Una aproximación a la biología y comportamientos de las hormigas
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Juan Carlos Ramírez Ramón
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6552-2131
Martha L. Baena
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-2771
Ivette A. Chamorro-Florescano
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-3394
Arturo González-Zamora
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-3394
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6552-2131
Martha L. Baena
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-2771
Ivette A. Chamorro-Florescano
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-3394
Arturo González-Zamora
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-3394
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El objetivo de este trabajo es reportar los comportamientos que emplean las hormigas para competir por los recursos alimenticios limitados, así como los principales factores que las amenazan y su importancia biológica en la conservación como organismos clave para el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas. Para este propósito se realizó la búsqueda de información bibliográfica en artículos científicos y libros relacionados con los temas mencionados. Se concluyó que, dada su alta diversidad y estrategias de coexistencia, son organismos clave para la conservación tanto de áreas naturales como urbanas.
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RAMÍREZ RAMÓN, Juan Carlos et al.
Una aproximación a la biología y comportamientos de las hormigas.
CIENCIA ergo-sum, [S.l.], v. 32, mar. 2025.
ISSN 2395-8782.
Disponible en: <https://cienciaergosum.uaemex.mx/article/view/21781>. Fecha de acceso: 14 jul. 2025
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