The effects of leaf deprivation on leaf-cutting ants and their mutualistic fungus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-389

  Bass, M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atta cephalotes; Atta sexdens sexdens; Leucoagaricus gongylophorus; Mutualism; Pruning; Staphylae

Indexed keywords

ANT-FUNGUS MUTUALISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FUNGUS GARDEN; LEAF-CUTTING ANT; STAPHYLA;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; ATTA SEXDENS SEXDENS; CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOAGARICUS GONGYLOPHORUS;

EID: 0030700204     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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