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Strong positive allometry of bite force in leaf-cutter ants increases the range of cuttable plant tissues

Atta leaf-cutter ants are the prime herbivore in the Neotropics: differently sized foragers harvest plant material to grow a fungus as a crop. Efficient foraging involves complex interactions between worker size, task preferences and plant–fungus suitability; it is, however, ultimately constrained b...

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Autores principales: Püffel, Frederik, Roces, Flavio, Labonte, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10357016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37293932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245140