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Computational model of collective nest selection by ants with heterogeneous acceptance thresholds

Collective decision-making is a characteristic of societies ranging from ants to humans. The ant Temnothorax albipennis is known to use quorum sensing to collectively decide on a new home; emigration to a new nest site occurs when the number of ants favouring the new site becomes quorate. There are...

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Publicado en:R Soc Open Sci
Main Authors: Masuda, Naoki, O'shea-Wheller, Thomas A., Doran, Carolina, Franks, Nigel R.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632542/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543578
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140533
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