First year of TRANSFORM sampling in Israel is complete! These olive groves are biogeographic hotspots between Mediterranean and desert climates. Sampling here allows us to study species at their ecological niche limits, providing key data on global ecosystem resilience. 🫒🐝📊 #MediterraneanEcology

Context-dependent aggression and ecological dominance in a Mediterranean ant community - Insectes Sociaux Insectes Sociaux - Aggression plays a central role in structuring ecological communities, particularly in territorial and socially complex taxa such as ants, where conflicts within and between...

Aggression is context-dependent. Higher in spring, higher in groups, and strongly shaped by who the opponent is.
📄 open access: González-Lleida, Saureu & Oliveira (2026) doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#Myrmecology #Entomology #AntBehaviour #MediterraneanEcology #OpenAccess