Waste management in leaf-cutting ants

By A. N. M. Bot, Cameron R. Currie, Adam G. Hart, J. J. Boomsma. 2001

141 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. J. Boomsma
2. P. Schmid-Hempel
3. W. Hughes
4. Francis L. W. Ratnieks
5. T. Schultz
6. D. Aanen
7. David J. T. Sumpter
8. Tom Wenseleers

In Genetics

1. J. Boomsma
2. P. Schmid-Hempel
3. W. Hughes
4. Francis L. W. Ratnieks
5. T. Schultz
6. D. Aanen
7. D. Ebert
8. David J. T. Sumpter

In Insect Science

1. J. Boomsma
2. P. Schmid-Hempel
3. W. Hughes
4. Francis L. W. Ratnieks
5. D. Aanen
6. Dave Goulson
7. Tom Wenseleers

Citations in the corpus

• Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism: bacteria protect ant fungus gardens from specialized parasites (2003, methodology): “The only habitat that Escoopsis has been isolated from is the gardens and dumps of attine ants (Seifert et al. 1995, Currie et al. 1999a, Bot et al. 2001a ).”
• Life histories and parasite pressure across the major groups of social insects. (2005, background): “This implies that mutualistic and parasitic symbionts are increasingly considered to be two sides of the same coin, with many gradual transitions between them (Frank, 1996a,b; Herre et al., 1999; Bot et al., 2001a).”
• Waste management in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica (2002, background): “Escovopsis is known to be present in Atta waste (Bot et al., 2001).”
• Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leaf-cutting ants (2002, unknown): “…on the fungus garden, have relatively large metapleural glands compared to large workers (body length ca 8 mm), which in the course of their life-time become increasingly involved in tasks outside the nest such as foraging (Bot and Boomsma, 1996; Bot et al., 2001a; Wetterer, 1999; Wilson, 1980).”
• The Evolution of Agriculture in Insects (2005, background): “…Mueller, unpublished data); that identical cultivar clones occur in different colonies of the same geographically widespread attine ant species (Bot et al. 2001b, Green et al. 2002, Mueller et al. 1996); and that different sympatric ant species occasionally share genetically identical cultivar…”