Spatial fidelity of workers predicts collective response to disturbance in a social insect
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03561-w
Abstract: Individuals in social insect colonies cooperate to perform collective work. While colonies often respond to changing environmental conditions by flexibly reallocating workers to different tasks, the factors determining which workers switch and why are not… read more here.
Keywords: fidelity workers; response; social insect; disturbance ... See more keywords
A morphological integration perspective on the evolution of dimorphism among sexes and social insect castes.
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DOI: 10.1093/icb/icz053
Abstract: Many species have evolved alternate phenotypes, thus enabling individuals to conditionally produce phenotypes that are favorable for reproductive success. Examples of this phenomenon include sexual dimorphism, alternative reproductive strategies, and social insect castes. While the… read more here.
Keywords: dimorphism; insect castes; integration; sexes social ... See more keywords
Biomarkers in a socially exchanged fluid reflect colony maturity, behavior, and distributed metabolism
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.74005
Abstract: In cooperative systems exhibiting division of labor, such as microbial communities, multicellular organisms, and social insect colonies, individual units share costs and benefits through both task specialization and exchanged materials. Socially exchanged fluids, like seminal… read more here.
Keywords: social insect; biomarkers socially; distributed metabolism; behavior ... See more keywords