Ants and Trees Suffer the Loss of Big Mammals (1 of 5) (IMAGE)

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Ants and Trees Suffer the Loss of Big Mammals (1 of 5)

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A scene on the African savanna. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Jan. 11, 2008, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Todd Palmer and colleagues at University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., was titled "Breakdown of an Ant-Plant Mutualism Follows the Loss of Large Herbivores from an African Savanna."

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Image courtesy of Robert Pringle

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