Decisions between differently timed outcomes are a well-studied topic in as diverse academic disciplines as economics, psychology, and behavioral ecology. Humans and other animals have been shown to m
In many ecological situations, resources are difficult to find but become more apparent to nearby searchers after one of their numbers discovers and begins to exploit them. If the discoverer cannot mo
Dataset used in every analysis of manuscript: Lois-Milevicich et al. 2020 Viscosity as a key factor in decision making of nectar feeding ants. Journal of Insect Physiology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsp
Approaches to understanding adaptive behaviour often assume that animals have perfect information about environmental conditions or are capable of sophisticated learning. If such learning abilities ar
