Ants at a bait station for climate study (IMAGE)
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Researchers at North Carolina State University found that ants did not adjust their behavior in response to warming temperatures and persisted in sub-optimal microhabitats even when optimal ones were present. The finding suggests ants may not be able to adjust their behavior in response to warming ecosystems. This photo shows black field ants (Formica subsericea) at a bait station in the study. Ants were only slightly more likely to use a bait station if it was placed in a preferred microclimate than if it was placed in an uncomfortable microclimate that was too hot or too cold.
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Sara Prado
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