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Novel cooperative antipredator tactics of an ant specialized against a snake
Eusocial insects can express surprisingly complex cooperative defence of the colony. Brood and reproductive castes typically remain in the nest and are protected by workers' various antipredator tactics against intruders. In Madagascar, a myrmicine ant, Aphaenogaster swammerdami, occurs sympatr...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731735/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31598235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190283 |