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Negative feedback: ants choose unoccupied over occupied food sources and lay more pheromone to them

In order to make effective collective decisions, ants lay pheromone trails to lead nest-mates to acceptable food sources. The strength of a trail informs other ants about the quality of a food source, allowing colonies to exploit the most profitable resources. However, recruiting too many ants to a...

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Publicado en:J R Soc Interface
Main Authors: Wendt, Stephanie, Kleinhoelting, Nico, Czaczkes, Tomer J.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061701/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32093538
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0661
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