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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Colonial organisms host a large diversity of symbionts (collectively, parasites, mutualists, and commensals) that use vertical transmission (from parent colony to offspring colony) and/or horizontal transmission to disperse between host colonies.
Zachary I. Phillips +2 more
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Recognition of endophytic Trichoderma species by leaf-cutting ants and their potential in a Trojan-horse management strategy [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Interactions between leaf-cutting ants, their fungal symbiont (Leucoagaricus) and the endophytic fungi within the vegetation they carry into their colonies are still poorly understood.
Silma L. Rocha +8 more
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Journal of Biological Dynamics, 2022 In this paper, we propose a stochastic delay mutualistic model of leaf-cutter ants with stage structure and their fungus garden, in which we explore how the discrete delay and white noise affect the dynamic of the population system.
Ruimin Zhang, Xiaohui Liu, Chunjin Wei
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Cyatta abscondita: taxonomy, evolution, and natural history of a new fungus-farming ant genus from Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Cyatta abscondita, a new genus and species of fungus-farming ant from Brazil, is described based on morphological study of more than 20 workers, two dealate gynes, one male, and two larvae. Ecological field data are summarized, including natural history,
Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo +8 more
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Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, 2018 : Leaf-cutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) have evolved as dominant herbivores on the American continent. These social insects remove the leaves of economically important plant species to maintain their colony’s food reserves, the symbiotic fungus ...
Julie Giovanna Chacon Orozco +5 more
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Do an ecosystem engineer and environmental gradient act independently or in concert to shape juvenile plant communities? Tests with the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata in a Neotropical savanna [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Ecosystem engineers are species that transform habitats in ways that influence other species.While the impacts of many engineers have been well described, our understanding of how their impact varies along environmental gradients remains ...
Alan N. Costa +2 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Leaf-cutter ants (Atta spp.) remove leaf litter and woody debris—potential fuels—in and around their nests and foraging trails. We conducted single and three annual experimental fires to determine the effects of this leaf-cutter ant activity on the ...
Karine S. Carvalho +3 more
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Control of pest ants by pathogenic fungi: state of the art
Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2023 Pest ants are known for their damage to biodiversity, harm to agriculture, and negative impact on human welfare. Ants thrive when environmental opportunities arise, becoming pests and/or invading non-native areas.
Patricia J. Folgarait, Daniela Goffré
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Communication or Toxicity: What Is the Effect of Cycloheximide on Leaf-Cutting Ant Workers?
Insects, 2017 Leaf-cutting ants are insects that use plant material to grow fungus from which they feed. These fungus-growing ants perform various behavioral activities to establish an environment conducive to the fungus.
Kátia Kaelly Andrade Sousa +2 more
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Nonhuman Complexity Poetics: Leaf-Cutter Ants and Multispecies Composition [PDF]
ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, 2020 In this article I examine leaf-cutter ants, and particularly their nest architecture, in terms of what I call an ‘ethological poetics.’ I propose that thinking about leaf-cutter architecture is an engagement with a radically alternative aesthetics. I begin by contrasting human and insect ontologies, before focusing on ants.
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