Ants accumulate heavy metals and respond to pollution with modification in species
composition, community structure, altered behaviour and immunity. However, the levels of …

Metallic pollutants can have harmful impacts on ant morphology and physiology. We studied
the occurrence of labial gland disease in Camponotus japonicus from two polluted areas …

The high capacity of many ant species to accumulate trace metals raises the question of
whether the metal concentration in ants' bodies could reliably reflect the contamination of …

Social insects react to stress at both the individual and colonial level by modifying their
physiology, behavior, offspring morphology, and colonial productivity. Experimental …