Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost–benefit trade-off

The ability of individual animals to create functional structures by joining together is rare and confined to the social insects. Army ants (Eciton) form collective assemblages out of their own bodies to perform a variety of functions that benefit the entire colony. Here we examine ‟bridges” of link...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2015-12, Vol.112 (49), p.15113-15118
Hauptverfasser:	Reid, Chris R., Lutz, Matthew J., Powell, Scott, Kao, Albert B., Couzin, Iain D., Garnier, Simon
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Ants - physiology Biological Sciences Bridges Cost-Benefit Analysis Experiments Feeding Behavior Foraging behavior Formicidae Geometry Insects
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