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T1  - Living beyond the limits of survival : wood ants trapped in a gigantic pitfall 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/167925 
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A1  - Czechowski, Wojciech; Rutkowski, Tomasz; Stephan, Wojciech; Vepsäläinen, Kari 
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Y1  - 2016 
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AB  - A unique accumulation of workers ('colony') of the wood ant Formica polyctena Forst., trapped within an old bunker for storing nuclear weapons, is described. The source of the 'colony' is a large colony nesting outdoors, on top of the bunker. Individuals that have fallen down through a ventilation pipe are not able to find their way back to the mother nest. In total darkness, they have constructed an earthen mound, which they have maintained all-year-round by moulding it and keeping the nest ent... 
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KW  - Adaptability; caves; continuous darkness; flexibility of nesting; Formica polyctena; lifespan; low temperatures; marginal habitats; scarce food resources; FORMICA-POLYCTENA; HYMENOPTERA-FORMICIDAE; SOUTHERN FINLAND; AQUILONIA; COMPETITION; QUEENS; NESTS; 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology 
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