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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |