Transmission of information regarding the quantitative characteristics of an object in ants.
Results of laboratory experiments demonstrating that ants are capable of assessing the number of objects within the limits of several tens and transmit this information to other individuals are described. It has been demonstrated that ants may use these capacities for transmitting information regarding the coordinates of an object.
Reznikova
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Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk.
Ryabko BYa
D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000502:physiology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D008297:Male