Foraging trails of leafcutter colonies are iconic scenes in the Neotropics, with ants collecting freshly-cut plant fragments to provision a fungal food crop. We hypothesized that the fungus-cultivarâ
1.Animal nutritional state can profoundly affect behavior, including an individual's tendency to cooperate with others. We investigated how nutritional restriction at different life stages affects coo
Marine management interventions are increasingly being implemented with the explicit goal of rebuilding ocean ecosystems, but early responses may begin with alterations in ecological interactions prec
Fine roots play key roles in carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the global conversion of natural forests to tree plantations, a quantitative evaluation of the dynamics of f
