How a lack of choice can force ants to climb up waxy plant stems

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Arthropod-Plant Interactions

• Publication date

  2011-06-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11829-011-9143-6
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