HomePublications

Publications

Books

Zhanna Reznikova (2018).
Chapter "ANTS" in : "Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition. A Comparative Guide" (2018). Cambridge University Press. Edited by Nereida Bueno-Guerra (Comillas Pontifical University) and Federica Amici (Universität Leipzig)

Zhanna Reznikova (2017). Studying Animal Language Without Translation: An Insight From Ants. Springer.

Zhanna Reznikova (2007). Animal Intelligence Cambridge University Press.
Papers
Zhanna Reznkova (2023). Information Theory Opens New Dimensions in Experimental Studies of Animal Behaviour and Communication animals-13-01174-1. Animals, 13, 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13071174 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Animal Cognition and Ethology)
Zhanna Reznikova, Sofia Panteleeva, Anna Novikovskaya, Jan Levenets, NatalyaLopatina, Yuri Litvinov (2022). Flexibility and rigidity in hunting behaviour in rodents: is there room for cognition? Animal Cognition , https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01588-z

Zhanna Reznikova (2021). Ants’ Personality and Its Dependence on Foraging Styles: Research Perspectives. Front. Ecol. Evol., 24 May 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.661066
Zhanna Reznikova (2020). Spatial cognition in the context of foraging styles and information transfer in ants Animal Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01423-x

Jan Levenets, Anna Novikovskaya, Sofia Panteleeva, Zhanna Reznikova, and Boris Ryabko (2020). Using Data-Compressors for Classification Hunting Behavioral Sequences in Rodents as “Ethological Texts” Mathematics, 8(4), 579; DOI 10.3390/math8040579

Zhanna Reznikova, Jan Levenets, Sofia Panteleeva, Anna Novikovskaya, Boris Ryabko, Natalia Feoktistova, Anna Gureeva, and Alexey Surov (2019).Using the Data-Compression Method for Studying Hunting Behavior in Small Mammals. Entropy, 21, 386, doi: 10.3390/e21040368

Ivan Iakovlev, Zhanna Reznikova (2019). Red Wood Ants Display Natural Aversive Learning Differently Depending on Their Task Specialization. Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00710

Zhanna Reznikova, Sofia Panteleeva, Natalya Vorobyeva (2019). Precise relative-quantity judgement in the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius Pallas. Animal Cognition, DOI 10.1007/s10071-019-01244-7

Zhanna Reznikova, Jan Levenets, Sofia Panteleeva, Boris Ryabko (2017). Studying hunting behaviour in the striped field mouse using data compression.Acta Ethologica. DOI 10.1007/s10211-017-0260-9

Natalia V. Atsarkina, Sofia N.Panteleeva, Zhanna I. Reznikova (2017). Myrmica rubra Ants Are More Communicative When Young: Do They Need Experience? Journal of Comparative Psychology. DOI 0.1037/com0000067

I.K. Iakovlev, T.A.Novgorodova, A.V. Tiunov, Zh.I.Reznikova (2017). Trophic position and seasonal changes in the diet of the red wood ant Formica aquilonia as indicated by stable isotope analysis Ecological Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/een.12384

I. A. Maksimova , A. M. Glushakova , A. V. Kachalkin , I. Yu. Chernov ,S. N. Panteleeva , and Zh. I. Reznikova (2016). Yeast Communities of Formica aquilonia Colonies Microbiology, 85, 1, 124 - 129.

Zhanna Reznikova (2016). Insight Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer.

Daniil Ryabko, Zhanna Reznikova (2015). On the evolutionary origins of differences in sexual preferences
.Front. Psychology, 6:628.

Zhanna Reznikova, Elena Dorosheva (2013). Catalog learning: Carabid beetles learn to manipulate with innate coherent behavioral patterns. Evolutionary Psychology 11(3): 513-537
Panteleeva S., Reznikova Z. and Vygonyailova O. (2013), Quantity judgments in the context of risk/reward decision making in striped field mice: first "count," then hunt. Front. Psychology 4:53.

Boris Ryabko, Zhanna Reznikova, Alexey Druzyaka and Sofia Panteleeva, (2013). Using ideas of Kolmogorov complexity for studying biological texts. Theory of Computing Systems, 2013, 52, 1, 133-147.

