Is your pizza too big for your box? How would an ant’s brain solve the problem?

Is your pizza too big for your box? How would an ant’s brain solve the problem?

dc.creatorMonge, Julián
dc.date2019-05-14
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-03T18:29:20Z
dc.date.available2023-08-03T18:29:20Z
dc.identifierhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/38703
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7901348
dc.descriptionAtta, a 50 million year old tropical genus of ant has over 15 species and is known for feeding on fungi grown on leaf parts. To move the leaf pieces to the nest, they build large networks of trails, and they “decide” when the maintenance of a trail is too expensive and discontinue it. How do they solve the problem of a leaf piece that is too big for the nest entrance? I saw some Atta cephalotes do it, and their brains may not work exactly like ours: instead of cutting the leaf in smaller parts, they enlarge the entrance.en-US
dc.descriptionAtta, a 50 million year old tropical genus of ant has over 15 species and is known for feeding on fungi grown on leaf parts. To move the leaf pieces to the nest, they build large networks of trails, and they “decide” when the maintenance of a trail is too expensive and discontinue it. How do they solve the problem of a leaf piece that is too big for the nest entrance? I saw some Atta cephalotes do it, and their brains may not work exactly like ours: instead of cutting the leaf in smaller parts, they enlarge the entrance.es-ES
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Ricaen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/38703/39404
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical; Darwin In Memoriam 2019: Animal Behavior; Darwinen-US
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical; Darwin In Memoriam 2019: Comportamiento Animal; Darwines-ES
dc.sourceRevista Biología Tropical; Darwin In Memoriam 2019: Comportamiento Animal; Darwinpt-PT
dc.source2215-2075
dc.source0034-7744
dc.subjecttrail maintenanceen-US
dc.subjectleavesen-US
dc.subjectcolonyen-US
dc.subjectproductivityen-US
dc.subjectpheromonesen-US
dc.subjectAtta cephalotesen-US
dc.subjecttrail maintenancees-ES
dc.subjectleaveses-ES
dc.subjectcolonyes-ES
dc.subjectproductivityes-ES
dc.subjectpheromoneses-ES
dc.subjectAtta cephaloteses-ES
dc.titleIs your pizza too big for your box? How would an ant’s brain solve the problem?en-US
dc.titleIs your pizza too big for your box? How would an ant’s brain solve the problem?es-ES
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