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1) The document examines induced ant recruitment in the ant-plant mutualism between Azteca ants and Cecropia trees in Costa Rica. 2) Experiments found that leaf damage caused a fivefold increase in the number of Azteca ants on damaged leaves within 8-12 minutes, remaining elevated for 24 hours. 3) Several cues were found to induce some level of ant recruitment, including the presence of herbivores, plant sap from damaged plants, and green leaf volatiles, but did not fully account for the response to actua

Author

Elmo Koch

Language

EN