The costs and benefits of decentralization and centralization of ant colonies

Volume: 30, Issue: 6, Pages: 1700 - 1706
Published: Aug 14, 2019
Abstract
A challenge faced by individuals and groups of many species is determining how resources and activities should be spatially distributed: centralized or decentralized. This distribution problem is hard to understand due to the many costs and benefits of each strategy in different settings. Ant colonies are faced by this problem and demonstrate two solutions: 1) centralizing resources in a single nest (monodomy) and 2) decentralizing by spreading...
Paper Details
Title
The costs and benefits of decentralization and centralization of ant colonies
Published Date
Aug 14, 2019
Volume
30
Issue
6
Pages
1700 - 1706
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