Digestive capacities of leaf-cutting ants and the contribution of their fungal cultivar to the degradation of plant material

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 297-303

  Richard, Freddie Jeanne ^a,c   Mora, Philippe ^b   Errard, Christine ^a   Rouland, Corinne ^b  

^a Parc Grandmont   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; Leaf cutting ants; Lepiotaceae; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GLUCOSE;

AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ANTS; DIGESTION; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 21744440096     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0485-1     Document Type: Article

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