Polyethism and the importance of context in the alarm reaction of the grass-cutting ant, Atta capiguara

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2001-05-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s002650100321
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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