Social tolerance as strategy to resolve group conflicts: an experimental study on tug-of-war competition of burying beetles
L. Ma, W. Wang, D. Roffel, M. van der Velde, J. Komdeur
This study investigates social tolerance in burying beetles during tug-of-war competition, finding that subordinates help dominants to gain access to resources, but this tolerance is reduced under interspecific competition.
bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2022 · PreprintEcology