Leaf endophyte load influences fungal garden development in leaf-cutting ants

BMC Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Van Bael, Sunshine A ^a,b   Estrada, Catalina ^b   Rehner, Stephen A ^c   Santos, Janette Fabiola ^b   Wcislo, William T ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atta colombica; Attini; Leaf cutting ants; Lepiotaceae; Mutualism; Symbioses

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENDOPHYTE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; LEAF; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM;

ATTA; ATTA COLUMBICA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; LEPIOTACEAE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868588648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-23     Document Type: Article

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