Task allocation in a cooperative society: specialized castes or age-dependent switching among ant workers
Abstract Some ant species have multiple worker castes that differ in body size; workers in one caste remain in the colony and those in the other forage outside the colony (caste polyethism). In other species, all workers engage in both tasks, but the younger workers remain in the colony and the olde...
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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