Andrea Perna

@imt.it

IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Multidisciplinary
2502

Scholar Citations

22

Scholar h-index

30

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • High environmental temperatures put nest excavation by ants on fast forward: they dig the same nests, faster: A. Rathery et al.
    A Rathery, G Facchini, LG Halsey, A Perna
    Insectes Sociaux 73 (1), 55-62 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Book Review: Engel MS & Jackson T. 2025: Insect architecture: how insects build, engineer, and shape their world
    A Perna
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY 123, 13-13 , 2026
    2026
  • Microplastic ingestion by an aquatic ciliate: Functional response, modulation, and reduced population growth
    DM Perkins, HL Müller, S Grünewald, J Reiss, K Restrepo-Sulez, ...
    Science of The Total Environment 963, 178272 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 9
  • Energy allocation explains how protozoan phenotypic traits adapt to temperature and nutrient supply
    A Perna, ES Rivoli, J Reiss, DM Perkins
    bioRxiv, 2023.07. 25.550219 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • As large as microscopic life: A comprehensive guide to accurate estimates of body mass and allometric scaling for the aquatic micro-world
    J Reiss, A Perna, DM Perkins
    Wiley on behalf of the British Ecological Society , 2025
    2025
  • Substrate evaporation drives collective construction in termites
    G Facchini, A Rathery, S Douady, D Sillam-Dussès, A Perna
    Elife 12, RP86843 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • A growth model driven by curvature reproduces geometric features of arboreal termite nests
    G Facchini, A Lazarescu, A Perna, S Douady
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17 (168), https://doi.org/10.1098 … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 23
  • The effect of nest topology on spatial organization and recruitment in the red ant Myrmica rubra
    V Oscar, A Perna, D Claire
    Die Naturwissenschaften 107 (3) , 2020
    2020
  • The effect of nest topology on spatial organization and recruitment in the red ant Myrmica rubra
    O Vaes, A Perna, C Detrain
    The Science of Nature 107 (3), 23 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 12
  • Exploring the relationship between flapping behaviour and accelerometer signal during ascending flight, and a new approach to calibration
    TA Van Walsum, A Perna, CM Bishop, CP Murn, PM Collins, RP Wilson, ...
    Ibis 162 (1), 13-26 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 26
  • Weber’s Law-based perception and the stability of animal groups
    A Perna, G Facchini, JL Deneubourg
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface 16 (154) , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 4
  • Regression dilution in energy management patterns
    LG Halsey, A Perna
    Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (6), jeb197434 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • Energetic equivalence underpins the size structure of tree and phytoplankton communities
    DM Perkins, A Perna, R Adrian, P Cermeño, U Gaedke, M Huete-Ortega, ...
    Nature Communications 10 (1), 255 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 40
  • Comment la structure de la fourmilière façonne les comportements collectifs?
    O Vaes, A Perna, C Detrain
    2019
  • Brain size does not impact shoaling dynamics in unfamiliar groups of guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
    A Kotrschal, A Szorkovszky, M Romenskyy, A Perna, SD Buechel, ...
    Behavioural processes 147, 13-20 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 15
  • Identifying influential neighbors in animal flocking
    L Jiang, L Giuggioli, A Perna, R Escobedo, V Lecheval, C Sire, Z Han, ...
    PLoS computational biology 13 (11), e1005822 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 112
  • How predation shapes the social interaction rules of shoaling fish
    JE Herbert-Read, E Rosén, A Szorkovszky, CC Ioannou, B Rogell, ...
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1861) , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 205
  • Transition from isotropic to digitated growth modulates network formation in Physarum polycephalum
    D Vogel, J Gautrais, A Perna, DJT Sumpter, JL Deneubourg, A Dussutour
    Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 50 (1), 014002 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 21
  • When social behaviour is moulded in clay: on growth and form of social insect nests
    A Perna, G Theraulaz
    Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (1), 83-91 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 109
  • Stigmergic construction and topochemical information shape ant nest architecture
    G Theraulaz, A Khuong, J Gautrais, A Perna, P Kuntz, C Jost
    2016 International Congress of Entomology , 2016
    2016

