Forage preference in two geographically co-occurring fungus gardening ants: a dietary DNA approach
Matthew Richards-Perhatch, Elizabeth Boshers, Matthew J. Greenwold, Jon N. Seal
This study uses dietary DNA metabarcoding to analyze plant forage diversity in two co-occurring fungus gardening ant species, finding significant differences in plant beta and alpha diversity between species and paired colonies.
PLoS ONE · Dec 4, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology