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supercolony: a standalone construct

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Social insect biology

a vast network of interconnected nests whose workers do not fight each other, here formed by invasive Argentine ants.

In social insect biology, supercolony refers to a vast network of interconnected nests whose workers do not fight each other, here formed by invasive Argentine ants. This meaning comes from Giraud (2002) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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Giraud, T., Pedersen, J. S., & Keller, L. (2002). Evolution of supercolonies: The Argentine ants of southern Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(9), 6075-6079. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.092694199

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