Garden sharing and garden stealing in fungus-growing ants

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 491-493

  Adams, Rachelle M M ^a   Mueller, U G ^a   Holloway, Alisha K ^a   Green, Abigail M ^a   Narozniak, Joanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANT; ARTICLE; CROP; CULTIVAR; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNGI; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033636837     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050765     Document Type: Article

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