How ants use quorum sensing to estimate the average quality of a fluctuating resource

We show that one of the advantages of quorum-based decision-making is an ability to estimate the average value of a resource that fluctuates in quality. By using a quorum threshold, namely the number of ants within a new nest site, to determine their choice, the ants are in effect voting with their...

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Autores principales: Franks, Nigel R., Stuttard, Jonathan P., Doran, Carolina, Esposito, Julian C., Master, Maximillian C., Sendova-Franks, Ana B., Masuda, Naoki, Britton, Nicholas F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26153535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11890

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26153535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11890

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