Two new papers about ants in the Smoky Mountains

Both of these papers were a lot of fun to polish and submit for a Special Feature on Ant Ecology and Biogeography! Both are OA. Nice work JP and Lacy!

Chick LD, Lessard J-P, Dunn RR, Sanders NJ (2020) The coupled influence of thermal physiology and biotic interactions on the distribution and density of ant species along an elevational gradient. Diversity 12:456

Lessard J-P, Stuble KL, Sanders NJ (2020) Do dominant ants affect secondary productivity, behavior and diversity in a Guild of Woodland Ants? Diversity 12:460