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Selection and spatial arrangement of building materials during the construction of nest turrets by grass-cutting ants

Ants build complex nest structures by reacting to simple, local stimuli. While underground nests result from the space generated by digging, some leaf- and grass-cutting ants also construct conspicuous aboveground turrets around nest openings. We investigated whether the selection of specific buildi...

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Autores principales: Römer, Daniela, Cosarinsky, Marcela I., Roces, Flavio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7657914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201312