Waste that keeps on giving: Leaf-cutting ants’ refuse dumps may indirectly benefit plant pollination

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-163
Author(s):  
Kat Ng
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps

Waste Management in the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex lobicornis: Division of Labour, Aggressive Behaviour, and Location of External Refuse Dumps

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Ballari ◽  
Alejandro G. Farji-Brener ◽  
Mariana Tadey
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Acromyrmex Lobicornis ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps

Seedling recruitment in a semi‐arid Patagonian steppe: Facilitative effects of refuse dumps of leaf‐cutting ants

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro G. Farji‐Brener ◽  
Luciana Ghermandi
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Recruitment ◽  
Patagonian Steppe ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Refuse attracts? Effect of refuse dumps of leaf-cutting ants on floral traits

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anahí Fernandez ◽  
Mariana Tadey ◽  
Alejandro G. Farji-Brener
Keyword(s):  
Floral Traits ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps

Experimental studies on the life-cycle ofRaillietiella gigliolii(Pentastomida: Cephalobaenida) in the South American worm-lizardAmphisbaena alba: a unique interaction involving two insects

Parasitology ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith M. Winch ◽  
J. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
South American ◽  
Atta Cephalotes ◽  
The South ◽  
Rhinoceros Beetle ◽  
Trophic Links ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps

SUMMARYRaillietiella giglioliiis a cephalobaenid pentastomid which inhabits the lungs of the South American worm-lizardAmphisbaena alba. The host is a facultative inquiline of nests of the leaf-cutting antAtta cephaloteswhere it feeds occasionally (and possibly by accident) on ants but more often on beetles and their larvae which are themselves inquilines of ant nests. Ants store exhausted leaf-substrate in special underground chambers which serve as refuse dumps and it is here that larvae of the three-horned rhinoceros beetleCoetosis bilobafeed: these larvae are also known to be prey items ofA. alba. From observations of captive colonies ofAtta, we have demonstrated that pentastomid-egg contaminated faeces ofA. alba, introduced into the colony, are rapidly cut up and thrown onto the refuse dump, where, under natural circumstances they will be eaten byCoelosis. These larvae have an unusual and highly specialized gut physiology and parasite eggs will develop to an infective stage within the haemocoel in 70–96 days. Cockroaches are refractory to infection. Ants are the vital link in transmission since they literally deliver eggs to theCoelosislarvae. The strong trophic links which exist between the various components of the life-cycle offset a low fecundity of 100 eggs/female parasite/day but nonetheless maintain a high prevalence (86%) of infection.

Refuse dumps from leaf-cutting ant nests reduce the intensity of above-ground competition among neighboring plants in a Patagonian steppe

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 136-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro G. Farji-Brener ◽  
María Natalia Lescano
Keyword(s):  
Patagonian Steppe ◽  
Ant Nests ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps

Refuse dumps of leaf-cutting ants as a deterrent for ant herbivory: does refuse age matter?

2006 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Ballari ◽  
A. G. Farji-Brener
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps

Moisture enhances the positive effect of leaf-cutting ant refuse dumps on soil biota activity

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anahí Fernandez ◽  
Alejandro G. Farji-Brener ◽  
Patricia Satti
Keyword(s):  
Soil Biota ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps ◽  
Positive Effect

Seedling recruitment in a semi-arid Patagonian steppe: Facilitative effects of refuse dumps of leaf-cutting ants

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro G. Farji-Brener ◽  
Luciana Ghermandi
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Recruitment ◽  
Patagonian Steppe ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Refuse Dumps ◽  
Semi Arid

Antibiotic-producing bacteria associated with the nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa

Planta Medica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
EA Silva-Junior ◽  
CR Paludo ◽  
FS Nascimento ◽  
CR Currie ◽  
J Clardy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atta Sexdens ◽  
Atta Sexdens Rubropilosa ◽  
Leaf Cutting
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