The effect of trail length on task partitioning in three Acromyrmex species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-91

  Lopes, Juliane F ^a   Forti, Luiz C ^a   Camargo, Roberto S ^a   Matos, Carlos A O ^a   Verza, Sandra S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex spp.; Leaf caching; Leaf cutting ants; Task partitioning; Trail length

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0038068989     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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