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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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Autores principales: Pereira, Hugo, Detrain, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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