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Body Size Differences between Foraging and Intranidal Workers of the Monomorphic Ant Lasius niger

The association between the division of labour and worker body size of ants is typical for species that maintain physical castes. Some studies showed that this phenomenon can be also observed in the absence of distinct morphological subcastes among workers. However, the general and consistent patter...

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Autores principales: Okrutniak, Mateusz, Rom, Bartosz, Turza, Filip, Grześ, Irena M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664435
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11070433