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Toxicity of lignans to symbiotic fungus of leaf-cutting ants
(Plenum Publ Corp, 2014)
Is the initial nest depth adapted to favorable conditions for the incipient colony in leaf-cutting ants?
(2016-06-01)
The nest dug by the leaf-cutter ant queen of the genus Atta is a vertical tunnel interconnected to a small chamber which holds its offspring and the symbiotic fungus. The depth of the initial chamber of the Atta sexdens ...
Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
(2016-01-01)
Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara. Leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta build long physical trails by cutting the vegetation growing on the soil surface and removing the ...
Foraging Behavior and Subtask Hierarchical Structure in Acromyrmex spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2003-12-08)
This study considers the function and complexity of tasks during foraging of three Acromyrmex species. Foraging was classified as a team task composed of 2 or 3 processes: recruitment, selection, and collection. Each process ...
The effect of trail length on task partitioning in three Acromyrmex species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2003-05-19)
By comparing the behavior of three Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species during foraging on artificial trails of different lengths, we observed the occurrence of task partitioning and its relation to the food distance ...