Journal article
Toxicity of terpenoid deterrents to the leafcutting antAtta cephalotes and its mutualistic fungus
Journal of chemical ecology, Vol.14(1), pp.59-69
01/1988
DOI: 10.1007/BF01022531
PMID: 24276994
Abstract
Four natural products, of varying activity as deterrents of leafcutter attack, were tested for their effects on ant survival and on the growth of the mutualistic attine fungus. The substances were incorporated into an artificial liquid diet for bioassays on the ants or included in an agar culture medium for fungus growth-inhibition studies. Three of the four compounds exhibited deleterious effects on either adult leafcutting ants or their mutualistic fungus, and there appeared to be some correlation between deterrency and activity in these toxicity assays. The implications of these findings for leafcutting ant foraging patterns are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Toxicity of terpenoid deterrents to the leafcutting antAtta cephalotes and its mutualistic fungus
- Creators
- Jerome J Howard - Program in Evolutionary Ecology and Behavior Department of Biology, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, IowaJohn Cazin JrDavid F Wiemer
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of chemical ecology, Vol.14(1), pp.59-69
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF01022531
- PMID
- 24276994
- ISSN
- 0098-0331
- eISSN
- 1573-1561
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1988
- Academic Unit
- Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9983985885602771
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