Foraging behaviour of Atta cephalotes (leaf-cutting ants): An examination of two predictions for load selection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 781-788

  Burd, Martin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; LEAF; SIZE SELECTION;

COSTA RICA;

ATTA CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034492322     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1537     Document Type: Article

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