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Impact of soil contamination on the growth and shape of ant nests
As entomopathogens are detrimental to the development or even survival of insect societies, ant colonies should avoid digging into a substrate that is contaminated by fungal spores. Here, we test the hypotheses that Myrmica rubra ant workers (i) detect and avoid fungus-infected substrates and (ii) e...
Autores principales: | Leclerc, Jean-Baptiste, Pinto Silva, Jennifer, Detrain, Claire |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6083733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30109082 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180267 |
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