Saving the injured: Rescue behavior in the termite-hunting ant Megaponera analis

Predators of highly defensive prey likely develop cost-reducing adaptations. The ant Megaponera analis is a specialized termite predator, solely raiding termites of the subfamily Macrotermitinae (in this study, mostly colonies of Pseudocanthotermes sp.) at their foraging sites. The evolutionary arms...

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Autores principales: Frank, Erik Thomas, Schmitt, Thomas, Hovestadt, Thomas, Mitesser, Oliver, Stiegler, Jonas, Linsenmair, Karl Eduard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28439543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602187

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28439543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602187

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