Evidence that the fungus cultured by leaf‐cutting ants does not metabolize cellulose
- 17 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Ecology Letters
- Vol. 5 (3), 325-328
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00327.x
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