Unexpected benefit of a social parasite for a key fitness component of its ant host.
Numerous invertebrates inhabit social insect colonies, including the hoverfly genus Microdon, whose larvae typically live as brood predators. Formica lemani ant colonies apparently endure Microdon mutabilis infections over several years, despite losing a considerable fraction of young, and may even...
Main Authors: | Hovestadt, T, Thomas, J, Mitesser, O, Elmes, G, Schönrogge, K |
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格式: | Journal article |
語言: | English |
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2012
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