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An Old World leaf‐cutting, fungus‐growing ant: A case of convergent evolution
The African myrmicine ant Crematogaster clariventris is a territorially dominant arboreal species that constructs very hard carton nests. Noting that workers cut off leaves from different plant species while building or repairing their nests, we asked ourselves if there was a correlation. We conduct...
Autores principales: | Dejean, A., Naskrecki, P., Faucher, C., Azémar, F., Tindo, M., Manzi, S., Gryta, H. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10015377/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36937071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9904 |
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