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An experimental, behavioral, and chemical analysis of food limitations in mutualistic Crematogaster ant symbionts inhabiting Macaranga host plants

Obligate mutualistic plant–ants are often constrained by their plant partner's capacity to provide resources. However, despite this limitation, some ant partners actively reject potential prey items and instead drop them from the plant rather than consuming them, leaving the ants entirely relia...

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Autores principales: Houadria, Mickal Y. I., Barone, Giulio, Fayle, Tom M., Schmitt, Thomas, Konik, Petr, Feldhaar, Heike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36778840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9760