Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest
Biocontrol of caterpillars by ants is highly variable, and we investigate how the strength of the trophic relationship between ants and an important outbreaking forest pest depends on phenological synchrony and on social foraging. We test the hypothesis that early spring foraging by ants, coupled wi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Basic and Applied Ecology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179122000019 |