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Ecology of Leptothorax ants: impact of food, nest sites, and social parasites

Backus, Vickie L. ; Herbers, Joan M. ; Foitzik, Susanne ; Trindl, Andreas



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In a long-term field manipulation, we demonstrate strong reactions of Leptothorax longispinosus ant colonies to food- and nest-site supplementation. Demographic and genetic responses varied over small geographic scales, and the two ecological factors interacted with the presence of the social parasite Protomognathus americanus. We conducted a 2x2 experiment in three blocks and found that the ...

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