01704nam a2200337Ia 4500 MX-MdCICY 20260521091741.0 CICY B-20711 Symbiotic acacia ants drive nesting behavior by birds in an African savanna Biotropica, 55(6), p.1101-1105, 2023 Mutualisms between plants and ants are common features of tropical ecosystems around the globe and can have cascading effects on interactions with the ecological communities in which they occur. In an African savanna, we assessed whether acacia ants influence nest site selection by tree-nesting birds. Birds selected nest sites in trees inhabited by ant species that vigorously defend against browsing mammals. Future research could address the extent to which hatching and fledging rates depend on the species of ant symbiont, and why ants tolerate nesting birds but not other tree associates (especially insects). CREMATOGASTER SPP. GRAY-CAPPED SOCIAL WEAVER (PSEUDONIGRITA ARNAUDI) GRAY-HEADED SPARROW (PASSER GRISEUS) KENYA PLANT-ANT MUTUALISMS SUPERB STARLING (LAMPROTORNIS SUPERBUS) SYMBIOSES TETRAPONERA PENZIGI Lujan, E. Nielsen, R. Short, Z. Wicks, S. Watetu, W. N. Khasoha, L. M. Alston, J. M. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NW2cXQ8AM2JbTqLzM3Y1i0u_YTDJDyr1/view?usp=drivesdk Para ver el documento ingresa a Google con tu cuenta: @cicy.edu.mx Loc REF1 250602s9999 xx |||||s2 |||| ||und|d 30732 30732 0 0 Loc 0 0 F1 CICY CICY RE 2025-06-25 0 B-20711 2025-06-25 16:24:54 2025-06-25 REF1