Food information acquired socially overrides individual food assessment in ants

Abstract: Social insects rely on sophisticated communication channels and on individual decision making to achieve efficient foraging behavior. Through social interactions, individuals can acquire information inadvertently provided by a nestmate such as in trophallaxis. During this mouth-to-mouth fo...

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Autores principales: Josens, R., Mattiacci, A., Lois-Milevicich, J., Giacometti, A.
Formato: JOUR
Materias:
Ants
Foraging
Individual information
Olfaction
Recruitment
Social information
ant
communication
decision making
eusociality
food availability
food quality
foraging behavior
olfaction
recruitment (population dynamics)
Camponotus
Camponotus mus
Formicidae
Hexapoda
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03405443_v70_n12_p2127_Josens
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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