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Rolling away: a novel context-dependent escape behaviour discovered in ants
For animals facing dangers, the best option to optimize costs and benefits of defence sometimes may be avoidance. Here we report the discovery of a peculiar strategy adopted by Myrmecina graminicola, a cryptic ant living in forest floor. Experiments showed that when disturbed these ants respond with...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7051971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32123182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59954-9 |