Long-term disease dynamics for a specialized parasite of ant societies: a field study.

Many studies have investigated how social insects behave when a parasite is introduced into their colonies. These studies have been conducted in the laboratory, and we still have a limited understanding of the dynamics of ant-parasite interactions under natural conditions. Here we consider a special...

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Main Authors: Raquel G Loreto, Simon L Elliot, Mayara L R Freitas, Thairine M Pereira, David P Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25133749/?tool=EBI