Post-selection and return of foraged material by Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-102

  Camargo, Roberto S ^a   Forti, Luiz C ^a   De Matos, Carlos Alberto O ^a   Lopes, Juliane F ^a   De Andrade, Ana Paula P ^a   Ramos, Vânia M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus; Inert material; Leaf cutting ant; Subtask; Task

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS; ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS BRUNNEUS; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0037731378     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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