Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta Colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-291

  Baer, B ^a   den Boer, S P A ^b   Kronauer, D J C ^b,c   Nash, D R ^b   Boomsma, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant vertebrate interactions; Reproduction; Reptiles; Social insects

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SNAKE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; ATTA COLUMBICA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LEPTODEIRA; LEPTODEIRA ANNULATA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76049127877     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0026-0     Document Type: Article

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