Ant wars: combat strategies, territory and nest defence in the leaf-cutting antAtta laevigata

1996/06/01 by MARY E.A. WHITEHOUSE, Mary Whitehouse, KLAUS JAFFE +1 · 16 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant and animal studies #Animal Behavior and Reproduction

paper · doi:10.1006/anbe.1996.0126

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• Mandible elemental composition and mechanical properties from distinct castes of the leafcutter ant Atta laevigata (Attini; Formicidae)
• Octopamine and occupancy: an aminergic mechanism for intruder-resident aggression in crickets. [europepmc]
• Caste-specific expression patterns of immune response and chemosensory related genes in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta vollenweideri. [europepmc]
• Density of mushroom body synaptic complexes limits intraspecies brain miniaturization in highly polymorphic leaf-cutting ant workers. [europepmc]
• Alarm Pheromone Composition and Behavioral Activity in Fungus-Growing Ants. [europepmc]
• The effects of disturbance threat on leaf-cutting ant colonies: a laboratory study. [europepmc]
• Architecture, space and information in constructions built by humans and social insects: a conceptual review. [europepmc]
• Experimental evidence that intruder and group member attributes affect outgroup defence and associated within-group interactions in a social fish. [europepmc]
• Multiple nest entrances alter foraging and information transfer in ants. [europepmc]
• From inter-group conflict to inter-group cooperation: insights from social insects. [europepmc]
• An experimental test of Lanchester's models of combat in the neotropical termite Nasutitermes corniger (Blattodea: Termitidae). [europepmc]
• Mandible elemental composition and mechanical properties from distinct castes of the leafcutter ant Atta laevigata (Attini; Formicidae). [europepmc]
• Battles between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review. [europepmc]
• Environmental Variation Contributes to Head Phenotypes in Workers of Camponotus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [europepmc]