Article ID: | iaor20032851 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 159 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 509 |
End Page Number: | 518 |
Publication Date: | May 2002 |
Journal: | American Naturalist |
Authors: | Gordon D.M. |
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Behavioral plasticity in social insects is intriguing because colonies adjust to environmental change through the aggregated responses of individuals. Without central control, colonies adjust numbers of workers allocated to various tasks. Individual decisions are based on local information from the environment and other workers. This study examines how colonies of the seed-eating ant