The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-198

  Mueller, U G ^a   Schultz, T R ^a   Currie, C R ^a   Adams, R M M ^a   Malloch, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0035015986     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/393867     Document Type: Review

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