Size-dependent task specialization in a cooperative cichlid in response to experimental variation of demand

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Division of labor increases with colony size in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (2011, background): “…composition, and complexity (Michener 1974; Fetherston et al. 1990; Stander 1992; Lacey and Sherman 1997; Underwood and Shapiro 1999; Clutton-Brock et al. 2003; Arnold et al. 2005; Gazda et al. 2005; Ridley and Raihani 2008; Fewell et al. 2009; Holbrook et al. 2009; Bruintjes and Taborsky 2010).”
Cichlid fishes: A model for the integrative study of social behavior (2016, background): “Th is is eff ectively a size-specifi c specialization in the division of labor (size-dependent polyethism; Bruintjes and Taborsky 2011 ).”
The Evolution of Social Behaviour (2021, background): “(b) Another peculiarity of N. pulcher is their marked size- dependent division of labour (Taborsky & Limberger, 1981; Taborsky, 1984; Taborsky et al., 1986, Bruintjes & Taborsky 2011), which is possible because many different sizes are present in a social group due to indeterminate growth.”
Context-dependent impacts of anthropogenic noise on individual and social behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish (2013, background): “Shelters are maintained by digging away sand from underneath the stones (Taborsky 1984), and eggs and immature individuals are guarded from potential predators by all groupmembers (Desjardins et al. 2008; Bruintjes & Taborsky 2011).”