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Injury shortens life expectancy in ants and affects some risk-related decisions of workers

The Formica cinerea ants are known to be highly territorial and aggressively defend their nest and foraging areas against other ants. During the foraging, workers engage in large-scale battles with other colonies of ants and injuries often occur in the process. Such injuries open the body up to path...

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Autores principales: Turza, Filip, Miler, Krzysztof
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10442280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37450227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01810-0