While out on a hike you encounter an acacia tree covered in ants. The ants seem to be nesting on the tree and attack other insects that try to graze on it. Based on your observations you can conclude that; The ants are parasites of the tree The tree is producing secondary compounds to defend itself The ants are commensalists and are having no effect on the tree The acacia is in a specialized mutualism with the ants and is a myrmecophyte

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While out on a hike you encounter an acacia tree covered in ants. The ants seem
to be nesting on the tree and attack other insects that try to graze on it. Based on
your observations you can conclude that;
The ants are parasites of the tree
The tree is producing secondary compounds to defend itself
The ants are commensalists and are having no effect on the tree
The acacia is in a specialized mutualism with the ants and is a myrmecophyte
Transcribed Image Text:While out on a hike you encounter an acacia tree covered in ants. The ants seem to be nesting on the tree and attack other insects that try to graze on it. Based on your observations you can conclude that; The ants are parasites of the tree The tree is producing secondary compounds to defend itself The ants are commensalists and are having no effect on the tree The acacia is in a specialized mutualism with the ants and is a myrmecophyte
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