Initial development and production of CO2 in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens during the claustral foundation
Queens in the genus Atta are solely responsible for fungus cultivation and for care of herself and her offspring. Only few studies have investigated their nests in the claustral foundation and it is unknown the production rate of expelled carbon dioxide and/or of oxygen consumption in the initial co...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Sociobiology |
| Online Access: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/868 |