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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Auteurs principaux: Yoh Iwasa, Sachi Yamaguchi
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2020
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