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Title: Ants from the genus Pseudomyrmex live in bull's horn acacia trees, Acacia cornigera. The ants will ...
Post by: purpleberry on Apr 13, 2017
Ants from the genus Pseudomyrmex live in bull's horn acacia trees, Acacia cornigera. The ants will attack any predators of the tree. In return, the ants live protected in the thorns of the tree and eat the nectar and protein-rich secretions of the tree. What term describes this relationship?
A) parasitism
B) mutualism
C) competition
D) commensalism


Title: Re: Ants from the genus Pseudomyrmex live in bull's horn acacia trees, Acacia cornigera. The ants ...
Post by: Khoshaba on Apr 13, 2017
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Title: Re: Ants from the genus Pseudomyrmex live in bull's horn acacia trees, Acacia cornigera. The ants will ...
Post by: purpleberry on Jun 13, 2017
Great answer, I've been needing this for a while :)