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Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2021 Clear cutting is the main source of timber production of plantation forest management in Indonesia, but this activity disrupts the lives of ground ants.
Ahmad Budiaman +3 more
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Beneficial effects of a multifunctional strain of Purpureocillium lilacinum in strawberry plants
Studies in FungiThe extensive use of agrochemicals poses significant risks to both environmental and human health. The fungus Purpureocillium lilacinum (Ascomycetes: Ophiocordycipitaceae), through its application, represents a promising biotechnological tool to reduce ...
Patricia J. Folgarait +2 more
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Current Biology, 2006 Research shows that ants, and also honeybees and other species of social insects, use several pheromones or other signals in organizing their foraging system. Two important and connected questions, therefore, are to determine why multiple signals are needed and how they work together. Some progress has been made in the honeybee, where four dances and a
Jackson, Duncan E. +1 more
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A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Attine ants live in an intensely studied tripartite mutualism with the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, which provides food to the ants, and with antibiotic-producing actinomycete bacteria.
Bibb, Mervyn J. +29 more
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How to coexist with fire ants: The roles of behaviour and cuticular compounds [PDF]
, 2013 tBecause territoriality is energetically costly, territorial animals frequently respond less aggressively toneighbours than to strangers, a reaction known as the “dear enemy phenomenon” (DEP).
Céréghino, Régis +5 more
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Ants indirectly reduce the reproductive performance of a leafless shrub by benefiting aphids through predator deterrence [PDF]
, 2020 Ant–aphid mutualisms can generate cas- cade effects on the host plants, but these impacts depend on the ecological context. We studied the consequences of ant–aphid interactions on the repro- ductive performance of a Mediterranean leafless shrub (Retama ...
Mezquida, E. T. +2 more
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Heat-induced symmetry breaking in ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) escape behavior. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The collective egress of social insects is important in dangerous situations such as natural disasters or enemy attacks. Some studies have described the phenomenon of symmetry breaking in ants, with two exits induced by a repellent.
Yuan-Kai Chung, Chung-Chi Lin
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Predation success by a plant-ant indirectly favours the growth and fitness of its host myrmecophyte [PDF]
, 2013 Mutualisms, or interactions between species that lead to net fitness benefits for each species involved, are stable and ubiquitous in nature mostly due to "byproduct benefits" stemming from the intrinsic traits of one partner that generate an indirect ...
Roux, Olivier +29 more
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Cognitive and Neuroimaging Divergence Between Juvenile and Adult FUS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor neuron degeneration. Fused in sarcoma (FUS)‐associated juvenile ALS (jALS) represents a distinct and aggressive subgroup with rapid deterioration and poor prognosis.
Alexandra V. Jürs +7 more
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Distributed Computing, 2016 We introduce the Ants Nearby Treasure Search (ANTS) problem, which models natural cooperative foraging behavior such as that performed by ants around their nest. In this problem, k probabilistic agents, initially placed at a central location, collectively search for a treasure on the two-dimensional grid.
Feinerman, Ofer, Korman, Amos
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