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Quarantining behaviour of ants towards infected aphids as an antifungal mechanism in ant–aphid interactions

2017-03-01

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The ecological success of social insects, including ants, is tightly connected with their ability to protect themselves and their food resources. In exchange for energy‐rich honeydew, ants protect myrmecophilous aphids from various natural enemies. Fungal infection can have disastrous consequences for both mutualist partners, wherein aphids can be disease vectors. Behavioural responses towards fungus‐infected aphi...

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Literature Corpus work: 08d7ee22-3d05-5c2a-b331-465590b18842
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12552

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