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Modulation of trail laying in the ant Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its role in the collective selection of a food source
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Simulations of this model showed that the observed modulation of trail laying with respect to food source quality is sufficient in itself to account for the systematic selection of the richer source seen in the experiments.Abstract:
Foragers of the ant Lasius nigerexploiting a 1 Msugar source were found to lay 43 %more trail marks than those exploiting a 0.05 or a 0.1 Msource. The trail laying per forager decreased during the course of individual recruitment episodes, and the mean lifetime of the trail pheromone was estimated to be 47 min. A mathematical function describing the probability that a forager chooses one of two paths in relation to the amount of trail pheromone on them closely fitted experimental data. These results were incorporated into a model describing the recruitment dynamics of L. niger.Simulations of this model showed that the observed modulation of trail laying with respect to food source quality is sufficient in itself to account for the systematic selection of the richer source seen in the experiments.read more
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The ant colony optimization meta-heuristic
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Collective Animal Behavior
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Recrutement d’ouvrières vers une source d’eau pure ou sucrée chez la fourmi Myrmica rubra L. (Formicidae).
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Orientierung vonLasius fuliginosus Latr. an einer Gabelung der Geruchsspur
TL;DR: The number of ants hunting for food is divided on a fork of the odorous trail in proportion to the amount of trail pheromone deposited on the two branches of the fork.
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Maintenance of foraging trails by the giant tropical antParaponera clavata (Insecta: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
TL;DR: The first forager to locate the artificial nectar source was responsible for recruiting additional foragers and for marking trails to orient these foragers, and the number of trail marks decreased through time, presumably as foragers learned the location of the artificialNectar source.
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L'autoorganisation, une réponse alternative à la complexité individuelle ? : Le cas de la récolte alimentaire chez lasius niger (L.) (hymenoptera formicidae)
TL;DR: In this article, a comparative study of the fourmi lasius niger and messor barbara is presented, showing that des differences dans l'exploitation des sources sont dues a un suivi de piste moins precis chez m. Barbara.