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Crowding increases foraging efficiency in the leaf-cutting antAtta colombica

✍ Scribed by A. Dussutour; S. Beshers; J.-L. Deneubourg; V. Fourcassié

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 255 KB
Volume: 54
Category: Article
ISSN: 0020-1812
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0926-9

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