Caste-specific visual adaptations to distinct daily activity schedules in Australian Myrmecia ants

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-04-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2010.1378PMID 20926444PMCID PMC3049064
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