Leaf endophyte load influences fungal garden development in leaf-cutting ants
<p><b>Abstract</b></p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previous work has shown that leaf-cutting ants prefer to cut leaf material with relatively low fungal endophyte content. This preference suggests that fungal endophytes exact a cost on the ants or on the developmen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Ecology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/12/23 |