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Individual learning performance and exploratory activity are linked to colony foraging success in a mass-recruiting ant

Pasquier, Grégoire ; Grüter, Christoph

In: Behavioral Ecology, 2016, vol. 27, no. 6, p. -

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    Titel
    • Individual learning performance and exploratory activity are linked to colony foraging success in a mass-recruiting ant
    Autor
    • Pasquier, Grégoire. Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
    • Grüter, Christoph. Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
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    • Behavioral Ecology, 2016, vol. 27, p. 6. Oxford University Press
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    OAI-PMH-ID
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:332584
    Summary
    Learning plays an important role in the life of many animals, but how learning performance affects individual success is poorly understood. Here we asked whether the foraging success of ant colonies ( Lasius niger ) depends on the route-learning performance of its individuals. Our results suggest that individual learning performance affects colony foraging success only in certain environments and that exploratory activity is a more important predictor of colony foraging success. Twitter: @chris_LeDuck