The accuracy of Buffon's needle: a rule of thumb used by ants to estimate area

Colonies of the ant Leptothorax albipennis naturally inhabit flat rock crevices. Scouts can determine, before initiating an emigration, if a nest has sufficient area to house their colony. They do so with a rule of thumb: the Buffon's needle algorithm. Based on a derivation from the classical s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioral ecology 2001-11, Vol.12 (6), p.655-658
1. Verfasser:	Mugford, S. T.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Formicidae Leptothorax albipennis
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