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The Old Ladies of the Seed Harvester ant Pogonomyrmex Rugosus: Foraging Performed by Two Groups of Workers
We examined temporal polyethism in Pogonomyrmex rugosus, predicting a pattern of decreasing age from foragers to nest maintenance workers to individuals that were recruited to harvest a temporary food source. Nest maintenance workers were younger than foragers, as indicated by their heavier mass and...
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Springer US
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21654914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10905-008-9167-7 |