Specialization does not predict individual efficiency in an ant.
The ecological success of social insects is often attributed to an increase in efficiency achieved through division of labor between workers in a colony. Much research has therefore focused on the mechanism by which a division of labor is implemented, i.e., on how tasks are allocated to workers. How...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2586388?pdf=render |