Observations on the nesting activities of Microthurge corumbae, carried out at the University Campus of Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, from 1977 to 1981, indicated that 61.9% of nests were re-used by succeeding ...

Observations on the nesting activities of Microthurge corumbae, carried out at the University Campus of Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, from 1977 to 1981, indicated that 61.9% of nests were re-used by succeeding ...

Before the mating flight, the gyne of leaf-cutting ants takes a small pellet of their mutualistic fungus garden to start fungus culture in its new colony by vertically transmitting it. This mutualism is threatened by the ...

This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of natural parasitism in Acromyrmex landolti Forel, to identify parasitoids associated to the species and to estimate parasitism rates. The experiment was conducted from January ...

This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of natural parasitism in Acromyrmex landolti Forel, to identify parasitoids associated to the species and to estimate parasitism rates. The experiment was conducted from January ...

Los tordos parásitos de cría (Molothrus spp.) pueden causar el fracaso total del nido directamente al inducir el abandono de los nidos o destruir la puesta del hospedador, o indirectamente, a través de facilitar la depredación ...