Crowding increases foraging efficiency in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica

Agriculture & Biology

• Atta colombica 100%
• leaf-cutting ants 79%
• foraging 45%
• Formicidae 30%
• traffic 23%
• insect trails 19%
• nests 18%
• social benefit 15%
• information exchange 14%
• social insects 13%
• energy expenditure 12%
• travel 12%
• animal communication 10%
• leaves 5%
• animals 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nest 25%
• traffic congestion 15%
• rate 14%
• expenditure 11%
• travel 10%
• traffic 9%
• food 7%
• animal 7%
• laboratory 6%
• energy 5%