How long versus when: worker mortality synchrony is widespread but decoupled from body size in Australian ants

arXiv:2609.26278 · q-bio.PE · Submitted 2026-08-17 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-17

Updated: 2026-08-17

Code: https://github.com/rafa-rodriguess/australian_ants_how_long_versus_when_worker_

Terminology

• Decoupling — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Clustering — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adaptation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Causal Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

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