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Leaf processing behaviour in Atta leafcutter ants: 90% of leaf cutting takes place inside the nest, and ants select pieces that require less cutting

Leafcutter ants cut trimmings from plants, carry them to their underground nests and cut them into smaller pieces before inoculating them with a fungus that serves as a primary food source for the colony. Cutting is energetically costly, so the amount of cutting is important in understanding foragin...

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Publicado no:R Soc Open Sci
Main Authors: Garrett, Ryan W., Carlson, Katherine A., Goggans, Matthew Scott, Nesson, Michael H., Shepard, Christopher A., Schofield, Robert M. S.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736916/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909161
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150111
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