Directional vibration sensing in the leafcutter ant Atta sexdens
Leafcutter ants communicate with the substrate-borne component of the vibratory emission produced by stridulation. Stridulatory signals in the genus Atta have been described in different behavioural contexts, such as foraging, alarm signalling and collective nest building. Stridulatory vibrations ar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Biology Open |
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| Online Access: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/6/12/1949 |