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The ant’s weapon improves honey bee learning performance

Formic acid is the main component of the ant’s major weapon against enemies. Being mainly used as a chemical defense, the acid is also exploited for recruitment and trail marking. The repelling effect of the organic acid is used by some mammals and birds which rub themselves in the acid to eliminate...

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Autores principales: Bachert, Antonia, Scheiner, Ricarda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10209135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37225773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35540-7

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