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      Treehoppers transfer parental care to ants: a new benefit of mutualism.

      Science (New York, N.Y.)
      American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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          Female treehoppers (Publilia reticulata Van Duzee) modify their parental care behavior in the presence of ants. Females with untended young remain with their original brood, but females from ant-tended colonies readily desert their first brood and produce additional clutches. Care by female treehoppers, in the absence of ants, increases the probability that a colony will produce some survivors, but ant attendance greatly increases the number of surviving nymphs.

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          Science
          Science (New York, N.Y.)
          American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
          0036-8075
          0036-8075
          Apr 29 1983
          : 220
          : 4596
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          220/4596/532
          10.1126/science.220.4596.532
          17816224
          bf1993a1-cc68-469d-a034-339e407f0cf2
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