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Dynamics and shape of large fire ant rafts
To survive floods, fire ants link their bodies together to build waterproof rafts. Such rafts can be quite large, exceeding 100,000 individuals in size. In this study, we make two improvements on a previously reported model on the construction rate of rafts numbering between 3,000 and 10,000 individ...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Landes Bioscience
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23336030 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.21421 |