Reznikova Zh., Ryabko B., 2012. Ants and Bits. Plenary talk presented at the 2011 IEEE International Symposium of Information Theory. IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter, 62, 5, pp. 17 - 20. Video1, Video2, Video3

E. Frasnelli, I. Iakovlev, and Zh. Reznikova, 2012. Asymmetry in antennal contacts during trophallaxis in ants. Behavioural Brain Research, 232, 1, pp. 7 - 12. Video1, Video2

Znanna Reznikova, 2012. Animal Intelligence: Schemata for Ordering Learning Classes.In: N. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer. Part 1, Pp. 247 - 249.

Znanna Reznikova, 2012. Altruistic Behaviour and Cognitive Specialization in Animal Communities.In: N. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer. Part 1, Pp. 205 - 208.

Znanna Reznikova, 2012. Animal Culture.In: N. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer. Part 1. Pp. 244 - 246.

Znanna Reznikova, 2012. Intelligent Communication in Animals.In: N. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer. Part 9. Pp. 1597 - 1600.

Zh. Reznikova, S. Panteleeva, Zh. Danzanov, 2012. A new method for evaluating the complexity of animal behavioral patterns based on the notion of Kolmogorov complexity, with ants' hunting behavior as an example.Neurocomputing 84 (2012) 58-64. A special issue "From Neurons to Behavior: Evidence from Behavioral Measurements", after the "Measuring Behaviour - 2010", 7th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral Research (Eindhoven, The Netherlands).

Zhanna Reznikova and Boris Ryabko, 2011. Numerical competence in animals, with an insight from ants.Behaviour, Volume 148, Number 4, pp. 405-434, 2011

E. A. Dorosheva, I. K. Yakovlev, and Zh. I. Reznikova, 2011. An Innate Template for Enemy Recognition in Red Wood Ants.Entomological Review, 2011, Vol. 91, No. 2, pp. 274-280

S. N. Panteleeva, Zh. A. Danzanov, and Zh. I. Reznikova, 2011. Estimate of Complexity of Behavioral Patterns in Ants: Analysis of Hunting Behavior in Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) as an Example. Entomological Review, 2011, Vol. 91, No. 2, pp. 221-230

Zhanna Reznikova, 2011. Division of labour and communication at the individual level in highly social Formica ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).Russian Entomological Journal, 20 (3), pp. 315-319.

Boris Ryabko and Zhanna Reznikova, 2009. The Use of Ideas of Information Theory for Studying "Language" and Intelligence in Ants. Entropy 2009, 11(4), 836-853

Zhanna Reznikova and Sofia Panteleeva, 2008. An ant's eye view of culture: propagation of new traditions through triggering dormant behavioural patterns. Acta Ethologica, Volume 11, Number 2, pp. 73-80, 2008

Zhanna Reznikova, 2008. Experimental paradigms for studying cognition and communication in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Myrmecological News, 11, pp 201-214

Zh.I. Reznikova and I.K. Iakovlev, 2008. Development of aggression as a possible basis of "professional" specialization in ants. Doklady Biological Sciences, 2008, vol. 418, pp. 56-58.

Zh. I. Reznikova, 2007 Dialog with black box: using Information Theory to study animal language behaviour Acta ethologica, Vol. 10, N1, pp. 1-12, 2007

E. A. Dorosheva and Zh. I. Reznikova, 2006 An experimental study of behavioral mechanisms of relationships between red wood ants and ground beetles Entomological Review Volume 86, Number 2 /March, 2006 pp. 139-148

E. V. Sleptzova and Zh. I. Reznikova, 2006. Formation of springtail (Collembola) communities during colonization of ant-hills. Entomological Review, V. 86, N 4, pp. 373-382. Online Date Thursday, July 20,2006

Zh.I. Reznikova, S.N. Panteleeva 2005. The Ontogeny of Hunting Behaviour in Ants: Experimental Study Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 401 No. 1 pp.139-141

Zhanna Reznikova, Helen Dorosheva 2004. Impacts of red wood ants Formica polyctena on the spatial distribution and behavioural patterns of ground beetles (Carabidae) Pedobiologia, 48 pp.15-21

Zh. I. Reznikova, 2003.Distribution patterns of ants in diffirent natural zones and landscapes in Kazakhstan and West Siberia along a meridian trend.Eurasian Entomological Journal, 2(4) pp. 235-242 (in Russian and English).

Zhanna Reznikova, Boris Ryabko 2003. In the Shadow of the Binary Tree: of Ants and Bits. Proceedings of the 2nd Internat. Workshop of the Mathematics and Algorithms of Social Insects.

