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Ants Are Not Conscious [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Journal of Philosophy, 2013
Anthropic reasoning is a form of statistical reasoning based upon finding oneself a member of a particular reference class of conscious beings. By considering empirical distribution functions defined over animal life on Earth, we can deduce that the vast bulk of animal life is unlikely to be conscious.
openaire   +4 more sources

Convergent evolution of complex structures for ant–bacterial defensive symbiosis in fungus-farming ants

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018
Significance Animal–microbial mutualistic symbioses are important examples of evolutionary adaptation in which symbionts shape diverse traits of their hosts, from physiology to morphology; yet few examples are known of multiple convergences on identical ...
Hongjie Li   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Eesti Arstide Seltsi Rootsis muutumised Kas uued väliseestlased on valmis üle võtma? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
EASRi põhikirja esimene lause ütleb: “Eesti Arstide Selts Rootsis (edaspidi selts) on Rootsis elunevaid eesti rahvusest arste ja hambaarste ning vastavate alade üliõpilasi koondav teaduslik ja kollegiaalne organisatsioon.” EASRil on pikk ja uhke minevik,
Anderson, Ants
core   +2 more sources

Homogenization and impoverishment of taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Eucalyptus plantations

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2018
Despite its negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity, tree plantations can contribute to biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes, as they harbor many native species.
F. Martello   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Uninformed sacrifice: evidence against long-range alarm transmission in foraging ants exposed to a localized perturbation

open access: yes, 2015
It is well stablished that danger information can be transmitted by ants through relatively small distances, provoking either a state of alarm when they move away from potentially dangerous stimulus, or charge toward it aggressively.
Altshuler, E., Reyes, A., Tejera, F.
core   +1 more source

Ant's Social Division of Labor and Its Influencing Factors [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
As a higher social insect, ants have a clear hierarchy within them. According to the different divisions of labor, ant groups mainly include worker ants, soldier ants, male ants, and queen ants.
Fu Jinwen
doaj   +1 more source

Heat-induced symmetry breaking in ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) escape behavior. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Ants are the major agents of resource removal from tropical rainforests

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, 2017
Ants are diverse and abundant, especially in tropical ecosystems. They are often cited as the agents of key ecological processes, but their precise contributions compared with other organisms have rarely been quantified.
H. Griffiths   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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