Two castes sizes of leafcutter ants in task partitioning in foraging activity

ABSTRACT: Task partitioning in eusocial animals is most likely an evolutionary adaptation that optimizes the efficiency of the colony to grow and reproduce. It was investigated indirect task partitioning in two castes sizes; this involves task partitioning in which the material transported is not tr...

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Published in:Ciência Rural
Main Authors: Marcelo Arruda de Toledo, Pedro Leite Ribeiro, Priscilla Shiota Fedichina Carrossoni, João Vitor Tomotani, Ashley Nicole Hoffman, Daniella Klebaner, Halee Rachel Watel, Carlos Arturo Navas Iannini, André Frazão Helene
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001101902&lng=en&tlng=en