Tracheal branching in ants is area-decreasing, violating a central assumption of network transport models

• Ian J. Aitkenhead,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia

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• Grant A. Duffy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9031-8164

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• Citsabehsan Devendran,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-933X

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• Michael R. Kearney,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia

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• Adrian Neild,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-2526

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• Steven L. Chown

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review – editing

  * E-mail: steven.chown@monash.edu

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-5105

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