Negative feedback enables fast and flexible collective decision-making in ants.

Positive feedback plays a major role in the emergence of many collective animal behaviours. In many ants pheromone trails recruit and direct nestmate foragers to food sources. The strong positive feedback caused by trail pheromones allows fast collective responses but can compromise flexibility. Pre...

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Main Authors: Christoph Grüter, Roger Schürch, Tomer J Czaczkes, Keeley Taylor, Thomas Durance, Sam M Jones, Francis L W Ratnieks
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c40c5be9a7a24d358b1e729adab3f03d
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