Andrea Perna

@imt.it

IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca

https://researchid.co/andreaperna

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

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

2217

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Microplastic ingestion by an aquatic ciliate: Functional response, modulation, and reduced population growth
DM Perkins, HL Mller, S Grnewald, J Reiss, K Restrepo-Sulez, ...
Science of the Total Environment 963, 178272 2025

High environmental temperatures put nest excavation by ants on fast forward: they dig the same nests, faster.
A Rathery, G Facchini, L Halsey, A Perna
bioRxiv, 2025.03. 24.645078 2025

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

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

Substrate evaporation drives collective construction in termites
G Facchini, A Rathery, S Douady, D Sillam-Dusss, A Perna
Elife 12, RP86843 2024

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

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, 1-14 2020

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

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), 20190212 2019

Regression dilution in energy management patterns
LG Halsey, A Perna
Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (6), jeb197434 2019

Energetic equivalence underpins the size structure of tree and phytoplankton communities
DM Perkins, A Perna, R Adrian, P Cermeo, U Gaedke, M Huete-Ortega, ...
Nature Communications 10 (1), 255 2019

Comment la structure de la fourmilire faonne 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

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

How predation shapes the social interaction rules of shoaling fish
JE Herbert-Read, E Rosn, A Szorkovszky, CC Ioannou, B Rogell, ...
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1861), 20171126 2017

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

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 2016

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

Self-organized linear and helicoidal ramps in insect nests
L Guo, G Theraulaz, C Jost, A Perna
2016 IEEE 1st International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of 2016

Stigmergic construction and topochemical information shape ant nest architecture
A Khuong, J Gautrais, A Perna, C Sba, M Combe, P Kuntz, C Jost, ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (5), 1303-1308 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
Citations: 620

Individual rules for trail pattern formation in Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)
A Perna, B Granovskiy, S Garnier, S Nicolis, M Labdan, G Theraulaz, ...
PLoS Computational Biology 8, e1002592 2012
Citations: 152

Interaction rules underlying group decisions in homing pigeons
B Pettit, A Perna, D Biro, DJT Sumpter
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10 (89), 20130529 2013
Citations: 105

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, 877-884 2008
Citations: 102

The modelling cycle for collective animal behaviour
DJT Sumpter, RP Mann, A Perna
Journal of the Royal Society Interface - Interface Focus 11, 12 2012
Citations: 101

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
Citations: 96

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
Citations: 86

Multi-scale inference of interaction rules in animal groups using Bayesian model selection
RP Mann, A Perna, D Strmbom, R Garnett, JE Herbert-Read, ...
PLoS computational biology 9 (3), e1002961 2013
Citations: 82

Topological efficiency in three-dimensional gallery networks of termite nests
A Perna, S Valverde, J Gautrais, C Jost, R Sol, P Kuntz, G Theraulaz
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 387 (24), 6235-6244 2008
Citations: 80

Neuronal mechanisms for illusory brightness perception in humans
A Perna, M Tosetti, D Montanaro, MC Morrone
Neuron 47 (5), 645-651 2005
Citations: 77

Animal transportation networks
A Perna, T Latty
Journal of The Royal Society Interface 11 (100), 20140334 2014
Citations: 49

A computational model of ant nest morphogenesis.
A Khuong, G Theraulaz, C Jost, A Perna, J Gautrais
ECAL, 404-411 2011
Citations: 37

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
Citations: 35

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
Citations: 30

Energetic equivalence underpins the size structure of tree and phytoplankton communities
DM Perkins, A Perna, R Adrian, P Cermeo, U Gaedke, M Huete-Ortega, ...
Nature Communications 10 (1), 255 2019
Citations: 29

On the duality between interaction responses and mutual positions in flocking and schooling
A Perna, G Grgoire, RP Mann
Movement ecology 2, 1-11 2014
Citations: 28

The lowest spatial frequency channel determines brightness perception
A Perna, MC Morrone
Vision Research 47 (10), 1282-1291 2007
Citations: 23