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Sequential Soil Transport and Its Influence on the Spatial Organisation of Collective Digging in Leaf-Cutting Ants

The Chaco leaf-cutting ant Atta vollenweideri (Forel) inhabits large and deep subterranean nests composed of a large number of fungus and refuse chambers. The ants dispose of the excavated soil by forming small pellets that are carried to the surface. For ants in general, the organisation of undergr...

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Autores principales: Pielström, Steffen, Roces, Flavio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23457648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057040

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