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Increased host aggression as an induced defense against slave-making ants
Slave-making ants reduce the fitness of surrounding host colonies through regular raids, causing the loss of brood and frequently queen and worker death. Consequently, hosts developed defenses against slave raids such as specific recognition and aggression toward social parasites, and indeed, we sho...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071747/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22476194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arq191 |