Fallen branches as part of leaf-cutting ant trails: Their role in resource discovery and leaf transport rates in Atta cephalotes

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-215

  Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^a   Barrantes, G ^b   Laverde, O ^c   Fierro Calderon K ^d   Bascope F ^e   López, Adriana ^f  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^e Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Foraging costs; Scout; Tropical rain forest; Trunk trails

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEAF; LEAF LITTER; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33846976703     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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