Social behavior and the superorganism: Implications for disease and stability in complex animal societies and Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees
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- Adam G. Hart & Francis L. W. Ratnieks, 2002. "Waste management in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 13(2), pages 224-231, March.
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colony collapse disorder; complex animal societies; disease avoidance; illness and behaviour;All these keywords.
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- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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