Protein content of leaf-cutting ant queens before the nuptial flight and during the post-claustral phase
Protein content of leaf-cutting ant queens before the nuptial flight and during the post-claustral phase. This study evaluated the crude protein content of queens of Atta sexdens before the nuptial flight and after the claustral phase in laboratory and field colonies. The hypothesis was that protein...
Main Authors: | Edypo Jacob Silva, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Luiz Carlos Forti, Raphael Vacchi Travaglini |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2014-12-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262014000400005&lng=en&tlng=en |
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