You conduct an experiment to look at the relationship between ants and other insect diversity in and around trees. You take a tree and block the ants from getting to the canopy, where there are aphids that produce sugary substances that attract ants, because the aphids are parasites of the tree and remove phloem. You then spend 3 years counting the number and types of insects on the forest floor around this tree (tree A) and in the area around a tree in which ants are not blocked from accessing the canopy (tree B).

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