We studied the organisation of garbage disposal and management in the leafcutting ant Atta
cephalotes. The nest of this species has an internal garbage heap to which waste from the …

… The stay of AG Hart at the University of Aarhus was facilitated by the EU-TMR network on
“Social Evolution” of the Universities of Aarhus, Firenze, Keele, Sheffield, Uppsala, Würzburg …

Unlike most leaf-cutting ants, which have underground waste dumps, the leaf-cutting ant
Atta colombica dumps waste in a heap outside the nest. Waste is hazardous, as it is …

The accumulation of, and environmental hazards associated with, tire rubber and its disposal
are major global concerns. The complex composition and structure of tire rubber and its …

1. A proposal for the radical reform of the American banking system by requiring reserves of
100 per cent. against all deposits subject to cheque has been made during the last two …

formulated by JR Hicks and RG ID. Allen,'sought to remove the theory of consumers'
demand from its dependency on the quantitative measurement of utility. This new subjective …

Invertebrate study systems are cornerstones of biological and biomedical research, providing
key insights into fields from genetics to behavioural ecology. Despite the widespread use …

In social groups composed of kin, inclusive fitness benefits can favor greater cooperation.
Alternatively, cooperation can be enforced through the policing of less cooperative individuals. …

A Gaussian conditional autoregressive (CAR) formulation is presented that permits the
modelling of the spatial dependence and the dependence between multivariate random …

Background Monitoring change in species diversity, community composition and phenology
is vital to assess the impacts of anthropogenic activity and natural change. However, …