The Role of the Ecosystem Engineer, the Leaf‐Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes , on Soil CO 2 Dynamics in a Wet Tropical Rainforest

[1 ]School of Engineering and Environmental Systems ProgramUniversity of California, Merced Merced CA USA

[2 ]Department of Biological SciencesFlorida International University Miami FL USA

[3 ]Now at La Selva Biological StationOrganization for Tropical Studies Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí Costa Rica

[4 ]Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology and Center for Conservation BiologyUniversity of California Riverside, Riverside CA USA

[5 ]Department of ChemistryCollege of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University Collegeville MN USA

[6 ]Center for Research in Cellular and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Costa Rica San Pedro Costa Rica

[7 ]Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Mayaguez Puerto Rico

[8 ]Department of BotanyUniversity of Wyoming Laramie WY USA

[9 ]Center for Research in Microscopic Structures, Center for Research in Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry DepartmentUniversity of Costa Rica San Pedro Costa Rica

[10 ]Department of BiologyUniversity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras San Juan Puerto Rico

[11 ]Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA

[12 ]School of EnvironmentUniversity of Auckland Auckland New Zealand