Foraging leafcutter ants: olfactory memory underlies delayed avoidance of plants unsuitable for the symbiotic fungus

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Animal Behaviour

• Publication date

  2011-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ANBEHAV.2011.05.015
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