Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

ABSTRACT Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara. Leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta build long physical trails by cutting the vegetation growing on the soil surface and removing the small objects they find across their path. Little is known on the dyn...

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Main Authors: Nadia Caldato, Luiz Carlos Forti, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Juliane Floriano Santos Lopes, Vincent Fourcassié
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2016-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000100063&lng=en&tlng=en