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Interspecific aggression in leaf-cutting ants

Animal Behaviour, 1979
Abstract Interspecific aggression between leaf-cutting ants is described both in the field and in the laboratory, and a species hierarchy in fighting success is postulated. As opponents get bigger, however, the dominant species takes longer to attack, until opponents are much larger when the usually dominant species is defeated.
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Foraging Trails of Leaf-Cutting Ants

1978
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Aerial Baiting to Control Leaf-cutting Ants

PANS Pest Articles & News Summaries, 1972
(1972). Aerial Baiting to Control Leaf-cutting Ants. PANS Pest Articles & News Summaries: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 71-74.
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Territoriality in Leaf-Cutting Ants, Atta spp.

2019
According to A. R. Jutsum ants that win fights seem to learn to attack specific parts of the body, especially the petiole. The threat response of the ants was more frequent when they were residents. There are few reports of aggression in relation to territory for leaf-cutting ants.
E. F. Vilela, P. E. Howse
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The Natural History of Leaf-Cutting Ants

2003
No one can give us an exact number of animal species living on earth today, but all biologists agree that millions more species exist than the approximately 1.5 million that have been described so far. Quantitative faunistic investigations in many habitats suggest about 8 million extant species; other assessments claim 30 million species or even more ...
Rainer Wirth, Hubert Herz, Ronald J. Ryel, Wolfram Beyschlag, Bert Hölldobler   +4 more
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The Economic Importance of Leaf-Cutting Ants

2019
The economically important leaf-cutting ants are restricted to the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, are fungus-growing ants of the Tribe Attini and are found only in the New World. In a questionnaire survey of 27 countries, J. M. Cherrett and D. J. Peregrine reported that 47 agricultural crops suffered leaf-cutting ant damage, and a survey of the literature
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Atta cephalotes (leaf cutting ant)

PlantwisePlus Knowledge Bank, 2022
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Stridulation in leaf-cutting ants

Naturwissenschaften, 1993
F. Roces, J. Tautz, B. H�lldobler
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Atta sexdens (leaf cutting ant)

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The leaf-cutting ant

2023
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