Leadership – not followership – determines performance in ant teams

Richardson et al. investigate the relationship between task performance and teamwork in ant colonies. Targeted removals of prominent leaders and followers during ‘tandem running’ - a cooperative team task in which one ant physically leads another to a resource - reveal that leadership, and specifica...

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Autores principales: Thomas O. Richardson, Andrea Coti, Nathalie Stroeymeyt, Laurent Keller
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ffc9eedbd7ce4ba6b4a1327eabf330cf2021-12-02T14:29:14ZLeadership – not followership – determines performance in ant teams10.1038/s42003-021-02048-72399-3642https://doaj.org/article/ffc9eedbd7ce4ba6b4a1327eabf330cf2021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02048-7https://doaj.org/toc/2399-3642Richardson et al. investigate the relationship between task performance and teamwork in ant colonies. Targeted removals of prominent leaders and followers during ‘tandem running’ - a cooperative team task in which one ant physically leads another to a resource - reveal that leadership, and specifically the consistency of leaders, influences tandem performance but ‘followership’ does not.Thomas O. RichardsonAndrea CotiNathalie StroeymeytLaurent KellerNature PortfolioarticleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCommunications Biology, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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Thomas O. Richardson
Andrea Coti
Nathalie Stroeymeyt
Laurent Keller
Leadership – not followership – determines performance in ant teams
description Richardson et al. investigate the relationship between task performance and teamwork in ant colonies. Targeted removals of prominent leaders and followers during ‘tandem running’ - a cooperative team task in which one ant physically leads another to a resource - reveal that leadership, and specifically the consistency of leaders, influences tandem performance but ‘followership’ does not.
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title Leadership – not followership – determines performance in ant teams
title_short Leadership – not followership – determines performance in ant teams
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