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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...
Autores principales: | Purcell, Jessica, Avril, Amaury, Jaffuel, Geoffrey, Bates, Sarah, Chapuisat, Michel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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