Control of the behaviour of leaf-cutting ants by their 'symbiotic' fungus

Experientia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 631-635

  Ridley, P ^a   Howse, P E ^a   Jackson, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atta; Fungus; Leaf cutting ants; Semiochemical; Sociobiology; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FUNGICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 0029901776     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969745     Document Type: Article

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