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SCIENCE
卷 362, 期 6417, 页码 941-+出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat4793
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- European Research Council Advanced Grants (Social Life) [249375, 741491]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [CR32I3_141063, 310030_156732]
- European Research Council Starting Grant [243071]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [CR32I3_141063, 310030_156732] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- European Research Council (ERC) [249375, 741491, 243071] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Animal social networks are shaped by multiple selection pressures, including the need to ensure efficient communication and functioning while simultaneously limiting disease transmission. Social animals could potentially further reduce epidemic risk by altering their social networks in the presence of pathogens, yet there is currently no evidence for such pathogen-triggered responses. We tested this hypothesis experimentally in the ant Lasius niger using a combination of automated tracking, controlled pathogen exposure, transmission quantification, and temporally explicit simulations. Pathogen exposure induced behavioral changes in both exposed ants and their nestmates, which helped contain the disease by reinforcing key transmission-inhibitory properties of the colony's contact network. This suggests that social network plasticity in response to pathogens is an effective strategy for mitigating the effects of disease in social groups.
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