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*Bollazzi M, Roces F. To build or not to
build: circulating dry air organizes collective building for climate control in
the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex ambiguus. Animal Behaviour, in press, online
(doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.021). (added:
*Yackulic CB, Lewis OT. Temporal
variation in foraging activity and efficiency and the role of hitchhiking
behaviour in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes. Entomologia Experimentalis et
Applicata, online, doi:
10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00606.x (added:
*Dijkstra MB, Boomsma JJ. The economy of worker reproduction in Acromyrmex leafcutter
ants. Animal Behaviour, in press, online.
doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.020. (added:
*Mikheyev
AS. History, genetics and pathology of a
leaf-cutting ant introduction: a case study of the Guadeloupe invasion. Biological Invasions, online. (added:
*Aleksiev AS,
Sendova-Franks AB, Franks NR. The selection of building
material for wall construction by ants. Animal
Behaviour, v.73, p.779-788, 2007. (added: 20/08/07)
*Moreira AA, Bueno FC, Oliveira CG, Diniz EA, Garcez DL, Campos MCG,
Kato LM, Bueno OC. Foraging activity of Trachymyrmex fuscus
(hymenoptera: formicidae) in a degraded area. Sociobiology, v.50, n.2, p.409-417. (added:
*Verza SS, Forti LC, Lopes JFS, Camargo RS, Matos CAO. Influence
of physical and chemical factors during foraging and culture of the symbiont
fungus in Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Science, v.14,
p.295-300, 2007 (in press). (added:
*Little
AEF; Currie CR. Symbiotic complexity: discovery of a
fifth symbiont in the attine ant–microbe symbiosis. Biology Letters, online,
2007. doi 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0253. (added:
*Kellner
K, Trindl A, Heinze J, D'Ettorre, P. Polygyny and polyandry in small ant societies. Molecular Ecology , v.16,
n.11, p.2363-2369, 2007.
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*Ravary F,
Lecoutey E, Kaminski G, Châline N, Jaisson P. Individual experience alone can
generate lasting division of labor in ants. Current Biology, v.17, p.1308–1312,
2007. (added:
*Evison
SEF, Ratnieks FLW. New
role for majors in Atta leafcutter ants. Ecological Entomology,
online. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00877.x (added:
*Krause J,
Croft DP, James R. Social network theory in the
behavioural sciences: potential applications. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, online,
DOI 10.1007/s00265-007-0445-8. (added:
*Galizia
CG. (short review) Brainwashing, honeybee style. Science, v.317, p.326-327, 2007. (added:
*Sugden
AM. (commentary)
Smaller harvests than expected. Science, v.317, p.296, 2007. (added:
*Pitts-Singer
TL, Espelie KE. Nest demographics and foraging
behavior of Apterostigma collare Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) provide
evidence of colony independence. Insectes Sociaux, online,
DOI 10.1007/s00040-007-0948-3. (added:
*O’Donnell
S, Bulova SJ. Worker connectivity: a simulation
model of variation in worker communication and its effects on task performance. Insectes Sociaux, online,
DOI 10.1007/s00040-007-0946-5. (added:
*O’Donnell
S, Bulova SJ. Worker connectivity: a review of the
design of worker communication systems and their effects on task performance in
insect societies. Insectes Sociaux, online,
DOI 10.1007/s00040-007-0946-5. (added:
*Wirth R, Meyer ST, Almeida WR,
Araujo Jr MV, Barbosa VS, Leal IR. Increasing densities of leaf-cutting ants (Atta spp.) with proximity to the edge in a Brazilian Atlantic
forest. Journal
of Tropical Ecology, v.23, n.4, p. 501-505, 2007. (added:
*Stroeymeyt N, Brunner E, Heinze J. “Selfish
worker policing” controls reproduction in a Temnothorax ant. Behavioral Ecology
and Sociobiology,
v.61, n.9, 2007. (added:
*Gerardo
NM, EJ Caldera. Labile associations between fungus-growing
ant cultivars and their garden pathogens. The ISME Journal, online,
2007; doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.57 (added:
*Charlat
S, EA Hornett, JH Fullard, N Davies, GK Roderick, N Wedell, GDD Hurst. Extraordinary flux in
sex ratio. Science, v.317, p.214, 2007. (added:
*Forti LC, Pretto DR, Nagamoto NS, Camargo RS,
Andrade APP. Dispersal of the delayed action insecticide sulfluramid in colonies
of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae). Sociobiology, v.50, n.3, 2007 (in
press). (added:
*Cosarinsky
MI, F Roces. Neighbor leaf-cutting ants and mound-building termites:
Comparative nest micromorphology. Geoderma, online, in press. (added:
*Camargo
RS, LC Forti, CAO Matos, SS Verza. Description and morphometry of the sting
apparatus in the three worker casts of Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus
(Formicidae, Attini). Sociobiology, v.50, n.3, 2007 (in
press). (added:
*Zhang MM, M Poulsen, CR Currie. Symbiont
recognition of mutualistic bacteria by Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. The ISME Journal, online, doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.41 (added:
*Kost C, T Lakatos, I Böttcher, WR Arendholz, M Redenbach, R Wirth. Non-specific
association between filamentous bacteria and fungus-growing ants. Naturwissenschaften, online, 2007. DOI 10.1007/s00114-007-0262-y (added:
*Erthal M,
CP Silva, RI Samuels. Digestive enzymes in larvae of the leaf cutting ant, Acromyrmex
subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Journal of Insect Physiology, in press, online. (added:
*Kleineidam CJ,
*Taerum
SJ, Cafaro MJ, Little AEF, Schultz TR, Currie CR. Low host–pathogen specificity in the
leaf-cutting ant–microbe symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences, Volume 274, Number 1621, 2007.
Doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0431. (added:
*Tadey M,
Farji-Brener AG. Indirect
effects of exotic grazers: livestock decreases the nutrient content of refuse
dumps of leaf-cutting ants through vegetation impoverishment. Journal of Applied Ecology. Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01338.x. (added:
*Verza SS,
LC Forti, JFS Lopes, WOH Hughes. Nest architecture of the
leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus. Insectes Sociaux. Doi 10.1007/s00040-007-0943-8. (added:
*Billick
I, Carter C. Testing the importance of the
distribution of worker sizes to colony performance in the ant species Formica
obscuripes Forel. Insectes Sociaux 54 (2):
113-117, 2007. (added:
*Rabeling
C, Verhaagh M, Engels W. Comparative study of nest architecture and colony structure of the
fungus-growing ants, Mycocepurus goeldii
and M. smithii. Journal of Insect Science, v.7,
n.40, 13pp, 2007. (added:
*Souza DJ,
IMF Soares, TMC Della Lucia. Acromyrmex ameliae sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new
social parasite of leaf-cutting ants in Brazil. Insect Science, v.14, n.3, p.251-257. doi:
10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00151.x (added:
*Seal JN, WR
Tschinkel. Co-evolution
and the superorganism: switching cultivars does not alter the performance of
fungus-gardening ant colonies. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01294.x (added:
*Herz H,
*Urbas P, MV Araújo Jr, IR Leal, R Wirth. Cutting more from cut forests: edge
effects on foraging and herbivory of leaf-cutting ants in Brazil. Biotropica. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00285.x (added: 09/08/07)
*Herz H, W Beyschlag, B
Hölldobler. Assessing
herbivory rates of leaf-cutting ant (Atta colombica) colonies through
short-term refuse deposition counts. Biotropica. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00283.x (added:
*Wolf M, Van Doorn GS, Leimar O, Weissing FJ. Life-history
trade-offs favour the evolution of animal personalities. Nature,
447:581-584, 2007. (added:
*Hughes WO, JJ Boomsma. Genetic polymorphism in leaf-cutting
ants is phenotypically plastic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences, 274(1618):1625-30, 2007. (added:
*Reeve HK, B
Hölldobler. The emergence of a superorganism through
intergroup competition. PNAS, 2007. (added:
*Klingenberg C, CRF Brandão, W Engels. Primitive
nest architecture and small monogynous colonies in basal Attini inhabiting sandy beaches of
southern Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v.42,
n.2, p.121-126, 2007. (added:
*Forti LC, RS Camargo, SS Verza, APP Andrade, RT Fujihara, JFS Lopes.
