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Larger bites of leaf-cutting ants

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  1. Theodor-Boveri Institut, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie der Universität, 97074, Würzburg, Germany

    Flavio Roces

  2. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA

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Roces, F., Lighten , J. Larger bites of leaf-cutting ants. Nature 373, 392 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/373392a0

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