Adaptive social immunity in leaf-cutting ants

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 446-448

  Walker, Tom N ^a   Hughes, William O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grooming; Parasite; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; FUNGUS; GROOMING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT SOCIETY; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MYCOPARASITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 67749084346     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0107     Document Type: Article

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