OPUS 4 | Southeast Asian ant-gardens : diversity, ecology, ecosystematic significance, and evolution of mutualistic ant-epiphyte associations

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For palaeotropical regions, only a few anecdotal reports had been published on the existence of 'ant-gardens' before this study started. As opposed to this, 'ant-house epiphytes' (i.e. domatiabearing epiphytes) were reported to be highly abundant in…