Microdon tigrinus Curran, 1940 (Diptera, Syrphidae):
populational fluctuation and specificity to the nest of Acromyrmex coronatus
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, v.50, n.3, 2007 (in
press). (added:
*Bento JMS, TMC Della Lucia, RR Do Nascimento,
J Bergmann, ED Morgan. Response
of workers of Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to
mandibular gland compounds of virgin males and females. Physiological Entomology, 2007. (added:
*Larrea-Alcázar DM, JA Simonetti. Why are
there few seedlings beneath the myrmecophyte Triplaris
*Diehl-Fleig Ed., Diehl E. Nest architecture and colony size of
the fungus-growing ant Mycetophylax simplex Emery, 1888 (Formicidae,
Attini). Insectes
Sociaux, 2007. (added:
*Barrow L, Parr CL, Kohen JL. Habitat type influences
fire resilience of ant assemblages in the semi-arid tropics of
*Richard FJ, M Poulsen, A
Hefetz, C Errard, DR Nash, JJ Boomsma. The origin of the
chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nestmate
recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Behavioral Ecology
and Sociobiology, 2007. (added:
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*Trontti K,
*Fefferman NH, JFA Traniello, RB Rosengaus, DV
Calleri II. Disease prevention and resistance in
social insects: modeling the survival consequences of immunity, hygienic
behavior, and colony organization. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,
61:565–577, 2007. (added:
*Wilfert L, J Gadau, P Schmid-Hempel. Variation
in genomic recombination rates among animal taxa and the case of social insects. Heredity 98, 189–197, 2007. (added:
*Mayhe-Nunes AJ, Brandao RF. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The
Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). Zootaxa (1444): 1-21, 2007. (added:
*Kronauer DJC, Johnson RA, Boomsma JJ. The
evolution of multiple mating in army ants. Evolution 61(2):
413-422, 2007. (added:
*Field HC, Evans WE, Hartley R, Hansen LD,
Klotz JH. A survey of structural ant pests in the southwestern
*Soares SD, Lange D, Antoniali WF. Communities
of epigeic ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in an area
of reforestation and in native forest. Sociobiology
49(3): 251-263, 2007. (added:
*Peters K, Johansson A, Dussutour A, Helbing
D. Analytical and numerical
investigation of ant behavior under crowded conditions. Advances in Complex Systems 9 (4):
337-352, DEC 2006. (added:
*Lopes BC. Foraging ecology of Cyphomyrmex morschi Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in sand dune
vegetation at Southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de
Zoologia 24 (1):
52-56, 2007. (added: 09/08/07)
*Torres-Contreras H, Vasquez RA. Spatial
heterogeneity and nestmate encounters affect locomotion and foraging success in
the ant Dorymyrmex goetschi. Ethology 113 (1): 76-86,
2007. (added:
*Larsen TH, Lopera A, Forsyth A. Extreme
trophic and habitat specialization by Peruvian dung beetles (Coleoptera :
Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae). The Coleopterists
Bulletin 60 (4): 315-324, DEC 2006. (added:
*Jost C, Verret J, Casellas E, Gautrais J,
Challet M, Lluc J, Blanco S, Clifton MJ, Theraulaz G. The interplay between a
self-organized process and an environmental template: corpse clustering under
the influence of air currents in ants. Journal of the Royal
Society Interface 4 (12): 107-116, 2007. (added:
*Jimenez JJ, Decaens J. Chemical variations in
the biostructures produced by soil ecosystem engineers. Examples from the neotropical savannas. European Journal of Soil Biology 42:
S92-S102 Suppl.
*Mayhe-Nunes AJ, Brandao CRF. Revisionary notes on the
fungus-growing ant genus Mycetarotes Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de
Entomologia 50 (4): 463-472 OCT-DEC 2006.
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09/08/07)
*Camargo
RS, LC Forti, JFS Lopes, NC Noronha, ALT Ottati. Worker
laying in leafcutter ant Acromyrmex
subterraneus brunneus (Formicidae, Attini). Insect Science, 2007, v.14, n.2, p.157-163.
