1. SOCIAL INSECTS AS SOLITARY VEHICLES Open Access Author: Sola Gracia, Emilia Title: SOCIAL INSECTS AS SOLITARY VEHICLES Graduate Program: Ecology Keywords: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis sensus latoBeauveria bassianaCamponotus castaneusCamponotus pennsylvanicussocial dynamicscadaver managmentdisease dynamicsfungal morphologygroup defensemovementtrophallaxissemi-natural arenas File: Download Social_insects_as_solitary_vehicles-final.pdf Committee Members: David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorDavid Peter Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-ChairNina Ellen Jenkins, Committee MemberVictoria Anne Braithwaite-Read, Committee MemberEphraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member