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Foundress dilemma model (1.0.0)

This is a model that is developed to explore the foundress dilemma. The model, a haystack-style simulation of group selection, was constructed to capture the essential features of colony foundation for queens of the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus. The life history features of this species during colony founding match in many details the haystack thought experiment of Maynard Smith: randomly distributed queens aggregate to found nests with some queens being cooperative in behavior and others aggressive. The goal of this model is to generate testable predictions relevant to the hypothesis that this system fits the haystack scenario of group selection as an explanatory model for the observed queen cooperation in this natural population.

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Associated Publications

Shaffer, Z. et al. The foundress’s dilemma: group selection for cooperation among queens of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus. Sci. Rep. 6, 29828; doi: 10.1038/srep29828 (2016)

Foundress dilemma model 1.0.0

Submitted by Marco Janssen Published Jul 28, 2016 Last modified Feb 23, 2018

This is a model that is developed to explore the foundress dilemma. The model, a haystack-style simulation of group selection, was constructed to capture the essential features of colony foundation for queens of the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus. The life history features of this species during colony founding match in many details the haystack thought experiment of Maynard Smith: randomly distributed queens aggregate to found nests with some queens being cooperative in behavior and others aggressive. The goal of this model is to generate testable predictions relevant to the hypothesis that this system fits the haystack scenario of group selection as an explanatory model for the observed queen cooperation in this natural population.

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Zachary Joseph Shaffer, Takao Sasaki, Brian Haney, Marco Janssen, Stephen Pratt, Jennifer Fewell (2016, July 28). “Foundress dilemma model” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/4262/releases/1.0.0/

Associated Publication(s)

Shaffer, Z. et al. The foundress’s dilemma: group selection for cooperation among queens of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus. Sci. Rep. 6, 29828; doi: 10.1038/srep29828 (2016)

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Contributors
Zachary Joseph Shaffer Takao Sasaki Brian Haney Marco Janssen Stephen Pratt Jennifer Fewell
DOI
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Model Version
1.0.0
License
GPL-2.0
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Software Framework
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Operating System
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Publish Date
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Last Updated
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.0.0 Marco Janssen Thu Jul 28 01:37:28 2016 Tue Feb 20 08:41:50 2018 Published

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