The dear enemy effect drives conspecific aggressiveness in an Azteca-Cecropia system

Abstract Territoriality is costly, and the accurate identification of intruders and the decision to perform aggressive responses are key behavioral traits in social animals. We studied aggression among individuals belonging to close and distant nests of the plant-ant Azteca muelleri, which lives in...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Zorzal, Flávio Camarota, Marcondes Dias, Diogo M. Vidal, Eraldo Lima, Aline Fregonezi, Ricardo I. Campos
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/06165732850249f787ef32a7f7d95568
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