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- URN to cite this document:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-456507
- DOI to cite this document:
- 10.5283/epub.45650
Abstract
Animals must often decide between exploiting safe options or risky options with a chance for large gains. Both proximate theories based on perceptual mechanisms, and evolutionary ones based on fitness benefits, have been proposed to explain decisions under risk. Eusocial insects represent a special case of risk sensitivity, as they must often make collective decisions based on resource ...

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