Nest Digging by Leaf-Cutting Ants: Effect of Group Size and Functional Structures
Leaf-cutting ant workers dig underground chambers, for housing their symbiotic fungus, interconnected by a vast quantity of tunnels whose function is to permit the entrance of food (leaves), gaseous exchanges, and movement of workers, offspring, and the queen. Digging is a task executed by a group o...
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Main Authors: | Roberto da Silva Camargo, Ricardo Toshio Fujihara, Luiz Carlos Forti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/426719 |
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