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tandem running: a standalone construct

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Entomology

a recruitment behaviour in which one ant leads a single nestmate to a resource, adjusting its pace to the follower, proposed as a form of teaching.

In entomology, tandem running refers to a recruitment behaviour in which one ant leads a single nestmate to a resource, adjusting its pace to the follower, proposed as a form of teaching. This meaning comes from Franks (2006) in Nature.[1]

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References

Franks, N. R., & Richardson, T. (2006). Teaching in tandem-running ants. Nature, 439(7073), 153-153. https://doi.org/10.1038/439153a

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