Differences in Forage-Acquisition and Fungal Enzyme Activity Contribute to Niche Segregation in Panamanian Leaf-Cutting Ants

The genera Atta and Acromyrmex are often grouped as leaf-cutting ants for pest management assessments and ecological surveys, although their mature colony sizes and foraging niches may differ substantially. Few studies have addressed such interspecific differences at the same site, which prompted us...

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Autores principales: Kooij, Pepijn W., Liberti, Joanito, Giampoudakis, Konstantinos, Schiøtt, Morten, Boomsma, Jacobus J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24718261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094284

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24718261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094284

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