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The influence of the few: a stable ‘oligarchy’ controls information flow in house-hunting ants

Animals that live together in groups often face difficult choices, such as which food resource to exploit, or which direction to flee in response to a predator. When there are costs associated with deadlock or group fragmentation, it is essential that the group achieves a consensus decision. Here, w...

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Autores principales: Richardson, Thomas O., Mullon, Charles, Marshall, James A. R., Franks, Nigel R., Schlegel, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5829206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2726