology and evolution. Here we introduce the AnimalTraits database, a curated database of body mass, metabolic rate and brain...
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Ogawa Y, Narendra A, Hemmi J
iScience
. 2022 Apr;
25(4):104134.
PMID: 35402879
Nocturnal insects likely have evolved distinct physiological adaptations to enhance sensitivity for tasks, such as catching moving prey, where the signal-noise ratio of visual information is typically low. Using electroretinogram...
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Pisokas I, Rossler W, Webb B, Zeil J, Narendra A
Curr Biol
. 2021 Dec;
32(2):445-452.e4.
PMID: 34852215
Solitary foraging insects, such as ants, maintain an estimate of the direction and distance to their starting location as they move away from it, in a process known as path...
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Penmetcha B, Ogawa Y, Ryan L, Hart N, Narendra A
J Exp Biol
. 2021 Sep;
224(20).
PMID: 34542631
In addition to compound eyes, insects possess simple eyes known as ocelli. Input from the ocelli modulates optomotor responses, flight-time initiation, and phototactic responses - behaviours that are mediated predominantly...