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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |