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The scent of mixtures: rules of odour processing in ants

Natural odours are complex blends of numerous components. Understanding how animals perceive odour mixtures is central to multiple disciplines. Here we focused on carpenter ants, which rely on odours in various behavioural contexts. We studied overshadowing, a phenomenon that occurs when animals hav...

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Autores principales: Perez, Margot, Giurfa, Martin, d'Ettorre, Patrizia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25726692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08659