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 16 rainy season dry forest DHJanzen100098.jpg high resolution
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| The fourth ant-acacia trait of great importance to the obligatory mutualism is evidenced in the three photographs (DHJanzen100098.jpg, DHJanzen100099.jpg, DHJanzen100100.jpg). Usual ant-acacia habitat (today) is the large expanses of secondary successional tropical dry forest on the coastal plain and lower foothills of Mesoamerica, such as that seen here in Pacific coastal Mexico. In the 5-9 month rainy season, as seen here, this vegetation is fully leafed, green, shady below and moist. Any acacia-ant crown in this photograph would blur right in with all the other leafy green crowns. | ||
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