{"677211":{"#nid":"677211","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ants May Force Insect-Eating Birds to Higher Ground","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne group of birds is relatively scarce in the lowlands of South Asia: insect eaters. A study published in \u003Ccite\u003EEcology Letters\u003C\/cite\u003E may explain why. Weaver ants\u2014forest-dwelling ants that live in the lowlands and ferociously prey on small invertebrates\u2014might be gobbling up the birds\u2019 food source and pushing them to higher elevations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s a big-time idea, that it\u2019s ants that shape insect-eating bird communities,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences \u003C\/a\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/benjamin%20freeman\u0022\u003EBen Freeman\u003C\/a\u003E. He added though, while it\u2019s an intriguing pattern, he would like to see future work test the hypothesis experimentally.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne group of birds is relatively scarce in the lowlands of South Asia: insect eaters. A study published in \u003Ccite\u003EEcology Letters\u003C\/cite\u003E may explain why. Weaver ants\u2014forest-dwelling ants that live in the lowlands and ferociously prey on small invertebrates\u2014might be gobbling up the birds\u2019 food source and pushing them to higher elevations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s a big-time idea, that it\u2019s ants that shape insect-eating bird communities,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences \u003C\/a\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/benjamin%20freeman\u0022\u003EBen Freeman\u003C\/a\u003E. He added though, while it\u2019s an intriguing pattern, he would like to see future work test the hypothesis experimentally.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-10-01 13:04:16","changed_gmt":"2024-10-01 13:04:16","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Science","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/ants-may-force-insect-eating-birds-higher-ground","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"20471","name":"Ants"},{"id":"23921","name":"birds"},{"id":"14946","name":"insects"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}