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Protective Benefits of Tending Ants to a Critically Endangered Butterfly

Ants provide protection to various organisms via myrmecophilous relationships. Most notably, ants and several butterfly species are involved in mainly mutualistic interactions. Previous field studies have shown that butterfly larval survival is increased in the presence of tending ants, suggesting t...

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Autores principales: Hill, Geena M, Trager, Matthew D, Lucky, Andrea, Daniels, Jaret C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9744248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36508354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieac068