Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a ubiquitous sensory cue that plays multiple roles in insect
behavior. In recent years understanding of the well-known role of CO2 in foraging by …

Leaf‐cutter ants are a prominent feature in Neotropical ecosystems, but a comprehensive
assessment of their effects on ecosystem functions is lacking. We reviewed the literature and …

Construction behaviour occurs across the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom and affects
the survival of both builders and other organisms associated with them. Animal Architecture …

Plant-animal interactions have become a focus of ecological research, with the processes of
herbivory being of special interest. This volume examines the interactions of leaf-cutting ants …

The architecture of the subterranean nests of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex
badius, was studied through excavation and casting. Nests are composed of two basic units …

Ants of the tribe Attini comprise a monophyletic group of approximately 230 described and
many more undescribed species that obligately depend on the cultivation of fungus for food …

Termite mounds function as nests for their inhabitants, which are colonies of small
potentially vulnerable insects that are also susceptible to environmental fluctuations. Thus …

Leaf-cutter ants belonging to the genus Atta are important ecosystem engineers and
conspicuous bioturbators in Neotropical regions acting as superorganisms. The Atta ants …

Odor-mediated insect navigation in airborne chemical plumes is vital to many ecological
interactions, including mate finding, flower nectaring, and host locating (where disease …

A century of research on fungus-growing ants (Attini, Formicidae) has ignored the cultivated
fungi as passive domesticates and viewed the attine fungicultural symbiosis as an integrated …