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When social behaviour is moulded in clay: on growth and form of social insect nests

Andrea Perna, Guy Theraulaz
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (1): 83–91.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.143347
Published: 1 January 2017
... produce nests with a similar overall appearance calls for more detailed studies of the nest-building behaviour of individual insects. Did different nest-building behaviours evolve several times in different taxa? Are a few behavioural modules sufficient to produce the large variety of observed nests...
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The determination of nest depth in founding queens of leaf-cutting ants ( Atta vollenweideri ): idiothetic and temporal control

Kerstin Fröhle, Flavio Roces
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (10): 1642–1650.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.066217
Published: 15 May 2012
.... * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 24 1 2012 © 2012. 2012 nest building behavior mechanism time control proprioception tunnel depth chamber size digging As in most ant species, sexuals of Atta leaf-cutting ants fly away from the mother...
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