Refuse dumps of leaf-cutting ants as a deterrent for ant herbivory: Does refuse age matter?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-219

  Ballari, S A ^a   Farji Brener, A G ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex lobicornis; Ant debris; Biological control; Formicidae; Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIFEEDANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGUS; HERBIVORY; MICROORGANISM; REFUSE; SEEDLING; SYMBIONT;

ACROMYRMEX LOBICORNIS; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33750938442     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-8703.2006.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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