Factors Influencing Sun Basking in Red Wood Ants (Formica polyctena): a Field Experiment on Clustering and Phototaxis

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• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Journal of insect behavior

• Publication date

  2019-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10905-019-09713-0
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