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Digging the optimum pit: antlions, spirals and spontaneous stratification

Most animal traps are constructed from self-secreted silk, so antlions are rare among trap builders because they use only materials found in the environment. We show how antlions exploit the properties of the substrate to produce very effective structures in the minimum amount of time. Our modelling...

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Autores principales: Franks, Nigel R., Worley, Alan, Falkenberg, Max, Sendova-Franks, Ana B., Christensen, Kim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30900535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0365