Annual foraging of the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica in a semideciduous rain forest in Panama

Agriculture & Biology

• Atta colombica 100%
• leaf-cutting ants 79%
• Panama 64%
• rain forests 56%
• foraging 45%
• leaves 25%
• dry season 22%
• biomass 15%
• wet season 15%
• rainfall duration 14%
• Atta 12%
• Ficus 10%
• asses 9%
• surface area 7%
• herbivores 6%
• nests 6%
• rain 6%
• vegetation 6%
• flowers 5%
• fruits 4%
• seeds 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• rain forest 68%
• ant 68%
• dry season 19%
• wet season 14%
• biomass 13%
• harvest 12%
• rainfall 8%
• material 8%
• flower 8%
• foliage 8%
• nest 7%
• fruit 7%
• plant species 6%
• seed 6%
• surface area 5%
• rate 4%
• vegetation 4%