Interactions between leaf-cutter ants and fungus garden: effects of division of labor, age polyethism, and egg cannibalism

DOI10.1051/MMNP/2018039MaRDI QIDQ4615686zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Marisabel Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Nathan Smith, Tin Phan, Jonathan Woodbury, Yun Kang

Publication date 29 January 2019

Published in Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/2018039

zbMATH Keywords

mutualismsocial insectsdivision of laboregg cannibalismage polyethismfungus gardenleaf-cutter ants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in biology (37N25) General biology and biomathematics (92B05) Biology, chemistry, medicine (aspects of mathematics education) (97M60)

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