Individual rules for trail pattern formation in Argentine ants (Linepithema humile).

We studied the formation of trail patterns by Argentine ants exploring an empty arena. Using a novel imaging and analysis technique we estimated pheromone concentrations at all spatial positions in the experimental arena and at different times. Then we derived the response function of individual ant...

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Main Authors: Andrea Perna, Boris Granovskiy, Simon Garnier, Stamatios C Nicolis, Marjorie Labédan, Guy Theraulaz, Vincent Fourcassié, David J T Sumpter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3400603?pdf=render