Habitat selection by the queens of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens L. in Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 249-252

  De Vasconcelos, Heraldo Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; ant dispersion; Atta sexdens; Brazil; habitat selection; leaf cutting ants; pastures; rain forest; reproductive behaviour; tree fall clearings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971683092     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400004405     Document Type: Article

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