• DOI:10.1007/PL00001734
Corpus ID: 44692368

Foraging ecology of attine ants in a Neotropical savanna: seasonal use of fungal substrate in the cerrado vegetation of Brazil

@article{Leal2000ForagingEO,
  title={Foraging ecology of attine ants in a Neotropical savanna: seasonal use of fungal substrate in the cerrado vegetation of Brazil},
  author={I. Leal and P. S. Oliveira},
  journal={Insectes Sociaux},
  year={2000},
  volume={47},
  pages={376-382}
}

• I. Leal, P. S. Oliveira
• Published 2000
• Biology
• Insectes Sociaux

Summary: In this study we identified the material collected as fungal substrate by attine ants in the cerrado vegetation of Southeast Brazil. A total of 313 colonies of the evolutionary more primitive (genera Cyphomyrmex, Mycetarotes, Mycocepurus, Myrmicocrypta) and transitional attines (genera Sericomyrmex and Trachymyrmex) were marked in the field and monitored monthly, during one year. Attines collected material from 53 plant species in 28 families. Items included leaves, flowers, fruits… Expand

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