Caste specialization in behavioral defenses against fungus garden parasites in Acromyrmex octospinosus leaf-cutting ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-75

  Abramowski, D ^a   Currie, C R ^a   Poulsen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Escovopsis; Fungus growing ants; Grooming; Social immunity; Task specialization; Weeding; Worker caste

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CULTIVAR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; GROOMING; PARASITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIALIZATION; WEED CONTROL; WORKER CASTE;

ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79251600590     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0117-y     Document Type: Article

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