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Nutritional challenges of feeding a mutualist: Testing for a nutrient–toxin tradeoff in fungus‐farming leafcutter ants

The biochemical heterogeneity of food items often yields tradeoffs as each bite of food tends to contain some nutrients in surplus and others in deficit, as well as other less palatable or even toxic compounds. These multidimensional nutritional challenges are likely to be compounded when foraged fo...

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Autores principales: Crumière, Antonin J. J., Mallett, Sophie, Michelsen, Anders, Rinnan, Riikka, Shik, Jonathan Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9286363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35315052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3684