Agro-predation: Usurpation of attine fungus gardens by Megalomyrmex ants

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 549-554

  Adams, R M M ^a   Mueller, Ulrich G ^a   Schultz, Ted R ^b   Norden, Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FUNGUS; PREDATION;

ANT; ARTICLE; FOOD; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; FUNGI; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034530683     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050777     Document Type: Article

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