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Parallel vs. comparative evaluation of alternative options by colonies and individuals of the ant Temnothorax rugatulus

Both a single ant and the colony to which it belongs can make decisions, but the underlying mechanisms may differ. Colonies are known to be less susceptible than lone ants to “choice overload”, whereby decision quality deteriorates with increasing number of options. We probed the basis of this diffe...

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Autores principales: Sasaki, Takao, Pratt, Stephen C., Kacelnik, Alex
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/PMC6109163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30143679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30656-7