Alimentary preconditioning in Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus workers

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-86

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

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus; Behavior; Foraging; Leaf cutting ants

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA; ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS; ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS BRUNNEUS; ALCHORNEA; ATTA; CITRUS; EUCALYPTUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LIGUSTRUM; MELIA; MELIACEAE;

EID: 0038068994     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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