Hongos asociados con dos poblaciones de Acromyrmex lobicornis (Formicidae) de San Luis, Argentina [PDF]
, 2013 Fungi associated with two populations of Acromyrmex lobicornis (Formicidae) from San Luis, Argentina. The ant genera Atta and Acromyrmex (Tribe Attini) include the mowers or trimmers of leaves called leaf-cutting ants, which are the only ants that show ...
Cafaro, Matias Jose +3 more
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Multiple mating and offspring quality in Lasius ants [PDF]
, 2018 Genetic diversity benefits for social insect colonies headed by polyandrous queens have received intense attention, whereas sexual selection remains little explored. Yet mates of the same queen may engage in sperm competition over the siring of offspring,
Fjerdingstad, E.
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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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Wise exploitation – a game with a higher productivity than cooperation – transforms biological productivity into economic productivity. [PDF]
I suggest a new game called wise exploitation. It is characterized by a small investment of the exploiting party to either breed the exploited party or educate the exploited party not to detect exploitation. Thereby a higher productivity than cooperation
Friedrich, T.
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Fungus Cultivation by Ambrosia Beetles: Behavior and Laboratory Breeding Success in Three Xyleborine Species [PDF]
, 2017 Fungus cultivation by ambrosia beetles is one of the four independently evolved cases of agriculture known in animals. Such cultivation is most advanced in the highly social subtribe Xyleborina (Scolytinae), which is characterized by haplodiploidy and ...
Biedermann, Peter H. W. +2 more
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Lignocellulose Metabolism in a Fungus-Gardening Ant Symbiosis [PDF]
, 2015 Fungus-gardening ants exhibit a unique interaction with specific fungi in an obligatory symbiosis; ants feed and prune their fungal symbiont in exchange for nourishment. Cellulose is the most abundant plant compound found on earth and may serve as a rich
DeMilto, Alexandria
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The nature of parasite specialization in the fungus-growing ant symbiosis [PDF]
, 2004 textHost-parasite coevolution is intricately coupled with parasite specialization. As hosts become resistant, parasites may adapt and overcome that resistance or may become specialized on a narrow range of susceptible hosts.
Gerardo, Nicole Marie
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Ecologia, comportamento e microbiologia de formigas cultivadoras de fungo (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini, Attina) na Mata Atlântica [PDF]
, 2018 Orientadores: Paulo Sérgio Moreira Carvalho de Oliveira, Maurício Bacci Júnior e Mariana Lúcio LyraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de BiologiaResumo: Formigas cultivadoras de fungo (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini, Attina ...
Ronque, Mariane Ueda Vaz, 1986-
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Isolation, characterization and screening of actinomycetes associated with fijian ant-plant symbioses. [PDF]
Microbiology (Reading), 2023 Diarra U, Osborne-Naikatini T.
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Genomic diversification of the specialized parasite of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022 Gotting K +15 more
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