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SUBMITTER: Gordon DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3071749 | biostudies-other | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology 20110225 2
This study investigates variation in collective behavior in a natural population of colonies of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Harvester ant colonies regulate foraging activity to adjust to current food availability; the rate at which inactive foragers leave the nest on the next trip depends on the rate at which successful foragers return with food. This study investigates differences among colonies in foraging activity and how these differences are associated with variation among col ...[more]