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Visualization of an ant trail pattern.
The pattern in the figure was produced by a colony of Argentine ants after one hour of exploration of an empty arena. Many ant species form similar dendritic patterns around their nests, but the patterns are invisible to the human eye as they are composed of extremely low concentrations of chemicals (pheromones). In this image, the structure of the trails and the intensity of pheromone marking are made visible from the positions of the ants. See Perna et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002592.
Image Credit: Andrea Perna, Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University.
Citation: (2012) PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 8(7) July 2012. PLoS Comput Biol 8(7): ev08.i07. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v08.i07
Published: July 26, 2012
Copyright: © Perna. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The pattern in the figure was produced by a colony of Argentine ants after one hour of exploration of an empty arena. Many ant species form similar dendritic patterns around their nests, but the patterns are invisible to the human eye as they are composed of extremely low concentrations of chemicals (pheromones). In this image, the structure of the trails and the intensity of pheromone marking are made visible from the positions of the ants. See Perna et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002592.
Image Credit: Andrea Perna, Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University.