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Do bromeliads affect the arboreal ant communities on orange trees in northwestern Costa Rica?
Ants often interact with other invertebrates as predators or mutualists. Epiphytic bromeliads provide nesting sites for ants, and could increase ant abundances in the tree canopy. We surveyed ants in the foliage of orange trees that either hosted bromeliads or did not. To determine if observed assoc...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9258856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35793376 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271040 |