Moribund Ants Leave Their Nests to Die in Social Isolation

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Walter, Bartosz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; METARHIZIUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; TEMNOTHORAX UNIFASCIATUS;

EID: 75749148341     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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