Spatially Heterogeneous Nest-Clearing Behavior Coincides with Rain Event in the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Neotropical Entomology

• Publication date

  2015-01-27

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s13744-014-0267-0PMID 26013129
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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