Foraging leafcutter ants: Olfactory memory underlies delayed avoidance of plants unsuitable for the symbiotic fungus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Saverschek, N ^a   Roces, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex ambiguus; Aversive learning; Leafcutter ant; Memory; Odour; Olfaction; Substrate selection

Indexed keywords

ANT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PEST SPECIES; RECOGNITION; SYMBIOSIS; WORKER CASTE;

ACROMYRMEX AMBIGUUS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 80051671476     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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