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polydomy: a standalone construct

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Entomology

the occupation of several spatially separate but socially connected nests by a single social insect colony, studied for its ecological costs and benefits.

In entomology, polydomy refers to the occupation of several spatially separate but socially connected nests by a single social insect colony, studied for its ecological costs and benefits. This meaning comes from Debout (2007) in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.[1]

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Debout, G., Schatz, B., Elias, M., & Mckey, D. (2007). Polydomy in ants: what we know, what we think we know, and what remains to be done. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90(2), 319-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00728.x

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