Foraging activity of leaf‐cutting ants changes light availability and plant assemblage in Atlantic forest

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Ecological Entomology

• Publication date

  2016-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/een.12312
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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