Leaf endophyte load influences fungal garden development in leaf-cutting ants

BACKGROUND: Previous work has shown that leaf-cutting ants prefer to cut leaf material with relatively low fungal endophyte content. This preference suggests that fungal endophytes exact a cost on the ants or on the development of their colonies. We hypothesized that endophytes may play a role in th...

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Autores principales: Van Bael, Sunshine A, Estrada, Catalina, Rehner, Stephen A, Santos, Janette Fabiola, Wcislo, William T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3537522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23140096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-12-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3537522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23140096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-12-23

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