Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture

By T. Schultz, Seán G. Brady. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008

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Microbial consortia of bacteria and fungi with focus on the lichen symbiosis (2009, neutral): “This symbiosis has traditionally been given as an example for fungal fermentation of plant material in a highly organised agriculture evolved by ants approximately 8–12 million years ago (Schultz and Brady, 2008).”
The Multiple Impacts of Leaf‐Cutting Ants and Their Novel Ecological Role in Human‐Modified Neotropical Forests (2014, background): “There are currently 40 recognized species of LCA (Schultz & Brady 2008).”
Forage collection, substrate preparation, and diet composition in fungus‐growing ants (2010, background): “…from the leaf-cutting ants in colony size, social complexity, mating system, and in type of substrate collected to manure fungus gardens (Mueller et al., 1998; Villesen et al., 1999; Mueller et al., 2001; Mueller, 2002; Villesen et al., 2002; Hughes & Boomsma, 2007; Schultz & Brady, 2008).”
The Evolution of Mutualistic Dependence (2020, background): “Examples include classic coevolved mutualisms, including agricultural systems involving leafcutter ants (Schultz & Brady 2008), fungus-farming termites (Aanen et al. 2009), and plant-farming ants (Chomicki & Renner 2016), as well as nursery pollination systems in which active pollination is linked…”
Natural history and phylogeny of the fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) (2010, background): “2001, SCHULTZ & BRADY 2008) (Fig.”