Leaf-cutting ants revisited: Towards rational management and control

Quantificação das perdas no desenvolvimento de Pinus taeda após o ataque de formigas cortadeiras.

(2016) Edison Bisognin Cantarelli et al.   CIENCIA FLORESTAL

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

(2011) N. Saverschek et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

(2011) Morten Schiøtt et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Preliminary In Vitro Insights into the Use of Natural Fungal Pathogens of Leaf-cutting Ants as Biocontrol Agents

(2011) Patricia Folgarait et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

IMMUNE DEFENSE IN LEAF-CUTTING ANTS: A CROSS-FOSTERING APPROACH

(2011) Sophie A. O. Armitage et al.   EVOLUTION

Life-History Traits and Parasitism Rates of Four Phorid Species (Diptera: Phoridae), Parasitoids of Atta vollenweideri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina

(2011) Andrea C. Guillade et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Evolution of cold-tolerant fungal symbionts permits winter fungiculture by leafcutter ants at the northern frontier of a tropical ant-fungus symbiosis

(2011) U. G. Mueller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Potential impact of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex lobicornis on conifer plantations in northern Patagonia, Argentina

(2010) Silvia Paola Pérez et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Performance and fate of tree seedlings on and around nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes: Ecological filters in a fragmented forest

(2010) SEBASTIAN T. MEYER et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Do abandoned nests of leaf-cutting ants enhance plant recruitment in the Atlantic Forest?

(2010) ANA GABRIELA D. BIEBER et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Leaf-cuttings ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex of Paraguay (Hymenoptera Formicidae)

(2010) H. G. Fowler   DEUTSCHE ENTOMOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT

Host diversity and environmental variables as determinants of the species richness of the parasitoids of leaf-cutting ants

(2010) Luciana Elizalde et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna

(2010) Alexander V. Christianini et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Microbial Community Structure of Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens and Refuse Dumps

(2010) Jarrod J. Scott et al.   PLoS One

An evaluation of farmers’ experiences planting native trees in rural Panama: implications for reforestation with native species in agricultural landscapes

(2009) Eva J. Garen et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Information transfer in head-on encounters between leaf-cutting ant workers: food, trail condition or orientation cues?

(2009) A.G. Farji-Brener et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Enforced herbivory onCanavalia ensiformisandTithonia diversifoliaand its effects on leaf-cutting ants,Atta cephalotes

(2009) E. I. Valderrama-Eslava et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Candicidin-producing Streptomyces support leaf-cutting ants to protect their fungus garden against the pathogenic fungus Escovopsis

(2009) S. Haeder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Yeasts and filamentous fungi carried by the gynes of leaf-cutting ants

(2008) Fernando C. Pagnocca et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Small-scale disturbances spread along trophic chains: leaf-cutting ant nests, plants, aphids, and tending ants

(2008) Alejandro G. Farji-Brener et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Edge-mediated reduction of phorid parasitism on leaf-cutting ants in a Brazilian Atlantic forest

(2008) Walkiria R. de Almeida et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

COEVOLUTION BETWEEN ATTINE ANTS AND ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIA: A REEVALUATION

(2008) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   EVOLUTION

Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture

(2008) T. R. Schultz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Leaf-cutting ant nests near roads increase fitness of exotic plant species in natural protected areas

(2008) A. G Farji-Brener et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES