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1. Full Text Vulcanismo y artrópodos: Una revisión
by Elizalde, Luciana
Ecologia Austral, ISSN 0327-5477, 2014, Volume 24, Issue 1, pp. 3 - 16
Density-independent mortality | Volcanic eruption | Mount St. Helens | Crustacean | Puyehue-cordón caulle | Ash | Disturbance | Arachnid | Insect | Traits
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2. Full Text Host diversity and environmental variables as determinants of the species richness of the parasitoids of leaf-cutting ants
by Luciana Elizalde and Patricia Julia Folgarait
Journal of Biogeography, ISSN 0305-0270, 12/2010, Volume 37, Issue 12, pp. 2305 - 2316
Aim: Because of the obligatory relationship between endoparasitoids and their hosts, we presume that hosts exert strong selection pressure on parasitoids. One... 
Parasitoids | Ants | Leaf cutting ants | Foraging | Biogeography | Species richness and diversification | Insect nests | Insect colonies | Climate models | Species | Parasite hosts | Attini | Argentina | Formicidae | endoparasitoids | spatial scales | decapitating flies | symbiosis | Paraguay | Phoridae | climatic variables | Decapitating flies | Endoparasitoids | Symbiosis | Climatic variables | Spatial scales | BIODIVERSITY | PHYLOGENY | HYMENOPTERA | ASSOCIATIONS | BODY-SIZE | DIPTERA PHORIDAE | PATTERNS | ABUNDANCE | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL | ECOLOGY | ATTA | Analysis
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3. Full Text Complementary effects of different predators of leaf-cutting ants: Implications for biological control
by Elizalde, Luciana and Superina, Mariella
Biological Control, ISSN 1049-9644, 01/2019, Volume 128, pp. 111 - 117
Predators that share a prey can interact negatively or positively, depending on whether there is intraguild predation or they facilitate the consumption of the... 
Conservation biological control | Pest | Myrmosicarius | Predation | Acromyrmex | Ecological interaction | HERBIVORES | FOOD-HABITS | NATURAL ENEMY BIODIVERSITY | SUPPRESSION | FACILITATION | ENTOMOLOGY | ARMADILLO | INTRAGUILD PREDATION | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | PARASITOIDS | CUTTER ANT | Control | Ants | Pests | Analysis | Biological control
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4. A Breath of Fresh Air in Foraging Theory: The Importance of Wind for Food Size Selection in a Central-Place Forager
by Andrea Marina Alma and Alejandro G Farji-Brener and Luciana Elizalde
The American Naturalist, ISSN 0003-0147, 09/2017, Volume 190, Issue 3, p. 410
Empirical data about food size carried by central-place foragers do not often fit with the optimum predicted by classical foraging theory. Traditionally,... 
Geographical distribution | Competition | Abiotic factors | Load distribution | Ground level | Colonies | Wind velocity | Foraging behavior | Forages | Leaves | Food selection | Ants | Insects | Food intake | Risk assessment | Predictions | Workers (insect caste) | Mathematical models | Predation | Cutting parameters | Fitness | Food
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5. Full Text Phorid parasitoid attack triggers specific defensive behaviours and collaborative responses in leaf-cutting ants
by Alma, Andrea Marina and Farji-Brener, Alejandro G and Elizalde, Luciana
Behavioural Processes, ISSN 0376-6357, 08/2019, Volume 165, pp. 36 - 43
Being social adds another level of defence for organisms: social defences. Beside individual defensive behaviours, social organisms can limit parasite... 
Atta cephalotes | Eibesfeldtphora | Social immunity | Host-parasite interaction | RECOGNITION | COLONY DEFENSE | FORMICIDAE | FLIES DIPTERA | Eibesfeldiphora | CEPHALOTES HYMENOPTERA | FLY | ZOOLOGY | VIBRATIONAL COMMUNICATION | HITCHHIKERS | OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOR | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOGICAL | CUTTER ANTS | Parasitic diseases | Ants | Parasitoids | Leaves | Workers (insect caste) | Visual stimuli | Collaboration | Defensive behavior
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6. Collective Response of Leaf-Cutting Ants to the Effects of Wind on Foraging Activity
by Alma, Andrea Marina and Farji-Brener, Alejandro G and Elizalde, Luciana
American Naturalist, ISSN 0003-0147, 11/2016, Volume 188, Issue 5, pp. 576 - 576
One advantage of sociality is to mitigate environmental restrictions through collective behavior. Here we document a colony-level response of leaf-cutting ants... 
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7. Collective Response of Leaf-Cutting Ants to the Effects of Wind on Foraging Activity
by Andrea Marina Alma and Alejandro G Farji-Brener and Luciana Elizalde
The American Naturalist, ISSN 0003-0147, 11/2016, Volume 188, Issue 5, p. 576
  One advantage of sociality is to mitigate environmental restrictions through collective behavior. Here we document a colony-level response of leaf-cutting... 
Wind | Insects | Animal behavior | Foraging behavior | Environmental conditions
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8. Full Text Spatial and temporal variation in host–parasitoid interactions: leafcutter ant hosts and their phorid parasitoids
by ELIZALDE, LUCIANA and PATROCK, RICHARD J. W and DISNEY, R. HENRY L and FOLGARAIT, PATRICIA J
Ecological Entomology, ISSN 0307-6946, 02/2018, Volume 43, Issue 1, pp. 114 - 125
1. Parasitoid–host interactions are important components of ecological communities. Although parasitoid–host interactions are strongly shaped by evolutionary... 
ecological networks | electivity | Acromyrmex | interaction strength | host range | Atta | SCUTTLE FLIES DIPTERA | DETERMINANTS | PATTERNS | ENTOMOLOGY | ABUNDANCE | RECORDS | HERBIVORE | SPECIES RICHNESS | OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOR | LEAF-CUTTER ANTS | HYMENOPTERA-FORMICIDAE | Ants | Pests | Phylogeny | Biological control | Parasitoids | Spatial discrimination | Abundance | Host selection | Ecological effects | Taxa | Biological effects | Host-parasite interactions | Phylogenetics | Temporal variations | Species richness
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9. Full Text Behavioral Strategies of Phorid Parasitoids and Responses of Their Hosts, the Leaf-Cutting Ants
by Luciana Elizalde and Patricia Julia Folgarait
Journal of Insect Science, ISSN 1536-2442, 2012, Volume 12, Issue 135, pp. 1 - 26
Abstract Host-searching and oviposition behaviors of parasitoids, and defensive responses of the hosts, are fundamental in shaping the ecology of... 
HITCHHIKING BEHAVIOR | SCUTTLE FLIES DIPTERA | ATTA-CEPHALOTES HYMENOPTERA | SEXDENS-RUBROPILOSA FOREL | DIVISION-OF-LABOR | OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOR | FORMICIDAE | CUTTER ANTS | ENTOMOLOGY | WASTE MANAGEMENT | NEODOHRNIPHORA | Behavior, Animal | Biological Control Agents | Animals | Species Specificity | Ants - physiology | Ants - parasitology | Diptera - physiology | Female | Oviposition | Host-Parasite Interactions | Environmental aspects | Host-parasite relationships | Research | Animal behavior | Health aspects | Diptera
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10. Full Text When and how obstacle size and the number of foragers affect clearing a foraging trail in leaf-cutting ants
by Alma, AM and Farji-Brener, AG and Elizalde, L
INSECTES SOCIAUX, ISSN 0020-1812, 05/2019, Volume 66, Issue 2, pp. 305 - 316
Taking bad decisions to solve problems can negatively affect organism fitness, hence, the costs accrued by them should modulate decisions about when and how... 
