Microbial management as a driver of parental care and family aggregations in carrion feeding insects
Social behaviors and lifestyles have evolved as successful strategies to cope with adverse and challenging living conditions, often by manipulating the immediate environment. These manipulations can extend to the surrounding microbiome, both in terms of combating harmful agents such as pathogens but...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1252876/full |