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Brood sorting by ants: Two phases and differential diffusion (2004)
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Sendova-Franks, A. B., Scholes, S. R., Franks, N. R., & Melhuish, C. (2004). Brood sorting by ants: Two phases and differential diffusion. Animal Behaviour, 68(5), 1095-1106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.02.013

Leptothorax ant colonies sort their brood in concentric annuli with the smallest items in the middle and the largest on the periphery. Such brood sorting is a prime example of collective structure formation by social insects. Its underlying mechanism... Read More about Brood sorting by ants: Two phases and differential diffusion.