HYMENOPTERA | Behaviour | Decision making | Foraging | PATTERNS | FORMICIDAE | Atta sexdens | ENTOMOLOGY | COOPERATIVE TRANSPORT | MAINTENANCE | DECISION-MAKING | CUTTER ANT | ENERGY-FLOW | DYNAMICS | Problem | Social organism | ATTA | Analysis | Ants | Clearing | Leaves | Fluctuations | Colonies | Barriers | Interference | Decisions | Fluxes | Cost benefit analysis | Fitness
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11. Full Text HBV subgenotypes F1b and F4 replication induces an incomplete autophagic process in hepatocytes: Role of BCP and preCore mutations
by Elizalde, María Mercedes and Pérez, Paula Soledad and Sevic, Ina and Grasso, Daniel and Ropolo, Alejandro and Barbini, Luciana and Campos, Rodolfo Héctor and Vaccaro, María Inés and Flichman, Diego Martín
PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 05/2018, Volume 13, Issue 5, p. e0197109
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and mutants have been associated with differences in clinical and virological characteristics. Autophagy is a cellular... 
BASAL CORE-PROMOTER | GENOTYPES | E-ANTIGEN | HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA | HEPATITIS-B-VIRUS | GENETIC-VARIABILITY | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE | INFECTION | NATURAL-HISTORY | P62 | Autophagy (Cytology) | Genetic aspects | Research | Hepatitis B virus | Gene mutations | Liver cancer | Antigens | Hepatitis | Pathogenesis | Viruses | Infections | Tumorigenesis | Trends | Mutation | Autophagy | Apoptosis
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12. Extracellular sunflower proteins: Evidence on non-classical secretion of a jacalin-related lectin
by Pinedo, Marcela and Regente, Mariana and Elizalde, Mercedes and Quiroga, Ivana Y and Pagnussat, Luciana A and Jorrín-Novo, Jesús and Maldonado, Ana and De La Canal, Laura
Protein and Peptide Letters, ISSN 0929-8665, 03/2012, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 270 - 276
Extracellular proteins from sunflower seedlings were analyzed by electrophoresis followed by peptide mass fingerprinting. Tentative identification revealed... 
Signal sequence | Peptide mass fingerprinting | Unconventional secretion | Helianthus annuus | Secretome P | Agglutinin | Jacalin | FLUIDS | ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | jacalin | WALL PROTEINS | unconventional secretion | IDENTIFICATION | signal sequence | CALLUS | SUSPENSION-CULTURED CELLS | peptide mass fingerprinting | ROOTS | PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS | EXPRESSION | REVEALS | Amino Acid Sequence | Extracellular Fluid - metabolism | Reproducibility of Results | Helianthus - metabolism | Plant Lectins - isolation & purification | Proteomics | Molecular Sequence Data | Helianthus - cytology | Plant Lectins - chemistry | Plant Lectins - metabolism | Protein Sorting Signals | Protein Transport
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13. Full Text Stress-tolerant ants and the impact of quarries on an ant community in Patagonia
by Pereda-Gomez, Marcelo E and Pessacq, Pablo and Elizalde, Luciana
Journal of Arid Environments, ISSN 0140-1963, 02/2020, Volume 173, p. 104017
Aggregate extraction is an activity that has increased considerably in recent years in Patagonia, providing raw material for road paving and construction... 
Dorymyrmex | Formicidae | Soil properties | Functional groups | Disturbance | BIODIVERSITY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | HYMENOPTERA | FIRE | ASSEMBLAGES | ECOLOGY
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14. Full Text Host diversity and environmental variables as determinants of the species richness of the parasitoids of leaf-cutting ants
: Determinants of parasitoid richness
by Elizalde, Luciana and Folgarait, Patricia Julia
Journal of Biogeography, ISSN 0305-0270, 12/2010, Volume 37, Issue 12, pp. 2305 - 2316
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15. Full Text No evidence of strong host resource segregation by phorid parasitoids of leaf-cutting ants
by Elizalde, Luciana and Guillade, Andrea and Folgarait, Patricia J
Acta Oecologica, ISSN 1146-609X, 11/2018, Volume 93, pp. 21 - 29
Resource segregation by species is a cornerstone ecological concept that may result from several processes such as interspecific competition, and can help... 
