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Fire ants perpetually rebuild sinking towers
In the aftermath of a flood, fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, cluster into temporary encampments. The encampments can contain hundreds of thousands of ants and reach over 30 ants high. How do ants build such tall structures without being crushed? In this combined experimental and theoretical study, we...
Autores principales: | Phonekeo, Sulisay, Mlot, Nathan, Monaenkova, Daria, Hu, David L., Tovey, Craig |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28791170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170475 |
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