journal article Jun 01, 2001

The Origin of the Attine Ant-Fungus Mutualism

Ulrich G. Mueller

Cameron R. Currie David Malloch

The Quarterly Review of Biology Vol. 76 No. 2 pp. 169-197 · University of Chicago Press

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Published: Jun 01, 2001
Vol/Issue: 76(2)
Pages: 169-197

Authors

Ulrich G. Mueller

Department of Entomology National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington DC U.S.A.

Cameron R. Currie

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Ulrich G. Mueller, TED R. SCHULTZ, Cameron R. Currie, et al. (2001). The Origin of the Attine Ant-Fungus Mutualism. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 76(2), 169-197. https://doi.org/10.1086/393867

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