Waste management in leaf-cutting ants

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-237

  Bot, A N M ^a   Currie, C R ^b,e,f   Hart, A G ^a,c   Boomsma, J J ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Escovopsis; Hygiene; Leaf cutting ants; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANT; HYGIENE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034845637     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2001.9522772     Document Type: Article

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