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Two feedback mechanisms involved in the control of leaf fragment size in leaf-cutting ants

Polymorphic leaf-cutting ants harvest leaf fragments that correlate in size with the workers' body size. When cutting, workers anchor their hind legs on the leaf edge and rotate, removing approximately semicircular fragments. Workers show behavioural plasticity and modify their leg extension wh...

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Autores principales: Römer, Daniela, Exl, Rebecca, Roces, Flavio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10323230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37348454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244246