LEAF-CUTTING ANTS CUT FRAGMENT SIZES IN RELATION TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE NEST

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[3] Davidson, Experimental tests of the optimal diet in two social insects, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 4, pp. 35-41, (1978)

[4] Emlen, The role of time and energy in food preference, The American Naturalist, 100, pp. 612-617, (1966)

[5] Fowler, Pereira-da-Silva, Forti, Saes, Population dynamics of leaf-cutting ants: a brief review, Fire Ants and Leaf-cutting Ants. Biology and Management, pp. 123-145, (1986)

[6] Holder Bailey, Polis, Optimal and central-place foraging theory applied to a desert harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus, Oecologia, 72, pp. 440-448, (1987)

[7] Orians, Pearson, On the theory of central place foraging, Analysis of Ecological Systems, pp. 155-177, (1979)

[8] Oster, Wilson, Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects, (1978)

[9] Rissing, Pollock, Worker size variability and foraging efficiency in Veromessor pergandei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 15, pp. 121-126, (1984)

[10] Roces, Olfactory conditioning during the recruitment process in a leaf-cutting ant, Oecologia (Berl.), 83, pp. 261-262, (1990)

[1] Chrrett, Some factors involved in the selection of vegetable substrate by Atta cephalotes (L) (Hymenoptera Formicidae) in tropical rain forest, The Journal of Animal Ecology, 41, pp. 647-660, (1972)

[2] Davidson, Species diversity and community organization in desert seed-eating ants, Ecology, 58, pp. 711-724, (1977)

[3] Davidson, Experimental tests of the optimal diet in two social insects, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 4, pp. 35-41, (1978)

[4] Emlen, The role of time and energy in food preference, The American Naturalist, 100, pp. 612-617, (1966)

[5] Fowler, Pereira-da-Silva, Forti, Saes, Population dynamics of leaf-cutting ants: a brief review, Fire Ants and Leaf-cutting Ants. Biology and Management, pp. 123-145, (1986)

[6] Holder Bailey, Polis, Optimal and central-place foraging theory applied to a desert harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus, Oecologia, 72, pp. 440-448, (1987)

[7] Orians, Pearson, On the theory of central place foraging, Analysis of Ecological Systems, pp. 155-177, (1979)

[8] Oster, Wilson, Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects, (1978)

[9] Rissing, Pollock, Worker size variability and foraging efficiency in Veromessor pergandei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 15, pp. 121-126, (1984)

[10] Roces, Olfactory conditioning during the recruitment process in a leaf-cutting ant, Oecologia (Berl.), 83, pp. 261-262, (1990)