Allogrooming, Self-Grooming, and Touching Behavior: Contamination Routes of Leaf-Cutting Ant Workers Using a Fat-Soluble Tracer Dye

The aim of this study was to determine whether worker self-grooming, allogrooming, and direct contact promotes the dispersal of substances among members of the colony. For this purpose, a tracer (Sudan III dye) was applied topically to a worker ant and the social interactions between the worker with...

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Autores principales: Camargo, Roberto da Silva, Puccini, Carolina, Forti, Luiz Carlos, de Matos, Carlos Alberto Oliveira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5492073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28598375
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8020059

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5492073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28598375
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8020059

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