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This tropical plant builds isolated ‘apartments’ to prevent battles among the aggressive ant tenants it relies on for survival

  • Written by Guillaume Chomicki, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Durham University
This tropical plant builds isolated ‘apartments’ to prevent battles among the aggressive ant tenants it relies on for survivalWhen aggressive ant species come in contact, deadly conflicts ensueG. Chomicki

In the middle of the South Pacific, a group of Fijian plants have solved a problem that has long puzzled scientists: How can an organism cooperate with multiple partners that are in turn competing for the same resources? The solution turns out to be simple –...

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