Attack or call for help? rapid individual decisions in a group-hunting ant
Adaptive decision making is an important trait of many animals, especially in the context of foraging. Social animals are able to optimize their foraging behavior individually or on a collective level. In the predatory ant Leptogenys diminuta, scout ants search individually for prey and then decide...
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2010
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