EcologybioRxiv
Integrating the host plant phylogeny, plant traits, intraspecific competition and repeated measures using a phylogenetic mixed model of field behaviour by polyphagous herbivores, the leaf-cutting ants
W. A. M. T. Weerathunga, A. S. Mikheyev
The paper uses a phylogenetic mixed model to analyze leaf-cutting ant foraging behavior, finding that tree phylogeny and other factors significantly influence foraging likelihood.
DOI 10.1017/s0266467420000012