Periodic Reporting for period 2 - RELOAD (REciprocal LOcal ADapatation: the genetic, behavioural and chemical study of the evolutionary maintenance of a mutualism)

Devil’s Gardens are clearings in the Amazonian rainforest where only the treelet Duroia hirsuta can grow. According to local folklore, these orchard-like stands are created by a forest spirit, hence their name. They are actually cultivated by the arboreal ants Myrmelachista...