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Tight knit under stress: colony resilience to the loss of tandem leaders during relocation in an Indian ant

The movement of colonies from one nest to another is a frequent event in the lives of many social insects and is important for their survival and propagation. This goal-oriented task is accomplished by means of tandem running in some ant species, such as Diacamma indicum. Tandem leaders are central...

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Autores principales: Kolay, Swetashree, Annagiri, Sumana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26473038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150104