Into the black and back: the ecology of brain investment in Neotropical army ants (Formicidae: Dorylinae)

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  SCIENCE NATURE

• Publication date

  2016-03-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00114-016-1353-4PMID 26956233
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