Ant colonies maintain social homeostasis in the face of decreased density

Interactions lie at the heart of social organization, particularly in ant societies. Interaction rates are presumed to increase with density, but there is little empirical evidence for this. We manipulated density within carpenter ant colonies of the species Camponotus pennsylvanicus by quadrupling...

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Autores principales: Modlmeier, Andreas P, Colman, Ewan, Hanks, Ephraim M, Bringenberg, Ryan, Bansal, Shweta, Hughes, David P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
Materias:
Ecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31045493
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.38473

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31045493
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.38473

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