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Does resource-mediated stress affect colony personality in leaf-cutting ants?

Lailla C GandraKarina D AmaralJoel C CouceiroRaul Narciso Carvalho GuedesTerezinha Mc Della Lucia
Published in: Pest management science (2020)
As the personality of a colony is unequally defined by its constituent castes, the relationship and network of interactions are determinants of foraging behaviors with relevant consequences for colony suppression using toxic foraging substrates that impair these relationships and interactions, as nasturtium leaves do. Therefore, it is plausible to say that resource-mediated stress affects colonies personality exhibiting control potential against these species.
Keyphrases
  • stress induced
  • risk assessment
  • human health