New on the PLOS Ecology Blog: Ant Appreciation
Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina). Photo: Bernard DUPONT, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
Ants are the dominant waste managers of tropical rainforests, new research shows. In a large-scale study in the Malaysian rainforest, ants were responsible for moving more than half of food resources from the forest floor — playing a significant role in keeping the ecosystem healthy and functioning.
Read about this study on the PLOS Ecology Blog: Ants are Essential Ecosystem Engineers.
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