Evolution of brain size in class-based societies of fungus-growing ants (Attini)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1043-1049

  Riveros, Andre J ^a   Seid, Marc A ^b   Wcislo, William T ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Attini; Hymenoptera; Scalogram; Social brain

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTENNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; COLONY; EUSOCIALITY; FUNGUS; GROUP SIZE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIZATION;

ATTA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858748192     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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