Co-existence | Acromyrmex | Null models | Temporal segregation | Spatial segregation | Atta | Polymorphism | Arta | HYMENOPTERA | PSEUDACTEON | BEHAVIOR | DIPTERA PHORIDAE | PATTERNS | FORMICIDAE | FLIES | COMPETITION | ECOLOGY | FIRE ANTS | Usage | Ants | Pests | Segregation | Analysis | Biological control
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16. Full Text Spatial and temporal variation in host-parasitoid interactions: leafcutter ant hosts and their phorid parasitoids
: Parasitoid and leafcutter ants' interactions
by ELIZALDE, LUCIANA and PATROCK, RICHARD J. W and DISNEY, R. HENRY L and FOLGARAIT, PATRICIA J
Ecological Entomology, ISSN 0307-6946, 02/2018, Volume 43, Issue 1, pp. 114 - 125
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17. Full Text A Breath of Fresh Air in Foraging Theory: The Importance of Wind for Food Size Selection in a Central-Place Forager
by Alma, Andrea Marina and Farji-Brener, Alejandro G and Elizalde, Luciana
American Naturalist, ISSN 0003-0147, 09/2017, Volume 190, Issue 3, pp. 410 - 419
Empirical data about food size carried by central-place foragers do not often fit with the optimum predicted by classical foraging theory. Traditionally,... 
Resource accumulation | Environmental factors | Mathematical model | Foraging rate | ANTENNAL LOBE | resource accumulation | TRAIL GRADIENT | environmental factors | LOAD-SIZE | BEHAVIOR | VOLLENWEIDERI | LEAF-CUTTING ANTS | ACROMYRMEX-OCTOSPINOSUS | RESPONSES | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | ATTA-CEPHALOTES | mathematical model | ECOLOGY | CUTTER ANTS | foraging rate | Food Preferences | Wind | Feeding Behavior | Animals | Ants | Social Behavior
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18. Full Text To be or not to be faithful: Flexible fidelity to foraging trails in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex lobicornis
by Elizalde, Luciana and Farji-Brener, Alejandro
Ecological Entomology, ISSN 0307-6946, 10/2012, Volume 37, Issue 5, pp. 370 - 376
1. Ants using trails to forage have to select between two alternative routes at bifurcations, using two, potentially conflicting, sources of information to... 
Decision-making | Foraging trail network | Bifurcation | U-turn | Experience | Ant traffic | RECRUITMENT | HYMENOPTERA | SITE FIDELITY | STRATEGY | BEHAVIOR | foraging trail network | experience | CONTEXT | ENTOMOLOGY | bifurcation | PHEROMONE | decision-making | ORIENTATION | TRUNK TRAILS | SELECTION | Food supply | Food habits | Colonies
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19. Full Text First study on food habits of anteaters, Myrmecophaga tridactyla and Tamandua tetradactyla, at the southern limit of their distribution
by Gallo, Jorge Alberto and Abba, Agustín Manuel and Elizalde, Luciana and Di Nucci, Dante and Ríos, Tatiana Agustina and Ezquiaga, María Cecilia
Mammalia, ISSN 0025-1461, 10/2017, Volume 81, Issue 6, pp. 601 - 604
This study provides data on the diet of two species of anteaters in Argentina. We worked with feces and the stomachs of road kill individuals. The feces were... 
ants | myrmecophagy | Argentina | diet | ZOOLOGY | TERMITES | BRAZIL | Ants | Food and nutrition | Distribution | Anteaters | Nesting | Studies | Ground level | Food habits | Food preferences | Leaf litter | Feces | Mammals | Habits | Forages
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20. Full Text Gone with the wind: Short- and long-term responses of leaf-cutting ants to the negative effect of wind on their foraging activity
by Alma, Andrea Marina and Farji-Brener, Alejandro G and Elizalde, Luciana
Behavioral Ecology, ISSN 1045-2249, 2016, Volume 27, Issue 4, pp. 1017 - 1024
The fitness and survival of organisms ultimately depend on their feeding. Therefore, foraging behaviors should be selected to maximize cost-benefit ratio. Wind... 
forage | Abiotic factors | Acromyrmex | resource selection | speed | trail system | HYMENOPTERA | LOAD SIZE SELECTION | SENSITIVITY | FORMICIDAE | PREDATOR | TRANSPORT | ZOOLOGY | DESERT ANTS | TEMPERATURE | ORIENTATION | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | ECOLOGY | abiotic factors | ATTA
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