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SUBMITTER: Gutierrez Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391535 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gutiérrez Yeisson Y Phung Tung T Mumma Harald H Ambrose-Winters Arden A Scherber Christoph C Smith Chris R CR
Ecology and evolution 20200707 14
In this study, we used two common ant species (<i>Lasius niger</i> and <i>Lasius neoniger</i>) to assay how they translate variation in the diet (both in composition and frequency) into growth. We measured colony development for over 8 months and measured several phenotypic traits of the worker caste, and examined whether forager preference corresponded with diet quality. Optimal colony growth was a balance between survival and growth, and each of these was maximized with different nutrient regi ...[more]