Evolutionary aspects of ant-fungus interactions in leaf-cutting ants

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 386-389

  North, R D ^a   Jackson, C W ^a   Howse, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT-FUNGUS RELATIONSHIP; EVOLUTION; LEAF-CUTTING ANT; MUTALISM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANT; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031409258     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)87381-8     Document Type: Review

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