Zhanna Reznikova, 2003 Goverment and nepotism in social insects: new demension provided by experimental approach (pdf, in Russian AND English)Euroasian Enthomological Journal, 2(1) 3-14

Zhanna Reznikova, Boris Ryabko, A STUDY OF ANTS' NUMERICAL COMPETENCE, Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence Issue: Vol. 5(2001): Section B: pp. 111-126

Zh. I. Reznikova and S. N. Panteleeva, Interaction of the Ant Myrmica rubra L. as a Predator with Springtails (Collembola) as a Mass Pre, Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 380, 2001, pp. 475-477

Zh. I. Reznikova and E. A. Dorosheva, Effect of Red Wood Ants on Carabid Behavior: Experimental Studies at the Individual Level, Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 375, 2000, pp. 644-646

Reznikova Zh.I., Ryabko B.Ya. 2000. Using Information Theory Approach to study the communication system and numerical competence in ants. In : From Animals to Animats 6. Proceeding of the Sixth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behaviour. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London. pp. 501 - 506.

Sleptzova E.V., Berezina O.G., Reznikova Zh.I. 2000.Ant's role in shaping of biodiversity of springtails (Collembola) in West Siberia and Central Yakutia. In: Biodiversity and dynamics of Ecosystems in North Eurasia. V. 4 : Forest and soil ecosystems of North Eurasia Novosibirsk, Russia, pp. 54 - 56.

Reznikova Zh.I. 2000. Ants' diversity and community structure in West Siberia and Kazakhstan.In: Biodiversity and dynamics of Ecosystems in North Eurasia. V. 3: Diversity of the fauna of North Eurasia.Novosibirsk, Russia, pp. 90 - 93.

Zh. I. Reznikova, Ethological Mechanisms of Population Density Control in Coadaptive Complexes of Ants, Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 30, No. 3, 1999, pp. 187-192

Reznikova Zh.I., Ryabko B.Ya. 1999. First steps in the search for general features in humam and animal languages.In: " Human Ethology on the Threshold of the twenty- first century: new facts and old problems".Moscow, Russian State University of Humanity, pp. 247-283.

Zh. I. Reznikova and T. A. Novgorodova, The Importance of Individual and Social Experience for Interaction between Ants and Symbiotic Aphids.Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 359, 1998, pp. 173-175

Zh. I. Reznikova, Interspecies Social Comtrol in Ant Communities. Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 361, 1998, pp. 428-430

Zh. I. Reznikova and B. Ya.Ryabko, Transmission of information regarding the quantitative characteristics of objects in ants. Neuroscience and Behavioural Psychology, Vol. 36,N5,1996, pp. 396-405

B. Ya. Ryabko, Zh. I. Reznikova. Using Shannon Entropy and Kolmogorov Complexity to study the communicative system and cognitive capacities in ants l Complexity, John Wiley&Sons Inc., New York,USA,Vol.2, N 2, 1996, pp. 37-42

T.A. Novgorodova and Zh. I. Reznikova, Ecological aspects of interaction between ants and aphids in the forest park zone of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center. Siberian Journal of Ecology, N3-4, 1996, pp. 239-245

Zh. I. Reznikova and B.Ya.Ryabko, An experimental study of ants' language and cognitive aptitude based on ideas of the Information Theory. Siberian Journal of Ecology, N4, 194, 1994, pp. 347-359

Zh. I. Reznikova and B.Ya. Ryabko, Experimental study of the ants' communication system with the application of the Information Theory approach.Memorabilia Zoologica, Vol.48, pp. 219-236, 1994.

Zh. I. Reznikova and B. Ya. Ryabko, 1993 Ants aptitude for the transmission of information on the number of objects. In: Sensory systems of Arthropods.K.Wiese et al (eds.)Birkhauser Verlag Basel.1993, 634-639.

N.M.Bugrova and Zh.I. Reznikova, 1990. The state of Formica polyctena Foerst.(Hymenoptera,Formicidae) population in recreation forests.Memorabilia Zoologica, Vol. 44, 1990, pp. 173-175

Zh. I. Reznikova and B.Ya. Ryabko, 1990. Information Theory approach to communication in ants. In: Sensory systems and communication in Arthropods.Advances in Life Science, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, pp. 305-307

Zh. I. Reznikova, Interspecific communication between ants. Behaviour, Vol. 80, 1982, pp. 84-95

I.V. Stebaev and Zh.I. Reznikova, 1972. Two interaction types of ants living in steppe ecosystems in South Siberia. Ecologia Polska, Vol.20, 1972, pp. 103-109