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Prophylactic Avoidance of Hazardous Prey by the Ant Host Myrmica rubra
Ants are the hosts of many microorganisms, including pathogens that are incidentally brought inside the nest by foragers. This is particularly true for scavenging species, which collect hazardous food such as dead insects. Foragers limit sanitary risks by not retrieving highly infectious prey releas...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7412340/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32674516 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11070444 |