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Adoption of a surrogate artificial queen in a colony of Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Colombia [PDF]
, 2015 In nature, Atta cephalotes (L.) is a monogynous species. Each colony has a single, permanent queen fed and protected by thousands of sterile workers. At death the queen colony practically disappears.
Montoya Lerma, James +3 more
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Acta Amazonica, 2012 Este estudo investigou o papel das saúvas na recuperação da vegetação pós-fogo. Foi hipotetizado que a perturbação do fogo aumenta a abundância de ninhos de saúva (1) e as atividades de remoção de sementes (2) e desfolha (3), especialmente no ambiente de
Karine Santana Carvalho +2 more
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L'utilisation des insectes dans les pratiques médicinales et rituelles d'Amazonie indigène - Insects in medicinal and ritual practices in the Indigenous Amazon [PDF]
, 2003 Social insects, and specifically ants, play a crucial part in traditional Amazonian ritual and symbolic systems. This paper examines what effective uses insects are put to by Amazonian peoples, and how these are reflected in their ideology.
Césard, Nicolas +2 more
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Brazilian Journal of BiologyThe ecology of seed dispersal is critical to understand the patterns of distribution and abundance of plant species. We investigated seed dispersal aspects associated with the high abundance of Buchenavia tomentosa in the Serra Azul State Park (PESA). We
J. Farias +3 more
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Alarm Pheromone Composition and Behavioral Activity in Fungus-Growing Ants. [PDF]
, 2017 Chemical communication is a dominant method of communication throughout the animal kingdom and can be especially important in group-living animals in which communicating threats, either from predation or other dangers, can have large impacts on group ...
Butterfield, T +4 more
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, 2017 El libro describe los procesos primario y secundario de la producción de cacao, se muestran los pasos de siembra, labores culturales, manejo y métodos de fertilización, plagas y enfermedades, cosecha y poscosecha, se dan a conocer los subproductos que se
Carvajal Higuita, Leidy Carolina +4 more
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Myrmecophily in beetles (Coleoptera): evolutionary patterns and biological mechanisms [PDF]
, 2016 Socially parasitic myrmecophily has evolved numerous times in arthropods, but myrmecophilous lineages are non-randomly distributed across phylogeny. Evolution of this way of life is heavily biased towards the Coleoptera, within this order towards rove ...
Parker, Joseph
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Journal of Agricultural Science, 2017 The aim of this study was to evaluate the topical toxicity of the Esenbeckia pumila plant extracts on workers of the Atta laevigata and Acromyrmex balzani. Five leaf fractions E. pumila were drawn viz., the hexane, ethanolic, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanolic extracts, as well as the ethanolic fruit extracts. Further, the phytochemical leaf
Brenda R. Souza +5 more
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Las hormigas culonas: entre patrimonio biocultural y plaga (Santander, Colombia)
Naturaleza y Sociedad: Desafíos MedioambientalesEl estudio se centra en el consumo de hormigas culonas, Atta laevigata (F. Smith, 1858), en el departamento de Santander, Colombia. Se analizan las complejas interacciones entre las comunidades locales y estos insectos, que son apreciados como un ...
Orlando Aguilera +2 more
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Biogeography and evolution of widespread leafcutting ants, ata spp. (formicidae, attini) [PDF]
, 2007 Leafcutter ants (Atta spp.) are Neotropical herbivores that play important ecological roles, but are also notorious pests, causing millions of dollars in annual damage to agriculture across their range. Three species, A. cephalotes, A.
Solomon, Scott Even, 1979-
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