Forestry alters foraging efficiency and crop contents of aphid-tending red wood ants, Formica aquilonia.

Forest management alters species behaviours, distributions and interactions. To evaluate forestry effects on ant foraging performance, we compared the quality and quantity of honeydew harvested by ants among clear-cuts, middle-aged and mature spruce-dominated stands in boreal forests in Sweden. Hone...

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Main Authors: Therese Johansson, Heloise Gibb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3302777?pdf=render