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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/426719
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