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Ant Brood Function as Life Preservers during Floods

Social organisms can surmount many ecological challenges by working collectively. An impressive example of such collective behavior occurs when ants physically link together into floating ‘rafts’ to escape from flooded habitat. However, raft formation may represent a social dilemma, with some positi...

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Autores principales: Purcell, Jessica, Avril, Amaury, Jaffuel, Geoffrey, Bates, Sarah, Chapuisat, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089211