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A phenomenological model for osmotropotaxis is presented based on the physico-chemical properties of a scent trail and on a perception-reaction function. The model reproduces qualitatively experimental results and is to be used to test the influence of the physico-chemical properties of scent trails on ant behaviour. Moreover, we investigate how osmotropotaxis and interaction between individuals can organize trail traffic as found in army ant and termite species.
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Calenbuhr, V., Deneubourg, JL. (1990). A Model for Trail Following in Ants: Individual and Collective Behaviour. In: Alt, W., Hoffmann, G. (eds) Biological Motion. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 89. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51664-1_31
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