Urbanization strengthens vertical stratification of ant nutrient preferences in a temperate forest ecosystem

• Michelle Kirchner ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: michelle.kirchner4784@gmail.com

  Affiliations U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Pollinating Insect–Biology, Management, Systematics Research Unit, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8541-5077

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• Lucie Ciccone,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Clyde Sorenson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Elsa Youngsteadt

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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