Weeding and grooming of pathogens in agriculture by ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1471, 2001, Pages 1033-1039

  Currie, C R ^a   Stuart, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Escovopsis; Fungus growing ants; Mutualism; Pathogens; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; MUTUALISM; PATHOGEN;

ALLA COLOMBICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; ESCOVOPSIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROOMING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0035932898     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1605     Document Type: Article

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