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Download fileSuperficial chambers from nests of increasing size, shown in side and top views
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posted on 2011-12-30, 23:13 authored by Walter R. TschinkelCopyright information:
Taken from "The nest architecture of the Florida harvester ant, "
Journal of Insect Science 2004;4():-.
Published online 2 Jul 2004
PMCID:PMC528881.
Copyright © 2004. Open access; copyright is maintained by the authors.
These “chambers” are probably produced by a modification of the behavioral program producing shafts throughout the deeper portions of the nest. Note the increasingly interconnected and loop-like morphology as the shafts become extended and enlarged.
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