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From foraging trails to transport networks: how the quality-distance trade-off shapes network structure

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Published copy (DOI)

10.1098/rspb.2021.0430

Author(s)

Valentin Lecheval
Hannah Larson
Dominic D R Burns
Samuel Ellis
Scott Powell
Matina C Donaldson-Matasei
Elva Joan Hilda Robinson

Department/unit(s)

Biology

Publication details

Journal	Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Date	Accepted/In press - 22 Mar 2021
Date	Published (current) - 21 Apr 2021
Volume	288
Number of pages	8
Original language	English

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© 2021 The Authors

Research areas

ants, social insects, networks, foraging, transport, transportation networks, Self-organisation, efficiency, transport efficiency, network resilience, polydomy, cooperation, positive feedback, trail networks, pheromones, communication, robustness, decision-making, animal behaviour

Projects

Dynamic ant networks:How environmental constraints and ecological context shape resource transportation systems
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