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Mutualism with Ants: There are costs and benefits to a plant that provides housing but no food for the ants compared to a plant that provides housing and food. What is a cost to the plant that does not provide food?

Mutualism with Ants: There are costs and benefits to a plant that provides housing but no food for the ants compared to a plant that provides housing and food. What is a cost to the plant that does not provide food?

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
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**Mutualism with Ants** --- ### There are costs and benefits to a plant that provides housing but no food for the ants compared to a plant that provides housing and food. What is a cost to the plant that does not provide food? - **A cost is that the plants not providing food would need to grow taller to reduce herbivory.** - **The cost to the plant that does not make food for the ants is the energy saved by not having to make food.** - **The plant may also gain resources as a carbon source will be brought to it by the ants which would be a cost to the plant.** - **If food is not provided to the ants they will need to go off of the plant to forage for food reducing the plant's defenses.** - **The ants will starve and not be able to defend the plant.** --- **Explanation of Diagrams:** There are no diagrams or graphs in this image. *Note: Blue check mark indicates the selected answer, "If food is not provided to the ants they will need to go off of the plant to forage for food reducing the plants defenses."*
Transcribed Image Text:**Mutualism with Ants** --- ### There are costs and benefits to a plant that provides housing but no food for the ants compared to a plant that provides housing and food. What is a cost to the plant that does not provide food? - **A cost is that the plants not providing food would need to grow taller to reduce herbivory.** - **The cost to the plant that does not make food for the ants is the energy saved by not having to make food.** - **The plant may also gain resources as a carbon source will be brought to it by the ants which would be a cost to the plant.** - **If food is not provided to the ants they will need to go off of the plant to forage for food reducing the plant's defenses.** - **The ants will starve and not be able to defend the plant.** --- **Explanation of Diagrams:** There are no diagrams or graphs in this image. *Note: Blue check mark indicates the selected answer, "If food is not provided to the ants they will need to go off of the plant to forage for food reducing the plants defenses."*
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