Ventilation of the giant nests of Atta leaf-cutting ants: does underground circulating air enter the fungus chambers?

Nest ventilation should be particularly relevant for the huge colonies of leaf-cutting ants, genus Atta. Considerable amounts of O2 are consumed and CO2 produced by both the fungus gardens and the ants inside nest chambers, which are located at deep soil layers characterized by high CO2 and low O2 c...

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