The function of hitchhiking behavior in the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-100

  Linksvayer, Timothy A ^a,b   McCall, Andrew C ^a,c   Jensen, Rebecca M ^a,d   Marshall, Cynthia M ^a   Miner, Joshua W ^a   McKone, Mark J ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Atta ceph alotes; Costa Rica; Herbivory; Hitchhiking behavior; Leaf cutting ants; Parasitoid defense; Phorid flies; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; CEPHALOTES; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 0036231826     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00245.x     Document Type: Article

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