Variation in butterfly larval acoustics as a strategy to infiltrate and exploit host ant colony resources.
About 10,000 arthropods live as ants' social parasites and have evolved a number of mechanisms allowing them to penetrate and survive inside the ant nests. Many of them can intercept and manipulate their host communication systems. This is particularly important for butterflies of the genus Mac...
Main Authors: | Marco Sala, Luca Pietro Casacci, Emilio Balletto, Simona Bonelli, Francesca Barbero |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981827?pdf=render |
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