Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes
(2013)
Journal Article
Doran, C., Pearce, T., Connor, A., Schlegel, T., Franklin, E., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2013). Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes. Biology Letters, 9(5), 20130685. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0685
Organisms should invest more in gathering information when the pay-off from finding a profitable resource is likely to be greater. Here, we ask whether animal societies put more effort in scouting for a new nest when their current one is of low quali... Read More about Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes.