Forager size of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a mature eucalyptus forest in Brazil

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 983-988

  Tonhasca Jr , Athayde ^a   Bragança, Marcos Antonio Lima ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta cephalotes; Atta sexdens; Ecology; Foraging; Leaf cutting ants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BRAZIL; EUCALYPTUS; EXERCISE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BRAZIL; EUCALYPTUS; EXERTION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034570858     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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