Immune challenges increase network centrality in a queenless ant
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1456
Abstract: Social animals display a wide range of behavioural defences against infectious diseases, some of which increase social contacts with infectious individuals (e.g. mutual grooming), while others decrease them (e.g. social exclusion). These defences often rely… read more here.
Keywords: network centrality; challenges increase; immune challenges;