Regulation of harvester ant foraging as a closed-loop excitable system

Ant colonies regulate activity in response to changing conditions without using centralized control. Desert harvester ant colonies forage for seeds, and regulate foraging to manage a tradeoff between spending and obtaining water. Foragers lose water while outside in the dry air, but ants obtain wate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pagliara, Renato, Gordon, Deborah M., Leonard, Naomi Ehrich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30513076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006200

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30513076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006200

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