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Know your foe: synanthropic spiders are deterred by semiochemicals of European fire ants

Many ants prey on spiders, suggesting that web-building spiders may avoid micro-locations near ant colonies or frequented by foraging ants. Here we tested the hypothesis that ant-derived semiochemicals deter synanthropic spiders. To generate stimuli, we exposed filter paper for 12 h to workers of Eu...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Andreas, Lee, Yerin, Dong, T'ea, Gries, Gerhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8131949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34017604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210279