Animal Behavior & CognitionNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Behavioural individuality determines infection risk in clonal ant colonies
Z. Li, E. T. Frank, T. Oliveira-Honorato…·Y. Ulrich
The paper shows that individual behavioral differences in clonal ant colonies influence infection risk by altering division of labour and spatial distribution, leading to increased parasite transmission.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-40983-7