Opportunistic or selective? Plasticity in the diet of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex lobicornis in NW Patagonia;¿Oportunistas o selectivas? Plasticidad en la dieta de la hormiga cortadora de hojas Acromyrmex lobicornis en el noroeste de la Patagonia

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Franzel, C ^a   Farji Brener, A G ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIET; FOOD SELECTION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ACROMYRMEX LOBICORNIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034437874     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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