Trade-offs in group living: Transmission and disease resistance in leaf-cutting ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1502, 2002, Pages 1811-1819

  Hughes, William O H ^a   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disease; Entomopathogen; Leaf cutting ants; Resistance; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; EUSOCIALITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; TRADE-OFF;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGUS; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 53149090175     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2113     Document Type: Article

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