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Ants, not evil spirits, create devil's gardens in the Amazon rainforest, study finds

e example of how effectively ants can manipulate their environment in order to promote their own survival," he adds.

A devil's garden begins when a M. schumanni queen colonizes a single D. hirsuta tree, the authors write: "Over time, D. hirsuta saplings grow within the vegetation-free area created by the ants, and the ant colony expands to occupy them. The devilry of M. schumanni today provides homes for ants in the future."

Frederickson is conducting new field studies to determine which chemical cues the ants use to discriminate between host plants and other species. She also has begun searching for devil's gardens in other parts of the western Amazon to see how widespread the herbicide phenomenon is. "Megan's work reveals a system that is amazing because the ants exert so much control over their environment, creating single-species stands in one of the most diverse places on Earth," Gordon says.


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