| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10971004 | Animal Behaviour | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We examined sociality and brain size in nine genera of fungus-growing ants (Attini). ⺠Fungus-growing ants showed broad variation in colony size and social organization. ⺠Brain size varied among taxa in larger colonies and in more tightly knit societies. ⺠Larger colony size was associated with differential investment in olfactory brain centres. ⺠Analyses of social complexity using a scalogram yielded results similar to those using group size as a proxy.
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Authors
Andre J. Riveros, Marc A. Seid, William T. Wcislo,