Abamectin-driven alterations on queen ovaries of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-172

  Antunes, Eduardo C ^a   Della Lucia, Terezinha Maria C ^a   Guedes, Raul Narciso C ^a   Serrão, José E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant control; Avermectin B1; Macrocyclic lactones; Ovary histology; Reproductive impairment; Reproductive morphology

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS SUBTERRANEUS; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 13944260548     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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