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Ant Colonies Prefer Infected over Uninfected Nest Sites
During colony relocation, the selection of a new nest involves exploration and assessment of potential sites followed by colony movement on the basis of a collective decision making process. Hygiene and pathogen load of the potential nest sites are factors worker scouts might evaluate, given the hig...
Autores principales: | Pontieri, Luigi, Vojvodic, Svjetlana, Graham, Riley, Pedersen, Jes Søe, Linksvayer, Timothy A. |
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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/PMC4221154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25372856 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111961 |
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