Bad housekeeping: why do aphids leave their exuviae inside the colony?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Animals can gain protection against predators and parasites by living in groups. The encounter-dilution effect provides protection when the probability of detection of a group does not increase in proportion to group size (i.e. encou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/338 |