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Inferring the rules of interaction of shoaling fish
    JE Herbert-Read, A Perna, RP Mann, TM Schaerf, DJT Sumpter, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (46), 18726-18731 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 691
  • How predation shapes the social interaction rules of shoaling fish
    JE Herbert-Read, E Rosén, A Szorkovszky, CC Ioannou, B Rogell, ...
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1861) , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 205
  • Individual rules for trail pattern formation in Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)
    A Perna, B Granovskiy, S Garnier, S Nicolis, M Labédan, G Theraulaz, ...
    PLoS Computational Biology 8, e1002592 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 171
  • Stigmergic construction and topochemical information shape ant nest architecture
    A Khuong, J Gautrais, A Perna, C Sbaï, M Combe, P Kuntz, C Jost, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (5), 1303-1308 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 140
  • Interaction rules underlying group decisions in homing pigeons
    B Pettit, A Perna, D Biro, DJT Sumpter
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10 (89) , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 116
  • Identifying influential neighbors in animal flocking
    L Jiang, L Giuggioli, A Perna, R Escobedo, V Lecheval, C Sire, Z Han, ...
    PLoS computational biology 13 (11), e1005822 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 112
  • The modelling cycle for collective animal behaviour
    DJT Sumpter, RP Mann, A Perna
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface - Interface Focus 11, 12 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 112
  • When social behaviour is moulded in clay: on growth and form of social insect nests
    A Perna, G Theraulaz
    Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (1), 83-91 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 109
  • The structure of gallery networks in the nests of termite Cubitermes spp. revealed by X-ray tomography
    A Perna, C Jost, E Couturier, S Valverde, S Douady, G Theraulaz
    Naturwissenschaften 95 (9), 877-884 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 105
  • Multi-scale inference of interaction rules in animal groups using Bayesian model selection
    RP Mann, A Perna, D Strömbom, R Garnett, JE Herbert-Read, ...
    PLoS computational biology 9 (3), e1002961 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 89
  • Neuronal mechanisms for illusory brightness perception in humans
    A Perna, M Tosetti, D Montanaro, MC Morrone
    Neuron 47 (5), 645-651 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 82
  • Topological efficiency in three-dimensional gallery networks of termite nests
    A Perna, S Valverde, J Gautrais, C Jost, R Solé, P Kuntz, G Theraulaz
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 387 (24), 6235-6244 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 81
  • Animal transportation networks
    A Perna, T Latty
    Journal of The Royal Society Interface 11 (100) , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 50
  • Energetic equivalence underpins the size structure of tree and phytoplankton communities
    DM Perkins, A Perna, R Adrian, P Cermeño, U Gaedke, M Huete-Ortega, ...
    Nature Communications 10 (1), 255 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 40
  • A computational model of ant nest morphogenesis.
    A Khuong, G Theraulaz, C Jost, A Perna, J Gautrais
    ECAL, 404-411 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 39
  • BOLD response to spatial phase congruency in human brain
    A Perna, M Tosetti, D Montanaro, MC Morrone
    Journal of Vision 8 (10), 15-15 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 36
  • Characterization of spatial networklike patterns from junction geometry
    A Perna, P Kuntz, S Douady
    Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 83 (6 … , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 33
  • On the duality between interaction responses and mutual positions in flocking and schooling
    A Perna, G Grégoire, RP Mann
    Movement ecology 2 (1), 22 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 31
  • The lowest spatial frequency channel determines brightness perception
    A Perna, MC Morrone
    Vision Research 47 (10), 1282-1291 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 27
  • Exploring the relationship between flapping behaviour and accelerometer signal during ascending flight, and a new approach to calibration
    TA Van Walsum, A Perna, CM Bishop, CP Murn, PM Collins, RP Wilson, ...
    Ibis 162 (1), 13-26 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 26