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Gustatory preferences of ants (Camponotus compressus) for urea and sugars

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Black ants,Camponotus compressus, show specificd gustatory preferences for urea over a wide range of molar concentrations. On a molar basis the threshold of chemopreference for urea was lower than for the most preferred sugar, i.e. surcose.

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Shetty, P.S. Gustatory preferences of ants (Camponotus compressus) for urea and sugars. Experientia 38, 259–260 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945100

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