{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["68(4)"],"submitter":["Gilad T"],"pubmed_abstract":["Injury is common in nature resulting, for example, from fighting, partial predation, or the wear of body parts. Injury is costly, expressed in impaired performance, failure in competition, and a shorter life span. A survey of the literature revealed the frequent occurrence of injury in ants and its various causes. We examined whether leg or antenna injury impacts food-discovery time and reduces the likelihood of reaching food in workers of the desert ant <i>Cataglyphis niger</i>. We examined the search-related consequences of injury in groups of either 4 or 8 workers searching for food in a short arena, a long arena, and a maze. We conducted a small field survey to evaluate the prevalence of injury in the studied population. Finally, we compared the survival rates of injured versus uninjur"],"journal":["Current zoology"],"pagination":["441-450"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9450180"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Leg or antenna injury in <i>Cataglyphis</i> ants impairs survival but does not hinder searching for food."],"pmcid":["PMC9450180"],"pubmed_authors":["Gilad T","Scharf I","Subach A","Dorfman A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Leg or antenna injury in <i>Cataglyphis</i> ants impairs survival but does not hinder searching for food.","description":"Injury is common in nature resulting, for example, from fighting, partial predation, or the wear of body parts. Injury is costly, expressed in impaired performance, failure in competition, and a shorter life span. A survey of the literature revealed the frequent occurrence of injury in ants and its various causes. We examined whether leg or antenna injury impacts food-discovery time and reduces the likelihood of reaching food in workers of the desert ant <i>Cataglyphis niger</i>. We examined the search-related consequences of injury in groups of either 4 or 8 workers searching for food in a short arena, a long arena, and a maze. We conducted a small field survey to evaluate the prevalence of injury in the studied population. Finally, we compared the survival rates of injured versus uninjur","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Aug","modification":"2025-05-29T19:35:50.399Z","creation":"2024-11-06T04:01:30.456Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9450180","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36090143"],"doi":["10.1093/cz/zoab027"]}}