About the Authors

Cédric Sueur

cedric.sueur@iphc.cnrs.fr

Affiliations Unit of Social Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, Bd du Triomphe, Brussels, Belgium, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, Strasbourg, France, Université de Strasbourg, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg, France

Jean-Louis Deneubourg

Affiliation Unit of Social Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, Bd du Triomphe, Brussels, Belgium

Odile Petit

Affiliations Unit of Social Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, Bd du Triomphe, Brussels, Belgium, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, Strasbourg, France, Université de Strasbourg, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS JLD OP. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS JLD OP. Wrote the paper: CS JLD OP. Designed the model used in this manuscript: CS.