Welcome to the Atta world: A framework for understanding the effects of leaf-cutter ants on ecosystem functions Article

Swanson, Amanda C, Schwendenmann, Luitgard, Allen, Michael F et al. (2019). Welcome to the Atta world: A framework for understanding the effects of leaf-cutter ants on ecosystem functions . FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 33(8), 1386-1399. 10.1111/1365-2435.13319

Open Access International Collaboration

cited authors

  • Swanson, Amanda C; Schwendenmann, Luitgard; Allen, Michael F; Aronson, Emma L; Artavia-Leon, Allan; Dierick, Diego; Fernandez-Bou, Angel S; Harmon, Thomas C; Murillo-Cruz, Catalina; Oberbauer, Steven F; Pinto-Tomas, Adrian A; Rundel, Philip W; Zelikova, Tamara J

sustainable development goals

publication date

  • August 1, 2019

published in

keywords

  • CARBON-DIOXIDE
  • CUTTING ANT
  • DIVISION-OF-LABOR
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Sciences & Ecology
  • FUNGUS GARDENS
  • INTERNAL STRUCTURE
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • ORGANIC-MATTER DECOMPOSITION
  • SOIL PROPERTIES
  • Science & Technology
  • TROPICAL RAIN-FOREST
  • VOLLENWEIDERI FOREL
  • WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • carbon and nutrient hot spots
  • fungal chamber
  • nest ventilation
  • refuse dumps
  • soil alteration
  • spatial and temporal heterogeneity
  • tropical forest

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

publisher

  • WILEY

start page

  • 1386

end page

  • 1399

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 8