The rewards of restraint in the collective regulation of foraging by harvester ant colonies

Deborah M. Gordon ()
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Nature, 2013, vol. 498, issue 7452, 91-93

Abstract: Desert harvester ant colonies regulate their foraging activity and this collective behaviour appears to be under selection; colonies that forage less when conditions are poor have greater reproductive success, and the regulation of foraging behaviour appears to be inherited from parent to offspring colonies.

Date: 2013
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