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Bi-stability in cooperative transport by ants in the presence of obstacles

To cooperatively carry large food items to the nest, individual ants conform their efforts and coordinate their motion. Throughout this expedition, collective motion is driven both by internal interactions between the carrying ants and a response to newly arrived informed ants that orient the cargo...

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Autores principales: Ron, Jonathan E., Pinkoviezky, Itai, Fonio, Ehud, Feinerman, Ofer, Gov, Nir S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29746457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006068