{"title":"A comparison between sexes, castes, and life-histories supports the adaptive role of metal enrichment in the mandibles of Lasius ants","authors":"E. Nalini, C. Polidori","doi":"10.1080/24750263.2024.2355308","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Ant mandibles perform different functions (e.g. feeding, hunting, and nest building), and previous studies on workers of some species revealed that they are enriched in transition metals (Zn and Mn...","PeriodicalId":501221,"journal":{"name":"The European Zoological Journal","volume":"158 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The European Zoological Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2024.2355308","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ant mandibles perform different functions (e.g. feeding, hunting, and nest building), and previous studies on workers of some species revealed that they are enriched in transition metals (Zn and Mn...