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Egg-Laying Behavior of Cataglyphis niger Ants Is Influenced More Strongly by Temperature Than Daylength

SIMPLE SUMMARY: We examined the contribution of temperature and daylight to egg-laying behavior by queens of desert ants. Decreasing the temperature had a much stronger negative effect on egg laying than shortening the daylight and queens stopped laying eggs. That said, egg laying is plastic, and in...

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Autores principales: Bar, Adi, Shalev, Lior, Scharf, Inon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9774527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36552224
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11121714