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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140533 |