Ants, Cataglyphis cursor, Use Precisely Directed Rescue Behavior to Free Entrapped Relatives

Elise Nowbahari; Alexandra Scohier; Jean-Luc Durand; Karen L. Hollis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006573

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Ants, Cataglyphis cursor, Use Precisely Directed Rescue Behavior to Free Entrapped Relatives

Elise Nowbahari ,

* E-mail: Elise.Nowbahari@leec.univ-paris13.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Éthologie Expérimentale et Comparée EA 4443, Université Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France
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Alexandra Scohier,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Éthologie Expérimentale et Comparée EA 4443, Université Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France
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Jean-Luc Durand,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Éthologie Expérimentale et Comparée EA 4443, Université Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France
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Karen L. Hollis

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience & Behavior, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ants, Cataglyphis cursor, Use Precisely Directed Rescue Behavior to Free Entrapped Relatives

Elise Nowbahari,
Alexandra Scohier,
Jean-Luc Durand,
Karen L. Hollis

Published: August 12, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006573

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