Tomb evaders: House-hunting hygiene in ants

Nigel R. Franks; James Hooper; Catherine Webb; Anna Dornhaus

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0302

Tomb evaders: House-hunting hygiene in ants

Nigel R. Franks, James Hooper, Catherine Webb, Anna Dornhaus

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Abstract

House-hunting ants avoid otherwise excellent potential nest sites that contain dead ants which may pose risks from poor hygiene. This discovery adds another category to the exceptionally long list of nest site attributes that ants evaluate. It further indicates the importance of disease as a selection pressure on social insects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	190-192
Number of pages	3
Journal	Biology letters
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2005.0302
State	Published - Jun 22 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Decision making
Disease
Pathogen
Social insects
Temnothorax albipennis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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