(added:
*Abril AB, Bucher, EH. Genetic Diversity
of Fungi Occurring in Nests of Three Acromyrmex Leaf-cutting Ant Species
from Córdoba, Argentina. Microbial Ecology, 2007, DOI 10.1007/s00248-007-9252-z. (added:
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*Silva VSGE, Bailez O, Viana-Bailez AM, Tonhasca A. Effect of the size of
workers of Atta sexdens rubropilosa
on the attack behavior of Neodohrniphora
spp. (Diptera :
Phoridae). Sociobiology, v.50, n.1, p.35-44,
2007. (added:
*Dussutour A,
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*Angilletta MJ, Wilson RS, Niehaus AC,
Sears MW,
*Kleineidam CJ, M Ruchty, ZA Casero-Montes, F Roces. Thermal radiation as a learned orientation cue in leaf-cutting ants (Atta
vollenweideri), Journalof Insect Physiology, in press, 2007. (added: 12/03/07)
*Farji-Brener AG, G Barrantes, O Laverde, K Fierro-Calderón, F Bascopé, A López. Fallen Branches as Part of Leaf-Cutting Ant Trails: Their Role in Resource Discovery and Leaf Transport Rates in Atta cephalotes. Biotropica, v.39, n.2,. p.211-215, 2007. (added: 12/03/07)
*Silveira FAO, Santos JC, Viana LR, Falqueto
SA, Mello FZ, Fernandes GW. Predation of Atta laevigata (Smith,
1858) (Formicidae: Attini) by Canthon virens (Mannerheim, 1829) (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae). Tropical
Zoology, v.19, p.1-7, 2006. (added:
*Nagamoto NS, Forti LC, Raetano CG. Evaluation of the adequacy of
diflubenzuron and dechlorane in toxic baits for leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) based on formicidal activity. Journal of Pest Science, v.80, n.1, p.9-13,
2007 (DOI 10.1007/s10340-006-0143-8). (added:
*Poulsen M, Currie CR (book chapter)
Complexity of Insect-Fungal Associations: Exploring the Influence of
Microorganisms on Attine Ant-Fungus Symbiosis, pp 57-78, see first page. In: Bourtzis K, Miller TA. Insect Symbiosis, Volume 2. ISBN:0849341949. Series
Name:Contemporary Topics in Entomology. Volume:3. (added:
*Aanen DK, Boomsma JJ (book chapter)
The Evolutionary Origin and Maintenance of the Mutualistic Symbiosis Between Termites and Fungi, pp.79-96, see first page. In: Bourtzis K, Miller TA. Insect Symbiosis, Volume 2. ISBN:0849341949. Series
Name:Contemporary Topics in Entomology. Volume:3. (added:
*Camargo RS, Forti LC, Lopes JFS, Andrade APP. Brood care and male behavior in
queenless Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) colonies
under laboratory conditions. Sociobiology, v.48, n.3, p.717-726,
2006. (added:
*Pichl L, Shimizu Y (book chapter) Genetic Evolution of the Ant Species
in Function Representation Framework. DOI 10.1007/11903697_83. Volume: 4247/2006 Book: Simulated Evolution and Learning. Book Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. (added:
*Camargo RS, Forti LC, Lopes JFS,
*Noda C, Fernandez J,
Perez-Penichet C, Altshuler E. Measuring activity in ant colonies. Review of Scientific Instruments, v.77,
126102, 2006 (3 pages) (added:
*Fernández-Marín
H, JK Zimmerman and WT Wcislo Fungus garden platforms improve
hygiene during nest establishment in Acromyrmex ants (Hymenoptera,
Formicidae, Attini) Insectes Sociaux, 2007,
published online. (added:
*Seal
JN and WR Tschinkel. Complexity in an obligate mutualism:
do fungus-gardening ants know what makes their garden grow? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2007,
published online. (added:
*EH
*Sternberg LS, MC
Pinzon, MZ Moreira, P Moutinho, EI Rojas, and EA Herre. Plants use macronutrients accumulated in
leaf-cutting ant nests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences, 2007, v.274, n.1608, p.315-21. (added:
*Cardoza YJ, KD Klepzig,
KF Raffa. Bacteria
in oral secretions of an endophytic insect inhibit antagonistic fungi. Ecological Entomology,
v.31, n.6, p.636-645, 2006. (added:
*Ballari S, AG
Farji-Brener and M Tadey. Waste Management in the Leaf-Cutting
Ant Acromyrmex lobicornis: Division of Labour, Aggressive Behaviour, and
Location of External Refuse Dumps. Journal of Insect Behavior, 2007,
published online. (added:
*Farji-Brener AG. How plants may benefit from their
consumers: leaf-cutting ants indirectly improve anti-herbivore defenses in Carduus
nutans L. Plant Ecology, 2007,
published online. (added:
*Lambardi D, FR Dani,
*Ribeiro PL and CA
Navas. The Leaf-Cutting ant Atta Sexdens
rubropilosa, FOREL, 1908 Prefers Drier Chambers for Garbage Disposal. Journal of Insect Behavior, 2007,
published online. (added:
16/06/04:
Gerardo, Currie, Price and Mueller, evaluated the interaction of lineages of
the parasite Escovopsis with three species of Cyphomyrmex and its
cultivated fungus, accomplishing molecular phylogenetic analyses and bioassays
of lineages of the parasite against fungal sponges, obtaining results that
indicate that lineages of Escovopsis are specific of lineages of the
cultivated fungus, and that, therefore, the specialization of this parasite
would not be directly related with the ant species (Ti: Exploiting the mutualism: sponge
specialization on cultivars within the fungus growing ant symbiosis, Procceedings of the Royal Society London
B, 2004, in press. Note: manuscript available in the site of Dr. Mueller).
Social insects in 4th International Symbiosis
Society Congress
Leaf-cutting ants benefits in
secondary forests?
New gland cells,
used to feed mutualistic bacteria of leaf-cutter ants?
