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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"army ants"”.
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Mechanisms for the Evolution of Superorganismality in Ants
… the proximate evolution of superorganismality in ants. Using focussed mechanistic experiments in O. biroi, in combination with comparative work from other ant species, I study three major aspects of ant social behaviour that provide insight into the origin, maintenance, and elaboration of …
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Sociobiology of the hypogaeic army ant Dorylus (Dichthadia) laevigatus Fr. Smith
… renowned for their spectacular epigaeic raids, army ants have captured scientific attention for almost two centuries. They now belong to one of the best studied group of ants. However, most of our knowledge about army ants was derived from the study of the minority of specialized, epigaeicly …
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The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Nomadic Behavior in the Clonal Raider Ant, Ooceraea Biroi
… is integral to the lives of many social insects. Army ants have taken this behavior to the extreme, with many species relocating an entire colony of over 100,000 ants plus brood almost daily. Despite its prevalence, the question of how army ant colonies emigrate has been debated for many decades, …
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Hybridization in Ants
… factors make hybridization act differently in ants than in other species: eusociality and haplodiploidy. These factors serve to reduce the costs of interspecific hybridization in ants while simultaneously allowing them to take advantage of certain benefits. Eusociality may mitigate the effects …
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Effects of fragmentation and invasion on ant communities
… and oil palm plantations. The resulting remnants generally maintain lower species diversity relative to unfragmented forest, and the species composition of what remains often includes generalist and invasive species. Another causative agent of extinction are introduced species, which have …