A Novel Type of Nutritional Ant–Plant Interaction: Ant Partners of Carnivorous Pitcher Plants Prevent Nutrient Export by Dipteran Pitcher Infauna

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Mathias Scharmann ,

* E-mail: mathias.scharmann@env.ethz.ch

Current address: Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Affiliations Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Daniel G. Thornham,

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Division of Biology, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, United Kingdom
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T. Ulmar Grafe,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam
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Walter Federle

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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