Symbiont choice in a fungus-growing ant (Attini, Formicidae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 357-364

  Mueller, Ulrich G ^a,b   Poulin, Jessica ^c   Adams, Rachelle M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attini; Cyphomyrmex; Fungus growing ant; Mutualism; Symbiont choice; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MUTUALISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ATTINI; CYPHOMYRMEX; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 1942443644     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh020     Document Type: Article

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