Toxicity of Cipadessa fruticosa to the leaf-cutting ants Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their symbiotic fungus

Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Leite, Ana C ^a   Oliveira, Cintia G ^b   Godoy, Marizete P ^b   Bueno, Fabiana C ^b   De Oliveira, M De Fátima S Dos S ^b   Forim, Moacir R ^a   Fernandes, João B ^a   Vieira, Paulo C ^a   Da Silva, M Fátima Das G F ^a   Bueno, Odair C ^b   Pagnocca, Fernando C ^b   Hebling, M José A ^b   Bacci Jr , Maurício ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti fungal activity; Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Cipadessa fruticosa; Leaf cutting ants; Leucoagaricus gongylophorus; Meliaceae

Indexed keywords

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CIPADESSA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOAGARICUS GONGYLOPHORUS; MELIACEAE;

EID: 22844434849     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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