EcologyProceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewed
Adaptive trade-offs between vertebrate defense and insect predation drive ant venom evolution
Axel Touchard, Samuel D. Robinson, Hadrien Lalagüe…·Niklas Tysklind
This study examines venom composition in 15 Neotropical ant species, finding trade-offs between venom functions for deterring vertebrates and paralyzing insects.