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Do Leaf Cutting Ants Cut Undetected? Testing the Effect of Ant-Induced Plant Defences on Foraging Decisions in Atta colombica

Leaf-cutting ants (LCAs) are polyphagous, yet highly selective herbivores. The factors that govern their selection of food plants, however, remain poorly understood. We hypothesized that the induction of anti-herbivore defences by attacked food plants, which are toxic to either ants or their mutuali...

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Autors principals: Kost, Christian, Tremmel, Martin, Wirth, Rainer
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Public Library of Science 2011
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140513/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799831
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022340
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