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

DOI10.1051/MMNP/2018039zbMATH Open1408.37148OpenAlexW2811018230WikidataQ129604382 ScholiaQ129604382MaRDI QIDQ4615686FDOQ4615686

Nathan Smith, Jonathan Woodbury, Marisabel Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Tin Phan, 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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