Social Carrying and Defensive Behavior During Colony Emigration in the Leaf-cutting Ant Atta sexdens

In this work, we describe for the first time and under laboratory conditions, the behaviors related to social carrying and defensive strategies during colony emigration in the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens. Once colonies were laid on a tray under suboptimal conditions, groups of workers aggregated a...

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Published in:	Sociobiology (Chico, CA) Vol. 64; no. 4; p. 492
Main Authors:	Valadares, Lohan, Nascimento, Fábio S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 01-12-2017
Subjects:	adult transport Animal behavior Atta sexdens
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