Decision making by small and large house-hunting ant colonies: one size fits all

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Linking levels of personality: personalities of the ‘average’ and ‘most extreme’ group members predict colony-level personality (2013, background): “Thus, in social animals, both the individual and the group can show distinct personalities and/or syndromes, and understanding the interplay of these two tiers of personality is only beginning to receive attention (but see Crosland 1990; Gordon 1991; Franks et al. 2006).”
Why do not all workers work? Colony size and workload during emigrations in the ant Temnothorax albipennis (2008, methodology): “For information on the overall distribution of colony sizes in this population, see Franks et al. (2006a).”
Personality in social insects: How does worker personality determine colony personality? (2012, background): “Thus, it is possible that variation among colonies in emigration speed (Franks et al., 2006) will emerge from the distribution of workload within a colony and not necessarily from the average activity levels of its workers.”