Long-term avoidance memory formation is associated with a transient increase in mushroom body synaptic complexes in leaf-cutting ants [PDF]
, 2015 Long-term behavioral changes related to learning and experience have been shown to be associated with structural remodeling in the brain. Leaf-cutting ants learn to avoid previously preferred plants after they have proved harmful for their symbiotic ...
Falibene, Agustina +2 more
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Development of Multiple Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Ceratina calcarata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Using Genome-Wide Analysis [PDF]
, 2016 The small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata (Robertson), is a widespread native pollinator across eastern North America. The behavioral ecology and nesting biology of C.
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Association between Pseudonocardia symbionts and Atta leaf-cutting ants suggested by improved isolation methods [PDF]
, 2013 Fungus-growing ants associate with multiple symbiotic microbes, including Actinobacteria for production of antibiotics.The best studied of these bacteria are within the genus Pseudonocardia, which in most fungus-growing ants are conspicuouslyvisible on ...
Adrián Pinto-Tomás +5 more
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Dieta de la viuda negra, Latrodectus mirabilis (Theridiidae) en dos cultivos de cereales del centro de Argentina [PDF]
, 2013 La araña Latrodectus mirabilis (Holmberg, 1876) se encuentra comúnmente en cultivos de cereales del centro de Argentina. Se estudió la composición de la dieta a campo y la tasa de captura sobre hormigas cortadoras negras a laboratorio.
Copperi, Maria Sofia +5 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2000 A taxonomic survey on fungus-growing ants (Attini) was made at 14 beaches on Santa Catarina Island (SC), Brazil. The samplings were manual, in soil or litterfall, in the following habitats: sandy beach, herbaceous vegetation and shrubby vegetation.
Benedito Cortês Lopes +1 more
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Factors influencing microbial activity in dumps leaf cutter ants [PDF]
, 2014 La descomposición de la materia orgánica que realizan los microorganismos del suelo es vital para el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas terrestres. Nosotros usamos a los basureros de las hormigas cortadoras de hojas como un sistema modelo para determinar ...
Farji Brener, Alejandro Gustavo +2 more
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PREFERÊNCIA DE CORTE DE Eucalyptus spp. POR Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus FOREL, 1908 (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) EM CONDIÇÕES DE LABORATÓRIO [PDF]
Ciência Florestal, 2007 O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a preferência de corte das operárias de Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel, 1908, em três espécies e um clone de eucalipto. Plantas de Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake, 1977, Eucalyptus cloeziana F.
Alberto Luiz Marsaro Júnior +3 more
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Acta Zoológica LilloanaThis short note is a report of Acromyrmex rugosus collecting a slice of mushroom during its foraging. This behavior was already described for other Acromyrmex species, but our register of A. rugosus collecting Gymnopilus cf.
Edna Karolyne Nascimento Santos +3 more
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Ciência Florestal, 2010 The objective of this study was the analysis of the effect of the formicide “Citromax”, formulated with Ateleia glazioviana, in different doses on the control of Acromyrmex lundi, in native field in São Sepé county, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Edison Bisognin Cantarelli +3 more
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Dinâmica populacional de Acromyrmex crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) em um plantio de Pinus taeda. [PDF]
, 2012 Resumo
BRIDI, G. L. +4 more
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