Ants (Lasius niger) deposit more pheromone close to food sources and further from the nest but do not attempt to update erroneous pheromone trails

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-590348
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.59034

Czaczkes, Tomer J.

; Olivera-Rodriguez, Federico-Javier ; Poissonnier, Laure-Anne

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Abstract

Many social insects use pheromone trails to recruit workers to resources. Pheromone trails have some limitations, however. Two major limitations are that they evaporate over time, meaning that more distant locations may be more difficult to recruit precisely to, and that they cannot be removed if laid erroneously, or if they become outdated. Here, we ask whether Lasius niger ants can adaptively ...