Characterizing the collective personality of ant societies: aggressive colonies do not abandon their home.

Animal groups can show consistent behaviors or personalities just like solitary animals. We studied the collective behavior of Temnothorax nylanderi ant colonies, including consistency in behavior and correlations between different behavioral traits. We focused on four collective behaviors (aggressi...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Inon Scharf, Andreas P Modlmeier, Stephan Fries, Claire Tirard, Susanne Foitzik
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3310061?pdf=render