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Convergent evolution of levee building behavior among distantly related ant species in a floodplain ant assemblage
Flooding impacts ground nesting ant colonies by destroying the infrastructure housing and organizing societal function. Here, we report the convergent evolution in distantly related ant species of a behavioral trait that minimizes costs of flooding: the construction of earthen levees around nest ent...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-011-0151-4 |