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Exotic Plant Frees itself from Hervibores after Colonizing Novel Habitats in Catalonia
An exotic species becomes an invasive one when it forms stable populations that expand on the new territory. One hypothesis attempting to explain this process predicts that exotic plants lose the herbivores associated...
Social factors in ants
A doctoral thesis read at the CREAF, at the UAB, attempts to characterise the social factors involved in the differentiation between workers and queens in ant colonies. Investigating ants' behavioural mechanisms, both physiological and pheromonal, this work confirms that both the queen and the workers influence...