Foraging and leaf-cutting of the desert
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George J. Gamboa
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Article
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1975
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Four colonies of the desert leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor versicolor (Pergande) located 30 miles N.E. of Tempe, Arizona were observed over a 7 month period. The ants utilized trails in foraging, a characteristic of higher attines, as well as foraging singly, a typical pattern among the more