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Social stress increases the susceptibility to infection in the ant Harpegnathos saltator

Aggressive interactions between members of a social group represent an important source of social stress with all its negative follow-ups. We used the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator to study the effects of frequent aggressive interactions on the resistance to different stressors. In these ants,...

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Autores principales: Schneider, Sebastian A., Scharffetter, Charlotte, Wagner, Anika E., Boesch, Christine, Bruchhaus, Iris, Rimbach, Gerald, Roeder, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27161621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25800