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Trail following in Ants: Individual Properties Determine Population Behaviour Author(s): Leah Edelstein-Keshet, James Watmough, G. Bard Ermentrout Source: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 36, No. 2 (1995), pp. 119-133 Published by: Springer Stable URL: /stable/4601053 . Accessed: 20/09/2011 19:09 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Springer is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Behav Ecol Sociobiol (1995) 36:119-133 ( Springer-Verlag1995 Leah Edelstein-Keshet JamesWatmough G. Bard Ermentrout properties Trailfollowingin ants:individual determine behaviour population Received: 25 September 1993 / Accepted after revision: 3 October 1994 Abstract This paperdealswith the purposefulmarking out for survival:findingfood, escapingpredation,seek- of trails as a mechanism for coordinating movement. ing shelter,protecting young. Each of these tasks re- Patterns of motion are adapted to the environmental quires a distinct pattern of motion, and thus leaves a conditions,the functionsto be carriedout, and the con- distinctrecordin the pattern of trails.Indeed,the form dition of the organism;therefore,the networksof trails of the trailnetworkis a preciserecordof the patternsof must change both quantitati