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Nest architecture of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 (Formicidae, Ponerinae)
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2010-02-01)
Nine nests of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 were excavated between 2006 and 2007 at the UNESP university campus in Rio Claro, SP, southeastern Brazil. The P. striata population was larger in the two nests excavated ...
Nest architecture of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 (Formicidae, Ponerinae)
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2014)
Ventilation of the giant nests of Atta leaf-cutting ants: does underground circulating air enter the fungus chambers?
(Springer Basel Ag, 2012-11-01)
Nest ventilation should be particularly relevant for the huge colonies of leaf-cutting ants, genus Atta. Considerable amounts of O-2 are consumed and CO2 produced by both the fungus gardens and the ants inside nest chambers, ...
Divergence in nest placement and parental care of Neotropical foliage-gleaners and treehunters (Furnariidae: Philydorini)Divergencia en ubicacion de nidos y cuidado parental en Philydorini (Furnariidae:Philydorini)
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2017-12-06)
The Neotropical ovenbirds (Furnariidae) are an adaptive radiation of suboscines renowned for the diversity of their nests. Like most altricial insectivores, they generally exhibit biparental care. One tribe, Philydorini, ...