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Habitat selection by the queens of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens L. in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Heraldo Luis De Vasconcelos
Heraldo Luis De Vasconcelos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto National de Pesquisas de Amazônia, CP 478, 69011 Manaus, Amazônas, Brasil
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Keywords

Amazonant dispersionAtta sexdensBrazilhabitat selectionleaf-cutting antsrain forestpasturesreproductive behaviourtree fall clearings
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1990 , pp. 249 - 252
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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