To build or not to build: circulating dry air organizes collective building for climate control in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex ambiguus

To investigate to what extent climatic variables are used by ant workers to decide whether and where nest building should be started, the effect of humidity content of the circulating air on building behaviour was studied in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex ambiguus. In the laboratory, a colony was c...

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