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Spatial fidelity of workers predicts collective response to disturbance in a social insect

Individuals in social insect colonies cooperate to perform collective work. While colonies often respond to changing environmental conditions by flexibly reallocating workers to different tasks, the factors determining which workers switch and why are not well understood. Here, we use an automated t...

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Autores principales: Crall, James D., Gravish, Nick, Mountcastle, Andrew M., Kocher, Sarah D., Oppenheimer, Robert L., Pierce, Naomi E., Combes, Stacey A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29615611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03561-w