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Fine-tuned intruder discrimination favors ant parasitoidism

A diversity of arthropods (myrmecophiles) thrives within ant nests, many of them unmolested though some, such as the specialized Eucharitidae parasitoids, may cause direct damage to their hosts. Ants are known to discriminate between nestmates and non-nestmates, but whether they recognize the streng...

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Autores principales: Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, Rocha, Franklin H., Valle-Mora, Javier, Hénaut, Yann, Lachaud, Jean-Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6336292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30653595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210739