Ecological interaction between Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the vegetation of a mesophyll semideciduous forest fragment in Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-283

  Garcia, Ivone P ^a   Forti, Luiz C ^a   Engel, Vera L ^a   De Andrade, Ana Paula P ^a   Wilcken, Carlos F ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens; Foraging activity; Leaf cutting ant; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

ALCHORNEA; ANIMALIA; ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; CARINIANA ESTRELLENSIS; FARAMEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0041698359     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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