Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

Michael Poulsen, Adrianne Bot, Mogens Nielsen, J J Boomsma

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Original language	English
Journal	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Volume	52
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	151-157
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0340-5443
Publication status	Published - 2002

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